- 1922 Sam Thompson, American Baseball HOF right fielder (NL batting champion 1887 Detroit Wolverines; NL HR leader 1889, 1895 Philadelphia Quakers), dies at 62
- 1945 Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
- 1957 Roy Worters, Canadian Hockey HOF goaltender (Hart Memorial Trophy 1929; Vezina Trophy 1931; NY Americans), dies at 57
- 1978 Gene Tunney, American boxer (world heavyweight champion 1926-28), dies at 80
- 1994 Charles Mathiesen, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 83
- 1994 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 3 dismissals; Gujarat, Mumbai), dies at 72
- 2006 Bryan Pata, American football defensive tackle (University of Miami) (murdered) (b. 1981)
- 2006 Johnny Sain, American baseball pitcher, dies at 89
- 2006 Polly Umrigar, Indian cricket all-rounder & captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), dies from lymph cancer at 80
- 2008 Hedley Howarth, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (30 Tests, 86 wickets; Auckland CA), dies of cancer at 64
Joe Frazier (1944-2011)
American boxer (Olympic gold heavyweight 1964; undisputed world heavyweight champion 1970-73), dies of liver cancer at 67
- 2012 Carmen Basilio, American boxer (World Welterweight title 1955-56; Middleweight title 1957-58), dies from pneumonia at 85
- 2017 Roy Halladay, American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star, Cy Young Award 2003, 10; perfect game 2010; postseason no-hitter 2010; Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies), died when piloting a plane under influence of painkillers, sleeping pills at 40
- 2023 Alain Estève, French rugby union lock (20 Tests; French Rugby C'ship x 8 AS Béziers), dies at 77
- 2023 Diethelm Ferner, German soccer midfielder (2 caps; SV Werder Bremen, Rot-Weiss Essen) and manager (Rot-Weiss Essen, Hannover 96, Schalke 04, Lebanon), dies at 82
- 2023 Federico Sacchi, Argentine soccer central defender (15 caps; Newell's Old Boys, Racing Club, Boca Juniors), dies at 87
- 2023 Mário Moinhos, Portuguese soccer forward (7 caps; Benfica, Boavista, Espinho), dies at 74
- 2023 Nikos Gioutsos, Greek soccer striker (15 caps; Olympiacos 276 games, 100 goals), dies at 81
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