Former Chicago Bears linebacker and Pro Football Hall of Famer Dick Butkus has died at the age of 80, the team announced Thursday.
Butkus died “peacefully in his sleep overnight at home in Malibu,” California, a statement from his family, posted by the Bears on social media, reads.
A ferocious hitter, Butkus was an imposing force as the Bears’ middle linebacker for nine seasons in the 1960s and 1970s, and made eight Pro Bowls.
dead at 80
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