# Death of two real-life sports movie characters

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**Created:** [December 19, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-two-real-life-sports-movie-characters/845058 "2019-12-19T01:43:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2019, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-of-two-real-life-sports-movie-characters/845058/1 "2019-12-19T01:43:48Z")

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One is local to me–I didn’t go to T.L. Hanna but I’m from the same county–“[Radio](https://www.wyff4.com/article/he-always-will-be-tl-hanna-coach-jones-remembers-james-radio-kennedy/30234184)” from _Radio_ (played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) The second I noted only because of the recent Radio repose–[Herman Boone](https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/18/entertainment/herman-boone-remember-the-titans-coach-obit/index.html), played by Denzel Washington in _Remember the Titans_.