Jesse Owens dead
NZPA-Reuter Tucson, j Arizona I 7 . ". '' ..-. I •' \ ( One of the legends . of sport, Jesse Owens, of the : United States, died in hos- ; pital. in Tucson, Arizona yes- i terday, after a long illness, i ■ Owens,'. who had -entered 1 the University of'. Arizona Hospital, on March 21; had < been suffering from lung 1 cancer 1 ’ Owens, who was black, 1 struck a major •blow to: Adolf Hitler’s white suprem- ’ acy views by winning four !
gold medals for the United States, at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. '• ■•. ’ •He' won the 100 and 200 metres races, the long jump and a fourth gold medal as a member .of the 400-metre relay team, prompting Hitler to storm out of the stadium , Owens, : who has been acclaimed -as? the greatest athlete in track and field events of the , century, also broke five world track and field records and . equalled a sixth while a ‘ student' at Ohio State University.
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