by Philip Caulfield

He was called "The Zamp" when he competed in the 5,000 meter run at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and broke the Nazi color code by sharing a room with Jesse Owens. He was hailed a war hero for surviving 47 days in the shark-infested Pacific Ocean after his bomber was shot down — and two more years in a brutal Japanese prison camp.

And he was the inspiration for a movie directed by Angelina Jolie called "Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption," which is due out on Christmas Day. Louis Zamperini's remarkable 97-year run came to a quiet end Wednesday when he died of pneumonia at his Los Angeles home.

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