Randall G. Johnson ’76
Randall died March 11, 2019, in his hometown of Los Angeles, after suffering a heart attack.
He graduated from Beverly Hills High School, where he participated in academics, athletics, and the Jack and Jill Organization. At Princeton Randall majored in psychology and took up fencing. He was a four-year member of the team in sabre. His thesis was titled “Psychosomatic Origins of Essential Hypertension.”
After graduation he returned home and aspired to compete in sabre at the Olympics. Tiger coach Stan Sieja suggested Randall study ballet to develop his footwork. That led to a lifetime of ballet, martial arts, and kung fu. Randall belonged to the Association of Black Princeton Alumni and participated in the Princeton Connect Initiative. He earned a doctorate in chiropractic medicine.
The class extends sympathy to his cousin, Yvette Johnson Williams.
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David Sukonick
4 Months AgoBallet Memories
I am so stunned and sad to find out about this just now. I was about to look him up and send him a video and found this article. Randy was a good friend for decades. I spent a lot of time at his parents’ house with him and many, many ballet classes. Randy would hang out at my sister’s apartment in Hollywood after every single ballet class where we would all chill, eat, and participate in endless jokes and laughs. Dozens if not hundreds of times. I have videos of Randy in ballet class if there are any relatives who are interested. I will be posting all of these classes on YouTube and the Stefan Wenta memorial site. I have picture of him and one of his last performances in 1996 where I gave him a lead part in an elaborate ballet. I know that Randy had a couple of bad car accidents and the last time I saw him he had no money to do therapy or surgery on his badly damaged thin leg where he had completely torn his quadriceps muscles. The ballet on YouTube is called “Will Dance For Food” and Randy is the opening character.