- 1959 Dally Messenger, Australian rugby league centre (9 Tests; NSW; Eastern Suburbs; ARL 'Immortal'; Dally M Medal) and rugby union utility (2 caps), dies from heart failure at 76
- 1985 Maurice Podoloff, American attorney, professional sports administrator (AHL President, 1936-52; NBA President, 1946-63), and namesake of NBA regular season MVP Award, dies at 95
- 1990 Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
Warren Spahn (1921-2003)
American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (17 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1957; Cy Young Award 1957; 8 × NL wins leader; Boston/Milwaukee Braves), dies at 82
- 2009 Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
- 2011 Tatyana Shchelkanova, Soviet long jumper (Olympic bronze 1964), dies at 74
- 2012 Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (WBC super featherweight 1983-84, WBC lightweight 1985-87, WBO Jr. welterweight twice 1989-1992), dies from gunshot wounds at 50
- 2018 David Defiagbon, Nigerian-Canadian boxer (Olympic silver 1996), dies at 48
- 2020 Christophe Dominici, French rugby union winger (65 caps; Stade Français), dies from suicide at 48
- 2021 Frank Burrows, Scottish soccer defender (Swindon Town 297 games) and manager (Portsmouth, Cardiff, Swansea), dies at 77
- 2021 Guillermo Echevarría, Mexican swimmer (1,500m WR 16:28.1 1968), dies at 73
- 2022 André Malherbe, Belgian motocross racer (FIM 500cc Motocross World Champion 1980, 81, 84), dies at 66
- 2022 Börje Salming, Swedish Hockey HOF defenseman (first European born & trained player to appear in 1,000 career NHL games; Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings; NHL All Star First Team 1977), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 71 [1]
- 2022 Moisés Fuentes, Mexican boxer (WBO minimumweight title 2011-13; WBO interim junior flyweight title 2013-14), dies from a blood clot on the brain at 37
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