He was 65, no cause of death given.
His career at Nebraska was outstanding, and he was part of the Gold medal Olympic team.
When I was a senior at Omaha Roncalli, I was competing in a gym meet at Omaha Northwest. Jim was competing for Omaha South as a freshmen. He was doing things no one at the meet could come close to. He was so good.
John Killmar
I had him as a student when I was in grad school, and got to talk to him about gymnastics a few times.
His rings routine was so simple looking but had a very high degree of difficulty.