Hero who saved lives at Atlanta Olympics dies

Richard Jewell, 44, Hero of Atlanta Attack, Dies

USA TODAY puts it this way:

His was not an act of conspicuous valor. He did not assault a machine gun nest with his bare hands or pull children from a burning building. But...If he does not notice the unattended backpack, does not raise the alarm before the bomb goes off, how many are close enough to die? Dozens? Hundreds?

One lady, Alice Hawthorne, did die, but the others were saved.

And in thanks, he was hounded and demonized by the press as the bomber, and his name was never really cleared until the real bomber was found.

He died of complications of Diabetes. God rest his soul and sympathy to his family.