Turn out the lights, the party’s over. Danderoo dead at 72.

It’s been a long day. Here are some stories about Don Meredith, Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Monday Night Football star and genuine Texas character. Dandy Don died Sunday in Santa Fe, N.M. RIP Danderoo.

USA Today — Meredith, pop-culture icon when Nixon was president.

ESPN — What sports and sports broadcasting figures are saying about Meredith.

The Dallas Morning News — A great obit/editorial from the Cowboys’ hometown paper. Well, that is before they moved to Arlington, in Tarrant County, and into the Fort Worth Star-Telegram‘s (Startlegram) country.

Boston Globe — (Note: Meredith was always believed to be the inspiration for Seth Maxwell, the party-hard, hard-bitten, pro-quarterback in “North Dallas Forty,” written by former Dallas Cowboy Peter Gent.) If Meredith hadn’t existed, Dan Jenkins would have to invent him.