<p>Skier Bill Johnson, who won the 1984 Olympic gold in men’s downhill, displays his medal at his family’s home in Gresham, Ore., in this Feb. 6, 2001, photo.</p>
January 22, 2016
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January 22, 2016 8:35 a.m.
Olympic ski champ Johnson dies at 55
Bill Johnson, the brash American who became the first U.S. skier to win an Olympic downhill title, died after a long illness, the U.S. ski team said Friday. He was 55.