Alex Karras passed away today at the age of 77 after kidney failure. He was most famous for being a professional football player in the 60's, playing Mongo in Blazing Saddles, and playing Webster's dad in Webster.
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Bowielee
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sixpackshaker
I'll miss him. He was the only person on TV when I was a kid that looked like me.
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GasBandit
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Just Me
May he rest in peace, and comforting hugs to his family and friends.
Never knew he was Mongo, but he left a lasting impression on me as Squash, the bodyguard to James Garner's King Marchand in Victor/Victoria.
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jwhouk
I always knew him as that football player who was suspended with Paul Hornung for betting on football in the early 1960's.
King Marchand: But, you were all-American! I never saw a rougher, tougher, meaner, sonofabitch football player in all my life. 'Squash' Bernstein: Boss, if you didn't want the guys to call you queer, you became a rough tough sonofabitchin' football player.