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CHICAGO — Jim Dooley, who succeeded George Halas as head coach of the Chicago Bears, died Tuesday, his daughter said. He was 77.

Lisa Trace said her father, who coached the Bears from 1968-71, had been ill with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, known as Lou Gehrig's disease, for the past 10 years and died at Lake Forest Hospital on Tuesday afternoon.
He had been in the intensive care unit for the past three weeks and had developed pneumonia, Trace said.
"The Chicago Bears was his life until he died," Dooley's wife, Elaine, told The Associated Press on Tuesday night. "He couldn't get to the games in his later years, but he never missed watching a game, never missed yelling."
Dooley spent nearly three decades with the Bears as a wide receiver, head coach and later as an assistant coach alongside Mike Ditka.

Former Bears coach Dooley dies at age 77

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RIP Dooley.

I'm sure the Bears will honor him the first chance they get.