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Summary Swimming Australia says four-time Olympic gold medalist Murray Rose has died from leukemia.
He was 73.Rose won three gold medals in Melbourne in 1956 and gold, silver and bronze in Rome in 1960.Rose won gold medals in 1956 in the 400 and 1,500-meter freestyle events and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. In Rome, he won the 400 gold and silver in the 1,500.Swimming Australia president David Urquhart said Roses death was a great loss for the sport the name Murray Rose is synonymous with success in the sport of swimming, and his achievements in Melbourne in 1956 will go down as the stuff of legend.
