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Walter Payton is born in Columbia, Mississippi
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Walter Graduates from Jackson State college
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Payton is drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round
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Walter Payton marries Connie Norwood
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Payton breaks Jim Brown's carrer rushing yards record
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Walter and his Bears win the Super Bowl by defeating the New Egland Patriots
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He plays his final regular- season game.
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Walter Payton retires at 33 years old
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Payton is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
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Payton tells society that he has an incurable liver disease
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Walter Payton dies at 45 years old because of bile duct cancer. He is at home with his wife, son , and daughter at his side when he dies.