- 1941 Jack O'Connor, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 13 wickets, BB 5/40; NSW CA, SA CA), dies at 65
Beals Wright (1879-1961)
American tennis player (US Nat C'ship 1905; doubles 1904-06), dies at 81
- 1967 Georges Berger, Belgian racing driver, dies at 48
- 1979 Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan captain 1948-49), dies
- 1987 Didier Pironi, French auto racer who won 24 Hours of Le Mans 1978; winner 3 x Formula 1 GP, dies in power boat accident at 35
- 1995 Johnny Carey, Irish professional footballer, dies at 76
Hoyt Wilhelm (1922-2002)
American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1954 NY Giants; no-hitter 1958 Baltimore Orioles; Chicago WS), dies of heart failure at 80
Bobby Bonds (1946-2003)
American MLB baseball outfielder, 1968-81, 3x All-Star, 3x Golden Glove (San Francisco Giants, 1968-74 and 7 other teams), father of Barry Bonds, dies of lung cancer and brain tumor at 57
- 2006 Wasim Raja, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (57 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 125, 51 wickets; Lahore, Durham CCC), dies from a heart attack at 54
- 2012 Steve Van Buren, American Hall of Fame NFL halfback, dies from pneumonia at 91
- 2020 Greg Montgomery, American NFL punter (Baltimore Ravens), dies at 55
- 2021 José Yudica, Argentine soccer forward (4 caps; Newell's Old Boys, Boca Juniors) and manager (Newell's Old Boys, Quilmes), dies at 85
- 2022 Carlos Duarte, Portuguese soccer forward (7 caps; FC Porto, Leixões SC), dies at 89
- 2023 Theuns Stofberg, South African rugby union flanker (21 caps, captain 1980, 81, 84; Orange FS, Northern Transvaal, Western Province), dies in a traffic collision at 68
- 2023 Vicente Lecaro, Ecuadorian soccer defender (8 caps; FC Barcelona, CS Emelec), dies at 87
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