What is Rafer Johnson?
[[File:Rafer Johnson 1960c (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Rafer Lewis Johnson''' (August 18, 1934 – December 2, 2020) was an American [[decathlon|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 [[Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy|fatally shot]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]]. Johnson died on December 2, 2020 at a [[Sherman Oaks, California]] hospital from a [[stroke]], aged 86.<ref>[http://www.thesportsexaminer.com/athletics-olympic-decathlon-gold-medalist-rafer-johnson-passes-at-85/ Olympic Decathlon gold medalist Rafer Johnson passes at 86]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Rafer}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:African-American track and field athletes]] [[Category:African-American movie actors]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States]] [[Category:Actors who played in James Bond movies]] [[Category:Actors from Texas]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Texas]] [[Category:American decathletes]] [[Category:People from Hillsboro, Texas]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}