ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff passed away on Christmas Eve after battling what doctors initially thought was pneumonia, but it turns out that was not the only illness he had at the time of his death.
On Wednesday, Aschoff’s fiancee Katy Berteau wrote a series of tweets on Edward’s account to provide more information about his sudden passing. Berteau said doctors received the final results from a biopsy that was taken of Aschoff’s lungs, and the tests showed the 34-year-old had Stage 4 non-Hodgkins’ lymphoma in his lungs. Doctors told Berteau that form of cancer is difficult to detect until it is very advanced.
(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
(3/9) Both pneumonia and non-Hodgkins lymphoma can trigger HLH in the body and that is seemingly what happened with Edward. All of this combined is what led to his very rapid decline those last few days, and ultimately his passing. pic.twitter.com/blXaF6UJC3
— Edward Aschoff (@AschoffESPN) January 16, 2020
Berteau says she takes comfort knowing Aschoff did not have to suffer through a long disease when his death was “inevitable.” She also said she provided the update so people could know that “something way bigger than pneumonia took him down.”
(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
Aschoff began working with ESPN as an SEC reporter in 2011. He graduated from the University of Florida in 2008 and seemed to be ascending with the network at the time he died.
