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Former Bears linebacker Buffone dies at 70

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      Dickerson has been the Bears beat reporter for ESPN Chicago since 2004. He is also a talk-show host on ESPN 1000 and the ESPN Radio network.
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CHICAGO -- Former Bears linebacker Doug Buffone died Monday at the age of 70.

Paramedics were called to Buffone's Chicago home on Monday afternoon where they found the popular ex-linebacker turned broadcaster unresponsive, police said.