University Of Kentucky Dance Team 2024. (photo courtesy of uk athletics) The university of kentucky is mourning the death of dance team member kate kaufling, who died on sunday less than a year after being diagnosed with bone cancer.

University of kentucky dance team member kate kaufling, 20, died sunday, march 31, 2024 from osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer. A university of kentucky dance team member who had been fighting cancer died over the weekend, school officials said.