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  Roger BannisterRoger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes, died peacefully at home Saturday.. |
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Roger BannisterRoger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes, died peacefully at home Saturday.. |
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Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in less than four minutes, has died at the age of 88 . His family said in a statement that he died peacefully in Oxford, England, on Saturday after battling Parkinson's disease.
The statement said he was "surrounded by his family who were as loved by him, as he was loved by them." Bannister went on to work in neurology after beating the mile record time in 1954.
He was knighted in 1975.
Roger Bannister, first man to run a mile in under four minutes dies aged 88The record-breaking run was on the Oxford University track during a local athletics meeting with only...DNA - Sports |
▶ Roger Bannister dies at 88 01:05Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, has died at age 88.Source: The Washington Post - Affiliate - | |
▶ Roger Bannister, First to Run Sub Four-Minute Mile, Dies at 88 00:49On Saturday, Roger Bannister, the first man to run a sub four-minute mile, died at age 88.Source: Sports Illustrated - |
