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Clarke, Ron, 1937-2015

LC control no.n 50038532
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Personal name headingClarke, Ron, 1937-2015
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Variant(s)Clarke, Ronald William, 1937-2015
Birth date1937-02-21
Death date2015-06-17
Place of birthMelbourne (Vic.)
Place of deathGold Coast (Qld.)
Field of activityRunning
Profession or occupationOlympic athletes
Runners (Sports)
Found inHis The unforgiving minute, 1966.
Information from 678 converted Dec. 18, 2014 (b. 1937)
New York times (online), viewed June 18, 2015 (in obituary published June 17: Ron Clarke; b. Ronald William Clarke, Feb. 21, 1937, Melbourne; d. Wednesday [June 17, 2015], Gold Coast, aged 78; Australian middle- and long-distance runner who broke 17 world records, some by huge margins, in the mid-1960s but never won an Olympic or British Commonwealth gold medal)
Associated languageeng