Kingston, Jamaica
Died March 31, 2020
Age 58
Sam Clayton Jr. was a member of the Jamaican bobsled team that competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and inspired the 1993 movie “Cool Runnings.”
Obituary
Though Clayton was an integral part of the team, he wasn’t in the bobsled when it famously crashed during the team’s final run in the 1988 Winter Olympics. In later years, Clayton became a music producer and sound engineer, working with the Grammy-winning English reggae band Steel Pulse as well as other artists including Horace Andy and Toots and the Maytals.
Published on Legacy.com
“Rest in peace, Sam…and thank you for being the inspiration for such a joyful and very favorite movie (and soundtrack). Thank you for your courage to get the Olympics and the rest of the world to take you all seriously, so that the rest of us could fall in love with your story.”
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