Jerry Kramer doesn't think about the glory days as often as he used to.
"Life goes on," the Packers legend and Pro Football Hall of Fame member said in an interview with NBC 26. "And I have a dramatically different life now."
Still, the 84-year-old said he still gets letters from fans on an almost daily basis. He smiles knowing those moments and memories from the Packers' 1960s run of dominance have stuck with others.
"Those moments are fond memories. They're great memories," Kramer said. "They're wonderful times and wonderful experiences and they'll always be there."
But recently, the characters from those stories - one by one - have been leaving. Over the past 20 months, six Lombardi-era legends have passed away. Most recently, Paul Hornung, who passed on earlier this month.
Kramer, speaking via phone from his home in Idaho, said it hasn't been easy.
"You just developed those relationships. You developed that family feeling. They were part of your family, your brothers," he said.
"So that closeness and that tight organization makes it that much more painful to lose them."
Kramer and Dave Robinson are the only two Hall of Fame players from that era left. But, Kramer sent a reminder that - while the legends may leave - their legacy will never be fully forgotten.
"Maybe I'm gone. Maybe players are gone. Maybe the coach is gone. Maybe everything is gone. But the fire, the burn, the pride, the intangibles… I think they'll live for a long time," he said.
Pro Football Hall of Fame president David Baker called the 1960s Packers "the greatest generation of football." You can see his full interview and select clips from Kramers interview above.
