NBC News Correspondent Richard Engel’s 6-Year-Old Son Dies
The veteran reporter on Thursday shared the heartbreaking news about his son, who suffered from an incurable brain disorder.
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NBC News correspondent Richard Engel and his wife Mary revealed on Thursday morning that their six-year-old son Henry had died. “Our beloved son Henry passed away. He had the softest blue eyes, an easy smile and a contagious giggle. We always surrounded him with love and he returned it, and so much more. Mary and Richard,” Engel wrote on Twitter. The veteran reporter also shared a link to his son’s memorial page at Texas Children’s Hospital, where he had been treated for the incurable brain disorder Rett syndrome. Earlier this year, Engel provided a heartbreaking update, noting that “unfortunately” Henry had “taken a turn for the worse” and his “condition progressed and he’s developed dystonia: uncontrolled shaking/ stiffness.”
Our beloved son Henry passed away. He had the softest blue eyes, an easy smile and a contagious giggle. We always surrounded him with love and he returned it, and so much more. Mary and Richard. https://t.co/M8LV8SHv6r pic.twitter.com/21Ja6TOtjH
— Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) August 18, 2022
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