Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Not published in LIFE. Jockey Johnny Longden, 1952. Personalized Content ...

His first book, Diana’s Story (1989), was a moving account of his life with his first wife, whom he had married in 1957 and who later developed a mysterious illness which was eventually diagnosed as a ...

In 1941, when he was just 19, Longden manned the control desk for the King’s Christmas broadcast, having been firmly told that on no account was he to speak to His Majesty. “He was very nervous and ...

Eric Longden, son of riding legend Johnny Longden, died at his home in Carlsbad Nov. 8, according to his widow Sue. He was 67. Longden had suffered from Lou’s Gehrig’s disease (amyotrophic lateral ...

Johnny Longden, once horse racing’s winningest jockey, and the only horseman to win the Kentucky Derby as a rider and a trainer, died Friday in his sleep, on his 96th birthday. Longden, who retired as ...

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