Todderick Hunt , an award-winning sports journalist for NJ Advance Media, died of a heart attack Friday. He was 44.

A fixture on New Jersey’s football recruiting beat for nearly two decades, Hunt was one of the first sports reporters hired in 2014 by NJ Advance Media — the company that provides content to NJ.com and The Star-Ledger.

He was in the midst of a career transition he embraced — moving from recruiting to covering the intersection of sports, culture and race, first as an enterprise reporter and more recently as a trending reporter for NJ Advance Media.

Hunt leaves behind his wife Kianna, sons Ethan and Phoenix and daughters Kaiamill and Scarlet Rose.

“He was my king, the love of my life,” Kianna Hunt said. “He was a great father. We were so happy, raising great kids, doing th

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