Mike Ditka's family provides health update after hospice rumors

Mike Ditka has been disconnected the radar for a small bit, prompting worries.

A caller societal media rumor swirled that the erstwhile Chicago Bears caput manager had really been successful hospice care.

"But my hubby is NOT successful hospice," his wife, Diana, told the Chicago Sun-Times.

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MMike Ditka of the NLF 100 All-Time Team is honored connected the tract anterior to Super Bowl LIV betwixt the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs astatine Hard Rock Stadium connected February 02, 2020 successful Miami, Florida.  (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

The 85-year-old has had caller wellness scares, including a bosom onslaught backmost successful 2018.

The Ditkas had moved to Florida for a fewer years pursuing the closure of their Chicago edifice successful 2020. Now, Ditka is "finally home" successful Chicago.

"I can’t archer you however blessed I americium to yet beryllium home, to beryllium back, though it was mighty acold erstwhile we got disconnected the backstage level astatine Midway Airport a fewer nights ago," helium said.

FILE - Chicago Bears manager Mike Ditka is carried disconnected the tract by Steve McMichael, left, and William Perry aft the Bears defeated the New England Patriots successful Super Bowl 20 successful New Orleans connected Jan. 26, 1986. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File)

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The household really moved backmost into the aforesaid flat analyzable they called location earlier their determination south.

Diana did adhd that caretakers are present, and she finishes her husband's sentences erstwhile his representation slips.

Ditka manned the 1985 Bears, with possibly the top defence of each time, to the Super Bowl. He coached them from 1982 to 1992 aft playing for them for six seasons successful the 1960s. 

He besides coached the New Orleans Saints for 3 seasons, and played for the Eagles and Cowboys.

Head Coach Mike Ditka  of the Chicago Bears  on the tract earlier a mid circa 1980's NFL shot crippled astatine Soldier Field successful Chicago, Illinois. Ditka was the caput manager of the Bears from 1982-92. (Focus connected Sport/Getty Images)

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Ditka besides spent clip broadcasting, becoming an ESPN staple successful the 2000s. He was the archetypal choky extremity ever inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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