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A Look Back At The Life Of Sports Icon John Madden: Photos

See photos highlighting the life of former NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden, who died Tuesday.

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Broadcaster and former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden poses with his bust after enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5, 2006, in Canton, Ohio.
Broadcaster and former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden poses with his bust after enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5, 2006, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

PLEASANTON, CA — John Madden, the Hall of Fame football coach turned legendary broadcaster, died Tuesday morning at the age of 85. He coached the Oakland Raiders until taking up a career as a sports broadcaster.

Madden was known for combining brash calls with simple explanations, cementing him as one of the leading narrators of NFL games for the past three decades. The Bay Area native was known for his giant personality, and for giving out the big candy bars on Halloween.

Madden's passing was unexpected, and the cause of his death has not been released.

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CA's John Madden, Famed Coach And Broadcaster, Dies At 85

Check out the photos below highlighting the legendary life and career of John Madden.

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John Madden, tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles, poses in July 1959, location not known. (AP Photo, File)
Former Oakland Raiders head coach John Madden speaks about former quarterback Ken Stabler (pictured at rear) at a ceremony honoring Stabler during halftime of an NFL football game Sept. 13, 2015, between the Raiders and the Cincinnati Bengals in Oakland, California. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
John Madden practices on the electronic charting device Telestrator on Jan. 21, 1982, in Pontiac, Michigan, for the upcoming NFL football Super Bowl broadcast on CBS. (AP Photo, File)
Coach John Madden of the Oakland Raiders is carried from the field by his players after his team defeated the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl XI on Jan. 9, 1977, in Pasadena, California. (AP Photo/File)
Fox broadcasters Pat Summerall (left) and John Madden stand in the broadcast booth at the Superdome before Super Bowl XXXVI on Feb. 3, 2002, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File)

Oakland Raiders coach John Madden stands on the sidelines during an NFL football game in October 1978. (AP Photo, File)

Oakland Raiders coach John Madden (right) does a sort of jig as he waves his finger and shouts in protest at a referee's call during the third quarter of the team's NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Dec. 12, 1970, in Oakland, California. (AP Photo, File)
Former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden gestures toward a bust of himself during his enshrinement into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 5, 2006, in Canton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

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