Rafer Johnson: American athlete and actor
Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and actor.
He was born in Hillsboro, Texas. Johnson was a silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also played Mullens the DEA agent in the 1989 James Bond movie Licence to Kill.
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In 1968, Johnson, football player Rosey Grier, and journalist George Plimpton tackled Sirhan Sirhan moments after he had fatally shot Robert F. Kennedy.
Johnson died on December 2, 2020 at a Sherman Oaks, California hospital from a stroke, aged 86.
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