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Cornelius Johnson
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Born
August 28
,
1913
·
Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
February 15
,
1946
Birth name
Cornelius Cooper Johnson
Nickname
Corny
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Cornelius Johnson was born on August 28, 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He died on February 15, 1946.
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Died on a ship on route to California while working as a cook.
Gold Medal Winner of the Berlin Summer Olympics, 1936. It was he, not Jesse Owens (as is commonly assumed), who was famously snubbed by Adolf Hitler.
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