William Johnson Jr., community-minded dentist and lifelong elite runner, has died at 95

His mother, Mary, wanted him to be a doctor. So, after she died when he was six, he went on to earn a dental degree at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.
READ NEXT
More on the wire
FROM THE PUBLISHER
OpenAI has disclosed six reports on unexpected or concerning behavior in artificial-intelligence models
FROM THE PUBLISHER
As Pete Crow-Armstrong came up with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, the Wrigley Field crowd chanted “M-V-Pete
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Philly is fighting tooth and nail in a crowded NL Wild Card hunt and every win inches them closer to clinching — and perhaps to leapfrogging the Cubs for a home series to start their postseason run.