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Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.

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Lou Holtz
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: January 6
American Football Coach
American Football Player
Football Coach
Follansbee
West Virginia
Louis Leo Holtz
Louis Holtz
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