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Olympic Medalist Sam Hall Passes Away

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A Dayton native and Olympic silver medalist who made headlines for years has died.  Sam Hall died this week at the age of 77.  Hall won a silver medal for diving in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome before becoming an Ohio lawmaker, developer and self-proclaimed freelance spy. Hall also served time in a Sandinista prison in the 1980s.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.