'Dandy Don' Meredith Dead At 72
Posted on Dec 06, 2010 @ 08:44AM
Legendary former Dallas Cowboy quarterback and Monday Night Football personality Don Meredith has died at 72, RadarOnline.com has learned.
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After Meredith -- nicknamed 'Dandy Don' -- suffered a brain hemorrhage and lapsed into a coma, he passed away Sunday surrounded by his family at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Meredith had battled emphysema in recent years and suffered a minor stroke in 2004.
"He was the best there was," his wife Susan told the AP. "We lost a good one."
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His Monday Night Football run lasted from 1970 until 1984, where he had excellent broadcast booth chemistry with Frank Gifford and the legendary Howard Cosell. He was noted for saying, "The Party's Over!" once he determined the game was out of reach.
Meredith was also a spokesman for Lipton Teas.
"On a Monday, before a huge MNF game, the world loses Don Meredith at the age of 72," ESPN's Adam Schefter Tweeted Monday. "RIP, Dandy Don."
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"What you saw was what you got' with Don. There's an extra star in his cap for tolerating Cosell all those
years. Blessings to his family.
Posted Mon, 12/06/2010 - 3:14pm
We will miss his voice singing "Turn out the Lights..." The party may be over for Dandy Don here on earth, but in our prayers it begins again in heaven. He will be missed here in Dallas!
Posted Mon, 12/06/2010 - 2:06pm
His broadcasts were down-to-earth and at times, hysterically funny. He told it like he saw it. His love of the game always came through. Condolences to his family.
Posted Mon, 12/06/2010 - 1:28pm
Turn out the lights...the party's over. RIP, Don. You were the best.
Posted Mon, 12/06/2010 - 1:14pm