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Bobby Bowden dies: Legendary coach built Florida State into college football powerhouse
- Updated: August 8, 2021
Bobby Bowden, who built Florida State football into a national powerhouse and directed the program with a folksy, southern charm, died early Sunday morning.
He was 91.
On July 23, Terry Bowden – son of the Hall of Fame coach – revealed his father was suffering from pancreatic cancer. This came a day after his family released a statement through the Democrat indicating he had been diagnosed with a terminal medical condition.
Bowden was surrounded by his family — wife Ann and their six children — when he passed away peacefully at 5:08 a.m. at his Killearn Estates home, daughter Ginger Bowden told the Democrat Sunday morning.
“He passed peacefully,” Ginger said. “His family was with him during the night.”
“We’ve been preparing for this,” Terry Bowden, the first-year coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, said when he shared his father’s condition to reporters at Sun Belt media day last month in New Orleans. “We just think we’ve got some more good days ahead, and we’re going to enjoy those together.”
Bowden was being treated at his Killearn Estates home by caretakers and family. Upbeat and optimistic, he also felt well enough at times during his final weeks to welcome visitors and take telephone calls.
“I feel fine but I can’t do much,” Bowden told the Democrat in early July.
Bowden — a devout Baptist — made his last public appearance on stage in early June as the guest speaker at the Send Luncheon, hosted by the North American Mission Board (NAMB), in Nashville.
Bowden’s health had deteriorated after he tested positive for COVID-19 in October 2020. He was hospitalized in late June for five days for fatigue and additional medical tests.
