James J. Murray, general manager for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles who turned a cancer diagnosis for one of his player’s young daughters into an organization that has become an American institution, has died at 87. Murray served active duty in the Marine Corps Reserve before joining the Eagles organization. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived. James J. Murray, general manager for the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles who turned a cancer diagnosis for one of his player’s young daughters into an organization that has become an American institution, has died at 87. Murray served active duty in the Marine Corps Reserve before joining the Eagles organization. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.
