- 1947 Bill Hewitt, American Pro Football HOF end (4 × First-team All-Pro; Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles; one last players to not wear a helmet), dies in a car crash at 37
- 1966 Bill Carr, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 4 x 400m 1932), dies at 56
- 1970 John J "Johnny" Murphy, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 61
- 1978 Harold Abrahams, British athlete (Olympic gold 100m, silver 4x100m 1924; depicted in film "Chariots of Fire"), dies at 78
Ray Kroc (1902-1984)
American fast food entrepreneur (McDonald's) and owner of baseball's San Diego Padres, dies of heart failure at 81
- 1996 Jacques LeBrun, French yachtsman (Olympic gold Snowbird class 1932), dies at 85
- 2006 Mark Philo, English footballer, dies in a car crash at 21
- 2013 Giorgio Alverà, Italian bobsledder (World C'ship gold Two-man 1975), dies at 69
- 2016 Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter (Olympic gold USSR +90 kg 1964, 68: World C'ships gold 1964, 65, 66, 68), dies at 77
- 2018 Daniel "Dan" Gurney, American race-car driver, coach and team owner (All American Racers), dies from complications of pneumonia at 86
- 2024 Norm Snead, American football quarterback (Pro Bowl 1962, 63, 65, 72; NFL completion % leader 1972 NY Giants; Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 84
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