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Paul Hornung, one of the most versatile and glamorous football stars of the modern game, the “Golden Boy” quarterback from Notre Dame who won championships as a running back with Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers but whose image was tarnished by gambling and carousing, died on Friday in Louisville, Ky. He was 84.
His wife and only immediate survivor, Angela Hornung, said that the cause was dementia and that he died at a senior living facility.
Hornung filed a lawsuit in July 2016 seeking damages against Riddell, the longtime supplier of helmets to the N.