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.
Mr Webb spent most of his life battling Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI), which is a rare and incurable brain disease, that also affects his sister.
He 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 centre with his wife Claire and son Morrison) 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
Hayley previously spoke out about her brother’s health battle last month.
She revealed the disease has ‘triggered’ in Lachlan and he was left 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 right with her brother Lachlan) and spoke out about her brother’s health battle last month
Tragically, the young father was forced to bring his wedding with his partner Claire forward.
Hayley also revealed that Lachlan had been wheel-chair bound and experienced several symptoms including memory loss and his eyesight deteriorated.
According to the National Institute of Health FFI is a very rare and fatal neurodegenerative disease that is caused by a mutation of the prion protein (PRNP) gene.
Hayley also revealed that Lachlan (pictured) had been wheel-chair bound and experienced several symptoms including memory loss and his eyesight deteriorated
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 patients experience.