On Saturday, the Patriots announced the team's cheerleading director Tracy Sormanti passed away Friday after a three-year battle with multiple myeloma.
Sormanti was 58 years old.
“We are grieving the loss of a beloved member of our family today,” Patriots chairman and CEO Robert Kraft said in a statement. “Tracy Sormanti was one of my first hires after I bought the team, and after nearly three decades, I can confidently say that there was no one more dedicated to her job or caring and compassionate about those she coached. Like all great coaches, she was meticulous in her preparation and brought the best out of her squads. We have had the good fortune of having some of the greatest coaches in NFL history grace our sidelines, but none did so with such dignity and grace like Tracy. She earned my utmost respect and admiration for the way her teams always performed, not just on the sidelines, but more importantly as Patriots goodwill ambassadors in our New England communities and on the many Patriots USO military tours she coordinated around the world. She truly loved this organization and we loved her. Her presence will be greatly missed, but she will never be forgotten.”
She was in her 32nd year with the organization.
