said the lawsuits were about clearing his name. Media portrayals Richard Jewell, a biographical drama film, was released in the United States on December 13, 2019. The film was directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It was written by Billy Ray, based on the 1997 article "American Nightmare: The Ballad of Richard Jewell," by Marie Brenner, and the book The Suspect: An Olympic Bombing, the FBI, the Media, and Richard Jewell, the Man Caught in the Middle (2019) by Kent Alexander and Kevin Salwen. Jewell is played by Paul Walter Hauser while Kathy Bates played mother Bobi (for which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination). The 2020 season two of the crime drama anthology series Manhunt, also called Manhunt: Deadly Games, centers on the story of the Centennial Park bombing and the other bombs planted by Eric Robert Rudolph. Richard Jewell is portrayed by Cameron Britton. Reference is made to the unjust allegations against Richard Jewell based on a psychological profile in the television series Criminal Minds (season 3, episode 1). Death Jewell had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in February 2007 and suffered kidney failure and other medical problems related to his diagnosis in the following months. His wife, Dana, found him dead on the floor of their bedroom when she came home from work on August 29, 2007; he was 44 years old. An autopsy found the cause of death to be severe heart disease with diabetes and related obesity complications as a contributing factor. See also Centennial Olympic Park bombing References Further reading External links "Richard Jewell v. NBC, and other Richard Jewell cases". Libel and Slander. May 18, 2011 Farnsworth, Elizabeth (October 28, 1996). "Olympic Park: Another Victim". PBS NewsHour. All I did was my job': Decade later, pain of being called bombing suspect fresh to Richard Jewell". NBC News/Associated Press. July 27, 2006. 1962 births 2007 deaths 1996 Summer Olympics American adoptees American deputy sheriffs Deaths from diabetes Fake news in the United States Journalistic scandals People from Meriwether County, Georgia Security guards