An icon has died as a result of ilnes.

An icon has died as a result of ilnes.

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr passed away on Sunday in Birmingham, Alabama.

Starr, 85, had a major stroke in 2014 and his health had deteriorated in the years since.

Starr’s family issued a statement through the Packers.

“We are saddened to note the passing of our husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Bart Starr,” according to a portion of the letter. “He fought with courage and determination to recover from the serious stroke he suffered in September 2014, but his most recent illness was too much to bear.”

“While he may always be best known for his success as the Packers quarterback for 16 years, his true legacy will always be the respectful manner in which he treated every person he met, his humble demeanor, and his generous spirit.”

A Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Starr played for the Packers from 1956-71 and led the team to five championships, including the first two Super Bowls — in which he was named MVP.

Starr led the league in passer rating five times in the 1960s and was named league MVP in 1966. He played in 196 games, starting 157 of them, and had a 94-57-6 record as a starter.

After retiring from the NFL, Starr coached the Packers from 1975-83. The teams he coached never reached the heights of the teams he quarterbacked, finishing 52-76-3 in his tenure with just one playoff berth.

Thirty years later, he told an audience in Milwaukee that coaching was “the greatest mistake I made in my life.”

Starr last visited Lambeau Field in 2017 to take part in the festivities commemorating the 50-year anniversary of the team’s 1967 championship.

FILE – Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr is shown in this Jan. 26, 1967, file photo. Starr, the Green Bay Packers quarterback and the driving force behind Vince Lombardi’s 1960s powerhouse teams, has died. He was 85. The Packers announced Starr’s death on Sunday, May 26, 2019, citing his family. He had been in poor health since having a major stroke in 2014. (Image courtesy of AP). The Canadian Press