What is Herman Boone?
[[File:Herman Boone at 2008 All-American Bowl army.mil-2008-01-04-213910.jpg|thumb|200px|Boone in 2008]] '''Herman Ike Boone''' (October 28, 1935 &ndash; December 18, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] high school [[American football|football]] coach. In 1971, he coached the [[T. C. Williams High School]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia]] to a successful season. The team went 13–0 during the season, achieved the state championship and were the national championship runners-up. The 2000 movie ''[[Remember the Titans]]'' is loosely based off the school's 1971 football season. Boone was played by [[Denzel Washington]] in the movie.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Fleming|first1=Monika S.|title=Legendary Locals of Edgecombe and Nash Counties, North Carolina|date=2013|publisher=Arcadia|pages=127}}</ref> Boone was born in [[Rocky Mount, North Carolina]]. He was married to Carol Boone and had three daughters. Boone died on December 18, 2019 in [[Alexandria, Virginia]] at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Luke Lukert |author2=Megan Cloherty |title=Herman Boone, Alexandria football coach immortalized in ‘Remember the Titans,’ dies at 84 |url=https://wtop.com/alexandria/2019/12/herman-boone-alexandria-football-coach-immortalized-in-remember-the-titans-dies-at-84/ |work=WTOP News |date=December 18, 2019}}</ref> The cause was [[lung cancer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/28329540/herman-boone-high-school-coach-inspired-remember-titans-dies-84|title=Herman Boone, high school coach who inspired 'Remember the Titans,' dies at 84|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=December 18, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikiquote}} *{{IMDb name|2564307|Herman Boone}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boone, Herman}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Virginia]] [[Category:African-American sportspeople]] [[Category:American football coaches]] [[Category:Sportspeople from North Carolina]] [[Category:People from Rocky Mount, North Carolina]]