The brother of former Channel Nine reporter Hayley Webb has died from a rare brain disease.
Lachlan Webb, who is the younger brother of the former television presenter, passed away on Thursday aged 36.
He had spent most of life battling Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), which is a rare and incurable brain disease.
Mr Webb leaves behind his wife Claire and his son Morrison.
Nine’s Today show paid tribute to the father and loving husband on the program on Thursday morning.
‘I want to take a moment to remember Lachlan Webb, who has passed away at the age of 36,’ presenter Karl Stevanovic said.
‘You might remember we brought you his story last year, Lachlan. A remarkable man battling an unimaginable curse.
‘So I met him, along with his beautiful sister, Hayley, and was so touched by their bond. Everyone here at today is thinking of the Webb family.’
Lachlan Webb (pictured left) who is the younger brother of former Channel Nine reporter Hayley Webb, has died
Nine’s Today show (pictured) paid tribute to the father and loving husband on the program on Thursday morning
The disease also affected Hayley and spoke out about her brother’s health battle last month.
She revealed the disease has ‘triggered’ in Lachlan and left him with six months to live, The Courier Mail reported.
‘When Lachlan was diagnosed as having triggered in April – a day after his son’s first birthday – at the age of 35, it was just our absolute worst nightmare,’ Hayley said.
‘We just couldn’t believe that it has struck so early,’ she continued, before revealing FFI usually triggered much later in life for her family members.
Hayley had previously set up a GoFundMe page to help support her ailing brother.
She revealed she has already lost her mother Narelle, two uncles, an aunty and a grandmother to the illness.
The disease also affected Hayley (pictured) and spoke out about her brother’s health battle last month
Tragically, the young father was forced to bring his wedding with partner Claire forward.
Hayley also revealed that Lachlan had been wheel-chair bound and experienced several symptoms including memory loss and eyesight deteriorated.
According to the National Institute of Health: ‘FFI is a very rare and fatal neurodegenerative prion disease caused by a mutation of the prion protein (PRNP) gene.
Some of the major signs of the disease include aggressive progressive insomnia as well as cognitive disturbances.
Problems in maintain balance and endocrine dysfunctions are some of the other major symptoms that the patient experiences.
Hayley also revealed that Lachlan (pictured) had been wheel-chair bound and experienced several symptoms including memory loss and eyesight deteriorated
