Brian Piccolo died of cancer at the age of 26. He left a wife and three daughters. He also left a great many loving friends who miss and think of him often. But when they think of him, it's not how he died that they remember - but how he lived. How he did live!
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Narrator Ernest Hemingway once said "Every true story ends in death." Well, this is a true story.
Brian Piccolo I said thank you.
Gale Sayers I know.
Brian Piccolo Well, usually when someone says thank you you're supposed to say you're welcome or How's Your mother?
Gale Sayers How's your mother? ?
Assistant coach Piccolo, you bone-headed spaghetti eater, that was Fake Draw Screen Right. What the hell do you do on Fake Draw Screen Right?
Brian Piccolo Well, on uh, Fake Draw Screen Right I uh, pick up the linebacker if he's comin, 'less of course it's Butkus, then I simply notify the quarterback to send for a preacher.
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