{"id":318362,"date":"2018-07-10T10:38:46","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T17:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=318362"},"modified":"2018-07-10T10:38:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T17:38:46","slug":"1948-london-olympian-george-olsen-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/1948-london-olympian-george-olsen-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"1948 London Olympian George Olsen Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1948 Olympic swimmer and famed photographer,\u00a0<strong>George Olsen<\/strong>, recently passed away at the age of 88 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Olsen was born in 1929 to\u00a0<strong>George M. 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As the official photographer, he had the opportunity to shoot the 1996 Atlanta Games, along with many other swimming and diving events.<\/p>\n<p>One of Olsen&#8217;s (arguably) most famous photos is a stunning black and white portrait he took in 1993 of legends\u00a0<strong>Greg Louganis, Dr. Ron O&#8217;Brien<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Sammy Lee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_318386\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-318386\" data-attachment-id=\"318386\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/1948-london-olympian-george-olsen-passes-away\/louganis-obrien-see-by-george-olsen\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/louganis-obrien-see-by-george-olsen.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,923\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"louganis -obrien-lee-by-george-olsen\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;louganis -obrien-see-by-george-olsen&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: George Olsen&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/louganis-obrien-see-by-george-olsen-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/louganis-obrien-see-by-george-olsen-1024x788.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-318386\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/louganis-obrien-see-by-george-olsen-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"louganis -obrien-see-by-george-olsen\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-318386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: George Olsen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Olsen is survived by his wife\u00a0<strong>Sherry Friedlander Olsen<\/strong>, his older brother\u00a0<strong>Charles<\/strong>, son\u00a0<strong>George Eric Olsen<\/strong>, and grandson\u00a0<strong>George Evan Olsen<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to &#8220;A Child Is Missing,&#8221; a program that his wife Sherry founded.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legacy.com\/obituaries\/sunsentinel\/obituary.aspx?n=george-edward-olsen&amp;pid=189486056\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Read the entire obituary for George Edward Olsen in the Sun-Sentinel.\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1948 Olympic swimmer and famed photographer,\u00a0George Olsen, recently passed away at the age of 88 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 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