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Discarded NFL players are often forgotten in retirement

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Remembering Merlin Olsen

11 March 2010

There were few people who didn’t like Merlin Olsen. He passed away early today in Salt Lake City at the age of 69 after a long battle with mesothelioma, a cancer of the lungs.

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