Continue with me on my tearjerker journey through some of the movies that made me cry over the years. 6. Brian’s Song Wow, I must have been all of eight years old when I saw this one. It was a made-for-television movie, but it tore through my young heart nonetheless. It is the true story of Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo (played by James Caan), who was white and Gale Sayers (played by the oh-so-handsome Billy Dee Williams), who was black. The two opposites attract and become best friends – that is until Brian Piccolo is struck down with cancer … Continue reading →