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Rex Ryan: My father was 'tough son of a gun'

Buffalo Bills coach Rex Ryan was surprised by the death of his father, former NFL coach Buddy Ryan, on Tuesday morning and drove eight hours from Orchard Park, New York to Lawrenceburg, Kentucky after learning of his passing.

"It was a surprise in the fact that we thought he was doing a lot better," Rex told TheMMQB.com. "But he had faced everything. He had just been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease; all those bouts of cancer he has had; numerous strokes; congestive heart failure. He actually beat encephalitis before. He eventually just couldn't take it -- I guess, with all that stuff piling up, it just got him.