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Girlfriend tells of Curly Lambeau's life, death

Cliff Christl started gathering oral histories with former Packers and others associated with the team in 2000 and will continue to gather them as Packers historian. Excerpts from those interviews will be periodically posted at www.packers.com

Fifty years ago, Mary Jane Van Duyse was engaged to Curly Lambeau when he died on the front lawn of her family’s home in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. Lambeau, 67, died of a heart attack June 1, 1965. Mary Jane was roughly half his age.

Now a widow, Mary Jane Sorgel stills owns the home at 522 Michigan St.