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Patrick Mahomes’ mother Randi pens 4-word goodbye after her father’s death

Patrick Mahomes’s mother Randi was just days removed from seeing the Kansas City Chiefs lost Super Bowl LIX in a demoralizing manner when she suffered another loss: that of her father. She has emerged from her mourning to offer her final words.
Last Friday, Larry “Randy” Martin died at the age of 78. He had been under hospice care since Jan. 24 and had already been admitted to hospital once before – in September 2024 – at the beginning of the season.
What makes this story sadder is that Larry Martin had been wanting to see his grandson Patrick Mahomes play in the Super Bowl. During the NFL Honors ceremony held on the Thursday of game week, Randi Mahomes told PEOPLE that Larry had been desperately wanting to do so.
She had been keeping in touch with Patrick about his grandfather’s health during the buildup to the game, using texts so as not to “bug him” while he was out practising. One message said:
On Monday, shortly after the funeral service, Randi took to Instagram stories to post an image of herself and Martin together with the following caption:
“Rest in Heaven Daddy”
Randi’s friend, Teresa Jane, also reacted to Martin’s death: