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Former New Orleans Saints kicker Tom Dempsey, who once held the NFL's record for the longest made field goal, died Saturday of complications from COVID-19.
Per Ramon Antonio Vargas of NOLA.com, Dempsey's family released the news about the 73-year-old, who tested positive for the disease March 25.
Dempsey was living at the Lambeth House retirement community in New Orleans. Per Molly Hennessy-Fiske of the Los Angeles Times, 53 members at Lambeth had tested positive for COVID-19 as of Thursday, and 13 had died.
Dempsey's NFL career is best known for his 63-yard field goal to give the Saints a 19-17 win over the Detroit Lions in November 1970.