Kathie Lee remembers late husband on ‘Today’

She said her husband “lauhged up until the very end” and “was a man at complete peace in his life”.

“The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away”, the 62-year-old talk show host started by saying.

“In some ways, it foreshadowed what reality television is now – this urge to live your life in front of millions of people”, said David Bushman, television curator at the Paley Center for Media.

“I grew up in New York at a time when Frank was playing”, Michaels recounts. “He was the face of our franchise for therefore a few years”. “He had hope that he’d be with the Lord and we would be with him as well”.

Gifford was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1930, the youngest of Weldon and Lola Mae Gifford’s three children.

On November. 20, 1960, with the Giants trailing the Eagles 17-10 at Yankee Stadium and time running out, Charlie Conerly threw a pass to Gifford in an attempt to put the Giants in scoring position. “It didn’t take me long to understand what he expected of me”. Not only did his faith continue as he became older-it thrived.

Gifford’s superior speed and ball skills encompassed by innovation made him a model of his time, and despite the monumental offensive hype surfacing from the Giants’ 2015 training camp, neither a Victor Cruz nor Shane Vereen will ever touch the original. He returned in 1962 and switched from halfback to flanker to take advantage of his great pass-catching skills, regaining his star status once again, according to his Pro Football Hall of Fame profile. Gifford was one of the rare athletes that transcended sports. While the big draw in the booth was the banter between Howard Cosell and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback “Dandy” Don Meredith, the smooth Gifford looked out for fans. In 1977, he was inducted into the pro football Hall of Fame.

During their nearly 29 years of marriage, Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford faced many storms, but their love for each other could not be broken. The couple divorced and in 1978 Gifford married a second time to Astrid Narss. “Everything that makes America just super good, man”. “The outpouring has been extraordinary”.

“Posting a touching Instagram image of her and Kathie Lee hugging The Keeping Up With The Kardashans star wrote: “‘Happy Birthday to my handsome friend Kathie Lee. “But that’s her”.

Cassidy Gifford remembered her dad with a touching tribute to Frank Gifford, who died Sunday at 84. “I have ideal peace and so do my children”.