IOWA CITY, Iowa — Aiden Washburn, a former University of Iowa Hawkeye Kid Captain, has died at age 9.
Washburn passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 9, at the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, according to his family.
Washburn became a Hawkeye Kid Captain through the Stead Family Children’s Hospital program, a tradition that honors pediatric patients by giving them a special game-day experience with the Iowa football team. His family said he cheered for the Hawkeyes “with all his heart.”…