at Atlanta in 1996 at 100. At that age he was still doing push-ups and had just quit ice skating.

Prieste was born in Fresno in 1896, the year the modern Olympics began.

Later, he played a Keystone Kops character in silent movies and appeared in 25 movies. He counted Charlie Chaplin among his friends.

Prieste later moved on to Broadway, working in vaudeville before joining a circus as a comedian and skating in the Ice Follies.


He is survived by a niece, Lenore Turrill, a great-niece and great-great-nephew.to drastically improve the quality of care provided to these patients,” said senior author Dr. Harlan M. Krumholz, the Harold H. Hines, Jr. Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Yale School of Medicine.

The study was funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Commonwealth Fund, and the United Fund. The work was also funded in part, by the Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant from the National Center for Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health.