Meredith died at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, a hospital spokesman confirmed this morning.
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 says a private graveside ceremony is being planned and that family members were traveling to Santa Fe.
"He was the best there was," she said, describing him as kind, warm and funny. "We lost a good one."
Meredith had battled emphysema in recent years and suffered a minor stroke in 2004.
He was the only living Cowboys Ring of Honor member unable to attend the franchise's September 2009 inaugural game at Cowboys Stadium.
The best memories I'll ever have of Monday Night Football came when Dandy Don, Frank Gifford & Howard Cosell were the 3-man booth. Don's humor was always welcome. Meredith was one of my dad's favorite football players, and of course some of the great book/movie "North Dallas 40" had him in mind when it was released. RIP, Dandy...the lights are finally out...
ReplyDeleteThey assigned to him the duties of reading the statement from the Commish saying you couldn't reproduce the broadcast without permission... one game, the Giants were losing 33-0 in the fourth quarter and he followed that statement with... "but, I don't think the Commish would care if you replayed this one..."
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