Former NFL star and sportscaster Frank Gifford has died, his family said in a statement released Sunday by NBC. “Frank died suddenly this beautiful Sunday morning of natural causes at his Connecticut home,” the statement said. The network said Gifford, who was married to Kathie Lee Gifford, was 84.
“It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and friend, Frank Gifford,” the Gifford family said in a statement.
“We rejoice in the extraordinary life he was privileged to live, and we feel grateful and blessed to have been loved by such an amazing human being. We ask that our privacy be respected at this difficult time and we thank you for your prayers.”
Emanuella Grinberg -CNN