Per the NFL, legendary football broadcaster John Madden died unexpectedly on Tuesday morning at age 85.
“There will never be another John Madden,” commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in a statement. “We will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today.”
For Patriots fans, Madden will perhaps best be remembered for being on the call of Super Bowl XXXVI — Brady’s first in his once-in-a-lifetime run. In a statement on Tuesday, Robert Kraft referenced Madden’s famous call, and offered his “sincerest sympathies” to the Madden family.