NY Times · Aug 31, 2021
Jacques Rogge, Who Led Olympic Committee, Dies at 79
Jacques Rogge at a news conference in Buenos Aires in 2013 as he was ending his term as president of the International Olympic Committee. He was a forceful advocate for a crackdown on doping in sports.Credit...Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesJacques Rogge, who became president of the International Olympic Committee in 2001, when the organization was still reeling from an ethics scandal, and helped restore stability during his 12 years in charge while taking a strong stand against doping, has died. He was 79.
The committee announced his death in a statement on Sunday. It did not say where he died or specify the date or cause, though Dr. Rogge had been in declining health.