<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Police officer, security guard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Discovered planted pipe bomb at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and helped evacuate people from the area before the bomb exploded . He was later falsely accused of planting the bomb himself and later was exonerated by an FBI investigation . </Td> </Tr> <P> Richard Allensworth Jewell (born Richard White; December 17, 1962--August 29, 2007) was an American police officer and security guard . While working as a security guard for AT&T, he became known in connection with the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia . Discovering a backpack filled with three pipe bombs on the park grounds, Jewell alerted police and helped to evacuate the area before the bomb exploded, saving many people from injury or death . Initially hailed by the media as a hero, Jewell was later considered a suspect . Jewell's case is considered an example of the damage that can be done by media reporting based on unreliable or incomplete information . </P> <P> Despite never being charged, he underwent a "trial by media" with great toll on his personal and professional life . Jewell was eventually completely exonerated, and Eric Rudolph was later found to have been the bomber . In 2006, Governor Sonny Perdue publicly thanked Jewell on behalf of the State of Georgia for saving the lives of those at the Olympics . Jewell died on August 29, 2007 of heart failure from complications of diabetes at age 44 . </P>

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