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Legendary former Bears coach Mike Ditka is recovering in Florida after suffering a heart attack this week.
According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, Ditka was hospitalized in Florida earlier this week. His agent told ESPN that the 79-year-old received a pacemaker and that Ditka is doing "much better."
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Ditka was playing golf on Wednesday and was taken to a hospital in Naples, Fla., after complaining he was not feeling well. He turned 79 last month and had a heart attack while coaching the Bears in 1988 and also had a stroke in 2012.
Ditka is one of the most iconic figures in Bears history for coaching the team to its only Super Bowl title in the 1985 season.