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Margaret Bergmann competing in 1930s Germany.
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Margaret Bergmann Lambert
Died on July 25, 2017 at age 103
A world-class high jumper, Ms. Lambert was best known for her nonparticipation in the 1936 Berlin Olympics — she was kept off the German team because she was Jewish.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.