A dozen NFL seasons packed with All-Pro roughhousing, easy celebrity and lots of laughs would be a fulsome career for any man. That was just Alex Karras’ opening act. Karras was a natural in front of ...

Alex Karras, the former Detroit Lions All-Pro defensive tackle and later a successful actor, died on Oct. 10. I have vivid memories of him before he ever gained immortality as “Mongo” in “Blazing ...

Alex Karras, who was a star defensive lineman for the Detroit Lions in the 1960s and went on to gain other fame for his acting in Hollywood's Blazing Saddles and TV's Webster, has died, according to ...

DETROIT -- Alex Karras was a man of many roles. Fearsome NFL defensive lineman. Lovable TV dad. Hilarious big-screen cowboy. And in the end, a dementia victim who blamed the NFL for his illness along ...

A dozen NFL seasons packed with All-Pro roughhousing, easy celebrity and lots of laughs would be a fulsome career for any man. That was just Alex Karras’ opening act. Karras was a natural in front of ...

DETROIT, Mich. - Friends of Alex Karras say the former Lions great suffered kidney failure in the last two weeks and has been given only a few days to live. Tom McInerney, owner of McInerney's ...

A dozen NFL seasons packed with All-Pro roughhousing, easy celebrity and lots of laughs would be a fulsome career for any man. That was just Alex Karras’ opening act. Karras was a natural in front of ...

Alex Karras, the rugged lineman who anchored the Detroit Lions’ defense in the 1960s, then went on to an acting career in which he starred in the sitcom “Webster” and famously punched a horse in the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alex Karras, who gained fame in the NFL as a fearsome defensive lineman and later as an actor, has died. He was 77. Craig Mitnick, Karras' attorney, said Karras died at home in Los ...