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Abrahams died in Enfield on 14 January 1978, aged 78. He was buried in the same grave as his wife Sybil Evers , in St John the Baptist churchyard in Great Amwell , Hertfordshire. Personal life
May 4, 1999 · Dec. 15, 1899, Bedford, England. Died: Jan. 14, 1978, London (aged 78) Awards And Honors: Olympic Games. Harold Abrahams (born Dec. 15, 1899, Bedford, England—died Jan. 14, 1978, London) was a British athlete who won a gold medal in the 100-metre dash at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
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Aug 5, 2024 · Get the true story behind British track stars Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell winning gold at the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Abrahams died on 14 January 1978 at the age of 78, and his funeral provides one of the closing scenes of Chariots of Fire, which ends where it begins, with those fresh-faced young athletes running on the beach in preparation for the Paris Olympic Games.
Abrahams suffered an injury in 1925 that ended his athletic career. He later became an attorney, radio broadcaster, and sports administrator, serving as chairman of the British Amateur Athletics Board from 1968 to 1975.
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Aug 19, 2020 · Actor Ben Cross, who was best known for playing athlete Harold Abrahams in the film Chariots of Fire, has died at the age of 72. His other roles included the leads in HBO's first ever...
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Jun 23, 2021 · Chariots of Fire ends with a very Anglican mass for Abrahams’s funeral and, indeed, he was buried in Hetfordshire churchyard (1978) next to his wife, Sybil, who died in 1963. His conversion to ...
