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Robert Lee Beck ‑ an American modern pentathlete and fencer who won three gold medals in these disciplines at the Pan American Games in 1963-1971 – died of coronavirus on April 2, 2020.   He also won bronze medals in the individual and team modern pentathlon events at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He was less successful at the 1968 Games, placing 22nd individually and fourth with the American team.   Beck was a practising dentist in San Antonio, Texas, during his professional career. He was hospitalised in February 2020, due to a head injury from a fall in front of his home. He died at age 83 on April 2, 2020, after contracting COVID19 while in the hospital.   As of the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, he was the last athlete from the United States to ...