When ESPN college football reporter Edward Aschoff suddenly passed away on his 34th birthday in December following a month-long battle with pneumonia, it led to a lot of tributes. But many still had some questions about just what happened to Aschoff, and his fiancée Katy Berteau (who previously shared a tribute thread about him on his Twitter account on Dec. 26) answered some of those with a thread Wednesday, revealing that doctors found he also had non-Hodgkins lymphoma. That thread also includes information about how to donate to a scholarship fund at the University of Florida (Aschoff’s alma mater) in his name. Here are her tweets:
(2/9) After his passing, the hospital received the final results from his lung biopsy. Unbeknownst to us, Edward had stage 4, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in his lungs. This is an aggressive type of cancer that is usually undetectable until it is very advanced. pic.twitter.com/kuPHwrAXuz
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) January 16, 2020
(4/9) Edward's family and I are so grateful for the excellent care that was provided by all his caregivers, including the team of doctors and nurses. pic.twitter.com/zWj8aHR2oD
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) January 16, 2020
(6/9) He wouldn’t have wanted to go out like that. His ass was too vain.
I also wanted to provide this update because he would have wanted everyone to know that something way bigger than pneumonia took him down. pic.twitter.com/BAHX3bj5Eu
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) January 16, 2020
(8/9) Again, thank you to everyone for your continuous support. To all of you who have reached out, provided and offered support, donated, attended services, shared their favorite Edward stories, how he touched your life, thank you, from bottom of my ❤️
-Katy Berteau pic.twitter.com/my2ES04HU6
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) January 16, 2020
(9/9) Donations to the Edward Aschoff Memorial Fund at UF’s College of Journalism and Communications can be made out to the “U.F. Foundation”, sent to P.O. Box 14425, Gainesville, FL 32604, Attn: Gift Processing. Please note “Edward Aschoff Memorial Fund” in the memo area. pic.twitter.com/7AC7xcKz3b
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) January 16, 2020
That’s a very sweet thread from Berteau, and it definitely helps provide some extra information on just what happened with Aschoff. And even more importantly, it provides some details on how to contribute to the memorial fund in his name, which will help other prospective journalists at his alma mater. Aschoff will be long remembered, as the tributes to him show, and this memorial fund is one more way to continue his legacy.
