MINNEAPOLIS (TNS)\u2014 Jim Marshall, the indefatigable defensive end who started 270 consecutive games for the Minnesota Vikings as the captain of Bud Grant\u2019s four Super Bowl teams, died Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He was 87. The Vikings said in a release that he had been hospitalized for a lengthy time.<\/p>\n
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