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Obituary: Olympic great and actor Rafer Johnson, 86, died earlier today:
In a battle with C.K. Yang of Taiwan -- Johnson's UCLA teammate -- the American held a slim lead going into the 1,500-meter run, the final event.
The two men were in the same heat, and despite the fact that it was Yang's best event, Johnson stayed close enough to win the decathlon by just 58 points.
According to Bleacher Report, Johnson said: "I had one advantage. And I don't think C.K. knew this at the time -- this was my last decathlon. I was prepared to run as fast as I had to in this last race of my life."
Johnson who later became an activist and an actor also won the silver medal in the 1956 Olympic decathlon. It was the last time he wouldn't win a decathlon he entered.
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It may be true Trump will fade into near obscurity, but the real problem is his millions of clueless followers.
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Another obituary: Former French President Valery Gistard D'Estaing died today at the age of 94. He was president from 1974-1981.
When he took office in 1974, Giscard d'Estaing began as the model of a modern French president, a conservative with liberal views on social issues.
Abortion and divorce by mutual consent were legalized under his term, and he reduced the age of majority from 21 to 18.
He played his accordion in working class neighborhoods. One Christmas morning, he invited four passing garbage men to breakfast at the presidential palace.
He lost his re-election bid in 1981 to Socialist Francois Mitterrand.
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Delusion has run rampant here:
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