Caleb Farley.Photo:Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP
Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP
Tennessee Titans player Caleb Farley is mourning the death of his father Robert this week, calling him a “legend” in a social media post sharing footage from a memorial gathering Tuesday.Robert Farley died late Monday night when his son’s suburban North Carolina mansion exploded unexpectedly. He was 61.
Kent Greene, the director of the Iredell County Emergency Management, told PEOPLE on Tuesday that Farley, 24, was not home at the time.
Farley shared an Instagram story showing dozens and dozens of people gathered at a memorial for his father. “Daddy you a legend,” Farley wrote alongside one clip of a man giving a speech. “I love you [for life].”
Caleb Farley.Wesley Hitt/Getty
Wesley Hitt/Getty
In another story, Farley wrote: “You wasn’t suppose to go out like this pop.”
The Titans cornerback shared two more photos of his father, as well.
Caleb Farley shares photos from a memorial gathering for his father.Caleb Farley/Instagram
Caleb Farley/Instagram
FarleytoldWCNC on Tuesday that he received a call from a neighbor shortly after the explosion occurred overnight. He was in Nashville at the time and rushed home on the first flight he could find.“I was really emotional,” the NFL star said. “It’s just been a hectic rollercoaster of a ride. And not only today, but just for me in the past five years, period.”
Farley’s mother died from breast cancer in 2019.
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“I can’t believe it,” neighbor Clay Wild told Queen City News. The neighbor said he heard “a loud boom” roughly five minutes before midnight, late Monday night.
Robert Farley.Caleb Farley/Instagram
“It’s just very tragic,” Byard said. “As a team and as a brother, all we can do and all I can do is try to be there for him. It’s going to be tough. It’s an unimaginable tragedy.”
source: people.com
