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WASHINGTON -- Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative," died Saturday. He was 73.
Kemp died after a lengthy illness, according to spokeswoman Bona Park and Edwin J. Feulner, a longtime friend and former campaign adviser. Park said Kemp died at his home in Bethesda, Md., in the Washington suburbs.
Kemp's office announced in January that he had been diagnosed with an unspecified type of cancer. By then, however, the cancer was in an advanced stage and had spread to several organs, Feulner said. He did not know the origin of the cancer.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Kemp "one of the nation's most distinguished public servants. Jack was a powerful voice in American politics for more than four decades."
A Dallas Cowboys scouting assistant was permanently paralyzed from the waist down after his spine was severed during the collapse of the team’s tent-like practice structure in a severe storm.
The team announced Rich Behm was in stable condition at Parkland Hospital on Sunday after surgery to stabilize a fracture to the thoracic spine.
The 33-year-old Behm was among a dozen people hurt in the accident Saturday, and was one of three Cowboys staffers who remained hospitalized.
Joe DeCamillis, 43, the team’s new special teams coach, sustained a fracture of one of his cervical vertebrae without paralysis. He was in stable condition at Parkland and scheduled for surgery Monday.
Assistant athletic trainer Greg Gaither, 35, had surgery Saturday night to repair a fracture to the tibia and fibula in his right leg. He is expected to be released from the Baylor Regional Medical Center later this week.
IRVING, Texas - Former Cowboys safety Roy Williams will have the chance to turn his career around next season after agreeing to a short-term deal with the Cincinnati Bengals on Wednesday.
Williams is reunited with one-time Cowboys defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, who schooled the five-time Pro Bowler during his first five years in the league. Williams has said for a while he was better-suited to play close to the line of scrimmage in a 4-3 defense. The Cowboys switched to the 3-4 under Bill Parcells in 2005, and Williams' once high level of play deteriorated ever since.
He legally changed his surname from Johnson to Ochocinco prior to the 2008 regular season to reflect his Bengals uniform number. While he references his last name as two words "Ocho Cinco", a paperwork technicality has condensed his legal last name into one word