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Johnny (Lam) Jones, a former Olympic gold medal sprinter and a swift-footed football star at the University of Texas but a noted bust as a football professional with the Jets, died on Friday. He was 60.
His death was announced by the university, which said it came “after a lengthy battle with cancer.” Texas news organizations said he died in a hospital in Round Rock, Tex., north of Austin.
Jones learned that he had multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, in 2005. Because he did not have health insurance, former Texas teammates raised money for his medical costs.