staff and served as an assistant coach before being hired by the Giants in 1970 as a quarterback mentor. During his NFL career, Tittle worked as an insurance salesman in the off-season. After retiring, he founded his own company, Y. A. Tittle Insurance & Financial Services. Tittle appeared on the October 9, 1961 episode of To Tell the Truth as one of three challengers. Tittle claimed to be hair stylist-weekend pro wrestler Richard Smith. Tittle received one vote from the four Celebrity Panelists (Johnny Carson). Until his death, Tittle resided in Atherton, California. His wife Minnette died in 2012. They had three sons: Michael, Patrick and John, and a daughter, Dianne Tittle de Laet. Their daughter is a harpist and poet, and in 1995 she published a biography of her father titled Giants & Heroes: A Daughter's Memories of Y. A. Tittle. In his later life, Tittle suffered from severe dementia, which adversely affected his memory and limited his conversation to a handful of topics. Tittle died on October 8, 2017, at a hospital in Stanford, California, of natural causes. List of 500-yard passing games in the National Football League Notes References Further reading External links 1926 births 2017 deaths American football quarterbacks Baltimore Colts (1947–1950) players Deaths from dementia in California Eastern Conference Pro Bowl players LSU Tigers football players National Football League Most Valuable Player Award winners National Football League players with retired numbers New York Giants players People from Atherton, California People from Marshall, Texas Players of American football from Texas Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees San Francisco 49ers players Western Conference Pro Bowl players