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Christopher Mad Dog, Russo. Good morning. Good morning. You too, Molly.

Steven A. Great to see you as always, but we begin on a somber note this morning.

Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back who's heads up thinking authored the Immaculate

Reception, considered the most iconic play in NFL history, has died. He was 72. Harris's

son Doc told the Associated Press his father passed away overnight. No cause of death was

given. Now, his death comes just two days before the 50th anniversary of the play that provided

the jolt that helped transform the Steelers into the NFL's elite in three days before

Pittsburgh is scheduled to retire his number 32 during a ceremony at half time of its game

against the Las Vegas Raiders. Here's a look back at an amazing career for Franco. In his

13 years in the NFL, he was a four time Super Bowl champion and a nine time pro-bular,

which is the second most by running back in NFL history with only the great Barry Sanders

having more selection. Now yesterday Christopher Mad Dog, Russo on his radio show had a guest

and it was Franco Harris and he was on your show for about 30 minutes and we'll get into

that in just a bit. Tell me though, how will you remember Franco? Well, our buddy over

there is a huge Steeler fan and one of the reasons is a huge Steeler fan is because of this

play. So it's weird. The play is such an iconic play. You said, you know, one of the top

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