When he received word Thursday morning that close friend and former teammate Merlin Olsen had succumbed to cancer, Rosey Grier cried. He had planned to visit Olsen at a Los Angeles area hospital Wednesday but was told by Olsen’s brother, Phil, that it probably would be better if he waited until Friday.
Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame pro football 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 broadcasting and acting, has died. He was 69.
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Doctor: Mesothelioma that killed Olsen tough to beat
ABC 4 SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – Merlin Olsen passed away Wednesday from mesothelioma, but a doctor has given tips on how to fight the lung disease that took … Merlin Olsen Dies of Cancer: What is Mesothelioma? Merlin Olsen Mesothelioma Mesothelioma vaccine could extend and protect lives |
SALT LAKE CITY—Hall of Famer Merlin Olsen, who helped form one of the NFL’s greatest defensive lines before embarking on a successful career in television, died yesterday after a battle with cancer. He was 69. Mr. Olsen was a member of the Los Angeles Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome” along with Deacon Jones, Lamar Lundy and Rosey Grier in the 1960s. He later starred on NFL broadcasts, commercials, and …