All-Time NFL Great Jim Brown Dies at 87

All-Time NFL Great Jim Brown Dies at 87
Jimmy Brown (32), running back for the Cleveland Browns, in action against the New York Giants in Cleveland on Nov. 14, 1965. AP Photo
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CLEVELAND—Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown, an unstoppable running back who retired at the peak of his brilliant career to become an actor as well as a civil rights advocate during the 1960s, has died. He was 87.

A spokeswoman for Brown’s family said he passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night with his wife, Monique, by his side.