Oldest woman (86) to run the NYC marathon Sunday, died the next day.

She had fallen during the race and hit her head, but finished and seemed OK. Not bad though; finishing a marathon at 86 – in good shape her whole life – she looks great in the picture.

Joy Johnson, oldest woman to run New York City Marathon, dies at 86

Johnson, of San Jose, Calif., had stumbled and hit her head on the road
around the 20th mile, said her sister, Faith Anderson, 83, who
accompanied Johnson to New York.

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On Monday morning, after the two sisters returned from their annual
post-marathon visit to the “Today” show crowd at Rockefeller Center,
Johnson said she was tired and lay down on her bed at the Roosevelt
Hotel in Manhattan. She didn't wake up. She was declared dead at
Bellevue Hospital, Anderson said.


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