Brenda Kerrigan

Diagnoses

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Family

American noted family and mother of skating champ, Nancy Kerrigan. With a progressive disease of the retina, she became totally blind in the left eye, with only slight vision in right eye. When watching Nancy compete on TV, she would have to sit just inches away from the screen. A very close family, her son Mark was 27, Michael was 25 and Nancy 21 (as of Feb. 1992). Her husband, Daniel, was born 9/29/1939 in Woburn, no time on B.C. On 8/16/2000, Dan bought a couple lottery tickets and hit a $1 million jackpot, beating 3.24 million-to-one odds. Now 60, he will receive $50,000 a year for the next 20 years. A welder for 30 years, he took on extra jobs to support the family and pay for Nancy's skating bills. Her husband died on January 24, 2010 after an argument with their son, Mark, who, police said, was intoxicated and angry. Mark was initially charged with assault and battery and later with manslaughter. On May 25, 2011, Mark was cleared of manslaughter and sentenced to two and a half years in prison for assault and battery. Brenda Kerrigan was the only eyewitness and she has insisted that her son is innocent.