IN MEMORIAM: Olympic Champion, Humanitarian Rafer Johnson Dies at 86

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IN MEMORIAM: Olympic Champion, Humanitarian Rafer Johnson Dies at 86

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 1968, Johnson, NFL star Rosey Grier and journalist George Plimpton, apprehended Sirhan Sirhan immediately after Robert F. Kennedy was shot and killed. “America lost a sports icon with the passing of Rafer Johnson,” ESPN’s Michael Eaves tweeted. “At one point, he was viewed as the best athlete in the world after winning the silver decathlon at the 1956 Olympics followed by the gold in 1960.”

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