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Florence Griffith Joyner. Florence Delorez Griffith Joyner[ 4] (born Florence Delorez Griffith; [ 2] December 21, 1959 – September 21, 1998), also known as Flo-Jo, was an American track and field athlete and the fastest woman ever recorded. She set world records in 1988 for the 100 m and 200 m. During the late 1980s, she became a popular ...
Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Mildred Ella " Babe " Didrikson Zaharias ( / zəˈhɑːriəs /; née Didrikson; June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who excelled in golf, basketball, baseball, and track and field. She won two gold medals and a silver in track and field at the 1932 Summer Olympics before turning to professional ...
Wilma Glodean Rudolph (June 23, 1940 – November 12, 1994) was an American sprinter who overcame childhood polio and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal ...
This is a list of notable people who have died from anorexia nervosa, in chronological order. 1380: Catherine of Siena – Italian Saint, aged 33. 1387: Pierre de Luxembourg – French Catholic bishop, aged 17. 1882: Sophie Gray – Scottish model, aged 38. 1909: Renée Vivien – British poet who wrote in the French language, aged 32.
Five NCAA student-athletes in less than two months have died by suicide. Five young people who couldn't hold on one more day. Five families grieving. Five teams coping. We have to talk about it ...
The National Cancer Institute estimated 22,070 new cases of primary brain cancer and 12,920 deaths due to the illness in the United States in 2009. The age-adjusted incidence rate is 6.4 per 100,000 per year, and the death rate is 4.3 per 100,000 per year. The lifetime risk of developing brain cancer for someone born today is 0.60%.
800 metres. 1969 Athens. 4 × 400 m relay. Lillian Barbara Board, MBE (13 December 1948 – 26 December 1970) was a British athlete. She won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and two gold medals at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in Athens.
Four of six Bar-Kays members died: Ronnie Caldwell, Phalon Jones, Jimmy King and Carl Cunningham. Ben Cauley survived the crash and James Alexander was not on the plane. Also on board and killed was soul singer Otis Redding . Green was killed along with 10 other passengers - including 2 of his children - and the pilot.