Olympic high jump silver medallist Hopkins dies

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1956 Olympic high jump silver medallist Thelma Hopkins, who won Empire Games gold for Northern Ireland and held the world record, dies aged 88.

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Telma Hopkins

American actress and pop singer (born 1948)

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