Football and TV star Merlin Olsen dies, age 69 - KSBI 52


Football and TV star Merlin Olsen dies, age 69
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Why the media can't resist Corey Haim, and other celeb deaths
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And yet, Merlin Olsen, Pro Football Hall of Famer, tv star on both Little House on the Prairie and Father Murphy passes with barely a ripple. ...

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Football and TV star Merlin Olsen dies, age 69 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Football star turned actor Merlin Olsen, who was a member of the Los Angeles Rams' defensive line nicknamed the "Fearsome Foursome," died on Thursday of cancer at age 69.

Merlin Olsen, Football Star, Commentator and Actor, Dies at 69 - New York Times


Merlin Olsen, Football Star, Commentator and Actor, Dies at 69
New York Times
Merlin Olsen, the Hall of Fame tackle who anchored the Los Angeles Rams' Fearsome Foursome, the line that glamorized defensive play in ...

Pro Football Star, ‘Father Murphy’ Merlin Olsen Dies (ABC News)

L.A. Rams Hall of Famer and TV actor Merlin Olsen dies of cancer at 69. Merlin Olsen - Father Murphy - Hall of fame - sport - United States

Merlin Olsen talks about football, acting and desert life in 2007 interview - The Desert Sun


Merlin Olsen talks about football, acting and desert life in 2007 interview
The Desert Sun
But NFL Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen is all of those things, and more. At 67 (he was born the same year as John Lennon), the “Little House on the Prairie” ...

Merlin Olsen dies at 69; Hall of Fame football star later became actor (Los Angeles Times)

Olsen was one-quarter of the Los Angeles Rams' Fearsome Foursome as well as a familiar face from 'Little House on the Prairie.' He also served for 15 seasons as football analyst for NBC and CBS. Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman with the Los Angeles Rams who was a charter member of the team's famed Fearsome Foursome, then made a remarkably smooth transition into careers in ...

Merlin Olsen, 69, Football Great, Actor, TV Sports Commentator, Loses Cancer … - Television Week (blog)


Merlin Olsen, 69, Football Great, Actor, TV Sports Commentator, Loses Cancer ...
Television Week (blog)
Football great Merlin Olsen, who starred as the title character in the TV series "Father Murphy," has succumbed to cancer at age 69, USA Today reports. ...

Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69 - Salt Lake Tribune


Pro Football Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen dies at 69
Salt Lake Tribune
This June 22, 2001, photo shows Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen speaking in Urbandale, Iowa. ...

Merlin Olsen dead at 69 (Sports Illustrated)

Merlin Olson, a fearsome Hall of Fame defensive end who later became famed for his gentle-giant roles on television, died Wednesday night from cancer. He was 69 years old. Olsen had been fighting mesothelioma since 2009 and had been undergoing chemotherapy.