Breaking News: John Madden, iconic NFL coach, broadcaster and video game star, dies

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Dec. 28, 2021 John Madden, iconic NFL coach, broadcaster and video game star, dies John Madden, an NFL icon who reached the top of his profession in three distinctly different fields - coaching, announcing, and video games - has died. He was 85. Madden frequently said he answered to three different names, each coming from a different generation of NFL fans. He was "Coach" to the people who followed his Oakland Raiders, "John" to the millions who remembered him best as a broadcaster, and "Madden" to the legions of video-game devotees. Read more

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