Fame. One of Detroit's major interscholastic athletic facilities, adjacent to Martin Luther King High School, is named Lorenzo C. Wright Field. Death In 1972, at age 45, Wright was stabbed to death by his wife Elizabeth during a dispute about their possible separation. Resources 1948 Summer Olympics Wayne State University References 1926 births 1972 deaths 1972 murders in the United States American male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Wayne State University alumni Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Mariticides Track and field athletes from Detroit Deaths by stabbing in Michigan American male long jumpers American murder victims Male murder victims United States Army soldiers