Bart Conner

Article summary

Barthold Wayne Conner (born March 28, 1958) is an American retired Olympic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He owns and operates the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Oklahoma, along with his wife, Romanian Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comăneci. In addition, Conner is a long-time gymnastics commentator, and both Comăneci and Conner are highly involved with the Special Olympics.

Key claims

1. date of birth: 1958-03-28 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1958-03-28 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of birth: 2006-06-03 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of death: 1991 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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5. The record states that the date of death is "1991". What evidence would count against this claim?
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Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373558317