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Article: Boston Marathon Champ Johnny Kelley Dies
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THEO EMERY, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
10-07-2004
Dateline: BOSTON
Famed Boston Marathon runner Johnny A. Kelley poses in front of the double statue of himself as a young man and as an older runner in Newton, Mass., in this 1995 file photo. Two-time Boston Marathon champion and former Olympian, Kelley died Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004, at a nursing home on Cape Cod, his stepson said. He was 97. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Johnny Kelley, a two-time Boston Marathon champion who became a beloved figure in the history of the race by running it a record 61 times, died at 97.
He died Wednesday night at a Cape Cod nursing home, stepson Dave DeLong said. His death came just three hours after he moved ...