Posted on 03/11/2010 9:28:43 AM PST by rdl6989
SALT LAKE CITY - Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69.
Utah State University assistant athletic media relations director Zach Fisher says Olsen died Wednesday night at a Los Angeles hospital.
He was diagnosed with mesothelioma last year. Story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad here
Olsen was an All-American at Utah State and a first-round draft pick of the Los Angles Rams in 1962.
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My Dad was a big fan of Gabriel’s.
Asbestos is not the sole cause of Mesothelioma. My 13-month-old cousin died from it years ago. No asbestos anywhere in his little world, and none where Mom and Dad worked.
He was a fine football player, and unlike some of today’s athletes, he seemed to conduct his life in an exemplary manner. May he rest in peace!!
This is super sad. I miss good tv.
Shipping companies were ordered by the federal government to use asbestos. They couldn’t opt out because of the dangers of fires at sea. That’s the sad part. The government set them up and then knocked them down. I worked in “blue water marine law” for years, and believe me, I know.
This apparently puts a lie to all those ads on TV that if you have mesothelioma, you were exposed to asbestos. Where would a pro football player be exposed to asbestos?
An athlete and a gentleman. Condolences for the family.
You know, I bet this is one death notice that will NOT have the phrase “in lieu of flowers, please send...” For Merlin, send flowers!
I was at the local Muni Golf Course a little while ago, paid the green fees and turned to catch up with my group...ran smack into Jim Brown (my face in his chest) and bounced back and said excuse me...then realized who it was...and I said "I hope I didn't hurt you" and he chuckled. The man looked like he could strap it on today. Amazing. Jim Brown was to running what Merlin (and maybe John Hannah, on the other side of the ball) was to linemen.
"For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." - The last line of our Declaration of Independence
43 posts and no mention of sending an FTD bouquet?
He was finishing his knitting.
“He was finishing his knitting”....
I know.....
I wonder if anybody kidded him across the line about his knitting?.....
“I wonder if anybody kidded him across the line about his knitting?.....”
Probly just the guys who were beating his ass...he was not all that great...
Well he seemed like a gentle big guy.May his family have peace during thier time of grief!
Part of the “fearsomefoursome” at the Los Angeles Rams as I recall...
Freegards,
Lex
Probly just the guys who were beating his ass...he was not all that great...
Granted....But I don’t tell to many people their momma wears army boots.....
Roman Gabriel and Merlin Olsen were both in the movie “The Undefeated” with John Wayne and Rock Hudson. I always think of that movie when I think of Merlin Olsen.
You do yourself a great dishonor by not watching the Little House series. It was a wonderful, wholesome program,with great moral teachings, unlike the crap we now have on tv.
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