Larry Allen’s daughter in shock after Cowboys legend dies on family vacation: ‘Nightmare’
NY Post
Jayla Allen, the daughter of Cowboys Hall of Famer Larry Allen, was “in complete shock” after her father died unexpectedly Sunday while on a family trip in Mexico, she wrote in an Instagram post Monday.
Larry Allen was 52 years old, and the cause of death has yet to be revealed.
“I don’t know how to write this message and what to say,” Jayla Allen wrote on Instagram, while sharing various photos with her father — including one seemingly from a Cowboys game and one with his gold Hall of Fame jacket — from different stages of her life. “I am in complete shock. I feel like this is a nightmare and I can’t wait up. Every night I would pray to keep you safe. This doesn’t feel real dad. I am heart broken and don’t know where to go from this.”
It’s unclear if she was on vacation with the family in Mexico when her father died.
Larry Allen made 11 Pro Bowls with the Cowboys — where he spent all but two seasons of his 14-year NFL career after getting drafted in the second round from Sonoma State — and played guard on an offensive line that blocked for Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith.
Smith tried to avoid tearing up while remembering Allen in an Instagram video Monday.
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