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Legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden has died

One of the most influential figures in NFL history, sports broadcasting, and video games has passed away.

The NFL announced that John Madden, died unexpectedly on Tuesday morning at the age of 85. His death comes just three days after the premiere of the ‘All Madden’ documentary chronicling his football life and lasting impact on the sport.

There’s just no way I can write this obituary and do John Madden’s career justice. It’s hard to process the idea that such a larger than life figure is now gone. He was a Super Bowl winning head coach with the Oakland Raiders and no one has a better regular season win percentage (min.