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Campbell, '56 Olympic medalist, dies at Gainesville home

Gainesville resident Milt Campbell, gold medalist in the 1956 Olympic decathlon, is shown in 1999. The man selected as New Jersey’s Athlete of the Century died Friday at his home in Gainesville. - photo by Chris Faytok

1104Milt.Campbell — Gainesville resident Milt Campbell, gold medalist in the 1956 Olympic decathlon, is shown in 1999. The man selected as New Jersey’s Athlete of the Century died Friday at his home in Gainesville. - photo by Chris Faytok

Milt Campbell, a Gainesville resident and 1956 Olympic gold medalist, died Friday. He was 78. Campbell, a native of Plainfield, N.J., won the Olympic decathlon at the 1956 Summer Games.