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Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo Jo),legendary track star,died in Santa Monica,CA,on this date in 1998.At the time of her death Joyner held world records in the women’s 100 and 200 meter dashes.

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Florence Delorez Griffith(born Dec. 21, 1959, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. — died Sept. 21, 1998, Mission Viejo, Calif.) U.S. sprinter. At the 1984 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 200-m race and became a celebrity with her long, decorated fingernails and eye-catching racing suits. At the 1988 Olympic trials, she set a world record in the 100-m sprint (10.49 sec); at the games themselves, “FloJo” captured three gold medals (in the 100 m, 200 m, and 4  100-m relay) and one silver (4  400-m relay). Her world-record time in the 200 m (21.34 sec) and her earlier 100-m record still stood at the time of her death, which was attributed to a brain seizure.

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