Johnson was known for being a gold medal winner who helped disarm Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968. He also co-founded the California Special Olympics to help disabled children in 1969. He was one of six children born to cotton picker and farmer Lewis Johnson and Alma Gibson Johnson. (Image: Picture Perfect/REX/Shutterstock)He bravely apprehended Sirhan Sirhan moments after he shot Kennedy. Johnson was left traumatised and depressed by Kennedy's assassination but he went on to help launch the Special Olympics, the athletics event for disabled children.

Source: Daily Mirror December 02, 2020 19:21 UTC