Olympian Hanson reveals death of baby son

Olympian Brooke Hanson and husband Jared Clarke have revealed the death of their baby son following a nine-month battle with lung disease.

Jack Hanson Clarke was born 12 weeks premature, weighing just 663 grams and only 32cm long, by emergency caesarean section on July 8 last year.

Writing about the tragedy in the Sunday Telegraph newspaper, Ms Hanson said her second son suffered a cardiac arrest on April 1 and died in Melbourne’s Monash Medical Centre two days later.

Soon after his birth, he had developed severe chronic lung disease and pulmonary hypertension.

Ms Hanson said she and husband Jared remained at Jack’s bedside throughout his 271-day fight and that he died peacefully in their arms.

The couple’s families will honour Jack’s life at a private service in Melbourne after Easter.

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