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Micheline Ostermeyer

Age: 78

French track and field star, who won two gold medals (discus, shot put) and one bronze (high jump) at the 1948 London Olympics; retired in 1950 and later toured Europe as a renowned classical pianist. The cause of her death was not given.

Died: Rouen, France, Oct. 17

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