Article Photos: Jeff Blatnick, 1984 gold medal wrestler, dies



  FILE - This Aug. 4, 1984 file photo shows Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick of Niskayuna, N.Y., holding a news conference in Los Angeles. Blatnick, who overcame cancer to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics, has died in New York state at age 55. Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., said Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012, that he died there of heart failure. (AP Photo/Trovati, File)

FILE - This Aug. 4, 1984 file photo shows Olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick of Niskayuna, N.Y., holding a news conference in Los Angeles. Blatnick, who overcame cancer to win a gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics, has died in New York state at age 55. Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., said Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012, that he died there of heart failure. (AP Photo/Trovati, File)