Mike Ditka has been off the radar for a bit bit, prompting worries.
A latest social media rumor swirled that the previous Chicago Bears head coach had truly been in hospice care.
“However my husband is NOT in hospice,” his spouse, Diana, instructed the Chicago Solar-Instances.
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MMike Ditka of the NLF 100 All-Time Crew is honored on the sector previous to Tremendous Bowl LIV between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at Onerous Rock Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Miami, Florida. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Pictures)
The 85-year-old has had latest well being scares, together with a coronary heart assault again in 2018.
The Ditkas had moved to Florida for a couple of years following the closure of their Chicago restaurant in 2020. Now, Ditka is “lastly dwelling” in Chicago.
“I can’t inform you how glad I’m to lastly be dwelling, to be again, though it was mighty chilly once we received off the personal aircraft at Halfway Airport a couple of nights in the past,” he stated.
FILE – Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka is carried off the sector by Steve McMichael, left, and William Perry after the Bears defeated the New England Patriots in Tremendous Bowl 20 in New Orleans on Jan. 26, 1986. (AP Photograph/Phil Sandlin, File)
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The household truly moved again into the identical house advanced they known as dwelling earlier than their transfer south.
Diana did add that caretakers are current, and she or he finishes her husband’s sentences when his reminiscence slips.
Ditka manned the 1985 Bears, with maybe the best protection of all time, to the Tremendous Bowl. He coached them from 1982 to 1992 after taking part in for them for six seasons within the Nineteen Sixties.Â
He additionally coached the New Orleans Saints for 3 seasons, and performed for the Eagles and Cowboys.
Head Coach Mike Ditka  of the Chicago Bears  on the sector earlier than a mid circa 1980’s NFL soccer recreation at Soldier Area in Chicago, Illinois. Ditka was the pinnacle coach of the Bears from 1982-92. (Deal with Sport/Getty Pictures)
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Ditka additionally hung out broadcasting, changing into an ESPN staple within the 2000s. He was the primary tight finish ever inducted into the Corridor of Fame.
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