Ole Bjur passed away at age 57
Ole Bjur, a Danish footballer who played for Vanløse IF, Brøndby IF and the Denmark national team, died on August 24, 2026, aged 57. Born in Rødovre on September 13,…
Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Storm dies at 61
Storm, an American reality television competitor best known for appearing on American Gladiators from 1991 to 1993, died on August 24, 2026, aged 61. He was part of the syndicated…
Dave Kragthorpe death at age 93
Dave Kragthorpe, an American football player and coach, died on August 23, 2026, aged 93. He served as head football coach at South Dakota State University in 1969, at Idaho…
Death of James Lew at age 73
James Lew, an American stuntman and actor, died on August 23, 2026, aged 73. Born James Jene Fae Lew in Escalon, California, he built a long career in film and…
Eileen Fenton dies at 98
Eileen Fenton, the British swimmer who became the first woman to swim the English Channel, died on August 23, 2026, aged 98. Born in June 1928, she completed the crossing…
Sarjit Singh Kundan dies at 63
Sarjit Singh Kundan, a Malaysian Olympic field hockey player and coach, died on August 23, 2026, aged 63. Born on November 24, 1962, in Malaysia, he represented his country at…
Gerhard Schwedes passed away at age 88
Gerhard Schwedes, an American football player who played for the New York Titans and Boston Patriots, died on August 23, 2026, aged 88. Born in Freiburg im Breisgau on April…
Death of Alcide Cerato at age 87
Alcide Cerato, an Italian racing cyclist who competed professionally in road racing, died on August 23, 2026, aged 87. Born in Legnaro in 1939, he rode as a professional from…
Shelley Fabares death at age 82
Shelley Fabares, the American actress known for her roles on The Donna Reed Show, One Day at a Time and Coach, died on August 22, 2026, aged 82. Born Michele…
John Anson dies at 77
John Anson, a Canadian professional wrestler, died on August 22, 2026, aged 77. Born in Vancouver in 1949, he began his career in 1971 and wrestled under the ring name…
Alejandro Larrea, died aged 59
Alejandro Larrea, the Uruguayan football player and manager, died on August 22, 2026, aged 59. A forward born in Montevideo on December 5, 1966, Larrea built a career in South…
Quevin Castro has died at age 25
Quevin Castro, a Portuguese footballer, died on August 22, 2026, aged 25. Known in full as Quévin Moisés Cachicote da Rocha de Castro, he was born in Portugal on August…
Sabirzhan Ruziyev death at age 73
Sabirzhan Ruziyev, a Kyrgyz fencer and Olympic silver medallist, died on August 22, 2026, aged 73. Born in Belovodskoye in the Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union, he competed for the Soviet…
Bobby Ross, died aged 84
Bobby Ross, the Scottish football player and coach who made 323 Football League appearances for Brentford, died on August 22, 2026, aged 84. Born Robert Herdman Ross in Edinburgh on…
Charlie St. Clair passed away at age 74
Charlie St. Clair, an American politician and Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, died on August 22, 2026, aged 74. He represented the Belknap 5th district until…
Zolani Tete passed away at age 38
Zolani Tete, the South African boxer, died on August 21, 2026, at age 38. Born in Mdantsane in the Eastern Cape, he rose to become a two-weight world champion, holding…
Herbert Dixon dies at 106
Herbert Dixon, an American golfer who won the National Negro Open in 1951 and played on the African American circuit during segregation, died on August 21, 2026, aged 106. Dixon…
Steve Edmonds died at age 72
Steve Edmonds, the Australian rugby league player known as “Rock,” died on August 21, 2026, aged 72. Born in Sydney on March 4, 1954, he played in the 1970s and…
José Maria Júnior dies at 83
José Maria Júnior, a Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder, died on August 21, 2026, aged 83. Born in Portugal on June 7, 1943, he built his career in…
Leslie Lea obituary: died at age 83
Leslie Lea, the English footballer who played for Blackpool, Cardiff City and Barnsley, died on August 20, 2026, aged 83. Born in Manchester on October 5, 1942, he was a…
Farit Zigangirov passed away at age 72
Farit Zigangirov, the Russian field hockey player who won a bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, died on August 20, 2026, aged 72. Born in Kirov on August 15,…
Messan Toudji passes away at age 29
Messan Toudji, a Togolese footballer, died on August 20, 2026, aged 29. A defender, he began his career with Anges FC before later playing for ASKO Kara and Gomido FC.…
Terry Dyson death at age 91
Terry Dyson, the English footballer who starred as a winger for Tottenham Hotspur, died on August 20, 2026, aged 91. Born in Malton on November 29, 1934, and educated at…
Billy Smith passed away at age 84
Billy Smith, the Australian rugby league player who starred for St. George and represented New South Wales and Australia, died on August 20, 2026, aged 84. Born in Fremantle on…
Brent Carter dies at age 77
Brent Carter, the American poker player and two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, died on August 20, 2026, aged 77. A native of Oak Park, Illinois, Carter built a…
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli dies at 39
Cédric Sbirrazzuoli, a Monegasque racing driver, died on August 20, 2026, aged 39. Born in Monte Carlo, he became a familiar figure in sportscar racing and competed for AF Corse…
Thomas Freienstein passes away at age 66
Thomas Freienstein, the German Olympic cyclist who competed at the 1984 Summer Games, died on August 19, 2026, aged 66. Born in Fulda on March 9, 1960, he built his…
Robert Mouynet obituary: died at age 96
Robert Mouynet, a French footballer, died on August 19, 2026, aged 96. Born in Toulouse on March 25, 1930, he played as a defender and was also an association football…
Antal Rizmayer passed away at age 86
Antal Rizmayer, a Hungarian Olympic wrestler, died on August 19, 2026, aged 86. Born in Budapest on September 5, 1939, he competed for Hungary at the 1960 Summer Olympics and…
Obituary: José Cusí, dead at age 92
José Cusí, the Spanish Olympic sports shooter who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, died on August 19, 2026, aged 92. Born in Barcelona on January 12, 1934, he was…
Elaine Cheris obituary: died at age 80
Elaine Cheris, an American Olympic fencer, died on August 19, 2026, at age 80. Also known as Elaine Gayle Cheris, she was born in Dothan, Alabama, and became a foil…
Lazar Radović death at age 88
Lazar Radović, a Montenegrin footballer who played for Budućnost Titograd, Partizan and the Yugoslavia national team, died on August 19, 2026, aged 88. Born in Podgorica on November 13, 1937,…
Ollie Waldron passed away at age 83
Ollie Waldron, the Irish rugby union player, died on August 18, 2026, aged 83. Born Cornelius Oliver Waldron in Cork, he went on to represent Ireland at international level and…
Vladek Lacina dies at 77
Vladek Lacina, a Czech Olympic rower, died on August 18, 2026, aged 77. Born in Prague on June 25, 1949, he represented Czechoslovakia in three Summer Olympics, competing in 1972,…
Vereslav Eingorn, died aged 69
Vereslav Eingorn, a Ukrainian chess grandmaster, coach and author, died on August 18, 2026, aged 69. Born in Odesa in 1956, he earned the grandmaster title in 1986 and became…
Death of Eduardo Maglioni at age 80
Eduardo Maglioni, the Argentine football striker who starred for Independiente and Huracán, died on August 18, 2026, aged 80, from complications from heart surgery. Born in Reconquista on April 14,…
Wayne McKoy has died at age 68
Wayne McKoy, an American basketball player, died on August 18, 2026, aged 68. Born in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, he emerged as a highly recruited high school prospect at Long Island…
Ron Smith has died at age 90
Ron Smith, the English footballer who played on the left wing for Altrincham, Crewe Alexandra and Southport, died on August 17, 2026, aged 90. Born in Liverpool on 7 June…
O. J. Brigance passed away at age 56
O. J. Brigance, an American football player who competed in the Canadian Football League and the National Football League, died on August 17, 2026, at age 56 from complications of…
Mike Bailey death at age 84
Mike Bailey, the English footballer and manager who played for Charlton Athletic, Wolverhampton Wanderers and England, died on August 17, 2026, aged 84, following complications from dementia. Born in Wisbech…
Bob Lee dead at age 81
Bob Lee, an American football player who spent part of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Rams, died on August 17, 2026, aged 81.…
Johnny Schuth death at age 84
Johnny Schuth, the French football goalkeeper known for his time with Strasbourg and Metz, died on August 17, 2026, aged 84. Born Jean Schuth in Saint-Omer on December 7, 1941,…
Alex Fiorio dead at age 61
Alex Fiorio, the Italian rally driver, died on August 17, 2026, aged 61, after being diagnosed with stomach cancer. Born Alessandro Fiorio in Turin on March 10, 1965, he made…
Dick Stevens passes away at age 78
Dick Stevens, an American football player who spent five seasons as an offensive tackle with the Philadelphia Eagles, died on August 17, 2026, aged 78, from complications of dementia and…
Paul Cranis dead at age 91
Paul Cranis, the American tennis player known as “Tall Paul,” died on August 11, 2026, aged 91. Born Paul Leonard Cranis in New York City on April 12, 1935, he…
Barry Pearson passes away at age 76
Barry Pearson, an American football player who spent four seasons as a wide receiver in the NFL, died on August 16, 2026, at age 76. Born Barry Lynn Pearson in…
Richard Herman dies at 88
Richard Herman, an American politician who served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, died on August 16, 2026, aged 88. A Democrat, he represented his district in the state…
John Niland dead at age 82
John Niland, an American football player who starred as an offensive guard for the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, died on August 15, 2026, aged 82. Born John Hugh Niland…
Baek In-chun died at age 83
Baek In-chun, a South Korean baseball player and manager, died on August 15, 2026, aged 83, after cardiac arrest from cerebral infarction. He played for the Lotte Orions and Sammi…
Obituary: Tommy John, dead at age 83
Tommy John, the American baseball player known for his long major league career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox, died on August 15, 2026,…
Kenneth Røpke death at age 60
Kenneth Røpke, a Danish cyclist and Olympic competitor, died on August 15, 2026, aged 60, after suffering a cardiac arrest. Born in Gentofte on August 17, 1965, he represented Denmark…
Toshio Kanbe dies at 83
Toshio Kanbe, a Japanese baseball player and former Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes pitcher, died on August 15, 2026, at age 83. Born in Harima on March 24, 1943, he went on…
Rufat Riskiyev, died aged 76
Rufat Riskiyev, the Uzbek boxer and Olympic silver medallist, died on August 15, 2026, aged 76. Born in Akkurgan in the Uzbek SSR on October 2, 1949, he represented the…
Butch Huskey, died aged 54
Butch Huskey, the American baseball player known for his time with the New York Mets, died on August 14, 2026, aged 54. Robert Leon Huskey was born on November 10,…
Francis Campaner died at age 80
Francis Campaner, a French professional road bicycle racer, died on August 14, 2026, aged 80. Born on February 1, 1946, in Saint-Germain-de-la-Rivière, France, he competed as a road cyclist and…
Finlay Tarling passed away at age 19
Finlay Tarling, a Welsh racing cyclist, died on August 14, 2026, aged 19, following a traffic collision. Tarling, born on 2 October 2006, rode for the UCI Continental team NSN…
Jimmy Rimmer passes away at age 78
Jimmy Rimmer, the English footballer who served as a goalkeeper for Manchester United, Swansea City, Arsenal and Aston Villa, died on August 14, 2026, aged 78. Born John James Rimmer…
Skip Bertman, died aged 88
Skip Bertman, the American baseball player and coach who became one of Louisiana State University’s most accomplished athletic figures, died on August 14, 2026, aged 88. Born Stanley Bertman in…
Death of Johnny Young at age 79
Johnny Young, the Dutch-born Australian singer, songwriter and producer known for his work on Young Talent Time, died on August 14, 2026, aged 79. Born Johnny Benjamin Arthur de Jong…
Obituary: Duane Nutt, dead at age 92
Duane Nutt, an American football player and coach, died on August 14, 2026, at age 92. Nutt played college football at Southern Methodist University, where he developed into a player…
Prichard Colón died at age 33
Prichard Colón, the Puerto Rican boxer who became an honorary WBC World Champion, died on August 13, 2026, aged 33, from complications of a brain hemorrhage. Born in Maitland, Florida,…
Abderrahmane Alane passes away at age 55
Abderrahmane Alane, the Algerian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on August 13, 2026, aged 55. He was a member of JS Kabylie’s title-winning sides in the 1994–95 Algerian…
Dumitru Marcu dies at 76
Dumitru Marcu, the Romanian football player and manager known as “Mitică,” died on August 13, 2026, aged 76. Born in Drăghiceni on April 9, 1950, he began playing junior football…
Yukio Shimomura obituary: died at age 94
Yukio Shimomura, the Japanese football player and manager who represented Japan as both a player and coach, died on August 13, 2026, aged 94. Born in Hiroshima on January 25,…
Death of Carlos Domingos Massoni at age 87
Carlos Domingos Massoni, the Brazilian basketball player and Olympic bronze medallist known as Mosquito, died on August 13, 2026, aged 87. Born in São Paulo on January 4, 1939, Massoni…
Agim Bubeqi dies at 63
Agim Bubeqi, an Albanian footballer, died on August 13, 2026, aged 63. Born in Vlorë on April 7, 1963, he spent his entire professional career as a striker with Flamurtari…
Jim Powers has died at age 89
Jim Powers, a Canadian hockey player who played for the Vancouver Canucks, died on August 13, 2026, aged 89. Born James Leroy Powers in Claresholm, Alberta, he built a lengthy…
Steve Barwick obituary: died at age 65
Steve Barwick, the Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan and Wales Minor Counties, died on August 12, 2026, aged 65. Born in Neath, he was also known as Stephen Royston…
Obituary: Takamitsu Ota, dead at age 56
Takamitsu Ota, a Japanese footballer who played for Shimizu S-Pulse, Consadole Sapporo and Jatco TT, died on August 12, 2026, aged 56. Born in Shizuoka Prefecture on July 19, 1970,…
Pádraig Horan, died aged 76
Pádraig Horan, the Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer from St. Rynagh’s, Offaly, died on August 12, 2026, aged 76. Born in Banagher on April 21, 1950, he became known for…
Víctor Limba dead at age 78
Víctor Limba, an Argentine Olympic cyclist, died on August 12, 2026, aged 78. Born on October 6, 1947, he represented Argentina in the sprint event at the 1972 Summer Olympics…
Piet du Plessis died at age 79
Piet du Plessis, a South African rugby union player, died on August 12, 2026, aged 79. Also known as Pieter George du Plessis, he was born in Modimolle on July…
Brian Smith has died at age 59
Brian Smith, the Australian rugby union and league player who represented both Australia and Ireland in rugby union, died on August 12, 2026, aged 59. Smith, whose full name was…
Obituary: Vyacheslav Vorobyov, dead at age 63
Vyacheslav Vorobyov, a Russian footballer who played for Kuban, Tighina and KAMAZ, died on August 11, 2026, aged 63. Also known as Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Vorobyov, he was identified in records…
Darryl Neighbour passed away at age 78
Darryl Neighbour, a Canadian wheelchair curler, died on August 11, 2026, aged 78, after being struck by a driver while crossing a road in Richmond, British Columbia. He was the…
Death of Phan Thanh Hùng at age 66
Phan Thanh Hùng, the Vietnamese footballer and coach who worked with Quảng Nam-Đà Nẵng, the national team, SHB Đà Nẵng and Hanoi T&T, died on August 11, 2026, aged 66,…
Gurjeet Singh Toot dies at 45
Gurjeet Singh Toot, an Indian Punjabi kabaddi player who died on August 11, 2026, aged 45, died from complications related to drug addiction. An international circle kabaddi raider, he represented…
Alejandro Castellanos death at age 46
Alejandro Castellanos, a Honduran swimmer, died on August 10, 2026, aged 46, after a heart attack. Born in Honduras on August 29, 1979, he represented his country in international swimming…
Ana Noovao died at age 58
Ana Noovao, a New Zealand netball player and former captain of the national team, died on August 10, 2026, aged 58. A New Zealand international, she first came to prominence…
Death of Jean-Paul Rostagni at age 78
Jean-Paul Rostagni, a French footballer, died on August 10, 2026, aged 78. Born in Drap, he played as a defender and spent three seasons with AS Monaco from 1966 to…
Juan Muhlethaler has died at age 71
Juan Muhlethaler, the Uruguayan footballer who played as a forward for Montevideo Wanderers and Técnico Universitario and won six caps for Uruguay, died on August 10, 2026, aged 71. Born…
Ahn Jin-soo death at age 81
Ahn Jin-soo, a South Korean actor, died on August 10, 2026, aged 81. He is identified in available biographical records as a South Korean cross-country skier, born on June 27,…
James McHugh dead
James McHugh, an ESB and Gaelic footballer, died on August 10, 2026. Born in Letterkenny, he became known for his career with Cill Chartha and the Donegal county team, where…
Obituary: Douglas Franklin, dead at age 76
Douglas Franklin, the Brazilian footballer known for his spells with Santos and Bahia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 76, after cancer. Born Douglas da Silva Franklin in Barretos on…
Giancarlo Ferretti, died aged 84
Giancarlo Ferretti, the Italian road racing cyclist who later became a directeur sportif, died on August 9, 2026, aged 84. Born in Lugo on October 16, 1941, he first competed…
Livio Berruti, died aged 87
Livio Berruti, the Italian athlete who won the 200-meter dash at the 1960 Summer Olympics, died on August 9, 2026, aged 87. Born in Turin on May 19, 1939, he…
Don Nelson has died at age 86
Don Nelson, the American basketball player and coach who won five NBA championships with the Boston Celtics before becoming one of the league’s most influential head coaches, died on August…
Romain Noble passes away at age 46
Romain Noble, the French wheelchair fencer and Paralympic champion, died on August 9, 2026, aged 46. Born in Bordeaux on June 24, 1980, he competed in international fencing competitions and…
Wacław Orłowski death at age 81
Wacław Orłowski, the Polish Olympic wrestler who competed at the 1968 Summer Games, died on August 9, 2026, aged 81. Born on January 5, 1945, Orłowski represented Poland in the…
Death of Ilya Kuleshin at age 25
Ilya Kuleshin, a Russian footballer who played for Khimik-Arsenal, Arsenal Tula and Avangard Kursk, died on August 9, 2026, aged 25. Born Ilya Vladimirovich Kuleshin on August 29, 2000, in…
Dennis Grey dead at age 79
Dennis Grey, an American basketball player who spent two seasons in the American Basketball Association, died on August 9, 2026, at age 79. A center, he played for the Los…
Death of Piston van Wyk at age 82
Piston van Wyk, the South African rugby union player who represented Northern Transvaal, Natal and the Springboks, died on August 9, 2026, aged 82. Born Jacobus Frederick Beatrix van Wyk…
Douglas died at age 76
Douglas, a Brazilian footballer best known for his time with Santos and Bahia, died on August 9, 2026, aged 76. Born in Barretos on September 9, 1949, he was an…
Rick Galbos dies at 75
Rick Galbos, an American football player who later played running back in the Canadian Football League, died on August 8, 2026, aged 75. Galbos grew up in Mentor, Ohio, and…
Diana La Cazadora dead at age 48
Diana La Cazadora, the Mexican professional wrestler better known to fans as Alma Corina Gutiérrez, died on August 8, 2026, aged 48, of a lung infection. Born in Ciudad Madero,…
Big Buck’s passes away at age 23
Big Buck's, the French Thoroughbred racehorse, died on August 8, 2026, aged 23. Foaled on April 16, 2003, he became a leading National Hunt runner in Britain under trainer Paul…
Phil Parkes dead at age 79
Phil Parkes, the English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Vancouver Whitecaps and Chicago Sting, died on August 8, 2026, aged 79. Born in West Bromwich on…
Violet Hensley, died aged 109
Violet Hensley, an American luthier and fiddle player, died on August 7, 2026, aged 109. Born Violet Brumley in Mount Ida, Arkansas, she made and played the fiddle and later…
Jorge Messi obituary: died at age 68
Jorge Messi, the Argentine businessman and sports agent best known as the father and representative of Lionel Messi, died on August 7, 2026, aged 68. Born in Rosario on April…