Norma Hunt’s final game watching the Kansas City Chiefs saw the franchise hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Four months after the Chiefs emerged victorious in Super Bowl LVII, Hunt died at age 85 on Sunday, the team announced.
Hunt, the wife of the late Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt, attended all 57 Super Bowls. She is the mother of current Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, who took over those responsibilities in 2010. The Chiefs have won seven AFC West titles and two Super Bowl titles since Clark Hunt took over, with his mother Norma watching after his father’s death.
The Hunt family released a statement on Norma’s death.
“Our family is deeply saddened by the passing of our mother, Norma. 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…
