FOOTBALL HALL OF FAMER AND ACTOR MERLIN OLSEN DIES AT 69 (TV GUIDE)
Merlin Olsen , the Hall of Fame football star-turned-actor and commentator, has died. He was 69. Olsen died Thursday of mesothelioma at City of Hope sanatorium outward of Los Angeles, Utah State University, his alma mater, pronounced . A three-time educational All-American at Utah State, Olsen sealed with the Los Angeles Rams after college in 1962, where he became a star defensive tackle. In 1963, he was …
