BREAKING::Richard Jewel Dies at 44 -falsely accused in 96 Olympic Bombing

news.yahoo.com — jewell, who was working as a sheriff's deputy as recently as last year, was a security guard in 1996 at the Olympics in Atlanta. He was initially hailed as a hero for spotting a suspicious backpack in a park and moving people out of harm's way just before a bomb exploded during a concert. The blast killed one and injured 111 others.