| Sammy Lee AKA Samuel Lee Born: 1-Aug-1920
Birthplace: Fresno, CA
Died: 2-Dec-2016
Location of death: Newport Beach, CA
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Diver Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Olympic diver Military service: US Army Father: Eunkee Chun
Mother: Soonkee Rhee
Wife: Rosalind M. K. Wong (m. 1950, until his death, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Pamela Lee
Son: Sammy Lee II
High School: Benjamin Franklin High School (1939)
University: Occidental College (1943)
Medical School: University of Southern California
President's Commission on White House Fellowships
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Olympic Gold Medal 1948 (10m platform diving)
Olympic Bronze Medal 1948 (3m springboard diving)
Olympic Gold Medal 1952 (10m platform diving)
Sullivan Award 1953
US Olympic Hall of Fame 1990
Korean Ancestry
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