Richard Jewell, the security guard falsely accused of being the 1996 Atlanta Olympic's bomber has died at 44 of natural causes. He recently was diagnosed with diabetes and kidney failure.
After twelve grueling weeks of investigation by the FBI, US Attorney's office and endless hounding by the press, Richard Jewell was ultimately cleared of being the bomber. He really was the hero he claimed to be:
"Jewell was working as a private security guard in Centennial Olympic Park about 1 a.m. on July 27 when he identified a suspicious unidentified package and began moving people away from it. The package turned out to contain the bomb, which went off, killing one person and wounding more than 100." CNN
Eric Rudolph confessed to being the bomber in 2005 and is serving four life sentences plus 120 years for bombings at the Olympics and three other locations including a gay nightclub. One of the bombings killed a police officer.
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