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PROVO One of the original greats of BYU football died this week.
Former BYU running back Eldon Fortie, the Cougars first-ever first-team All-American, who played from 1960-62, died Wednesday at his home in Mesa, Arizona, the university announced Wednesday evening. He was 79 years old.
Born May 21, 1941, in Salt Lake City, J. Eldon Fortie, nicknamed The Phantom, was a three-year standout for the Cougars from 1960-62. Fortie ushered in BYU s inaugural season in the Western Athletic Conference in 1962, when he ran for 1,149 yards and 14 touchdowns in by far his most productive season in Cougar blue.
An alum of the old Granite High School in Salt Lake City and inducted into the BYU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1977, Fortie had his No. 40 jersey retired in 2004, when then-BYU President Cecil O. Samuelson called Fortie and Marion Probert All-Americans as players as well as fathers and patriarchs.
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Idaho Falls community and civic leader dies, remembered as passionate, upbeat and positive man
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Mel Erickson passed away at the age of 95 Dec. 17. | Courtesy photo
IDAHO FALLS – Friends and family are celebrating the life of a community and civic leader who died last week.
Mel Erickson passed away Thursday, Dec. 17 at his Idaho Falls home at the age of 95. His official cause of death was not released, but his obituary indicates he was under the care of Encompass Hospice.
Erickson had a long career in sales and served on the city council for 32 years. Mayor Rebecca Casper tells EastIdahoNews.com Erickson was “tireless in his enthusiasm for the wellbeing of the community” and many elected officials have benefitted from his advice and mentoring over the years.
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