Photos from the fields and beyond of Jim Brown.

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Football player Jim Brown, right, wearing the uniform of a Marine Captain for an upcoming film, Ice Station Zero, where he is directed by John Sturges on Nov. 6, 1967. NFL legend, actor and social activist Jim Brown passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home on Thursday night, May 18, 2023, with his wife, Monique, by his side, according to a spokeswoman for Brown's family. He was 87.

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Cleveland Browns fullback Jim Brown, left, and quarterback Tommy O'Connell, shown autographing footballs, are set for National Football League championship game with the Detroit Lions at Briggs Stadium in Detroit on Sunday, Dec. 27, 1957.

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Jim Brown of the Cleveland Browns hurdles through a big hole for a 3-yard touchdown run against the Chicago Cardinals on Oct. 12, 1958.

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JimBrown, running back for the Cleveland Browns, in action against the New York Giants in Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 14, 1965.

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Jim Brown runs for a gain against Washington in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 1966. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Charles Del Vecchio

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Muhammad Ali, right, visits Cleveland Browns running back and actor Jim Brown on the film set of "The Dirty Dozen" at Morkyate, Bedfordshire, England, on Aug. 5, 1966.

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Former football great Jim Brown, left, President of the Black Economic Union, confers with Mrs. Anne Faulkner, 74, in her poor neighborhood at Holly Springs, Miss., Feb. 11, 1970. Brown led about 25 black athletes for the firsthand look at conditions his BEU hopes to improve.

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Jim Brown at his home in Los Angeles on Sept. 19, 1984.

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Pro Football Hall of Fame football star Jim Brown talks to a reporter following a news conference at his home in the Hollywood Hills section of Los Angeles on Aug. 4, 1999.

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Jim Brown, center, picks up a trophy presented by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, to the members of Cleveland Browns 1964 Championship Team, at Severance Hall in Cleveland, Friday, Sept. 10, 2004.

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Jim Brown is introduced before the inaugural Pro Football Hall of Fame Fan Fest on May 2, 2014, at the International Exposition Center in Cleveland.

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Pro Football Hall of Famer Jim Brown meets with other participants of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, on Sept. 27, 2014.

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