Claudio Appiani dead at age 69, Italian rugby player
Claudio Appiani died on June 4, 2026. He was an Italian rugby player from Calvisano, born on July 1, 1957. His death was announced at age 68. Tags Athletes, 04…
Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Ned Jarrett dead at age 93, two-time Cup Series champion
Ned Jarrett, the American racing driver who won two NASCAR Cup Series championships, died on June 4, 2026, at age 93. Born on October 12, 1932, in Conover, North Carolina,…
Eddie Haas dead at age 91, Milwaukee Braves) and manager
Eddie Haas, an American baseball player and manager, died on June 4, 2026, at age 91. Haas played for the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Braves and later managed the Atlanta…
Bob Lacey dead at age 72, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians
Bob Lacey, an American baseball pitcher who played for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants and Cleveland Indians, died on June 4, 2026. He was 72. Born Robert Joseph Lacey,…
Ken Shine dead at age 78, Australian rugby player
Ken Shine, an Australian rugby league coach and former rugby player, died on June 4, 2026, aged 78. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, on November 22, 1947, he went…
Fergus Slattery dead at age 77, Barbarians, national team
Fergus Slattery, the Irish Hall of Fame rugby union player who represented the British & Irish Lions, Barbarians and national team, died on June 4, 2026. He was 77. Born…
Gary Piantedosi dead at age 71, cancer
Gary Piantedosi, an American rower who competed in the men's coxless four at the 1976 Summer Olympics, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 71. Born in Boston…
José Sanfilippo dead at age 91, EC Bahia, national team
José Sanfilippo, the Argentine football striker known for his prolific spell at San Lorenzo and appearances for the national team, died on June 4, 2026. He was 91. Born José…
Leivinha dead at age 76, Portuguesa, national team
Leivinha, the Brazilian footballer known for his spells with Portuguesa and Palmeiras and for appearances with the national team, died on June 4, 2026, at the age of 76. Born…
Jaba Dvali dead at age 41, Dinamo Tbilisi, Sioni), heart attack
Jaba Dvali, a Georgian footballer who played for Zestaponi, Dinamo Tbilisi and Sioni, died on June 3, 2026, at the age of 41 after a heart attack. Born in Tbilisi…
Ray Lampkin dead at age 78, American boxer
Ray Lampkin, an American boxer, died on June 3, 2026. He was 78. Lampkin turned professional as a lightweight and became known for a 1975 World Boxing Association title challenge…
Bobby Tambling dead at age 84, national team) and manager
Bobby Tambling, the English footballer who starred for Chelsea and the national team and later managed Cork Celtic, died on June 3, 2026. He was 84. Born Robert Victor Tambling…
Vyacheslav Sharpar dead at age 39, Ukrainian footballer
Vyacheslav Sharpar, a Ukrainian footballer, died on June 2, 2026. He was 39. Known also as Vyacheslav Volodymyrovych Sharpar, he was born on June 2, 1987, in Zelenodolsk, then in…
Andy Bishop dead at age 61, cancer
Andy Bishop, an American racing cyclist, died June 2, 2026, of cancer. Born May 26, 1965, in Tucson, he competed as a professional rider from the United States and finished…
Jay Silva dead at age 45, Angolan-born American mixed martial artist
Jay Silva, an Angolan-born American mixed martial artist, died on June 1, 2026. He was 45. Born in Luanda on May 25, 1981, Silva competed as a heavyweight and fought…
Marios Oikonomou dead at age 33, AEK Athens, national team), traffic collision
Marios Oikonomou, the Greek footballer who played for Bologna, AEK Athens and the national team, died on June 1, 2026, in a motorcycle collision, according to reports. He was 33.…
Raúl Guerrón dead at age 49, national team
Raúl Guerrón, an Ecuadorian football defender who played for Deportivo Quito and the national team, died on June 1, 2026, at age 49. Born Raúl Fernando Guerrón Méndez in Atuntaqui…
Rick Adelman dead at age 79, Sacramento Kings, Minnesota Timberwolves
Rick Adelman, the American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach who led the Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings and Minnesota Timberwolves, died on June 1, 2026, at age 79.…
Igoris Kirilovas dead at age 54, former Lithuanian football player
Igoris Kirilovas died on June 1, 2026. He was a Lithuanian football player. Born in Vilnius on August 19, 1971, he was 54. Tags Athletes, 01 June 2026, Igoris, Kirilovas,…
Curt Newsome dead at age 67, Emory and Henry Wasps
Curt Newsome, an American football coach who worked with the Virginia Tech Hokies and Emory and Henry Wasps, died on May 31, 2026. He was 67. Newsome, whose full name…
Josef Kovačič dead at age 65, Czech footballer
Josef Kovačič died on May 30, 2026. He was a Czech footballer who played for TJ Škoda Plzeň. Further details about his life and career were not provided in the…
Iurie Bondarciuc dead at age 37, heart defect
Iurie Bondarciuc died on May 30, 2026, at the age of 37. The Moldovan footballer, who was associated with Tiraspol, died from a heart defect. Iurie Bondarciuc, 37, Moldovan footballer…
Dennis Hull dead at age 81, Detroit Red Wings
Dennis Hull, a Canadian ice hockey player who spent most of his NHL career with the Chicago Black Hawks and also played for the Detroit Red Wings, died on May…
Bobby Crockett dead at age 83, American football player
Bobby Crockett, an American football player who played for the Buffalo Bills, died on May 29, 2026, at age 83. Born Robert Paul Crockett on April 3, 1944, in Briggsville,…
Bryan Bergougnoux dead at age 43, Toulouse) and manager
Bryan Bergougnoux, the French football midfielder and manager known for his spells with Tours, Toulouse and Thonon Evian, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 43. Born in…
Yoshiharu Yamaguchi dead at age 83, stroke
Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, the Japanese rugby union player who represented his national team, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 83. Born on February 15, 1943, in Mihama, Fukui,…
Michel Stievenard dead at age 88, French footballer
Michel Stievenard, a French footballer, died on May 29, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Waziers on September 21, 1937, he spent his club career with RC Lens…
Claude Lemieux dead at age 60, Montreal Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche
Claude Lemieux, the Canadian ice hockey player who starred for the New Jersey Devils, Montreal Canadiens and Colorado Avalanche, died on May 28, 2026, at age 60. Born Claude Percy…
George Bork dead at age 84, Montreal Alouettes
George Bork, an American Hall of Fame football player who starred for the Northern Illinois Huskies and later played for the Montreal Alouettes, died on May 28, 2026. He was…
Nemesio Pozuelo dead at age 85, Spartak Moscow, Zenit Saint Petersburg
Nemesio Pozuelo, a footballer who played for Torpedo Moscow, Spartak Moscow and Zenit Saint Petersburg, died on May 28, 2026. He was 85. Born on July 7, 1940, in Kharkiv,…
Daniel Ingham dead at age 33, racing collision
Daniel Ingham died on May 28, 2026, following a racing collision. He was a British racing driver. Further details were not immediately available. Daniel Ingham, 33, British racing driver, racing…
Jevgenij Shuklin dead at age 40, MP
Jevgenij Shuklin, a Lithuanian sprint canoeist and politician who served as a member of parliament from 2024, died on May 28, 2026, at age 40. Born on November 23, 1985,…
Milan Kužela dead at age 80, national team), Ice Hockey World Championship winner
Milan Kužela died on May 28, 2026. He was a Slovak ice hockey player who played for Slovan Bratislava and the national team. He was part of the team that…
Peter Schepull dead at age 61, Wettingen, national team
Peter Schepull died on May 27, 2026, at the age of 61. He was a Swiss footballer who played for Servette, Wettingen and the national team. Born in Rapperswil on…
Marcia Lucas dead at age 80, Taxi Driver, American Graffiti), Oscar winner, cancer
Marcia Lucas, the American film editor who won an Academy Award for her work on Star Wars, died on May 27, 2026. She was 80. Born Marcia Lou Griffin in…
Frankie Duarte dead at age 71, American boxer
Frankie Duarte, an American boxer, died on May 26, 2026. He was 71. Duarte was a professional super bantamweight who turned pro in 1973 and retired in 1989 after losing…
Manny Fernandez dead at age 79, American football player
Manny Fernandez, the American football player who played for the Miami Dolphins, died on May 26, 2026. He was 79. Born in Oakland, California, on July 3, 1946, Fernandez was…
Victor Udoh dead at age 21, Southampton, Dynamo České Budějovice
Victor Udoh, a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a forward, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 21. Born in Calabar on October 18, 2004, he came…
Esa Klinga dead at age 86, 1968
Esa Klinga, a Finnish Olympic skier and Nordic combined competitor, died on May 26, 2026. He was born on November 21, 1939, in Mikkeli, Finland. Klinga competed in the Nordic…
Bob Horner dead at age 68, St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Horner, an American baseball player who starred for the Atlanta Braves and later played for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on May 26, 2026. Born James Robert Horner on…
Theo Diegelmann dead at age 86, VfL Bochum, 1. FC Nürnberg
Theo Diegelmann, a German football goalkeeper who played for SSV Reutlingen 05, VfL Bochum and 1. FC Nürnberg, died on May 26, 2026, at the age of 86. Born on…
Mark Bailey dead at age 64, San Francisco Giants), cancer
Mark Bailey, an American baseball player who played for the Houston Astros and San Francisco Giants, died on May 26, 2026, at age 64. A catcher in Major League Baseball…
Paraskevas Antzas dead at age 49, Greek footballer, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Paraskevas Antzas, the Greek footballer who played for Skoda Xanthi, Olympiacos and the national team, died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was 49. Antzas…
Forbes Kennedy dead at age 90, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins
Forbes Kennedy, the Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins, died on May 25, 2026. He was 90. Born in Dorchester,…
Neale Daniher dead at age 65, Australian footballer, complications from amyotrophic lateral scleros…
Neale Daniher died on May 25, 2026, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was an Australian footballer. The death was confirmed in the record as relating to that illness.…
Gil Rowntree dead at age 92, Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
Gil Rowntree, the Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, died on May 24, 2026. He was 92. Rowntree was one of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing…
Ioan Gherhard dead at age 84, Romanian handball manager
Ioan Gherhard, the Romanian handball manager, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 84. A professional handball coach, he was best known for guiding Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea to…
S. L. Akshay dead at age 39, heart attack
S. L. Akshay, an Indian first-class cricketer who played for Karnataka, died on May 24, 2026, of a heart attack. Born on April 30, 1987, in Shimoga, Karnataka, he made…
Frank McGuigan dead at age 70, public figure
Frank McGuigan, an Irish Gaelic footballer for Tyrone, died on May 24, 2026, aged 70. He played for the Ardboe O'Donnovan Rossa club and the Tyrone county team, and was…
Emanuel Raasch dead at age 70, public figure
Emanuel Raasch, a German racing cyclist, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 70. He competed for SG Dynamo Magdeburg, part of Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo, and won many…
Charlie Moore dead at age 72, public figure
Charlie Moore, an American baseball player who spent 14 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers and one with the Toronto Blue Jays, died on May 24, 2026. He was 72. Moore…
Linda Crutchfield-Bocock dead at age 84, Canadian Olympic alpine skier and luger
Linda Crutchfield-Bocock died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 84. She was a Canadian Olympic alpine skier and luger who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics. Born in…
Jan Renders dead at age 88, GVAV, national team
Jan Renders died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 88. He was a Dutch footballer who played for PSV Eindhoven, GVAV and the Netherlands national team. Renders appeared…
Sergei Rozhkov dead at age 83, Russian football player and manager
Sergei Rozhkov died on May 23, 2026. He was a Russian football player and manager, known for his time with Spartak Moscow and the Soviet Union national team. Rozhkov later…
Tom Lund dead at age 75, Norwegian footballer and manager
Tom Lund, the Norwegian footballer and manager associated with Lillestrøm SK and the national team, died on May 23, 2026, aged 75. A striker, he spent his entire playing career…
Parviz Ghelichkhani dead at age 80, Iranian footballer
Parviz Ghelichkhani, the Iranian footballer who played for Taj and Persepolis and captained the national team, died on May 23, 2026. He was 80. Ghelichkhani was an Iranian-French player who…
Trevor Meath dead at age 82, public figure
Trevor Meath, the English footballer who played for Walsall and Lincoln City, died on May 23, 2026, at the age of 82. A midfielder, he made 110 Football League appearances…
Lino Carletto dead at age 82, Italian cyclist
Lino Carletto, an Italian cyclist, died on May 23, 2026. Born on July 20, 1943, in Vigasio, Italy, he built his career as a racing cyclist and was part of…
Bill Albury dead at age 92, public figure
Bill Albury, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth and Gillingham, died on May 22, 2026. He was 92. Albury, whose full name was William Frederick Albury, made his debut…
Alcides Sosa dead at age 82, Paraguayan footballer
Alcides Sosa, a Paraguayan footballer who played for Olimpia, Guaraní and the Paraguay national team, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 82. Sosa Ovelar played 48 matches…
Gerd vom Bruch dead at age 84, Alemannia Aachen
Gerd vom Bruch, a German football player and coach, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 84. He played for Sportfreunde Siegen and later coached Borussia Mönchengladbach and…
Franco De Piccoli dead at age 88, Italian boxer, Olympic champion
Franco De Piccoli, an Italian boxer and 1960 Olympic champion, died on May 22, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Campalto, Italy, on November 29, 1937, he won…
Jan Adamski dead at age 82, Polish chess player
Jan Adamski, a Polish chess player, died on May 21, 2026, at the age of 82. Born in Warsaw on November 11, 1943, he won the Polish Chess Championship in…
Liz Howard dead, public figure
Liz Howard, an Irish camogie player and former 27th president of the Camogie Association, died on May 21, 2026. Howard was from Deerpark, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, and was the daughter…
Kyle Busch dead at age 41, American race car driver
Kyle Busch, an American race car driver and team owner, died on May 21, 2026, at age 41. Born in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 2, 1985, he competed full-time…
Tamati Reedy dead at age 89, New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player, and public servant
Sir Tamati Reedy, a New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player and public servant, died on May 21, 2026. Born in Ruatoria in 1936, he served as secretary of the…
Maurizio Gori dead at age 80, Italian footballer
Maurizio Gori, an Italian footballer, died on May 21, 2026. Maurizio Gori [it], 80, Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 21 May 2026, Gori, Italy, Maurizio, May 2026, May 21
Alfredo Magni dead at age 86, Italian footballer
Alfredo Magni died on May 21, 2026. He was an Italian footballer. Alfredo Magni [it], 86, Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 21 May 2026, Alfredo, Italy, Magni, May 2026, May 21
Imre Géra dead at age 79, Hungarian Olympic cyclist
Imre Géra, a Hungarian Olympic cyclist, died on May 20, 2026. Imre Géra, 79, Hungarian Olympic cyclist. Tags Athletes, 20 May 2026, Hungary, Imre, Géra, May 20, May 2026
Mike Galloway dead at age 60, public figure
Mike Galloway, a professional football player and coach, died on May 20, 2026. He was 60. Born in Oswestry, England, he played for Berwick Rangers, Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, Heart…
Arthur Lewis dead at age 84, public figure
Arthur Lewis, a Welsh rugby union player and electrician, died on May 20, 2026, aged 84. Born Arthur John Llewellyn Lewis in Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales, on September 26, 1941, he…
Phil Hickerson dead at age 79, public figure
Phil Hickerson, an American professional wrestler, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 4, 1946, he debuted in 1974 with the…
Petr Galkin dead at age 67, Russian boxer
Petr Galkin, a Russian boxer, died on May 20, 2026, at the age of 67. Galkin competed at the 1983 European Amateur Boxing Championships, where he won the gold medal…
Raz Adam dead at age 26, Israeli basketball player
Raz Adam, an Israeli basketball player, died on May 20, 2026. Raz Adam [he], 26, Israeli basketball player. Tags Athletes, 20 May 2026, Adam, Israel, Raz, May 20, May 2026
Dale West dead at age 84, Canadian football player
Dale West, a Canadian football player with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, died on May 19, 2026. He was 84. West played defensive back for the Roughriders from 1962 to 1968 after…
John Middleton dead at age 70, public figure
John Middleton died on May 19, 2026. John Middleton, 70, English footballer (Bradford City, Macclesfield Town). (death announced on this date) Tags Athletes, 19 May 2026, England, John, Middleton, 2026-05-19,…
Herb Wilkinson dead at age 102, American basketball player
Herb Wilkinson, an American basketball player, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 102. Born Herbert Wells Wilkinson on December 13, 1923, in Hurricane, Utah, he attended East…
Wolfgang Steinmayr dead at age 81, Austrian Olympic racing cyclist
Wolfgang Steinmayr died on May 19, 2026. He was an Austrian Olympic racing cyclist who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Games. Wolfgang Steinmayr, 81, Austrian Olympic racing cyclist (1972,…
Walt Rock dead at age 84, American professional football player
Walt Rock, an American professional football player, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Walter Warfield Rock in Cleveland on November 4, 1941, he grew up…
Crawford Henry dead at age 88, American tennis player
Crawford Henry, an American tennis player, died on May 18, 2026, at age 88. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 30, 1937, he was a high school tennis standout in…
Jim Irvine dead at age 85, public figure
Jim Irvine, the Scottish footballer who played for Dundee United, Middlesbrough and Barrow, died on May 18, 2026, aged 85. Irvine, who was a forward, appeared in the Scottish Football…
Tore Berger dead at age 81, Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist
Tore Berger, a Norwegian Olympic sprint canoeist, died on May 19, 2026, at the age of 81. Born in Asker on 11 November 1944, he competed mainly in four-man events…
Crow dead at age 64, Australian guitarist and songwriter
Crow, the Australian rock band founded in Sydney in 1986 by songwriters Peter Fenton and Peter Archer, died on May 18, 2026. Known for three albums released in the 1990s,…
Jerry Grey dead at age 62, colon cancer
Jerry Grey died on May 18, 2026, of colon cancer. He was an American professional wrestler. Jerry Grey, 62, American professional wrestler, colon cancer. Tags Athletes, 18 May 2026, America,…
Geovani Silva dead at age 62, Brazilian footballer, Olympic silver medallist, organ failure
Geovani Silva, a Brazilian footballer who played for Vasco da Gama, Bologna and the national team, died on May 18, 2026, of organ failure. He was 62. A midfielder, he…
Carey Scurry dead at age 63, American basketball player
Carey Scurry, an American basketball player, died on May 18, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 4, 1962, he was a 6-foot-7 small…
Tom Kane dead at age 64, American voice actor, complications from a stroke
Tom Kane, an American voice actor known for work in The Powerpuff Girls, Star Wars and The Wild Thornberrys, died May 18, 2026, of complications from a stroke. He was…
Jennifer Paes dead at age 72, Indian Olympic basketball player, cancer
Jennifer Paes, an Indian former basketball player who participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics, died on May 17, 2026, aged 72, of cancer. She captained the Indian national basketball team…
Scott Hastings dead at age 61, Scottish rugby union player, non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby union player and sports commentator, died on May 17, 2026, aged 61, in Edinburgh, Scotland, of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was a Scotland international and played for…
Corrado Teneggi dead at age 90, Lecce, Como
Corrado Teneggi died on May 17, 2026. He was an Italian footballer who played for Savona, Lecce and Como. Born on March 13, 1936, in Teano, he died in Savona.…
Anton Švajlen dead at age 88, Slovak footballer, Olympic silver medalist
Anton Švajlen, a Slovak footballer and 1964 Olympic silver medalist, died on May 17, 2026, aged 88. A goalkeeper for VSS Košice, he made 336 appearances in the Czechoslovak First…
M. J. K. Smith dead at age 92, English cricketer
M. J. K. Smith, the English cricketer who played for Leicestershire, Warwickshire and England, died on May 17, 2026, aged 92. Born Michael John Knight Smith on 30 June 1933…
Max Samper dead at age 87, French footballer
Max Samper died on May 17, 2026. He was a French footballer who played for RC Paris, Angoulême and the national team. His death was announced in obituary notices without…
Dai-won Moon dead at age 83, South Korean-born Mexican taekwondo practitioner
Dai-won Moon, a South Korean-born Mexican taekwondo practitioner, died on May 16, 2026, at age 83. Known as the Father of Mexican Taekwondo, he introduced the sport to Mexico in…