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Ebby Steers Toward 100, More Gingerly Now

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It’s unlikely that mega-Realtor Ebby Halliday will toss the coin at next month’s Super Bowl in Arlington, as she’d been hoping publicly for awhile. (The local host committee says it recommended her for the job. But the NFL, which calls the shots on such things, is expected to tap a bigger name.) Even so Ebby won’t be sitting around on her hands, with her 100th birthday coming up in March and two big bashes planned to mark it. Plus, there’s just a lot to deal with when you’re 99 and one of the region’s business icons.

This week, for example, she’s being photographed for the cover of GrandLuxe magazine. She’s still recovering from a cracked rib that happened in her office a while back, when her swivel chair went crazy and sent her crashing into a metal wastebasket. She’s getting used to being just a passenger in her car–not the driver. Driving ended after she pulled out into Preston Road a few weeks ago and totaled her Cadillac; luckily, no one was hurt. And, through it all, her grand passion remains the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. “That’s what keeps her going,” says Betty Turner, Ebby’s assistant. “She rushes home to watch the Mavs.”

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