Frank Gifford, NFL Great and Former ‘Monday Night Football’ Sportscaster, Dead at 84

“Today” co-host Kathie Lee Gifford says she is “deeply grateful” for outpouring of condolences after her husband’s sudden death on Sunday

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NFL Hall-of-Famer and former “Monday Night Football” sportscaster Frank Gifford died suddenly on Sunday. He was 84.

Gifford is the husband of “Today” show host Kathie Lee Gifford, who he married in 1986. The couple has two children together, in addition to Frank’s three kids from a previous marriage.

“It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and friend, Frank Gifford. Frank died suddenly this beautiful Sunday morning of natural causes at his Connecticut home,” 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.

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