Norma Hunt, the wife of late Kansas City Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt and mother of team chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, died Sunday, the franchise announced. She was 85.
“Our family is deeply saddened by the passing of our mother, Norma,” the Hunt family said in a statement. “She was a wonderful mother and an extraordinary woman who will be dearly missed by all who knew her.
“Kind, generous and unfailingly positive, mom was one of a kind. Her joy and zeal for life were infectious. She loved caring for others, and she always had an encouraging word. She was a loyal friend, the consummate hostess and she had a rare ability to make everyone she encountered feel valued and at ease.
“Mom was steadfastly devoted to her family and fiercely passionate about her family’s sports teams. She was by our father Lamar’s side every step of the way – from the merger of the AFL and the NFL to the formation of Major League Soccer, World Championship Tennis, the North American Soccer League, and their founding investment in the Chicago Bulls. She was the only person we knew who rivaled his love of sports. The two of them found such joy together, whether at home, or in stadium stands around the world.”
Norma Hunt’s 57th and final Super Bowl appearance saw the Chiefs defeat the Eagles…
