Rafer Johnson (1935 - 2020)
1960 Olympic champion in Decathlon
Rafer Johnson just before his death in None But The Brave
Witness to the assassination of senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
Film Deaths[]
- None But the Brave (1965) [Pvt. Johnson] Blown up when Tatsuya Mihashi throws a grenade in the boat he's in.
TV Deaths[]
- Mission Impossible: Nerves (1971) [Jack Tully]: Shot by Christopher George, Rafer manages to fatally shoot Christopher before dying. (I haven’t seen this, but I read the synopsis on a site.)