Merli Olsen dead at age 69
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Just reported on Fox...
Football great and Actor, Merlin Olsen has died... He was diagnosed with Mesothelioma last year.
Rest In Peace.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/03/11/football-television-star-merlin-olsen-dies-age/
Football great and Actor, Merlin Olsen has died... He was diagnosed with Mesothelioma last year.
Rest In Peace.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/03/11/football-television-star-merlin-olsen-dies-age/
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Never heard of him...but it's always sad when cancer takes a life.
Mesothelioma is the most common form of cancer, if I remember correctly."Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
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ryanjoachim wrote: »Never heard of him...but it's always sad when cancer takes a life.
Mesothelioma is the most common form of cancer, if I remember correctly.
He was a pro football player in the 70's, but really got famous in the 80's for his commercials promoting FTD. -
ryanjoachim wrote: »Mesothelioma is the most common form of cancer, if I remember correctly.
It's rare and almost always the result of exposure to asbestos- which is why you hear about it so much.
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Ah, my bad. I must have fallen for the media hype then."Dr Dunn admitted that his research could also be interpreted as evidence that women are shallower than men. He said: "Let's face it - there's evidence to support it."
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He was a pro football player in the 70's, but really got famous in the 80's for his commercials promoting FTD.
You forgot his decade-long work on "Little House on the Prairie"...The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD
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Olsen was rookie of the year for the Rams in 1962 and is still the Rams' all-time leader in career tackles with 915. He was named to 14 consecutive Pro Bowls, a string that started his rookie year.
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nooshinjohn wrote: »You forgot his decade-long work on "Little House on the Prairie"...
I never watched the show. . . I had no idea he was on that. -
He was a pro football player in the 70's, but really got famous in the 80's for his commercials promoting FTD.
Actually it was his fame in football that opened all the other doors...he will always be known as one of the Fearsome Foursome, a football Hall of Famer, and a football great above all else.The younger posters might have never had a chance to have seen him at his real best....tackling, the man was a monster on the line... -
I lived down the street from him for many years. When I was 15, he once took hold of the front of my shirt & lifted me over his head - with one arm. I was impressed! He was a very good man. Soft spoken, mannerly and just all around good guy."Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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Rest in peace Merlin
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Actually it was his fame in football that opened all the other doors...he will always be known as one of the Fearsome Foursome, a football Hall of Famer, and a football great above all else.The younger posters might have never had a chance to have seen him at his real best....tackling, the man was a monster on the line...
Great Post. Deacon Jones, Merlin Olsen, Lamar Lundy, Rosy Grier,made up the "Fearsome Foursome" under George Allen. Great years for the LA Rams, a championship never coming to fruition, sadly. A gentle giant, a Hall of Famer in every sense of the word, and really, not that bad of an actor. R.I.P. Merlin, we need more like you.
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