Maureen Connolly (1934-1969)
American tennis player (1st women's Grand Slam 1953; 9 x Grand Slam singles titles), dies of ovarian cancer at 34
- 1973 Frank Leahy, American football coach (Notre Dame), dies at 64
- 1989 Lee Calhoun, American athlete (Olympic gold 110m hurdles 1956, 60), dies at 56
- 1998 Al Campanis, Greek baseball second baseman and executive (first Greek player in MLB history; GM LA Dodgers 1968-87), dies from coronary artery disease at 81
- 2003 Roger Neilson, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1934)
- 2008 Scott Kalitta, American drag racer (b. 1962)
- 2020 Ahmed Radhi, Iraqi soccer striker (121 caps; 62 goals; Al-Rasheed; Asian Footballer of the Year 1988), dies of COVID-19 at 56
- 2020 Dennis Young, New Zealand rugby union hooker (22 caps; Canterbury 139 games), dies from cancer at 90
- 2020 Rajinder Goel, Indian cricket spin bowler (record for most wickets in Ranji Trophy 637), dies at 77
- 2021 Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey defenseman (Hobey Baker Award 1984; Stanley Cup 1986 Montreal Canadiens), dies from adenocarcinoma at 58
- 2023 Guillermo Escalada, Uruguayan soccer forward (30 caps; Nacional, Gimnasia de La Plata, Montevideo Wanderers FC), dies at 87
- 2023 Peter Allan, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Queensland), dies at 87
- 2023 Ronnie Nolan, Irish soccer wing-half (33 caps League of Ireland XI, 10 Republic of Ireland; Shamrock Rovers 297 games), dies at 89
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