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Masaji Kiyokawa

Age: 86

Olympic swimmer from Japan who won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke at the 1932 games in Los Angeles; served as vice president of the International Olympic Committee from 1979-83. She died of pancreatic cancer.

Died: Tokyo, April 13, 1999

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