Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Merlin Olsen Dead at 69



The Hall of Fame football player-turned-commentator-turned actor died of mesothelioma at age 69 on March 11.

A member the Los Angeles Rams' defensive line, the Fearsome Fourseome, Olsen became a color commentator on NBC after retiring and later co-starred on Little House on the Prairie as Jonathan Garvey, Michael Landon's sidekick.

In 1981, Landon tapped Olsen to headline his own series, Father Murphy.

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