The Hayden family issued an official obituary of Nicky Hayden today, after he succumbed to the injuries sustained in a bicycle accident. They announced that Nicky Hayden's funeral is to be held at noon on Monday, 29th May, at St. Stephen Cathedral in Owensboro, Kentucky.

The funeral is to be streamed live on Nicky Hayden's fan Facebook page. If you would like to follow the funeral, you can work out what time it is in your local timezone using this link. If you would like to do something to honor his memory, the Hayden family have asked for donations to be made to the Nicky Hayden Memorial Fund, which helps children in the Owensboro, Kentucky region.

Nicholas Patrick Hayden
July 30, 1981 - May 22, 2017

Nicholas “Nicky” Hayden passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017, at the age of 35, following a May 17 bicycle accident in Italy.

Born into a large extended Catholic family in Owensboro, Kentucky, Nicky was the middle child of Earl and Rose Hayden, with two brothers and two sisters. The entire family loved motorcycles, and shortly after he could walk, Nicky declared that his dream was to be a world champion. Although life on a farm meant that animals—horses, pot-belly pigs, even llamas—were a part of every day, for Nicky they were just novelties, and while he was a natural athlete, childhood sports leagues were little more than a lark. Racing—for the whole family, but especially for Nicky—was everything. Apart from an annual spring-break jaunt to Panama City, Florida, family trips were to racetracks, first around the Midwest, then the Eastern U.S., and eventually the entire country.