Cowboys Coach Jason Garrett's Father Dies At 87

The Cowboys lost a longtime member of their family Friday evening with the passing of Jim Garrett, who spent more than 16 years in the team’s scouting department.

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The father of Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett is dead at the age of 87.  Jim Garrett, who worked as a scout for the Cowboys from 1987-through-2004, died Friday after battling the effects of a stroke since 2012.  Garrett also coached in the NFL with the Giants, Saints, and Browns and scouted for Dallas in two other stints in the late sixties and mid-seventies.  

Garrett is survived by his wife, eight children, 28 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

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