Legendary Chicago Bears linebacker Dick Butkus died in his sleep at his Malibu, California home on October 5, 2023. He was 80. Born Richard Marvin Burkus in Chicago on December 9, 1942, he was a two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year was named the second greatest player in Bears’ history in 2019, the same year that he made the league’s 100th anniversary all-time team. Butkus’ No. 51 was retired on Oct. 31, 1994. Retiring in the spring of 1974, Butkus was a pitchman for a number of products while also acting in film and television. He also had a run as an NFL radio and television analyst, including the WGN-AM calls of Bears’ games during the 1985 Super Bowl championship season. Dick Butkus appeared in only one Spaghetti western “Cipolla Colt” (Cry Onion aka Spaghetti Western) in 1974 directed by Enzo Castellari and starring Franco Nero and Sterling Hayden.
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