Former Chicago Bears Player Adrian Peterson and His Wife Angela Bailey Lose Their 7-Year-Old Son A.J. to Brain Cancer

It's a sad day in the world of the NFL as we learned that the 7-year-old son of former Chicago Bears running back Adrian Peterson and Angela Bailey died Tuesday, Feb. 17, after battling brain cancer.

Peterson's son A.J. died at 7 after being diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a type of brain tumor, in summer 2014.

The former football star announced the sad news via Facebook, writing to his supporters: "#‎Ajsoars‬ is in Heaven, where he belongs... ‪#‎ajsoar‬ ‪#‎P3‬ ‪#‎MyFirstSuperHero‬"

Peterson's wife Angela revealed that their son's homegoing celebration is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21:

Homegoing Celebration for A.J.
Saturday at 3pm
Evergreen Missionary Baptist Church
1365 Kinlaw Rd
Kingsland, GA 31548
Flowers may be sent to there as well

Supporters from everywhere donated funds to the AJ Soars gofundme site. So far, as of this posting, the family has raised a little more than $41,000 for their son's medical expenses, and now A.J.'s funeral services.

After Peterson retired from football, he dedicated his life to helping out others in the community. His nonprofit the Adrian Peterson Foundation is set up to help kids in need.

A.J. Peterson fought a courageous battle. Our thoughts and prayers are with Adrian Peterson and his family. #AJSoars

— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) February 17, 2015

We love you kiddo... Prayers and thoughts to the Peterson family! #AJSoars A photo posted by Alex Brown (@96abrown) on Feb 17, 2015 at 7:08pm PST

Our thoughts and prayers go out to @apgsu3 family for the loss of their son AJ. #AJSOARS #EagleFamily

— Coach Willie Fritz (@CoachWEFritz) February 17, 2015

Keep Adrian Peterson and his family in your prayers. Today they lost a precious little boy rip AJ #AJSOARS pic.twitter.com/ZnMnHiE5Pd — Pamela (@purla13) February 17, 2015

Peterson's college career for Georgia Southern was from 1998 to 2001, and he was a running back for the Chicago Bears from 2002-09.

The Petersons have three other children.

RIP A.J.