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I'm Brian, though, in for Big Ben Maller. Feel free to check in 87799 on Fox. It's your phone number. Also on Twitter at the no show is where you can find me.

So, NFL legend, John Madden, passed away Tuesday morning at the age of 85.

And, I mean, it's just one of these deals where it's twofold, right?

It's very sad anytime someone that meant so much to so many people passes away.

But 85 years old.

What a run.

That's typically how I look at death is depending, right?

It's case by case.

But when you live to be that age and you've had a positive impact on so many people,

and along the way you've had some great accomplishments as well, that's a great run. You know, it's not just, oh, it's sad. Yeah, it's sad,

but that's not where the story ends, right? I think there's a comma at the end of that sentence

instead of a period. Like, yeah, it's incredibly sad,

comma, but what a life. Look what the guy did and how many people that he had a positive

impact on. And so the great editors at Fox Sports Radio, they've grabbed a couple of clips

from the legend John Madden, who, as Eddie Garcia is saying, he was inducted into the

Pro Football Hall of Fame both as a coach and a broadcaster.

That's amazing to be a Hall of Famer twice over.

And so this was one of the more memorable calls.

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