"They had just talked the day before, Skyy Clark and his father having one of their usual conversations about life, basketball and whatever else popped into their minds. Early the next morning, around 6, Skyy got a call from one of his brothers. It was the sort of news no one can fully prepare for, no matter the circumstances, no matter how much one might have already considered the possibility of hearing those awful words. "Dad's gone.""
""I think the condition he was in, he was super rough," Skyy, speaking at Big Ten media day on Thursday, told The Times about his father, who had previously suffered a series of strokes that required months of hospitalization. "The chances of him making a full recovery were looking slimmer and slimmer every day, so I think he just put up the fight as long as he could.""
Skyy Clark left Illinois midway through his freshman season to return home and take charge of his father Kenny's care after a series of debilitating strokes. Kenny Clark required months of hospitalization and experienced deteriorating health that made a full recovery unlikely. Kenny died in late May at age 47. Skyy speaks with his father almost daily and bears a tattoo of Kenny holding him as a baby. Skyy is dedicating his senior season at UCLA to his father's memory. Hopes for Kenny to move closer to UCLA had waned as his condition worsened. Coach Mick Cronin expects Clark could have an extraordinary senior year.
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