NBC News' Richard Engel Mourns Death of His 6-Year-Old Son Henry

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Richard Engel is mourning the death of his six-year-old son Henry. The NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent announced the devastating news on Twitter on Thursday (August 18). “Our beloved son Henry passed away.

He had the softest blue eyes, an easy smile and a contagious giggle. We always surrounded him with love and he returned it, and so much more.

Mary and Richard,” he tweeted. Henry passed away on August 9, less than two months away from his seventh birthday. Click inside for more details… Henry was diagnosed with Rett syndrome as an infant.

For those who don’t know, this is a genetic brain disorder that does not yet have a treatment or cure. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke said that the disorder is “characterized by normal early growth and development followed by a slowing of development, loss of purposeful use of the hands, distinctive hand movements, slowed brain and head growth, problems with walking, seizures, and intellectual disability.” Henry‘s doctor Huda Zoghbi wrote, “Henry was special in so many ways.