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Cuthbert, Betty, 1938-2017

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Personal name headingCuthbert, Betty, 1938-2017
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Variant(s)Cuthbert, Elizabeth Alyse, 1938-2017
Associated countryAustralia
LocatedSydney (N.S.W.)
Birth date1938-04-20
Death date2017-08-06
Place of birthMerrylands (N.S.W.)
Place of deathMandurah (W.A.)
Field of activityTrack and field
AffiliationOlympic Games (18th : 1964 : Tokyo, Japan)
Olympic Games (17th : 1960 : Rome, Italy)
Olympic Games (16th : 1956 : Melbourne, Vic.)
Profession or occupationTrack and field athletes Olympic athletes Multiple sclerosis--Patients
Found inCuthbert, Betty. Golden girl, c2000: t.p. (Betty Cuthbert) p. 10, etc. (b. April 20, 1938; Australian track star; won medals in the Olympic games in 1956 and 1964)
New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 7, 2017 (in obituary published Aug. 6: Betty Cuthbert; b. Elizabeth Cuthbert, Apr. 20, 1938, New South Wales; reared in the suburbs of Sydney; d. overnight Sunday [Aug. 5 or 6, 2017], Western Australia, south of Perth, aged 79; Australia's "golden girl" of track and field, revered for her Olympic gold-medal feats and then her long and spirited struggle against multiple sclerosis)
Wikipedia, viewed Aug. 7, 2017 (under Betty Cuthbert: Elizabeth Alyse "Betty" Cuthbert, AM, MBE; b. Apr. 20, 1938, Merrylands, N.S.W.; d. Aug. 6, 2017, Mandurah, W.A.)
Associated languageeng