Thursday, October 11, 2012

Alex Karras: A fond memory from a Times reader

Alex Karras, the former NFL Pro Bowl defensive lineman who went from sacking quarterbacks to memorably KO'ing a horse in Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles, has d.By LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer – 1 minute ago. Alex Karras was recently released from a California hospital after having kidney failure so he could spend his final days with family. "He may be dying of kidney failure because now his body is catchingAlex Karras, an All-Pro defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions who later worked as a "Monday Night Football" co-host and parlayed his hulking strength into a Hollywood acting career, died Wednesday. He was 77. Karras died at his Los Angeles home, hisAlex Karras, who starred on the long-running '80s sitcom Webster after his successful NFL career with the Detroit Lions, died today. "After a heroic fight with kidney disease, heart disease, dementia and for the last two years,Pro football player turned actor Alex Karras, who died today at age 77, had a varied career that included a role of special significance to LGBT audiences in 1982's Victor/Victoria. In director Blake Edwards's gender-bending musical, set in 1934 Paris
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