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NFL Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen Dies At 69
KTLA ^ | March 11, 2010 | KTLA

Posted on 03/11/2010 8:39:27 AM PST by John W

LOS ANGELES -- NFL Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen died this morning, the St. Louis Rams have confirmed. He was 69.

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To: John W

I think I hear he was battling cancer his family is suing NBC they claim he got cancer from NBC studio on working on Little House lot

His cancer melomeria was found in four of cameraman that work on same set that report came from TMZ few weeks ago


81 posted on 03/11/2010 10:34:08 AM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: John W

Don’t forget Flowers commerical LOL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjVoIUhgH54


82 posted on 03/11/2010 10:35:09 AM PST by SevenofNine ("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
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To: Netizen

Thank you! Didn’t think Carver sounded right. Mr. Garvey...


83 posted on 03/11/2010 10:57:47 AM PST by rintense (Only dead fish go with the flow, which explains why Congress stinks.)
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To: Utah Binger

Thanks for the ping!


84 posted on 03/11/2010 12:12:59 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: John W

Oh, I hate to hear this. He always seemed like a nice guy. That’s so young.


85 posted on 03/11/2010 1:19:40 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: thefactor

Maybe they should be called Psychipedia.


86 posted on 03/11/2010 1:22:00 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Kartographer

Who also died much too young of cancer.


87 posted on 03/11/2010 1:24:11 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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To: Kartographer

They had a Michael Landon special on Biography last night and Merlin was one of the people they interviewed.


88 posted on 03/11/2010 1:27:57 PM PST by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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To: Michael.SF.

Holy Cow. Fearsome is right. I’d hate to go up against any ONE of them, let alone 4.


89 posted on 03/11/2010 1:54:47 PM PST by mountn man (The pleasure you get from life, is equal to the attitude you put into it.)
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To: TChris
69 is pretty young to die in this day and age....

AMEN!!

90 posted on 03/11/2010 2:42:30 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Utah Binger

Are you THAT old??


91 posted on 03/11/2010 2:43:32 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Erasmus
...Mr. Carver...

So THAT is who put those names in the wood wall while sitting in the little house out back!

92 posted on 03/11/2010 2:47:41 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: John W

Read this on Wikipedia...”Olsen played professionally (from 1962 to 1976) for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. A leading defensive star of his era, he missed only two games in his 15-season NFL career.”

That is impressive.

RIP Merlin Olsen


93 posted on 03/11/2010 3:00:57 PM PST by OC_Steve (The hatches are battened down here in Cypress.)
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To: Elsie

Are you THAT old??

Yes my son.

You old geezer!


94 posted on 03/11/2010 3:10:33 PM PST by Utah Binger (Mount Carmel Utah, Twelve Miles East of Zion National Park)
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To: Elsie
You're thinking of that other spinoff, Tiny House Out on the Prairie.
95 posted on 03/11/2010 4:03:27 PM PST by Erasmus (Give to the Antonio Janigro College Fund; a strong bow is a terrible thing to waste.)
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To: John W; Impy; Clintonfatigued; Clemenza; GOPsterinMA; Crichton

RIP. As a kid, I was a fan of his work on “Little House on the Prairie” and “Father Murphy.”


96 posted on 03/11/2010 5:25:20 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

A good all-around man. RIP Jonathan Garvey.


97 posted on 03/11/2010 5:37:31 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (Camelot sleeps with the fishes!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; GOPsterinMA

Mr. Garvey was played by an NFL Hofer? I had no idea.

He had mesothelioma? Yikes.

RIP.


98 posted on 03/11/2010 5:49:06 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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To: Impy; fieldmarshaldj

Yes. He made 14 Pro-Bowls in a row (including his rookie season), which is still an NFL record, IIRC. NFL Hall-Of-Fame inductee.

Mesothelioma - that is a surprise. I wonder where he was exposed?


99 posted on 03/11/2010 5:52:05 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (Camelot sleeps with the fishes!)
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To: GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj

I don’t know where he would have come into contact with asbestos. On set somewhere? He filed suit against NBC and Universal before he died.


100 posted on 03/11/2010 6:00:16 PM PST by Impy (RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN | NO "INDIVIDUAL MANDATE"!!!!!!!)
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