Chicago From 18 Inches of Daylight Into Eternal Daylight. RIP Gale Sayers. “Give me eighteen inches of daylight. That’s all I need.” Those are the memorable words of the remarkable Gale Sayers, who died today at the age of 77. The silky-smooth, pure runner played for the Bears in the NFL from 1965-1971. The “Kansas Comet,” as he was dubbed due