May 2, 2015 Athletes André Buffière French Olympic basketball player (1948 Died on Thursday October 2nd 2014 Other athletesValeri Zhabko Russian footballer dead at age 58José Ortiz Puerto Rican basketball player, colorectal cancer dead at age 62Chris Phelan Irish-born Australian rugby league player, pancreatic cancer dead at age 70Geoff Ablett public figure dead at age 71Roque Avallay Argentine footballer dead at age 80Alex Zanardi Italian racing driver and paracyclist dead at age 59René Paardekooper Dutch footballer dead at age 39Alfredrick Hughes American basketball player dead at age 63Yevgeniy Duleyev Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist dead at age 70Péter Bikár Hungarian ice hockey player dead at age 81More from FranceJean Raquin French politician, member and president of the General Council of Jura dead at age 90Claire Maurier French actress dead at age 97Michel Debost French flutist dead at age 92Guy Leleu French racing cyclist dead at age 76Gérard Biguet French football referee dead at age 79Christian Verrier French footballer dead at age 73Daniel Huck French jazz reedist and singer dead at age 78Jean-Yves Hugon French politician, deputy dead at age 76Jean-Benoît Meybeck public figure dead at age 53Jean-Bernard Pommier French pianist and conductor dead at age 81More from October 2, 2014Fyodor BogdanovskyRobert FlowerMichael GoldbergJoanne M. HoldenVaughn O. LangGyörgy LázárCarlos LopezN. MahalingamPedro PeñaCarolyn Rovee-Collier Tags 02 October 2014 2014-10-02 André Athletes Buffière France October 2 October 2014 ←Robert Flower Fyodor Bogdanovsky→