1980 Bruce Dooland, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; Nottinghamshire; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1955), dies at 56
1983 Antonin Magne, French cyclist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies at 79
1984 Frank Lowson, England cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 59
1984 Johnnie Parsons, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 1950; AAA/USAC Championship 1949), dies at 66
1993 Lorrin "Whitey" Harrison, American surfer, dies of a heart attack at 80
1994 Rex Alston, English sports broadcaster and author (BBC radio), dies at 93
2002 Laurie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (15 ODIs, 18 wickets; Jamaica), dies in a car accident at 33
2003 Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricket all-rounder (33 Tests, 2 x 100, 41 wickets, BB 6/49; Sind, Bombay, Rajasthan), dies at 76
2005 Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
2006 Erk Russell, American football, basketball, baseball and track coach, dies at 80
2006 Peter Brock, Australian auto racer (3 x Australian Touring Car C'ship; 9 x Bathurst 500/1000; 9 x Sandown Endurance), dies in a rally crash at 61
2008 Evan Tanner, American mixed martial arts fighter and UFC Champion, dies of heat exposure in the California desert at 37
2009 Raymond "Ray" Barrett, Australian actor (The Troubleshooters, Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 82
2015 Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball pitcher (4 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1982; Gold Glove Award 1984; Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 62
2017 Catherine Hardy Lavender, American 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 87
2017 Isabelle Daniels, American sprinter (Olympic bronze 56), dies at 80
2020 Alfred Riedl, Austrian soccer striker (4 caps; Austria Wien, Standard Liège) and manager (Austria, Liechtenstein, Vietnam, Palestine, Laos, Indonesia), dies at 70
2020 Gene A. Budig, American baseball executive (last American League [AL] president 1994-99), dies from liver disease at 81
2022 Dave Smith, Scottish soccer manager (Mansfield Town, Southend United, Plymouth Argyle, Dundee, Torquay United), dies at 88
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