Carolyn Price, a Dallas Cowboys super fan who attended games and training camp practices for years, died on Monday night, her daughter said.
She was 83.
Charmayne Price Glaze said her mother was diagnosed with cancer in October.
Known as Ms. Price, she would sit in field-level suites at AT&T Stadium and high-five Cowboys’ players as they entered and left the field. She also developed a good friendship with team owner Jerry Jones, who visited with her at times before games.
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Ms. Price, who also attended Cowboys’ games when the team played at Texas Stadium in Irving, was a big fixture at training camp.
Carolyn Price greets running back DeMarco Murray during the afternoon practice at Dallas Cowboys training camp in Oxnard, CA, on July 29, 2014.
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Standing in the VIP section, she would yell out the Cowboys’ players’ names before and after practice. In addition to other fans, players and coaches would take pictures with Ms. Price, praising her devotion to the Cowboys.
“Mother made everybody feel special,” Charmayne Price Glaze said.
The last Cowboys game Ms. Price attended was on her birthday, Nov. 27, when the Cowboys defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 31-28.
While Ms. Price was in rehab and the hospital receiving treatment and recovering, Jerry and Gene Jones sent flowers to offer support. Former Cowboys defensive end Micah Parsons sent a video to Ms. Price as well.
“She made everybody think they were her favorite,” Charmayne Price Glaze said. “When my mom was in rehab, I got 200 calls and texts a day from people wanting to see her. Some would show up in groups and they showed up at her house.”
Carolyn Price was born in Parkland Hospital in Dallas and was one of nine kids. She graduated from Booker T. Washington High School and later became a nurse.
She’s survived by her daughter, one granddaughter, Chloe Price-Mitchell, four great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
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