Later Life
After 1972, Milburn turned to professional track but resumed amateur competition in 1980 and was ranked fifth in the world. He retired in 1983. Milburn became the head track coach at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in the late 1980s.
Milburn died while working at a paper plant in Port Hudson, Louisiana after falling into a tank containing a sodium chlorate solution. His death came as a huge shock to a track and field community that vividly remembered his achievements on the track.
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