| | Roger Bannister, who gained worldwide fame in 1954 when he became the first runner to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, died Saturday at the age of 88. Bannister's family said in a statement that he died peacefully in Oxford, the English city where he broke the sub-4-minute barrier - a feat many at the time believed wasn't humanly possible.
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