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Samuel Lee (August 1, 1920 – December 2, 2016) was an American physician and diver. He was the first Asian American man to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States (the second Asian American to win a gold medal overall) [2] and the first man to win back-to-back gold medals in Olympic platform diving .
May 3, 1999 · Sammy Lee (born August 1, 1920, Fresno, California, U.S.—died December 2, 2016, Newport Beach, California) was an American diver, the first Asian American man to win an Olympic gold medal and the first diver to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the platform event.
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Dec 3, 2016 · Samuel “Sammy” Lee, MD ’47, Olympic diving champion, coach and doctor, died Dec. 2 in Newport Beach due to pneumonia. He was 96. He was USC’s oldest surviving Olympian.
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Dec 6, 2016 · Sammy Lee, a Korean War veteran and the first American platform diver to win gold in consecutive Olympics, dies of pneumonia at the age of 96.
Dec 3, 2016 · Legendary diver Sammy Lee has passed away after a bout with pneumonia. He was 96 years old. Lee’s passing was announced on Facebook on Saturday by his daughter-in-law Gina Lee.
Dec 3, 2016 · Dr. Sammy Lee, the first Asian-American man to win an Olympic gold medal and first male diver to repeat as Olympic champion, died of pneumonia at age 96 on Friday, according to the University of Southern California. Lee was born in Fresno, Calif., of Korean parents.
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Sammy Lee, who was the first Asian-American man to win Olympic gold, has passed away at the age of 96.
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