Dandy Don died today

[ladypanther]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-dandy_1207edi.State.Edition1.2409907.html

Turn out the lights. The party's over.

"If you don't like Don Meredith," former teammate Dan Reeves said, "you don't like anybody."

[BBQ&Beer]

Aww damn. Goodbye Don. Hank's gonna miss you.

[mav1234]

I wish I could have watched MNF back then... looks like it was a riot... alas, I'm a bit too young for that.

[CatMan72]

R.i.p.

[pstall]

I do remember him. I was in elem in his hey day and it was a treat to be able to stay up and watch MNF and to see the highlights with Cosell was awesome.

Highlights the was like rare rubys because you didn't have the visual orgies you have now going on.

[ladypanther]

He and Cosell were the Odd Couple. He was a unique and genuine personality.

Love this one:

For college, he chose SMU – "close to home and easy to spell"

But also there was this:

He earned his teammates' respect by taking a fearsome beating, playing with broken ribs, a collapsed lung and at least two concussions, all the while becoming the target of the home fans' boos.

"Toughest son of a gun I've ever seen," said Lee Roy Jordan, Meredith's road roommate in the mid-'60s.

MNF has not been the same without him.