ROSEMONT, Ill. — 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.”
Kenny Clark had fought until the end, the father who was the UCLA guard’s inspiration finally succumbing in late May to the health issues that had beset him for several years.