Sergei Agashkov dead at age 63
Sergei Agashkov, a Turkmen football coach and former player, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Ashgabat on November 6, 1962, he was known also…
Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Zdeněk Chovanec obituary: died at age 21
Zdeněk Chovanec, the Czech-Portuguese-Venezuelan racing driver who competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, died on July 18, 2026. He was 21. Born Zdeněk Chovanec López on October 9, 2004,…
Jennifer Finch passed away at age 59
Jennifer Finch, an American musician and photographer best known as the bass player for the punk rock band L7, died on July 18, 2026, at the age of 59. Born…
Dimitar Sakhanikov obituary: died at age 83
Dimitar Sakhanikov, a Bulgarian Olympic basketball player, died on July 18, 2026, aged 83. Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on September 16, 1942, he represented Bulgaria in basketball and competed in…
Walt McKee passes away at age 77
Walt McKee, a Northern Irish-born Canadian football player who was 77, died on July 18, 2026. He played in the Canadian Football League from 1972 to 1975 as a kicker,…
Ron Hunt dead at age 85
Ron Hunt, the American baseball player who starred as a second baseman in Major League Baseball, died on July 17, 2026. Born Ronald Kenneth Hunt in St. Louis on February…
Sir Garfield Sobers has died at age 89
Sir Garfield Sobers, the Barbadian cricketer who became one of the defining all-rounders in world cricket, died on July 17, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Bridgetown on…
Osvaldo Bagnoli dead at age 91
Osvaldo Bagnoli, the Italian football player and manager who guided Hellas Verona to the Serie A title, died on July 17, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Milan…
Germain Berthé death at age 32
Germain Berthé, a Malian professional footballer and goalkeeper, died on July 17, 2026, at the age of 32. Born in Mali on October 24, 1993, he earned seven caps for…
Siva Afi dead at age 77
Siva Afi, the Samoan professional wrestler best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation in the late 1980s, died on July 16, 2026. Born Max Amata Taogaga in…
Death of Feras Esmaeel at age 43
Feras Esmaeel, the Syrian footballer who played as a midfielder, died on July 16, 2026. Born in Damascus on January 3, 1983, he represented clubs including Al-Karamah, Zakho and Nart…
Obituary: Jean-Jacques Naudo, dead at age 67
Jean-Jacques Naudo, the French rugby league player known as "Jacquouille la Fripouille," died on July 16, 2026. Born on February 8, 1959, in Perpignan, he was mainly active during the…
Bruce Smith passed away at age 82
Bruce Smith, an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL), died on July 16, 2026, aged 82. Born on June 28, 1944, Smith was…
Don Ross has died at age 92
Don Ross, an Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray in the Victorian Football League, died on July 16, 2026, aged 92. Born on February 20, 1934, Ross came to Footscray…
Jim Corrigall obituary: died at age 80
Jim Corrigall, a Canadian football player and coach, died on July 15, 2026, at age 80. Born in Barrie on May 7, 1946, he went on to play his college…
Udo Brecht has died at age 83
Udo Brecht, the German Olympic rower who represented West Germany, died on July 15, 2026, aged 83. Born in Speyer on April 30, 1943, he earned bronze medals in the…
Plas Johnson dies at 94
Plas Johnson, the American soul-jazz saxophonist widely known for his tenor saxophone solo on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme," died on July 15, 2026. He was 94. Born Plas…
John Kirby dead at age 75
John Kirby, an American actor and acting coach, died on July 15, 2026, at age 75. He was known for playing Frank, the bartender, in the miniseries "Nutcracker: Money, Madness…
Vladyslav Duyun passes away at age 49
Vladyslav Duyun, a Ukrainian footballer who also held Russian citizenship, died on July 15, 2026, at the age of 49. Born on May 9, 1977, in Izmail, he was known…
Max O’Halloran dies at age 74
Max O'Halloran, an Australian rules footballer who played for Footscray and Carlton in the Victorian Football League, died on July 15, 2026. Born on May 20, 1952, O'Halloran began his…
Death of Janice McNair at age 89
Janice McNair, the American businesswoman who co-founded and owned the Houston Texans, died on July 14, 2026. Born Janice Suber in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on September 30, 1936, she…
Obituary: Hannelore Zober, dead at age 79
Hannelore Zober, the German handball player and 1976 Olympic silver medalist, died on July 14, 2026. Born in Leipzig on November 6, 1946, she played for East Germany and was…
Wolfgang Brase obituary: died at age 87
Wolfgang Brase, a German football player, died on July 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Brunswick on February 7, 1939, he spent five seasons in the Bundesliga…
José Legrá, died aged 89
José Legrá, the Cuban-born Spanish boxer who twice held the WBC world featherweight title, died on July 14, 2026. Born José Adolfo Legrá Utría in Baracoa, Cuba, on April 19,…
Dave Kendall passes away at age 125
Dave Kendall, the British television personality and journalist known for creating and hosting MTV’s "120 Minutes," died on July 14, 2026. Born David Kendall in the United Kingdom in 1901,…
Márton Flander, died aged 41
Márton Flander, a Hungarian triathlete and economist, died on July 14, 2026. Born in Baja on March 5, 1985, he began competing in triathlon in 2002 and went on to…
Manfred Manglitz passed away at age 86
Manfred Manglitz, a German footballer and goalkeeper, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Cologne on March 8, 1940, he began his football career in…
Charlie King dies at age 83
Charlie King, an American football player who played defensive back for the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals, died on July 13, 2026. He was 83. Born Charles Ronnie King…
Markus Beierle, died aged 54
Markus Beierle, the German footballer who played as a striker, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 54. Born in Brackenheim on June 2, 1972, he began his…
Giuseppe Galtarossa passes away at age 88
Giuseppe Galtarossa, an Italian footballer and sporting director, died on July 13, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Padua on March 12, 1938, he was known as a…
John Berne obituary: died at age 72
John Berne, the Australian rugby union and rugby league player who represented Australia in rugby union, died on July 13, 2026. Born John Edward Berne on March 14, 1954, in…
Josef Kompalla died at age 90
Josef Kompalla died on July 12, 2026. He was a Polish-German ice hockey player and later an ice hockey official and referee. Born on March 13, 1936, in Katowice, he…
Günter Kuntz passes away at age 87
Günter Kuntz, the German footballer who played as a right winger for VfR Kaiserslautern, Borussia Neunkirchen and Austria Wien, died on July 12, 2026. Born on November 28, 1938, in…
Fernando Scarpa death at age 79
Fernando Scarpa, an Italian footballer best known for his time with Potenza, died on July 12, 2026, at the age of 79. Also known as Nando, he was born in…
Leon Fuller passed away at age 87
Leon Fuller, an American football coach who served as head coach at Colorado State and as defensive coordinator for the Texas Longhorns, died on July 11, 2026, at the age…
Hans Ewald Hansen dead at age 82
Hans Ewald Hansen, a Danish footballer, died on July 11, 2026, at the age of 82. Born on February 15, 1944, he represented Denmark in the men's football tournament at…
Antonio Rattín has died at age 89
Antonio Rattín died on July 11, 2026. He was an Argentine footballer best known for his career with Boca Juniors and the national team. Born in Tigre in 1937, Rattín…
Obituary: Jayden Adams, dead at age 25
Jayden Adams died on July 11, 2026, aged 25. He was a South African footballer who played for Stellenbosch, Mamelodi Sundowns and the national team. His death was announced by…
Manú dies at 43
Manú died on July 11, 2026. He was a Portuguese footballer. Born in Setúbal on August 28, 1982, he was also known as Emanuel Jesus Bonfim Evaristo and Manu. Tags…
Héctor Valle passes away at age 85
Héctor Valle, a Puerto Rican baseball player who appeared for the Los Angeles Dodgers in Major League Baseball, died on July 11, 2026. Born Héctor Jose Valle on October 27,…
Death of Karl Lovell at age 48
Karl Lovell, a New Zealand rugby league footballer, died on July 11, 2026. Born on December 9, 1977, in Auckland, he played in the National Rugby League for the Parramatta…
Paul Atkins dies at age 57
Paul Atkins, an Australian rules footballer who played two games for the Sydney Swans in the 1992 AFL season, died on July 11, 2026. Born on December 23, 1968, Atkins…
Carlos del Coso dies at 93
Carlos del Coso, a Spanish field hockey player, died on July 10, 2026, aged 93. Born in Madrid on April 24, 1933, he represented Spain at three Olympic Games, competing…
Roland Collombin died at age 75
Roland Collombin died on July 10, 2026. He was a Swiss Olympic alpine skier and represented Switzerland at the 1972 Winter Games. Collombin was born in Bagnes on February 17,…
Mike Larnach, died aged 73
Mike Larnach died on July 10, 2026, at the age of 73. He was a Scottish footballer who played for Clydebank, Motherwell and Ayr United. Born on November 9, 1952,…
Kinu Rochford passes away at age 35
Kinu Rochford died on July 10, 2026. He was an American basketball player. Rochford was born on October 26, 1990, in Brooklyn and attended James Madison High School and Fairleigh…
Derryn Hinch dead at age 82
Derryn Hinch, the New Zealand-born Australian media personality and politician, died on July 10, 2026, aged 82. Born Derryn Nigel Hinch in New Plymouth on February 9, 1944, he built…
Death of Doug Stahl at age 63
Doug Stahl, an American professional wrestler, died on July 10, 2026, at the age of 63. Born Douglas Eugene Stahl on February 25, 1963, he competed on the independent wrestling…
Rainer Dörrzapf dead at age 76
Rainer Dörrzapf died on July 9, 2026. He was a German weightlifter. Tags Athletes, 09 July 2026, Germany, Pisces, Rainer, Dörrzapf, July 2026, July 9
Ladislau Balanov dies at 58
Ladislau Balanov died on July 9, 2026. He was a Romanian water polo player. Tags Athletes, 09 July 2026, Balanov, Ladislau, Romania, July 2026, July 9
Dino Bruni has died at age 94
Dino Bruni died on July 9, 2026. He was an Italian cyclist. Tags Athletes, 09 July 2026, Aries, Bruni, Dino, Italy, July 2026, July 9
Rafael Antonio Niño died at age 76
Rafael Antonio Niño died on July 9, 2026. He was a Colombian cyclist. Tags Athletes, 09 July 2026, Colombia, Rafael, Sagittarius, July 2026, July 9, Niño
Gil Blanco death at age 80
Gil Blanco, an American baseball player who pitched for the New York Yankees and Kansas City Athletics, died on July 9, 2026, at age 80. Born Gilbert Henry Blanco in…
Ron Beattie has died at age 72
Ron Beattie, an Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League, died on July 8, 2026, at the age of 72. A defender, he made nine…
Greg Hawthorne passed away at age 69
Greg Hawthorne died on July 8, 2026. He was 69. Hawthorne was an American football player who played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts. He was…
Phil Regan has died at age 89
Phil Regan died on July 8, 2026, at age 89. He was an American baseball player and coach. Regan, also known as Philip Ramond Regan, was born on April 6,…
Leo van Veen died at age 80
Leo van Veen died on July 8, 2026. He was a Dutch footballer and manager. Born in Utrecht on June 6, 1946, van Veen was known in Dutch football as…
Gabriel Mureșan dead at age 44
Gabriel Mureșan died on July 8, 2026. He was a Romanian footballer. Tags Athletes, 08 July 2026, Aquarius, Gabriel, Romania, July 2026, July 8, Mureșan
TJ Lanning died at age 41
TJ Lanning died July 7, 2026. He was an American alpine skier. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, America, Lanning, Virgo, July 2026, July 7, TJ
Jamil Merrell, died aged 36
Jamil Merrell died on July 7, 2026. He was an American football player. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, America, Jamil, Merrell, Taurus, July 2026, July 7
Dirk Baert dies at 77
Dirk Baert died on July 7, 2026. He was a Belgian Olympic road and track cyclist. Baert was 77. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, Aquarius, Baert, Belgium, Dirk, July 2026,…
Rhett Bernstein dies at 38
Rhett Bernstein died on July 7, 2026. He was an American soccer player. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, America, Bernstein, Rhett, Virgo, July 2026, July 7
T. J. Lanning dead at age 41
T. J. Lanning died July 7, 2026. He was an American alpine skier. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, America, Lanning, Virgo, July 2026, July 7
Tom Sweenie obituary: died at age 80
Tom Sweenie died on July 7, 2026, at the age of 80. He was a Scottish footballer who played for Leicester City and York City. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026,…
Beniamino Di Giacomo died at age 90
Beniamino Di Giacomo died on July 7, 2026. He was an Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 07 July 2026, Beniamino, Giacomo, Italy, Scorpio, July 2026, July 7
Death of Iivo Nei at age 94
Iivo Nei died on July 6, 2026. He was a chess player and sportsperson. Tags Athletes, 06 July 2026, Iivo, Nei, Scorpio, July 2026, July 6
Carmelo Cedrún obituary: died at age 95
Carmelo Cedrún died on July 6, 2026, at the age of 95. He was a Spanish football player and manager. Born in Amorebieta-Etxano in 1930, Cedrún was also known as…
Robbie Francevic has died at age 84
Robbie Francevic died on July 6, 2026. He was a New Zealand racing driver. Francevic was 84. Tags Athletes, 06 July 2026, Francevic, Robbie, Virgo, July 2026, July 6, New…
Nathan Fitzgerald passes away at age 27
Nathan Fitzgerald died on July 6, 2026. He was an Australian footballer. Tags Athletes, 06 July 2026, Australia, Cancer, Fitzgerald, Nathan, July 2026, July 6
Obituary: Dick Himes, dead at age 80
Dick Himes, an American football player who spent his entire NFL career with the Green Bay Packers, died on July 5, 2026, of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Born Richard Dean…
Darrell Jackson dead at age 70
Darrell Jackson died on July 5, 2026. He was an American baseball player. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, America, Aries, Darrell, Jackson, July 2026, July 5
Death of Toomas Turb at age 69
Toomas Turb died on July 5, 2026. He was an Estonian distance runner. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, Aquarius, Estonia, Toomas, Turb, July 2026, July 5
Jiří Pták dies at age 80
Jiří Pták died on July 5, 2026. He was a Czech Olympic rower. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, Aries, Czechia, Jiří, July 2026, July 5, Pták
Ahmed Amar dead at age 75
Ahmed Amar died on July 5, 2026. He was an Algerian footballer. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, Ahmed, Amar, Cancer, Tlemcen, July 2026, July 5
Adolf Seger passed away at age 81
Adolf Seger died on July 5, 2026. He was a German Olympic wrestler. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, Adolf, Capricorn, Germany, Seger, July 2026, July 5
Obituary: Giovanni Fanello, dead at age 87
Giovanni Fanello died on July 5, 2026. He was an Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 05 July 2026, Fanello, Giovanni, Italy, Pisces, July 2026, July 5
Novoa dead at age 82
Novoa died on July 5, 2026. He was a Spanish football player and manager. Born on January 1, 1944, he was also known as Jose Manuel Diaz Novoa. He died…
Obituary: Al Holland, dead at age 73
Al Holland died July 4, 2026. He was an American baseball player. Tags Athletes, 04 July 2026, Al, America, Holland, Leo, July 2026, July 4
Sergio Pini passed away at age 90
Sergio Pini died on July 4, 2026. He was an Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 04 July 2026, Capricorn, Italy, Pini, Sergio, July 2026, July 4
Bill Archer died at age 98
Bill Archer died July 4, 2026. He was an American politician. Tags Athletes, Politicians, 04 July 2026, America, Archer, Aries, Bill, July 2026, July 4
Bill Pattinson has died at age 81
Bill Pattinson died on July 3, 2026. He was an English rugby league player. Tags Athletes, 03 July 2026, Aries, Bill, England, Pattinson, July 2026, July 3
Alan Banks passed away at age 87
Alan Banks died on July 3, 2026. He was an English footballer. Tags Athletes, 03 July 2026, Alan, Banks, England, Libra, July 2026, July 3
Peter Higham death at age 95
Peter Higham died on July 3, 2026. He was an English footballer. Tags Athletes, 03 July 2026, England, Higham, Peter, Scorpio, July 2026, July 3
Gail Clark dead at age 75
Gail Clark died on July 3, 2026. He was an American football player. Tags Athletes, 03 July 2026, America, Aries, Clark, Gail, July 2026, July 3
Jim Walden dies at age 88
Jim Walden died on July 2, 2026, at age 88. He was an American college football coach. Born April 10, 1938, Walden was identified in records as a former player…
Kjell Nilsson death at age 76
Kjell Nilsson died on July 2, 2026. He was a Swedish weightlifter and actor. Further details about his life and career were not immediately available. Tags Actors, Athletes, 02 July…
Graham Bradley dies at age 65
Graham Bradley died on July 2, 2026. Tags Athletes, 02 July 2026, Bradley, Britain, Graham, Virgo, July 2, July 2026
Paul Dobson, died aged 63
Paul Dobson died on July 2, 2026. He was an English footballer. Tags Athletes, 02 July 2026, Dobson, England, Paul, Sagittarius, July 2, July 2026
Death of Keith Mitchell at age 51
Keith Mitchell died July 2, 2026. Tags Athletes, 02 July 2026, America, Keith, Leo, Mitchell, July 2, July 2026
Mykola Avramenko passes away at age 74
Mykola Avramenko died on July 1, 2026. He was a Ukrainian weightlifting coach. Tags Athletes, 01 July 2026, Avramenko, Libra, Mykola, Ukraine, July 1, July 2026
Sergei Kulichenko dies at age 48
Sergei Kulichenko, a Russian footballer, died on July 1, 2026, at the age of 48. Born on February 3, 1978, in Karaganda, he played professionally for CSKA Moscow, Lantana Tallinn…
LeRoy Irvin dead at age 68
LeRoy Irvin died July 1, 2026. Tags Athletes, 01 July 2026, America, Irvin, Virgo, July 1, July 2026, LeRoy
Christine Davy, died aged 91
Christine Davy, the first Australian woman to hold a 1st Class Air Transport Pilot's Licence and an alpine skier, died on July 1, 2026. Born in Sydney on August 7,…
Mykola Avramenko passes away at age 74
Mykola Avramenko died on July 1, 2026. He was a Ukrainian weightlifting coach. Tags Athletes, 01 July 2026, Avramenko, Libra, Mykola, Ukraine, July 1, July 2026
Elio Cotena dies at 80
Elio Cotena, an Italian Olympic boxer, died on June 30, 2026, at age 80. Born in Naples on August 30, 1945, he represented Italy in the men’s featherweight event at…
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi, died aged 97
Mahmoud Mollaghasemi, the Iranian freestyle wrestler and 1952 Olympic bronze medallist, died on June 30, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Tehran on April 5, 1929, he competed…
Roger Cador passes away at age 74
Roger Cador died June 30, 2026. He was 74. Cador was an American Hall of Fame college baseball coach. Tags Athletes, 30 June 2026, America, Aquarius, Cador, Roger, June 2026,…
Bobby Irvine dies at age 84
Bobby Irvine died on June 30, 2026. He was a Northern Irish footballer. Tags Athletes, 30 June 2026, Bobby, Capricorn, Ireland, Irvine, June 2026, June 30
Radu Mărginean dies at 43
Radu Mărginean died on June 30, 2026. He was a Romanian footballer. Tags Athletes, 30 June 2026, Capricorn, Radu, Romania, June 2026, June 30, Mărginean