Date of Birth: April 10, 1938
Date of Death: Dec 5, 2010 (72 Age)
Place of Birth: Mount Vernon
Country: United States
Profession: Sportscaster
Horoscope: Aries
About
Dandy" Joseph Don Meredith, also known as Don Meredith, was an American football quarterback, sports commentator, and actor who played for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League for all nine seasons from 1960 to 1968. (NFL).
Don Meredith's Nationality | Age
Don was born on April 10, 1938. Meredith died on 5th December 2010 at the age of 72. He was born in Mount Vernon, Texas, some 100 miles east of Dallas, and thus had American citizenship.
Is Don Meredith married or divorced?
He had three marriages. Lynne Shamburger, his first wife, was a former SMU cheerleader. They had one daughter, Mary, and were married from 1959 to 1963.
Meredith was then married from 1965 until 1971 to the former Cheryl King, with whom he had a son Michael and a daughter Heather. Following that, he met his third wife, Susan Lessons Dullea, the ex-wife of actor Keir Dullea, while walking down Third Avenue in New York City. They married in 1972.
Don Meredith's Family
He appears to be discreet about his childhood, and details regarding his parents and siblings are currently unavailable; however, they will be updated as soon as they are confirmed and reviewed.
Education
There currently needs to be more information available on where he attended school. On the other hand, Don attended Mount Vernon High School in his hometown, where he excelled in football and basketball, appeared in school plays, and finished second in his class.
Don Meredith's Characters
Don Meredith's first film role was as Kelly Freeman in the 1974 picture Terror on the 40th Floor. John Forsythe, Joseph Campanella, and Lynn Carlin starred in the picture.
In Police Story, he played Detective Bert Jameson, one of his recurring roles. Tony Lo Bianco appeared in the same episodes as Meredith as Detective Calabrese.
They also appeared in their respective roles in the following episodes. In one episode, "The Witness," a picture of Don in his Dallas uniform hangs on the wall of Delaney's pub while Don interviews witnesses to a heist beneath his picture.
Net Worth
Don Meredith is one of the wealthiest and most popular sportscasters. According to Wikipedia, Forbes, and Business Insider, Don Meredith's net worth is estimated at $2 million.
Don Meredith's Death
Meredith died on December 5, 2010, following a long battle with a brain hemorrhage. He died at 72 at St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Movies and television shows starring Don Meredith
Monday Night Football
Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Undercover with the KKKT
error Among Us
Three Days of Rain (film)
Mayday at 40,000 Feet! 1976 Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid Terror on the 40th Floor The Night the City Screamed Wyatt Earp: Return to Tombstone Sky Heist Police Story: The Freeway Killings The Courage and the Passion Lure 2014 Supertrain Film The Hunters Film The Freedom Riders Film NFL Films Classics: Big Game America 2008
Don Meredith Facts
Dandy Don and The Irrepressible One are two of his nicknames. He was anointed to the Pro Bowl in his last three years as a player. From 1970 until 1984, Don worked as a color analyst for NFL telecasts.
He was a founding member of the American Broadcasting Company's Monday Night Football broadcast crew and famously played Howard Cosell's comic foil (ABC).
He was also an actor who appeared in a dozen films and seven big television shows, some of which he starred in. Don is probably best known to television viewers as Bert Jameson, a recurring character in Police Story.
Social Media Handles
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FAQ's
Q: Is Don Meredith still living?
A: December 5, 2010, Don Meredith / Date of death
Q: Who was Don Meredith's wife?
A: Susan Lessons Dullea( 1972–2010)
Cheryl King (1965–1971)
Lynne Shamburger( 1959–1963 )
Q: Is Don Meredith in the football Hall of Fame?
A: Don Meredith
Hall of Fame(1982) - National Football Foundation.
Q: When did Don Meredith retire?
A: Don Meredith / Career end - 1968
Meredith left sportscasting after the 1984 season, a year after Cosell did. Meredith also had a successful acting career, appearing in various films and television shows. In the 1980s, he appeared in a series of commercials as "Lipton Tea Lover, Don Meredith."
Q: Where is Don Meredith buried?
A: Mount Vernon City Cemetery He died at seventy-two on December 5, 2010, after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Joseph Donald Meredith is buried at Mount Vernon City Cemetery near his parents. He was survived by his wife, Susan, and three children.