Richard Allensworth Jewell (born Richard White; [1] December 17, 1962 – August 29, 2007) was an American security guard and law enforcement officer who alerted police during the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dec 13, 2024 · Richard Jewell was an American security guard and former suspect in the Atlanta Olympic Games bombing of 1996. Jewell, who had been hired to work security at Centennial Olympic Park on July 27, spotted a suspicious-looking green knapsack and reported it to police.

Nov 13, 2009 · Richard Jewell, the hero security guard turned Olympic bombing suspect, dies at age 44 of natural causes at his Georgia home. On July 27, 1996, during the Summer Games in Atlanta, a pipe bomb...

Aug 27, 2023 · During the 1996 Summer Olympics, a security guard named Richard Jewell discovered a bomb in Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park on July 27, 1996. Thanks to Jewell’s quick thinking, he was able to evacuate dozens of people just …

Nov 19, 2024 · Richard Jewell's life changed forever on July 27, 1996, during the Atlanta Olympics. As a security guard at Centennial Olympic Park, he discovered a suspicious backpack containing pipe bombs. Jewell alerted authorities and …

He is hired as a sheriff's deputy, but is discharged, and by early 1996 is working as a security guard at Piedmont College. He is fired from this position after multiple complaints of acting beyond his jurisdiction and moves in with his mother, Bobi.

Security guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.

Richard Allensworth Jewell was a police officer and security guard from America who gained media attention for his connection with the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Aug 29, 2007 · Former security guard Richard Jewell, who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. An autopsy Thursday showed Jewell...

Before the 911 warning reached the area of the sound-and-light tower where Richard Jewell, 33, was stationed as a security guard, Jewell had noticed a small backpack lying unattended nearby. He pointed it out to an agent of the Georgia Bureau …