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Billy Dee Williams and Gale Sayers

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Order Number	00048826
Title	Billy Dee Williams and Gale Sayers
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 6520.
Date	1971
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Notes	Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989; Photograph included in the Exhibit: The Industry in Our Backyard: Television Production in Los Angeles 1940s-1980s.
Description	Billy Dee Williams (left) and Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers during the making of "Brian's Song." The highly-acclaimed TV movie documented the relationship between Sayers (played by Williams) and teammate Brian Piccolo (James Caan) as Sayers watched Piccolo succumb to cancer. "Brian's Song" remains one of the great tear-jerker sports films, on par with "Bang the Drum Slowly" and "Pride of the Yankees." Photo dated: October 12, 1971.
Subject	Williams, Billy Dee,--1937- Sayers, Gale,--1943- Chicago Bears (Football team). Motion picture actors and actresses. Football players. Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection