Chicago just lost its toughest son. Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame tight end who rewrote the position and the fiery coach who dragged the 1985 Bears to Super Bowl XX glory, has died at 86. No cause given. The family called him the heart of their home while the world knew him as Da Coach, the mustache, the intensity, the only man to deliver Chicago its last NFL title. From Rookie of the Year to the sideline legend who made the Monsters of the Midway unstoppable, Ditka defined what it meant to play and coach with pure grit. The NFL is in mourning. Bears fans are broken. A true American football icon is gone.
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