{"id":179209,"date":"2025-07-07T19:55:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/clark-hunt-kansas-city-chiefs-owner-mourns-after-texas-floods\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T19:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T19:55:18","slug":"clark-hunt-kansas-city-chiefs-owner-mourns-after-texas-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/07\/clark-hunt-kansas-city-chiefs-owner-mourns-after-texas-floods\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark Hunt, Kansas City Chiefs Owner, Mourns After Texas Floods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Clark Hunt, owner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/travis-kelce-announces-nfl-retirement-decision-what-does-it-mean-for-taylor-swift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>, is in mourning. His whole family is.<\/p>\n<p>Over Independence Day weekend, news of the horrific Texas floods dominated the news cycle. With the National Weather Service hanging on by a thread, this deadly disaster struck without warning.<\/p>\n<p>One of the 82 confirmed victims was 9-year-old Janie Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Like so many families, the Hunt family is in a state of mourning.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Clark Hunt on January 29, 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-529420 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kansas City Chiefs owner and CEO Clark Hunt celebrates after defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in the AFC Championship Game at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on January 29, 2023.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Kevin C. Cox\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kansas-city-chiefs-owner-clark-hunt-and-his-family-are-grieving\">Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt and his family are grieving<\/h2>\n<p>9-year-old Janie Hunt \u2014 part of Clark Hunt\u2019s family \u2014 was one of the campers at Camp Mystic. <\/p>\n<p>The summer camp for Christian girls is located in Kerr County, Texas, about six miles south of Hunt.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News identified Janie as one of the victims. <\/p>\n<p>Her surviving loved ones <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kansas-city-chiefs-owner-mourns-death-young-relative-texas-floods-11767263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">confirmed<\/a> the tragic news to <em>People<\/em>, adding: \u201cWe are devastated.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Camp Mystic after the Central Texas Floods of July 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-529421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Camp Mystic after the Central Texas Floods of July 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-529421 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Debris is piled up at Camp Mystic on July 07, 2025 in Hunt, Texas. Heavy rainfall caused severe flash flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas, leaving more than 80 people reported dead, including children attending the camp.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Brandon Bell\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Camp Mystic is a summer camp for girls from nondenominational Christian families. <\/p>\n<p>The camp ground exists right on the confluence of the South Fork Guadalupe River and Cypress Creek.<\/p>\n<p>The July 4 Central Texas Floods, borne of the remnants of Tropical Storm Barry, hit with very little warning. <\/p>\n<p>Urgent pleas for residents to seek higher ground from floods <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/07\/05\/us\/politics\/texas-floods-warnings-vacancies.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">might have come earlier<\/a> if the National Weather Service were operating with its full resources.<\/p>\n<p>Recent figures put the confirmed number of dead at 82, including numerous small children.<\/p>\n<p>If you have ever lived through a major flood disaster, you know that these numbers will rise \u2014 and that some of the missing might never be accounted for.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Clark Hunt on February 15, 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-529423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Clark Hunt on February 15, 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-529423 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_clarkhunt_02-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVII victory parade on February 15, 2023.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Jay Biggerstaff\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clark-hunt-and-his-wife-tavia-are-grieving\">Clark Hunt and his wife Tavia are grieving<\/h2>\n<p>Taking to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLvT-cIxSIx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> page, Tavia Hunt expressed her heartbreak.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\">\u201cOur hearts are broken by the devastation from the floods in Wimberley and the tragic loss of so many lives,\u201d she expressed. <\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\">\u201cIncluding a precious little Hunt cousin, along with several friends\u2019 little girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There are multiple anecdotes about families of campers from Camp Mystic and Camp La Junta (a neighboring campground that thankfully avoided the death toll of Camp Mystic) who knew each other even before this tragedy. Now, many are mourning together.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLvT-cIxSIx\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\">\u201cHow do we trust a God who is supposed to be good, all knowing and all powerful, but who allows such terrible things to happen \u2014 even to children?\u201d Tavia Hunt then asked. Her question was rhetorical.<\/p>\n<p>She wrote: \u201cScripture is filled with the cries of those whose hearts have been shattered, who still wrestle to trust the same God they believe allowed the pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even for those who do not lose their loved ones at a religious camp, it is common (though not universal) to frame grief and mourning within a religious or spiritual framework.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Devastation following the  Central Texas Floods in July 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-529424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Devastation following the  Central Texas Floods in July 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-529424 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0707_centraltexasfloods_02-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trees emerge from flood waters along the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025 in Kerrville, Texas.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Eric Vryn\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-floods-like-this-will-only-grow-more-frequent\">Floods like this will only grow more frequent<\/h2>\n<p>Though there is hope that this tragedy will allow for some restoration of FEMA and of the National Weather Service, that will not prevent the floods themselves. <\/p>\n<p>They will grow more frequent and worse, and may continue to happen in unexpected areas.<\/p>\n<p>If you know someone who is living in a flood zone, offering help to them \u2014 or asking them how you can help \u2014 is one of the best ways to render assistance after a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>This disaster has claimed dozens of lives and injured others. <\/p>\n<p>People in flood zones may be without power, internet, running water, or transportation for days, weeks, or even longer. Every little bit of support can help.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/clark-hunt-cousin-texas-floods-victim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Clark Hunt, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, is in mourning. His whole family is. Over Independence Day weekend, news of the horrific Texas floods dominated the news cycle. With the National Weather Service hanging on by a thread, this deadly disaster struck without warning. One of the 82 confirmed victims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-179209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}