R.I.P. football icon John Madden
The Super Bowl-winning coach, iconic broadcaster, and video game namesake has died

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John Madden in 2006 Photo: Robert B. Stanton/NFLPhotoLibrary
John Madden, possibly the most famous person to ever be associated with professional American football, has died. The news was announced by the National Football League (via Variety), which said in a statement that Madden’s death was “unexpected,” but it did not offer a specific cause of death beyond that. Madden was 85.
The NFL statement quotes league commissioner Roger Goodell as saying that Madden was a “devoted husband, father, and grandfather,” and that he “was football.” The brief statement ends by saying that, “There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today.”