Olympic Champion Masao Takemoto died February 2

Masao Takemoto, a gold medallist in Japan's men's team gymnastics title at the 1960 Rome Olympics, died of bile duct cancer at the age of 87 Friday, February 2 his family said Monday.
Takemoto competed in three consecutive Olympics from the 1952 Helsinki Games and helped capture a gold medal in the men's team competition in Rome in 1960 and  at the age of 41 he placed fifth (tie) all-around, second on high bar, there.
He later worked as a coach at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the 1972 Munich Olympics ....