Father Murphy starred Olsen as a 1870s Arizona frontiersman, John Michael Murphy, posing as a priest to save local orphans.

I was saddened yesterday when I heard the news about Merlin Olsen’s death at age 69. When I was in high school, Olsen was in the headlines a lot as a member of the Los Angeles Rams’ “Fearsome Foursome ...

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former television actor Merlin Olsen has died. He was 69. Utah State University assistant athletic media relations director Zach Fisher says Olsen died Wednesday night.

Merlin Olsen, 69, a Hall of Fame defensive tackle with the Los Angeles Rams who became equally well known after his playing days as a football broadcaster, television actor and commercial pitchman, ...