1926 Frank Iredale, Australian cricketer (14 Tests for Aust, 807 runs at 36 68), dies at 58
1937 Ned Hanlon, American Baseball HOF center fielder (NL pennant 1887 Detroit Wolverines) and manager (5 × NL pennant Baltimore Orioles, Brooklyn Superbas), dies at 79
1942 Joshua Pim, Irish tennis player (Wimbledon 1893-94), dies at 72
1962 Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician (Mayor of Manila, 1952-62), dies of a stroke at 49
1970 Ripper Collins, American baseball first baseman (MLB All-Star 1935, 36, 37; World Series 1931, 34; NL HR leader 1934; St Louis Cardinals), dies at 66
1971 Dan Reeves, American NFL team owner (Cleveland, LA Rams), dies at 58
1993 Harry Alexander, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, Bodyline series 1933, 1 wicket; Victoria), dies at 87
1994 John Curry, British figure skater (Olympic gold, World C'ship gold, European C'ship gold 1976), dies from AIDS at 44
2002 Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and U.S. Supreme Court Justice, dies at 84
2003 Leonard Tose, American trucking magnate and owner of NFL Philadelphia Eagles (1969-85), dies at 88
2005 Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests, top score 92), dies at 79
2006 Louise Smith, American auto racer (tied for 2nd woman to race in top level NASCAR), dies of cancer at 89
2012 Murray Rose, Australian Olympic gold winning swimmer, dies from leukemia at 73
2019 Don Perry, Canadian NHL coach (LA Kings 1982-84), dies at 89
2020 Dámaso García, Dominican baseball second baseman (MLB All-Star 1984, 85; Silver Slugger Award 1982; Toronto Blue Jays), dies from a malignant brain tumour at 63
2020 Willie Davis, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (Super Bowl I, II; Pro Bowl 1963-67; First-team All-Pro 1962, 64–67; Green Bay Packers), dies from kidney failure at 85
2021 Leroy Keyes, American College Football Hall of Fame and NFL running back / safety (Purdue; Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs), dies from heart failure at 74
2022 Andy Coen, American college football coach (Lehigh University Mountain Hawks 2006-18; record 85-64), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 57
2022 Bernhard Germeshausen, German bobsledder (Olympic gold x 4 GDR 1976, 80), dies at 70
2022 Jack Newton, Australian golfer (British Open runner-up 1975; US Masters runner-up 1980), dies at 72
2022 Tony Brown, Australian rugby league five-eighth (10 Tests; Newtown RLFC, Penrith RLFC), dies at 86
2023 Faith Thomas, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 WTest; first Indigenous woman to represent Australia in any sport; South Australia), dies at 90
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