title: Rafer Johnson
text: Rafer Lewis Johnson (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American decathlete and actor. He was born in Hillsboro, Texas. Johnson was a silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also played Mullens the DEA agent in the 1989 James Bond movie Licence to Kill.
  
  In 1968, Johnson, football player Rosey Grier, and journalist George Plimpton tackled Sirhan Sirhan moments after he had fatally shot Robert F. Kennedy.
  
  Johnson died on December 2, 2020 at a Sherman Oaks, California hospital from a stroke, aged 86.
  
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  1934 births
  2020 deaths
  African-American track and field athletes
  African-American movie actors
  American Olympic gold medalists
  American Olympic silver medalists
  Actors who played in James Bond movies
  Actors from Texas
  Sportspeople from Texas
  Deaths from stroke
  People from Hillsboro, Texas