(Reuters) - Alex Karras, the Detroit Lions football star with the puckish personality who turned to acting and won legions of fans for punching out a horse in the movie "Blazing Saddles," died on ...

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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 ...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 05:22:47 GMT — Detroit Lions president Tom Lewand says the franchise is deeply saddened to learn of Alex Karras' condition. The Detroit Free Press and Detroit News reported Monday ...

Bob Asmussen, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. For my money, the answer is easy: the Karras family. In three generations, seven represented five different Big Ten schools: Illinois, Indiana, ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Former University of Iowa standouts Duke Slater, one of the NFL's first black players, and Alex Karras ...

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 ...

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 ...