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- He was a prominent author, journalist and sports official and served as President of the International Olympic Committee from between 1972 and 1980. As of 2017 the titles are held by his eldest son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1999. He is a film producer.
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He was a prominent author, journalist and sports official and served as President of the International Olympic Committee from between 1972 and 1980. As of 2017 the titles are held by his eldest son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1999. He is a film producer.
Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, MBE, TD (30 July 1914 – 25 April 1999) was an Irish journalist, author, sports official, and the sixth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Sir Michael Morris, Lord Killanin, the third Baron Killanin of Dublin and Spiddal, succeeded Avery Brundage on 21 August 1972 to become the sixth President of the International Olympic Committee.
Apr 25, 1999 · Biography. Sir Michael Morris, Lord Killanin, the 3rd Baron Killanin of Dublin and Spiddal, succeeded Avery Brundage on 21 August 1972 to become the 6th President of the International Olympic Committee.
An Irish-born journalist, film producer, and sport administrator, who became the sixth president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Morris inherited the title of Baron Killanin at the age of 13. He attended Eton College, the Sorbonne, and Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Morris, Michael (1914–99), 3rd Baron Killanin, writer, film producer, and sports administrator, was born 30 July 1914 in Dublin, son of George Henry Morris, lieutenant-colonel in the Irish Guards, and Dora Morris (née Wesley Hall).
Brundage paid his huge Olympic expenses out of his own pocket as did his predecessors, Baron de Coubertin, Baron de Blonay (Switzerland), Count Baillet-Latour (Belgium) and Sigfrid Edstrom...
