Jerry Jones doesn't leave many things unsaid, which is why it was surprising when he revealed he battled stage 4 melanoma for a decade. Jones told The Dallas Morning News he was diagnosed more than a decade ago and underwent a lengthy battle.

Jerry Jones sometimes says too much about his Dallas Cowboys. His cancer battle for more than a decade remained a secret though. Jones told the Dallas Morning News that he beat stage 4 melanoma. The Cowboys owner's battle lasted more than a decade, he said, and included four surgeries.

A comment by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in the recently released Netflix documentary about the franchise led to the revelation of his cancer diagnosis over a decade ago.