Simone Biles and Suni Lee to Compete in 2024 Olympic Games, Model and Actor Renauld White Dead at 80, NFL Quarterback Zach Wilson Announces Engagement
From the LifeMinute.TV Team
July 1, 2024
Women’s Olympic gymnastics team solidified for summer 2024 games in Paris, includes former champions Simone Biles and Suni Lee
Five female gymnasts have officially advanced to the 2024 Paris Olympic games. Simone Biles, Suni Lee, Jordan Chiles, Jade Carey and Hezly Rivera will represent the U.S. this summer after earning the top spots in this past week’s Olympic trials. At 27-years-old Biles will be the oldest female American gymnast to compete in over 7 decades. Joscelyn Roberson and Leanne Wong were also named to travel with the team as alternates. The games will officially kick off on July 26 with the opening ceremony, and will continue through August 11.
Model and actor Renauld White dies at 80
While no cause of death has yet been confirmed, White was reportedly under hospice care at the time of his passing. His work was groundbreaking, becoming only the second black model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine in 1979. He was also known for his role on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light, in which he starred for two years during the 80’s. Over the continued years of his career, White also modeled for a variety of fashion brands, including Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, and Bill Blass.
Denver Broncos and former New York Jets QB Zach Wilson announces engagement
The 24-year-old NFL star announced his engagement to girlfriend Nicolette Dellanno on social media Sunday, writing “I never truly understood what love was until I met you. You’re not just my partner, but my best friend and my everything.” The two went public in summer of 2022 after being seen together at a New York Yankees game in June of the same year. The two were traveling together on the Amalfi Coast in Italy when he popped the question.
In today’s birthday news:
Actor Jamie Farr turns 90, choreographer Twyla Tharp 83, Blondie’s Deborah Harry 79, the B-52’s Fred Schneider 73, actor Dan Aykroyd 72, actor Alan Ruck 68, model/actress Pamela Anderson 57, rapper Missy Elliott 53, actress Liv Tyler 47, singer Chlöe Bailey 26.