Iowa basketball legend Kenny Arnold dies
Lang
4/27/19
Iowa basketball legend Kenny Arnold has died. The announcement came via a post from Arnold’s niece on his Facebook page.
Arnold, who helped lead Iowa to the Final Four in 1980, had faced several physical and financial challenges in the nearly four decades since then.
Arnold was a sophomore guard who led the 1979-80 team in points and assists. He was diagnosed with brain cancer in 1984 and had been fighting health issues ever since. The brain tumor and several subsequent strokes limited Arnold’s mobility, robbed him of his ability to speak and left him in a state of chronic pain.
Arnolds’ former teammates, coaches and others close to him…who he called his “Teammates For Life”…stayed in contact with Arnold throughout his medical and financial challenges. Various events generated funds for Arnold and helped him receive regular physical therapy.
Memorial and funeral arrangements have not yet been set. Arnold was 59 years old.
