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Florence Griffith Joyner

Born: Dec. 21, 1959
Track & Field

set world records in 100 and 200 meters in 1988; won 3 gold medals at '88 Olympics (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay); Sullivan Award winner (1988); retired in 1989; named as co-chairperson of President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports in 1993; sister-in-law of Jackie Joyner-Kersee; died of suffocation during an epileptic seizure in 1998.

Died: Sept. 21, 1998

Michael Jordan

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Jackie Joyner-Kersee

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