Clarence DeMar (1888-1958)
American marathon runner and 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, dies of cancer at 70
- 1964 Frank D. Smith, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame administrator (Beaches/Greater Toronto Hockey League), dies at 70
- 1970 Camille Bombois, French circus wrestler and naïve painter, dies at 87
- 1976 Jim Konstanty, American MLB relief pitcher (MLB All Star 1950; NL MVP 1950; Philadelphia Phillies), dies at 59
Ralph Guldahl (1911-1987)
American golfer (US Masters 1939, US Open 1937-38), dies at 75
- 1989 Jack McMahon, American basketball guard and coach (player Rochester Royal, St. Louis Hawks; coach Cincinnati Royals, San Diego Rockets, Pittsburgh Condors), dies at 60
- 1996 Alan Weeks, British sports commentator, dies at 72
- 2005 Audrey Brown, British 4 X 100m runner (Olympic silver 1936), dies at 92
- 2006 Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (first paraplegic to compete in the Olympic Games 1984), dies at 61
- 2008 Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey defenseman (World C'ship gold 1976, 77; Olympic silver 1976; Philadelphia Flyers, TJ Motor České Budějovice), dies from throat cancer at 56
- 2008 Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (b. 1938)
Kurt Nielsen (1930-2011)
Danish tennis player, (Wimbledon 1953, 55 runner-up), dies at 80
- 2012 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold heavyweight 1972, 76, 80), dies from a heart attack at 60
- 2013 Miller Barber, American golfer (11 PGA Tour; 3 US Senior Open titles), dies from lymphoma at 82
- 2020 Matt Poore, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (14 Tests 355 runs @ 15.43, 9 wickets), dies at 90
- 2022 Bernd Bransch, German soccer defender (64 caps GDR; Chemie Halle FC, FC Carl Zeiss Jena), dies at 77
- 2023 Jean Wicki, Swiss bobsledder (Olympic gold 4-man 1972, bronze 1968; bronze 2-man 1972), dies at 89
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