Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon gold medalist, dies at 86

Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson died on Wednesday at the age of 86, at his home in Los Angeles, according to the AP and his family friend Michael Roth. The cause of death has not yet been made ... Read More

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86

Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. Read More

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon, dies at 86

Rafer Johnson, who carried the American flag into Rome’s Olympic Stadium in August 1960 as the first Black captain of a US Olympic team and went on to win gold in a memorable decathlon duel ... Read More

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86

Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. He died at his home in the Sherman Oaks section ... Read More

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86

Olympic gold medalist Rafer Johnson, the decathlon champion of the 1960 Rome Summer Games who later helped disarm friend Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home. … ... Read More

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86 - NBC News

Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. Read More

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86

Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, died Wednesday at age 86. Read More

Rafer Johnson, Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86 - NBC Sports

Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. Read More

Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86

LOS ANGELES — Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. Read More