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Events on Monday 21 December 1959 1
1959 – 1998Florence Griffith-Joyner (1959-1998)Died 21 September 1998, aged 38Florence Griffith-Joyner, known as Flo-Jo, the American sprinter who set world records in the 100m and 200m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics that still stand, died in her sleep from an epileptic seizure on 21 September 1998. She remains widely regarded as the fastest woman in history.