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I read Darryl Stingley's auto-biography (Happy to Be Alive.) He stated that John Madden was crying his eyes out when he first went to visit Stingley in the hospital, and that he felt that what happened to him (Stingley) played a part in Madden's decision to retire from coaching after that season (Madden also had bleeding ulcers at that time.) Stingley also stated that Madden was the only person from the Raiders' organization that visited him in the hospital. Finally, Stingley said that Madden very likely saved his life, as he (Madden) noticed that something was wrong with his breathing tubes that even the nurses at the hospital did not see ...... Madden frantically waving his arms and calling the nurses over to observe something that appeared to be wrong with those breathing tubes allowed them to relieve phlegm that was building up in his throat that he very well may have otherwise choked to death on.






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