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4 unusual facts about Bum Bright


Bum Bright

After suffering financial losses, including an estimated $29 million in the 1988 collapse of First Republic Bank Corporation, Bright sold the franchise to Jerry Jones in 1989 for $140 million.

Later, Bright claimed that he wanted to fire Landry himself as early as 1987, but general manager Tex Schramm claimed he didn't have a successor in place yet.

An outspoken conservative, Bright was highly critical of John F. Kennedy.

The full-page, black-bordered ad ran on November 22, 1963, the day that Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas.



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