Herb Douglas Jr., oldest living U.S. Olympic medal winner, trailblazing Black businessman, and inspirational mentor, has died at 101

Inspired by his blind father and Olympic star Jesse Owens, he won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics in London and worked and lived in Philadelphia for nearly 60 years.

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