Saturday August 2nd, 2025 8:50AM

Former security guard Richard Jewell dead

By The Associated Press
<p>Former security guard Richard Jewell, who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, has died, has died, a spokesman for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday.</p><p>Richard Jewell, 44, was found dead in his west Georgia home, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.</p><p>He died at 9 a.m. Wednesday, said Meriwether County Coroner Johnny Worley. Worley said Jewell died of natural causes.</p><p>"There's no suspicion whatsoever of any type of foul play. He had been at home sick since the end of February with kidney problems," Worley said.</p><p>Bankhead said the GBI would do an autopsy Thursday.</p>
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