Former Steeler Ernie Holmes dies at 59.

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Fri Jan-18-08 12:32 PM
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Former Steeler Ernie Holmes dies at 59.

Ernie Holmes, who won two Super Bowls as an anchor of Pittsburgh's famed "Steel Curtain" defense in the 1970s, died in a car crash. He was 59

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080118/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_obit_holmes_4

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flvegan

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Fri Jan-18-08 12:46 PM
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1. Wow.

Holmes was driving alone Thursday night when his car left the road and rolled several times near Lumberton, about 80 miles from Houston, a Texas Department of Public Safety dispatcher said Friday.

What a violent crash. Says he was ejected from the car. What a shame.

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Fri Jan-18-08 12:51 PM
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2. Oh no......

He was one of my favorite Steelers back in the day.....:cry:.

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