RUTLEDGE — Camp Sunshine grew appreciably brighter as the yellow helicopter touched down and “Karl’s little brother” emerged wearing his trademark visor. “That’s what the people know me as here,” Georgia football coach Kirby Smart said, “Karl’s little brother.” Karl Smart, 18 months Kirby’s senior at 45 years old, is a bit of a celebrity in his own right on the Twin Lakes Campus, where Camp Sunshine hosts hundreds of young cancer patients and survivors annually. The Smart brothers and dozens of players from the Georgia football team were at the camp on Tuesday, spending time with campers in the crafts center and facility gym. Karl attended Camp Sunshine himself after being diagnosed with cancer (leukemia) his freshman year of high school, returning as an adult on several occasions to lend his support as a counselor and nurse practitioner. “He battled cancer to the end and he kicked its butt,” Kirby said proudly of his brother. “He’s an inspiration to so many of these kids, and he’s used his lifelong career t
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