Don Meredith dies at 72

[1979Shocker]

Legendary Cowboys, SMU quarterback Don Meredith dies

By BRAD TOWNSEND/The Dallas Morning News
btownsend@dallasnews.com

Don Meredith, the Dallas Cowboys and SMU quarterback and Monday Night Football icon, died Sunday evening in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 72.

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.

[shoxlax]

Turn out the lights, the party's over.....dude was like a rock star when he rolled into a town to do a game.

[kcshocker11]

Turn out the lights, the party's over.....dude was like a rock star when he rolled into a town to do a game.

:good: :cry: :cry: 8)