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Steven Holcomb and Steven Langton celebrating after a run that earned them a bronze medal in the two-man bobsled competition at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
Josh Haner/The New York Times; thumbnail, Cj Gunther/European Pressphoto Agency, 2010
Steven Holcomb
Died on May 6, 2017 at age 37
A brawny three-time Olympic medalis, Holcomb overcame a disease that threatened his vision, and then in 2010 piloted a four-man bobsled team to the United States’ first gold medal in the event in 62 years.
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.