sad news; Cherry Starr, philanthropist dies with hes wife of the late Green Bay Packers
Wisconsin’s Madison (AP) Th
e philanthropist Cherry Starr, the late wife of former Green Bay Packers coach and quarterback Bart Starr, passed away. She was eighty-nine.
The couple was closely involved with Rawhide youngsters Services, an organisation that assists at-risk youngsters, and they released a video memorialising Cherry Starr, stating that she passed away on Tuesday.
In an online obituary, The Starr Children’s Fund, an endowment the Starrs established to support research on children cancer, stated that she died quietly at her Birmingham, Alabama, home. The cause of death was not stated in the obituary.
Bart Starr, Jr., her son, revealed to WBAY-TV that his mother has been fighting cancer for several years.
Before Bart passed away in 2019, Cherry and Bart were high school sweethearts and were married for more than 60 years. In addition to winning the first and second Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968, he guided the Packers to league titles in 1961, 1962, 1965, and 1966. In 1966, he won the NFL MVP award, and in 1977, he was admitted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. From 1975 until 1983, he was also the head coach of the Packers.
Bart Starr, Jr., three grandsons, and six great-grandchildren survive Cherry. Bret the Starrs’ kid passed away in 1988.
The pair chaired the Vince Lombardi Cancer Foundation’s Golf Classic honourably for 44 years, according to the Starr Children’s Fund website. Following Bart’s passing, Cherry carried on his custom of contacting each NFL starting quarterback at the start of the season to request an autographed helmet that would be auctioned off during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September.
Former vice president of player personnel for the Packers Andrew Brandt wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday, saying, “Just the sweetest presence ever when she came through our offices.”
Bart Starr Jr. said WBAY-TV that she last travelled to Green Bay in 2022.
He remarked, “She would always talk about how she missed getting up there, until her very last breath.” “I said in the obituary I wrote today following her death that two of her favourite vacation destinations were neither Alaska nor Hawaii. It was headed towards Green Bay.
