Bill Swain died at age 85
Bill Swain, an American football player who played in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings, died on April 24, 2026, of complications…
Famous Dead Athletes: Recent Athlete Deaths and Obituaries
Over 20,000 obituaries of famous dead athletes. Notable deaths, news, info, and memorial pages.
Ghenadie Dudoglo passes away at age 39
Ghenadie Dudoglo, a Moldovan weightlifter, died on April 29, 2026, at the age of 39. He competed in the 62 kg category and represented Moldova at international competitions, including the…
Abdullah Rahi, died aged 87
Abdullah Rahi, a Pakistani footballer, died on April 23, 2026, aged 87 or 88. He played as an inside right forward and represented the Pakistan national football team in the…
Luigi Farina dead at age 83
Luigi Farina, an Italian footballer, died on April 23, 2026. Luigi Farina [it], 83, Italian footballer. Tags Athletes, 23 April 2026, Farina, Italy, Luigi, 2026-04-23, April 2026, April 23
Obituary: Josh Mauro, dead at age 35
Josh Mauro, an English-born American football player who played for the Arizona Cardinals, New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars, died on April 23, 2026, at age 35. Born in St…
George Ley dies at 80
George Ley, an English footballer who played for Portsmouth, Dallas Tornado and Exeter City, died on April 23, 2026. He also played professionally for Brighton & Hove Albion and Gillingham…
Brian Edgerly obituary: died at age 82
Brian Edgerly, an American Olympic baseball player who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics, died on April 22, 2026, at age 82. Born in 1943, he played baseball internationally with…
Manfred Kreuz passes away at age 90
Manfred Kreuz, a German footballer, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 90. Born on 7 March 1936, he spent his entire career with Schalke 04. From 1956…
Tony Parkes passed away at age 76
Tony Parkes, an English football player and manager with Blackburn Rovers, died on April 22, 2026, at the age of 76 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. A midfielder, he began…
Corky Withrow has died at age 87
Corky Withrow, an American baseball player who appeared in six major league games for the St. Louis Cardinals, died on April 22, 2026. He was 87. Raymond Wallace Withrow played…
Norm Higgins dead at age 89
Norm Higgins, an American marathon runner who won the 1971 New York City Marathon, died on April 21, 2026, aged 89. Higgins also captured a national marathon championship in 1966,…
Paul Standidge dead at age 92
Paul Standidge, a New Zealand cricketer, died on April 21, 2026, aged 92. Born in Wellington on April 1, 1934, he played four first-class matches for Wellington in the 1957/58…
Gideon Tish dies at age 86
Gideon Tish, an Israeli football player for Hapoel Tel Aviv, died on April 21, 2026, at the age of 86. Tish was known for his time at Hapoel Tel Aviv,…
Obituary: Malissa Sherwood, dead at age 50
Malissa Sherwood, an American wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter, died on April 20, 2026, aged 50. She was known in women’s grappling and combat sports as a trailblazer and…
Rod Martin died at age 72
Rod Martin, the American football linebacker who played for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders, died on April 20, 2026. He was 72. Martin played for the Raiders from 1977…
Piero Dotti has died at age 86
Piero Dotti died on April 20, 2026. He was an Italian footballer who played for Messina, Lazio, and Mirandolese. His career included time with those clubs, and his name is…
Death of Max Byers at age 86
Max Byers died on April 19, 2026. Tags Athletes, 19 April 2026, Australia, Byers, Max, April 19, April 2026
Doug Martin died at age 68
Doug Martin, an American football player who played for the Minnesota Vikings, died on April 19, 2026. He was 68. Martin was born in Fairfield, California, on May 22, 1957.…
Obituary: Van Hammer, dead at age 66
Van Hammer, the American professional wrestler best known for his tenure in World Championship Wrestling, died on April 19, 2026. Born Mark Ty Hildreth on November 1, 1959, in Hebron,…
Oleksandr Polovkov obituary: died at age 46
Oleksandr Polovkov, a Ukrainian former professional football defender, died on April 19, 2026. He was 46. Polovkov played for different clubs in the Ukrainian Premier League. He last played for…
Helen Nakimuli passed away at age 40
Helen Nakimuli, a Ugandan politician and legislator who served as the member of parliament for Kalangala District since 2021, died on April 19, 2026, from complications following surgery. She was…
Aldo Roy obituary: died at age 84
Aldo Roy, a Canadian Olympic weightlifter, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 84. Born in Sudbury, Ontario, on March 22, 1942, he represented Canada in the men's…
Noble Yeats dead at age 10
Noble Yeats, an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, died on April 18, 2026, from colic. He was an Irish-bred National Hunt runner who won the 2022 Grand National under Sam Waley-Cohen, becoming…
József Marosi died at age 91
József Marosi died on April 18, 2026. He was a Hungarian fencer and Olympic silver medallist in 1956. His death was announced without additional details. József Marosi, 91, Hungarian fencer,…
Edoardo Lualdi Gabardi dies at 94
Edoardo Lualdi Gabardi, an Italian driver, died on April 18, 2026, at the age of 94. Born in Busto Arsizio on May 13, 1931, he was an Italian auto racer…
Gordon Livsey dead at age 79
Gordon Livsey died on April 18, 2026. Gordon Livsey, 79, English footballer (Wrexham, Chester, Hartlepool United). (death announced on this date) Tags Athletes, 18 April 2026, England, Gordon, Livsey, 2026-04-18,…
Juha Miettinen died at age 66
Juha Miettinen died on April 18, 2026, in a racing incident. He was a Finnish racing driver. No further details were provided about his career or personal life. Juha Miettinen,…
Obituary: Barry Seton, dead at age 89
Barry Seton, an Australian racing driver, died on April 17, 2026, aged 89. Known as Bo, he won the Bathurst 500 in 1965 with co-driver Midge Bosworth in a Ford…
Oscar Schmidt dies at age 68
Oscar Schmidt, the Brazilian basketball player who played for SE Palmeiras, JuveCaserta and the national team, died on April 17, 2026, in São Paulo, Brazil, at the age of 68.…
Nadia Farès passes away at age 57
Nadia Farès, a French actress, died on April 17, 2026, at the age of 57. Born in Marrakesh, Morocco, on December 20, 1968, she made her film debut in 1992…
Billy Knight died at age 90
Billy Knight, the British tennis player, died on April 17, 2026, aged 90. Born William Arthur Knight in Northampton, England, on 12 November 1935, he competed on the amateur tour…
Tuimasi Manuca passes away at age 40
Tuimasi Manuca died on April 17, 2026. He was a Fijian footballer. Tuimasi Manuca [it], 40, Fijian footballer. Tags Athletes, 17 April 2026, Fiji, Manuca, Tuimasi, 2026-04-17, April 17, April…
Miguel Canto has died at age 78
Miguel Canto, a Mexican boxer, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Miguel Angel Canto Solis in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico, on January 30, 1948, he was…
Death of Jim Jabir at age 63
Jim Jabir, an American women’s basketball coach who worked at Dayton, Siena and Marquette, died on April 16, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 63. Jabir, a native of Brooklyn,…
Death of Giorgos Gonios at age 79
Giorgos Gonios, a Greek footballer best known for his career with Panathinaikos, died on April 16, 2026, at the age of 79. A defender, he began his career as a…
Garret Anderson dies at 53
Garret Anderson, an American baseball player who played for the Los Angeles Angels, died on April 16, 2026, of a heart attack. He was 53. Anderson played 17 seasons in…
Dory Selinger died at age 54
Dory Selinger, an American cyclist and Paralympic champion, died on April 16, 2026, after being struck by a vehicle while riding near his home in McKinney, Texas. He was 54.…
Mark Carrington passes away at age 64
Mark Carrington, a New Zealand cricketer who played for Northern Districts, died on April 16, 2026, aged 64. Born Sidney Mark Carrington on August 19, 1961, in Gisborne, he played…
Kazuo Imanishi dies at 85
Kazuo Imanishi, a Japanese football player and manager, died on April 16, 2026, of pneumonia. He was 85. Imanishi played for Toyo Industries, later Mazda, after graduating from Tokyo University…
Bruno Cantone, died aged 89
Bruno Cantone died on April 16, 2026. He was an Italian footballer who played for Vis Pesaro, Cosenza and Derthona. No further details about his life or career were provided.…
Alex Manninger passes away at age 48
Alex Manninger, an Austrian footballer and goalkeeper, died on April 16, 2026. He was 48. Manninger played internationally for the Austria national team on 33 occasions, including at UEFA Euro…
Nelson Calzadilla, died aged 71
Nelson Calzadilla died on April 15, 2026. Tags Athletes, 15 April 2026, Calzadilla, Cancer, Nelson, April 15, April 2026
Obituary: Mick Erwin, dead at age 82
Michael "Mick" Erwin, an Australian footballer who played for Richmond and Collingwood, died on April 15, 2026, aged 82. Born in Stawell, Victoria, on June 6, 1943, he played in…
José Santamaría died at age 96
José Santamaría, a footballer and manager, died on April 15, 2026. He was 96. Born José Emilio Santamaría Iglesias in Montevideo, he spent his 18-year playing career with Nacional and…
Izumi Okamoto dead at age 95
Izumi Okamoto died on April 15, 2026. He was a Japanese baseball player with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and later worked as a coach. His death was announced on that…
Isami Okamoto, died aged 95
Isami Okamoto died on April 15, 2026. He was a Japanese baseball player with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and later served as a coach. His career was linked to Japanese…
Frosted dies at age 13
Frosted, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was euthanized on April 15, 2026, at the age of 13. Foaled on April 18, 2012, he was a gray colt and a son of…
Death of Bob Novogratz at age 89
Bob Novogratz, an American football player and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, died on April 15, 2026, at the age of 89. He played college football for the Army…
Francisco Sanjosé dies at 73
Francisco Sanjosé, a Spanish footballer, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 73. He played as a defender for Sevilla and competed with Spain’s Olympic football team in…
John Fitzgerald dies at 77
John Fitzgerald, an American football player who played center for the Dallas Cowboys, died on April 14, 2026. He was 77. Fitzgerald, born in Southbridge, Massachusetts, on April 16, 1948,…
Steve Clark passes away at age 82
Steve Clark, an American swimmer and three-time Olympic champion, died on April 14, 2026, at age 82. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1943, he was a competition swimmer…
Vicente Lucas obituary: died at age 90
Vicente Lucas, Portuguese footballer for Belenenses and the Portugal national team, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born Vicente da Fonseca Lucas in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese…
Jim Kanicki obituary: died at age 84
Jim Kanicki, an American football player for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants, died on April 14, 2026, at age 84. Born in Bay City, Michigan, on December 17,…
Raymond Riotte has died at age 86
Raymond Riotte, a French road racing cyclist, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Sarry, France, on February 16, 1940, he was a professional road…
Vladimír Kopecký passed away at age 95
Vladimír Kopecký died on April 14, 2026. He was a Czech ice hockey player for Rytíři Kladno. No further details about his life or career were provided in the source…
Death of Henry Newton at age 82
Henry Newton, the English football midfielder who played for Nottingham Forest, Everton and Derby County, died on April 14, 2026, aged 82. Newton made almost 500 league appearances for Football…
Jean-Pierre Escalettes dies at age 90
Jean-Pierre Escalettes, the French football administrator who served as president of the French Football Federation from 2005 to 2010, died on April 14, 2026, at the age of 90. Born…
Roger Prinzen passes away at age 57
Roger Prinzen, a German football manager and former player, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 57. He was head coach of Balzers and served as assistant coach…
Rafael Antonio Tolosa Calvo dies at 67
Rafael Antonio Tolosa Calvo died on April 13, 2026. He was a Colombian racing cyclist associated with Café de Colombia. Rafael Antonio Tolosa Calvo, 67, Colombian racing cyclist (Café de…
Death of Nicky Smith at age 57
Nicky Smith, an English professional footballer and later policeman and football manager, died on April 13, 2026. Born Nicholas Leslie Smith on 28 January 1969 in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, he began…
Rafael Tolosa obituary: died at age 67
Rafael Tolosa, a Colombian racing cyclist, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 67. Tolosa, also known as Rafael Antonio Tolosa Calvo, rode for Café de Colombia and…
Hans-Jürgen Becher dies at age 84
Hans-Jürgen Becher, a German footballer who played for Schalke 04, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 84. A defender, he made 32 appearances in the Oberliga West…
Dave McGinnis passed away at age 74
Dave McGinnis, an American football player and coach, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 74. He played as a defensive back at Texas Christian University, where he…
Lyudmila Shevtsova death at age 91
Lyudmila Shevtsova, a Russian-Ukrainian athlete, died on April 13, 2026, at the age of 91. She competed mainly in the 800 metres and set a world record in the event…
Death of Laurie Abrahams at age 72
Laurie Abrahams, the English footballer and coach at Irvine Valley College, died on April 12, 2026, aged 72. Born Lawrence Adam Michael Abrahams in Stepney, in the East End of…
Alonso López obituary: died at age 69
Alonso López died on April 12, 2026. He was a Colombian footballer who played for Millonarios and the national team. His death was announced in brief notices that identified him…
Edgardo Roque dies at age 88
Edgardo Roque, a Filipino Olympic basketball player, died on April 12, 2026, at age 88. Born on February 11, 1938, in Obando, Bulacan, in the Philippine Commonwealth, he competed in…
Aldo Cacioppo dies at age 81
Aldo Cacioppo died on April 12, 2026. He was an Italian basketball player. Aldo Cacioppo [it], 81, Italian basketball player. Tags Athletes, 12 April 2026, Aldo, Cacioppo, Italy, 2026-04-12, April…
Ursula Donath obituary: died at age 94
Ursula Donath, a German runner and Olympic bronze medalist, died on April 12, 2026. She was 94. Born Ursula Jurewitz in Saldus, Latvia, she competed in the 400 metres and…
Dominic Frimpong death at age 20
Dominic Frimpong, a Ghanaian professional footballer who played for Berekum Chelsea, died on April 12, 2026, after he was shot when the club’s team bus was attacked by armed robbers.…
Csaba Kuzma obituary: died at age 71
Csaba Kuzma, a Hungarian Olympic boxer, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 71. He was a retired light-heavyweight boxer who represented Hungary at the 1980 Summer Olympics…
Stefanos Borbokis died at age 59
Stefanos Borbokis, a Greek footballer who played for PAOK, Iraklis and the national team, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 59. Borbokis began his career at PAOK…
Pedro Ramayá Beltrán passes away at age 96
Pedro Ramayá Beltrán, a Colombian caña de millo player and songwriter, died on April 11, 2026, at age 96. Born Pedro Agustín Beltrán Castro on February 5, 1930, in Patico,…
Death of Cleighten Cornelius at age 49
Cleighten Cornelius, a New Zealand cricketer and winemaker, died on April 11, 2026, aged 49, in Blenheim, New Zealand, from myeloma. Born in Christchurch on June 2, 1976, he played…
Murt Duggan passed away at age 84
Murt Duggan, an Irish hurler and selector, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 85. Born in Gortnahoe on November 27, 1940, he played at club level with…
Phil Garner has died at age 76
Phil Garner, an American baseball player and manager, died on April 11, 2026, of pancreatic cancer. He was 76. Garner played in Major League Baseball as an infielder with the…
Chris Payton-Jones passed away at age 30
Chris Payton-Jones, an American football player who played for the Arizona Cardinals, Minnesota Vikings and Tennessee Titans, died on April 11, 2026, in a traffic collision. He was 30. A…
Paul Berry dies at 68
Paul Berry, the English footballer who played for Oxford United and Witney United, died on April 11, 2026, aged 68. Born on April 8, 1958, he was a professional player…
Marian Cygan passed away at age 85
Marian Cygan, a Polish football player and manager, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on June 30, 1940, he was raised in Kraków and came…
Sutan Harhara dead at age 73
Sutan Harhara, an Indonesian football player and manager, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 73. He played for Persija Jakarta and the Indonesia national team in the…
Gerry Ward passed away at age 84
Gerry Ward, an American basketball player who played for the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers and Chicago Bulls, died on April 10, 2026, at age 84. Born Gerald W. Ward on…
Jacek Magiera dies at 49
Jacek Magiera, a Polish football coach, died on April 10, 2026. Jacek Magiera, 49, Polish football coach. Tags Athletes, 10 April 2026, Jacek, Magiera, Poland, 2026-04-10, April 10, April 2026
Obituary: Browning Nagle, dead at age 57
Browning Nagle, an American football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League, died on April 10, 2026, at age 57 of colon cancer. He played for the…
C. D. Gopinath has died at age 96
C. D. Gopinath, the Indian test cricketer who represented Madras and the national team, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Madras on March 1,…
Valery Rukhledev, died aged 78
Valery Rukhledev, a Russian sports activist and six-time Deaflympics wrestling gold medalist, died on April 9, 2026, at the age of 78. Born on January 18, 1948, in Rybinsky District,…
Jackie Moore dies at age 93
Jackie Moore, an American basketball player, died on April 9, 2026, at age 93. Born in Philadelphia on September 24, 1932, John T. "Jackie" Moore was a 6-foot-5 small forward…
Billy Bryan, died aged 87
Billy Bryan, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Yankees and Washington Senators, died on April 9, 2026, at age 87. William Ronald Bryan…
Domingos Lucas Naftal, died aged 84
Domingos Lucas Naftal, a Mozambican footballer, died on April 9, 2026, aged 84. Born on April 23, 1941, Naftal played as a forward and began at youth level with FC…
Obituary: John Edelman, dead at age 90
John Edelman, an American former Major League Baseball pitcher, died on April 9, 2026. He was 90. Edelman, whose full name was John Rogers Edelman, signed with the Milwaukee Braves…
Srećko Bogdan dies at age 69
Srećko Bogdan, a Croatian footballer and former professional defender, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 69. Born in Mursko Središće, Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia, he began his career…
Duško Vujošević passes away at age 67
Duško Vujošević, a Montenegrin basketball coach, died on April 8, 2026, of heart and kidney disease. He was 67. Vujošević coached Partizan Belgrade in four stints and also worked with…
Brian Garvey death at age 88
Brian Garvey, the English footballer who played as a defender in the Football League, died on April 8, 2026, aged 88. Born in Kingston upon Hull, he joined his hometown…
Davey Lopes dead at age 80
Davey Lopes, an American baseball player and coach, died April 8, 2026, of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 80. Lopes played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman…
Kostakis Pierides death at age 85
Kostakis Pierides, a Cypriot footballer who played for Pezoporikos Larnaca, Olympiakos Nicosia and the Cyprus national team, died on April 8, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on April…
Chuck Nieson passed away at age 83
Chuck Nieson, an American former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins, died on April 7, 2026. He was 83. Born Charles Bassett Nieson in Hanford, California, on September…
Ken Smale dies at age 92
Ken Smale, an Australian footballer and music director, died on April 7, 2026. He was 92. Smale played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and was a forward…
Obituary: Jack Crabtree, dead at age 90
Jack Crabtree, an American football player who was a quarterback for the Oregon Ducks, died on April 7, 2026, at the age of 90. Crabtree played at Excelsior High School…
Mircea Lucescu passed away at age 80
Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian footballer and manager, died on April 7, 2026, from complications from a heart attack. He was 80. Lucescu played for Dinamo București and the Romania national…
Alex Hilton has died at age 61
Alex Hilton, a Canadian boxer, died on April 7, 2026, at age 61. A former professional boxer, he won the vacant Canadian middleweight title at age 18 in December 1983,…