From some stories in the press, a steady stream of former players and coaches met with Walsh over the past year after it was announced he was fighting the cancer. They used to meet for lunch and he rarely talked about his illness, focusing on other subjects like football and what the people were up to in their lives. Days before he passed John Madden and Al Davis were with him at either the hospital or his room talking and trading war stories. He fought until the end and left life giving others an example on how to go out with class as well.
