Otis Davis, who overcame racism to win Olympic gold, dies at 92

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Otis Davis, the gold medal Olympic sprinter who broke barriers and world records, has died at 92. Davis started as a high school football and basketball standout in segregated Tuscaloosa, Alabama before serving four years in the Air Force and eventually becoming a star sprinter for Oregon. Sunday TODAY’s Willie Geist remembers a life well lived.

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