FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER DIES Track world crushed by news of death Friends have only wonderful things to say about Griffith Joyner, whose inward beauty surpassed her physical appearance

"Maybe she's in a coma," Farmer Patrick had told her husband, David. "Finally, when I saw it on CNN, it hit me. I just lost it. I started screaming. My body was, like, paralyzed. "We were like sisters. We had trained together, gone to (UCLA) together, roomed together. I comp...

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Published inThe Atlanta Constitution
Main Author Mike Fish\ Karen Rosen
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Atlanta, Ga Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 22.09.1998
Subjects
Fatalities
Griffith Joyner, Florence
Track & field
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Summary:"Maybe she's in a coma," Farmer Patrick had told her husband, David. "Finally, when I saw it on CNN, it hit me. I just lost it. I started screaming. My body was, like, paralyzed. "We were like sisters. We had trained together, gone to (UCLA) together, roomed together. I competed for her track team, FloJo International, for a couple years. Here is this wonderful, young, healthy person. How could this happen?" That was the question in the minds of the track and field world as it coped Monday with the sudden death of the unparalleled female sprinter, the woman who stole the Seoul Olympic spotlight with a rare combination of fashion and record-smashing speed.
ISSN:2473-1609
2690-8093