Jim Kelly’s longtime friend and fellow Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino recently talked with the Buffalo News about Kelly, who is fighting recurring jaw cancer and has completed radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Kelly has been receiving treatment in Buffalo, New York, where he lives with his wife, Jill.

2.  Jim Kelly’s longtime friend and fellow Hall
of Fame quarterback Dan Marino
recently talked with the Buffalo News
about Kelly, who is fighting recurring jaw
cancer and has completed radiation
and chemotherapy treatments. Kelly has
been receiving treatment in Buffalo, New
York, where he lives with his wife, Jill.

3.  Marino visited Kelly in the hospital in
Buffalo and described his friend as a
“tough guy.” The former NFL players
grew up in Pittsburgh and both were first-
round NFL draft picks in 1983.
“It’s hard to even understand what he’s
going through,” Marino told the Buffalo
News. “He’s in the fight for his life. He’ll
win.”

4.  Kelly, who played for the Buffalo Bills, lost
weight and shaved his head during
treatment. Marino said that people are
used to seeing Kelly as a strong man, but
he is hopeful that his friend will recover.
Jim and Jill Kelly are the founders of
Hunter’s Hope, a foundation dedicated
to research and support related to
Krabbe disease, a fatal condition that
affects the nervous system.