... in Girard, Pennsylvania carries an epitaph that probably would be the source of a good lawsuit. It tells of Ellen Shannon, twenty‑six, “Who,” according to her epitaph, “was fatally burned March 21, 1870 by the explosion of a lamp filled ... of the world lest he become a castaway and be disqualified from running the race. Barry J. Farber in his book, Dive Right In, tells about the Olympic athlete Michael Johnson. Johnson earned his reputation as the fastest human on earth at the Olympic trials in ...
