Dad Dies From Flesh-Eating Bacteria After Scratching Leg on Boat Trailer

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The family of a man who died from the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus remember him as being the “life of the party”

Basil Kennedy, 77, contracted the bacteria by scratching his leg on his trailer, which was used to launch his boat in the water

His daughters say he would be “devastated” to hear people feared the water, saying it was “his most favorite thing in the world”

The daughters of a man who died from a flesh-eating bacteria that primarily lives in water remember him as the “life of the party” — and say he would be “devastated” if his illness made people fear the water.

Basil Kennedy, 77, had scratched his leg on his trailer, which he used to launch his boat in the water, while it was parked outside his Bay St. Louis, Miss., home, his daughters told T he