'Dandy' Don Meredith dies at 72

Fox News and AP ^ | 12/06/2010 | AP

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Don Meredith, the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback who served as a folksy foil for Howard Cosell on ABC's ''Monday Night Football'' and helped carve out the niche for colorful ex-athlete broadcasters, has died. ''Dandy Don,'' as he was known, was 72.

Meredith's wife, Susan, told The Associated Press her husband died Sunday in Santa Fe after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma. She and her daughter were at Meredith's side when he died.

''He was the best there was,'' she said Monday, describing him as kind, warm and funny. ''We lost a good one.''

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Turn out the lights, the party’s over.

[Huskrrrr]

So long Dandaroo. Now riding that Wabash Cannonball in the sky.

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ping

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Some great commentary here too.

[AppyPappy]

Interesting. They slightly changed the text

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2638184/posts

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I remember Don’s laughter during one MNF game. Vince Evans was TERRIBLE, he threw interceptions and fumbled the ball away. After Evans was replaced and the Bears started to gain yardage under their new QB, the crowd started chanting “We Want Evans!”

Even Gifford had trouble with the laughter.

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....and my search turned up nothing. arrgh.

[stevecmd]

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A couple of other threads if anyone is interested in viewing the comments thereon:

Cowboys' Don Meredith dies after brain hemorrhage  ^
	12/06/2010 9:38:35 AM PST · by STARWISE · 63 replies AP/Breitbart ^ | 11-6-10 | Susan Montoya Bryan ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Don Meredith, one of the most recognizable figures of the early Dallas Cowboys and an original member of ABC's "Monday Night Football" broadcast team, died Sunday. He was 72. Meredith's wife, Susan, told The Associated Press on Monday her husband died in Santa Fe after suffering a brain hemorrhage and lapsing into a coma. She and her daughter were at Meredith's side when he died. "He was the best there was," she said, describing him as kind, warm and funny. "We lost a good one." She said a private graveside service was being planned and that...
Legendary Cowboys, SMU quarterback Don Meredith dies ^
	12/06/2010 7:38:36 AM PST · by John W · 96 replies The Dallas Morning News ^ | December 6, 2010 | Bras Townsend Don Meredith, the Dallas Cowboys and SMU quarterback and Monday Night Football icon, died Sunday evening in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 72. Meredith died at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, a hospital spokesman confirmed this morning. The Meredith family's attorney, Lisa Fine Moses, said his wife, Susan, and daughter Mary were at his side. Meredith had battled emphysema in recent years and suffered a minor stroke in 2004.

[dfwgator]

His role on MNF made it easy to forget just how good of a quarterback he was.

[kbennkc]

Don Meredith was in some of the best episodes of Police woman.
I remember when that Earl Holloman’s character criticized Meridith's for using a larger than standard department firearm. Don had a 1911, if I am flashing back on both cylinders, He said he didn't like those itty bitty guns.
Cool as Dean Martin.

[frithguild]

I remember the TV camera turned to some kid sitting in the almost stands at an Oilers game, when they were getting pummeled. When he saw the camera was on him he very calmly flipped the bird to all the Monday Night Football viewers. Meridth said something like, “He’s just saying the Oilers are number one!”

Rest in peace Dandy Don Meredith.

[kbennkc]

I think I remember some good passes by Meredith to Bob Hayes, fastest man alive..

[MHGinTN]

Gosh I feel old!

I lost a brother to this same problem when he was only fifty. But ya know, if you're gonna go by something, this is a truly painless way to go.

Gosh I feel old!

[Perdogg]

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[Perdogg]

My favorite story about Dandy Don when led the Cowboys to win over the Redskins almost the length of field with no timeouts and a punctured lung.

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"I think I remember some good passes by Meredith to Bob Hayes, fastest man alive."

Hayes was enshrined in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor in 2001 and was selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009."

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You feel old! I can remember trying to find a parking spot on someones front lawn at the old Cotton Bowl and then sitting on pillows and shivering under blankets that we brought to the game (along with a flask of something to ward off the cold) but it was worth it to watch him throw “Hail Marys” to Bob Hayes....and who could forget the Green Bay/Dallas Super Bowl with everyone freezing in the snow.....I will really, really miss him.