Former Penn State linebacker Bani Gbadyu died early Saturday morning at Hershey Medical Center in Pennsylvania at the age of 34 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. Gbadyu’s terminal cancer was discovered at a doctor’s visit last month, according to a report from the York Daily Record.
Gbadyu’s cancer diagnosis came as a shock to him and his family. Earlier this year he attended a Penn State vs. Ohio game with his wife and two of his children in Happy Valley and appeared to be in good health.
Gbadyu fled Liberia with his father and older brother as a youngster and played a key role on Penn State’s linebacking corps from 2007 to 2010, serving as a part-time starter and key backup for the team.
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