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Former Dolphins, Bucs kicker Garo Yepremian dies at 70

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI – Garo Yepremian, the former NFL kicker who helped the Miami Dolphins win consecutive NFL championships but is best remembered for a Super Bowl blooper, died Friday of cancer. He was 70.

Yepremian’s wife, Maritza, said he died at a hospital in Media, Pennsylvania. His illness was diagnosed in May 2014, she said.

Yepremian played from 1966 to 1981, spending the last two seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The native of Cyprus came to the United States at age 22 and kicked in the first NFL game he ever saw.