Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1959-1998

LC control no.	n 88258740
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez, 1959-1998 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Joyner, Florence Delorez Griffith, 1959-1998 Griffith Joyner, Dee Dee, 1959-1998 Flo Jo, 1959-1998 FloJo, 1959-1998 Griffith, Delorez Florence, 1959-1998
Biography/History note	Individual was an Olympic Games Medal awardee.
Associated country	United States
Birth date	19591221
Death date	19980921
Place of birth	Los Angeles (Calif.)
Place of death	Mission Viejo (Calif.)
Affiliation	President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (U.S.)
Profession or occupation	Track and field athletes Olympic athletes Models (Persons)
Found in	Aaseng, N. Florence Griffith Joyner, c1989: CIP galley (b. 1960; Florence Delorez (Dee Dee) Griffith; married Al Joyner, 1-10-87; Flo Jo) Washington Post, September 22, 1998: obit. (Florence Griffith Joyner, 1959-1998; b. Dec. 21, 1959, Los Angeles, Calif; birth name Delorez Florence Griffith; died Sept. 21, 1998, Mission Viejo, Calif.; in captions to photographs, and other editorial situations using surname only, "Griffith Joyner" is used) Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed April 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Griffith Joyner, Florence Delorez; Florence Griffith Joyner; “Flo-Jo”; track and field athlete, Olympic Medalist, model; born 21 December 1959 in Los Angeles, California, United States; won silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games; finished second at the World Championship Games, Rome, Italy (1987); won 3 gold medals at the Olympic Games, Seoul, South Korea (1988); received Jesse Owens Award and Sullivan Award; retired from track (1989) and devoted to endorsement activities, modeling, writing; president Bill Clinton appointed her chairperson of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (1993); won 1989 Harvard Foundation Award for outstanding contributions to society; died 21 September 1998 in Mission Viejo, California, United States)