Juan Antonio Samaranch, a reserved but shrewd dealmaker whose 21-year term as president of the International Olympic Committee was marked by both the unprecedented growth of the games and its biggest ethics scandal, died Wednesday at a hospital. He was 89.
Former IOC president Samaranch dies at 89
Seeded on Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:07 AM EDT (NBC Sports)


He was a corrupt SOB and his corrupt cronies saved his fat from the fire. Rest in peace