- 1965 Almos Alonzo Stagg, American football coach (University of Chicago), dies in California at 102
- 1972 Manny Martindale, West Indian cricket fast bowler (10 Tests, 37 wickets; Barbados), dies at 62
- 1978 George Dickinson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Otago, Wellington) and rugby union five-eighth (NZ 5 x tour matches; Otago RFU), dies at 75
Ellsworth Vines (1911-1994)
American tennis player (US Open 1931-32; Wimbledon 1932), golfer (3 PGA Tour titles), dies at 82
- 2001 Zinaida Voronina, Russian and Soviet gymnast (1968 Olympics: 4 medals including 1 gold), dies at 53
- 2002 Paul Runyan, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1934, 38; Ryder Cup 1933, 35), dies at 93
- 2006 Ray Meyer, American basketball coach (b. 1913)
- 2009 Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, dies at 82
- 2010 Wayne Collett, American 400m runner (Olympic silver 1972), dies of cancer at 60
- 2015 Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), dies at 90
- 2020 Roger Mayweather, American boxer (WBA & lineal super featherweight title 1983-84, WBC light welterweight 1987-89; IBO light welterweight; IBO welterweight 1994-95), dies at 58
- 2022 Alan Rees, Welsh rugby union fly-half (3 Tests; Maesteg RFC), rugby league five eighth (Leeds RLFC) and cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan CCC), dies at 84
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