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FILE - This ia an Aug. 14, 2015, file photo showing former NFL player Matt Millen before an NFL preseason football game between the Raiders and the St. Louis Rams in Oakland, Calif. Millen says he is being treated for a rare disease that has robbed his heart of most of its normal function. The 60-year-old Millen told the Morning Call in Allentown, Pennsylvania that he has been diagnosed with amyloidosis, a life-threatening illness that may force Millen to seek a heart transplant. Millen has been receiving chemotherapy once a week to treat a condition that his left his heart functioning at just 30 percent. Millen played 12 seasons as a linebacker in the NFL for the Raiders, 49ers and Redskins _ and won four Super Bowl rings.(AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Ex NFL player, GM Matt Millen has rare ailment, heart woes

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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2008, file photo, Detroit Lions owner and chairman William Clay Ford walks on the sidelines prior to an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins in Detroit. Ford Motor Co. said in a statement Sunday, March 9, 2014, that Ford died of pneumonia at his home. Ford, who helped steer Ford Motor Co. for more than five decades and owned the NFL's Detroit Lions, has died at the age of 88. He was the last surviving grandson of company founder Henry Ford. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Lions owner William Clay Ford dies at 88

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Detroit Lions wide receiver Stefan Logan (11) celebrates after the Lions defeated the Miami Dolphins 34-27 during an NFL football game in Miami, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. At right is safety John Wendling (29).(AP Photo/Hans Deryk)

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