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Caitlin Clark not with Fever in Connecticut today following death of boyfriend's grandmother
Caitlin Clark, who has been sidelined since July 15 with a right groin injury, did not travel with the Indiana Fever for Sunday's game at the Connecticut Sun.
A team official declined to comment on any reason, but Clark's boyfriend, Butler assistant coach Connor McCaffery, shared an Instagram post late Saturday night mourning the death of his grandmother, Marit Smaby-Nowlin.
'I've been trying to think of what to say and I can't,' he wrote. 'It's impossible to put into words how much you meant to our entire family. I refuse to say goodbye, so until we meet again.'
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Smaby-Nowlin, 80, was found unresponsive in a northern Minnesota lake Wednesday evening, according to the Star Tribune.
The Sheriff's Office told reporters that responders arrived to find family members attempting to revive Smaby-Nowlin. An official cause of death has yet to be released.
Smaby-Nowlin was brought back to land by first responders before emergency medical personnel took her to Cook Hospital, but she soon died, according to the Sheriff's Office.
