here we are left to remember how john mackey and lennie moore calmed this city down during the '68 riots. john remembers. >> john mackey and lenny moore went down, talked to people to keep an exclusive situation from happening. they went out to businesses and got food, sandwiches, and got donations and fed the people down at the baltimore civic center, then talked to the people. basically john mackey and moore saved this city from a terrible fate. >> john mackey was to accept his hall of fame ring in indianapolis, but man we remember he said no way. i played in baltimore. so here we are on a hot august night while this city was trying to persuade the nfl to come back, he got his ring. we would see john at special dinners, golf outings, and always in his honor and right by his side, sylvia, how is john doing? tonight john mackey dead at the age of 69. the moreover ravens were the first to report the news of john mackey's death this morning. in a statement, we are tremendously saddened to hear about the passing of john mackey and our thoughts and prayers go out to his wife, sylvia and his