A biopsy has revealed that late ESPN reporter Edward Aschoff had stage 4 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in his lungs.
Aschoff's fiancée, Katy Berteau, announced the news on social media Wednesday, stating that the cancer had not been known by Aschoff's family prior to the biopsy. Aschoff, who died on Dec. 24, his 34th birthday, was originally believed to have died from a battle with pneumonia.
In the announcement, Berteau said that both pneumonia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma can trigger hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, or HLH, which is what seems to have affected Aschoff. HLH is a condition where the immune system begins to damage one's tissues and organs.