In what year did Rafer Johnson light the Olympic cauldron in Los Angeles?
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Answer
Rafer Johnson was the final torchbearer of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He was chosen to light the Olympic cauldron because of his athletic accomplishments, which included winning the decathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Johnson was also a civil rights activist and was involved in the 1968 Olympic Project for Human Rights.
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