Ashlyn Horry, 17, the daughter of former NBA player Robert Horry, passed away today from a severe genetic condition, along with respiratory issues which she has been battling from birth. The Horry’s have set up a foundation in her honor: The Ashlyn Horry Foundation, Inc.

As Reported By Al.Com:

Ashlyn Horry was born April 2, 1994, with severe respiratory issues and a host of other complications requiring a six month stay in Texas Childrens Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. After numerous tests, multiple surgeries and several near death experiences, Genetic Physicians found that she had a rare chromosome abnormality; partial deletion of her number 1 chromosome (short arm). Not much information was known at the time to have any frame of reference or “road map” to go by. In fact, the abnormality didn’t even have a name. In just recent years, a name has been attached to this chromosome abnormality. It is now known as 1p36 Deletion Syndrome.