 San Francisco Chronicle | Olympic gold medalist, MMA pioneer dies of heart failure New York Post (blog) Jeff Blatnick, who overcame cancer to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics, died in upstate New York at age 55. Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., said Wednesday that he died there of heart failure. Blatnick was an ... Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012: State, Olympic wrestling champion Blatnick dies Jeff Blatnick dies at 55; won gold in Olympic wrestling in 1984 Former Olympic wrestler dies |
