Published September 20, 2012, 07:09 AM

Deaths elsewhere for Sept. 20, 2012

With the eye of an art history major, Steve Sabol filmed the NFL as a ballet and blockbuster movie all in one.

With the eye of an art history major, Steve Sabol filmed the NFL as a ballet and blockbuster movie all in one.

Half of the father-son team that revolutionized sports broadcasting, the NFL Films president died Tuesday of brain cancer at age 69 in Moorestown, N.J. He leaves behind a league bigger than ever, its fans enthralled by the plot twists and characters he so deftly chronicled.

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