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Monday, November 29, 2010

Not A Dry Eye On The Set

Chris Henry Feature Moves NFL Today Host James Brown to Tears

It is incumbent on CBS to replay its Thanksgiving pregame NFL studio piece on late Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry on Sunday. Not on NFL Today again, but on  60 Minutes, which brings a much bigger audiencem writes Barry Horn to The Dallas Morning News.

To sum up: Henry died last December after falling from a moving vehicle in Charlotte, N.C. Although he wasn't a registered organ donor, his mom, Carolyn Henry Glaspy, made the decision to donate his organs.



Recipients included Donna Arnold (pancreas and kidney), James Benton (liver), Thomas Elliot (lungs) and Brian Polk (kidney). Earlier this month, CBS brought the four together to meet Glaspy, who had good reason for her actions.

"For him to live on," she said of her son. "I mean, he brought me new family. I don't know them, but it's a new family."

Back in the studio after the segment concluded, host James Brown lost his battle to hold back the tears. Dan Marino, Bill Cowher and Shannon Sharpe were speechless as they teared up. It was left to Boomer Esiason, the father of a son who suffers from cystic fibrosis and may someday need a transplant, to sum up and allow the show to move on.

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