The news that Franco Harris, the renowned Pittsburgh Steelers player who caught the infamous “Immaculate Reception,” had passed away at age 72 shocked the football world on Wednesday morning.
Harris was scheduled to have his number retired on Saturday night when the Steelers commemorate the 50th anniversary of the “Immaculate Reception.”
Harris was an outstanding football player, an excellent representative for the Steelers, a great teammate, and a generous and cherished friend.
Who is Franco Harris’ mother Gina Harris?
On July 25, 1927, Gina Parenti Harris was born in Italy.
She married Cad Harris, an American soldier who served in World War II and was stationed in Italy at the time.
Cad and Gina first cross paths in Italy; they were wed in 1945.
Following that, the couple relocated from Italy to the United States, where Franco was born in Fort Dix.
She passed away on July 15, 2014, in Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey, at the age of 86.
The Mount Holly Cemetery in Mount Holly Burlington, New Jersey, USA, is where she is interred.
