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- KITZBUEHEL, Austria — Bill Johnson, the brash American who became the first U.S. skier to win an Olympic downhill title, died after a long illness, the U.S. ski team said Friday. He was 55. Megan Harrod, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Alpine team, said Johnson died Thursday at an assisted living facility in Gresham, Oregon.
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Johnson's stated personal motto (tattooed on his arm) was "Ski To Die." Comeback attempt. Johnson's personal life suffered as well, when his 13-month-old son, Ryan, drowned in a hot tub in 1992.
Jan 25, 2016 · American ski legend Bill Johnson, who died Thursday at the age of 55, was one of them. “He was such a cocky bastard, it was awesome,” said U.S. downhill racer Marco Sullivan, who overlapped with Johnson on the U.S. Ski Team in 2001.
Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, the first American skier to win an Olympic downhill title, has died after a long illness, the U.S. ski team said Friday. He was 55.
Jan 22, 2016 · Bill Johnson, the first American man to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing, has died at the age of 55 after a long illness. Johnson won the men's downhill event at the 1984 Winter Games...
Jan 22, 2016 · Johnson died after a long illness, the U.S. ski team said Friday from Kitzbuehel, Austria. He was 55. He died Thursday at an assisted living facility in Gresham, Oregon, where he has been staying since a major stroke a few years ago steadily took away the use of most of his body.
Jan 22, 2016 · Ski racer Bill Johnson lived life in the fine tradition of ski culture: on the edge. The 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in the downhill in Sarajevo died this week of complications from...
Jan 22, 2016 · Olympic downhill gold medalist Bill Johnson, whose storybook 1984 season ushered in a new era for American ski racing, died Thursday at an assisted living facility outside Portland, the...
