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Garo Yepremian, 70, Dies; His Kicks Outshined a Pass

Garo Yepremian, a highly accomplished field-goal kicker who proved to be a comically inept Super Bowl passer in one of the most famous bloopers in the history of the National Football League, died on Friday at a hospital in Media, Pa. He was 70.

Yepremian, who lived in nearby Avondale, Pa., had a brain tumor, according to a statement issued by the Garo Yepremian Foundation for Brain Tumor Research. Yepremian established the organization in 2001 after his daughter-in-law was afflicted with a brain tumor that took her life in 2004.

Yepremian, who was left-footed, played in the N.