Iris Cummings Critchell, 104, Dies; Olympic Swimmer Turned Aviator
The last survivor of the American team that competed in Hitler’s 1936 Games in Berlin, she went on to become a wartime pilot and an aeronautics instructor.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier
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Valérie André, aviator and parachutist who became France's first female general, dies aged 102
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, the first Black woman in Army Nurse Corps, dies at 104
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Former Olympic swimmer expresses 'relief' after Trump pardon
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Ágnes Keleti, the world's oldest Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
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Agnes Keleti, oldest living Olympic gold medallist, dies at 103
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Ágnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor, oldest living Olympic medal winner, dies at age 103
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