BOSTON (AP) Rosie Ruiz, the Boston Marathon course-cutter who was stripped of her victory in the 1980 race and went on to become an enduring symbol of cheating in sports, has died. She was 66.

Ruiz, who was also known as Rosie Vivas, died in Florida of cancer on July 8, according to an obituary that made no mention of her Boston Marathon infamy. Running magazine first made the connection this week, a fitting end to one of the oddest chapters in the history of the race.

Its a colorful part of the Boston Marathon history, thats for sure, said Bill Rodgers, who won the mens race that year and was immediately suspicious of the woman sitting next to him on the awards podium. Poor Rosie, she took all the brunt of it.