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Appreciation: 'Skinny guys don't care about food' — John Madden's greatest gifts were humor, warmth

LOS ANGELES — John Madden was so much more than a Super Bowl-winning coach, legendary broadcaster and someone who built a video-game empire. He was a regular guy. "What made him so popular was that he was so genuine and so accessible," said Al Michaels, who worked in the ABC and NBC broadcast booths with Madden for seven years. "In traveling around the country, John had a great connection with ...

LOS ANGELES — John Madden was so much more than a Super Bowl-winning coach, legendary broadcaster and someone who built a video-game empire.

He was a regular guy.

"What made him so popular was that he was so genuine and so accessible," said Al Michaels, who worked in the ABC and NBC broadcast booths with Madden for seven years. "In traveling around the country, John had a great connection with city folk, rural folk, with farmers, with people out there doing the grunt work. He just

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