Even as Gale Sayers battled dementia, his bonds could never be broken

In July 2019, The World-Herald featured Gale Sayers in its book “24th & Glory” about the intersection of the civil rights movement and Omaha’s greatest generation of athletes. The following excerpt details Sayers’ battle with dementia late in his life. Sayers died Sept. 23 at the age of 77. * * * From time to […]

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