84 years.

So the old was Herman Boone, who inspired the movie 'Remember the Titans' from the year 2000.

Boone was the coach of T. C. Williams High School team in american football in Virginia, and in fact he led the team all the way to a statsmesterskab in 1971, as the undefeated. It happened in a period where there really were made up with racism in the UNITED states.

According to Aly Khan Johnson, who was the assistant coach for Boone in 1972, was kulttræneren found dead in his home in the city of Alexandria in Virginia. He had to give up in the fight against cancer.

Extra tragic it was, that Johnson had planned to visit on Wednesday, where Boone died.

'Remember the Titans' is often considered as one of the largest and most powerful sports movies in history, and superstar Denzel Washington plays Herman Boone in sportsdramaet.

along the Way, he follows the team led by Boone, which consists of players from different backgrounds that manage to play together as a unit and win statsmesterskabet against 15 teams that consist entirely of white players.

On the way to the championship they are fighting against racist opponents and bribed judges.