Lonnie Warwick, middle linebacker on the Minnesota Vikings original "Purple People Eaters" defense in the late '60s has died at 82. He anchored the first version of the Purple People Eaters defense from 1965 until 1972, when he was replaced at middle linebacker by Jeff Siemon. He played in Super Bowl IV with the Vikings.

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