December 17, 2025 Athletes Kym Ireland Australian Olympic field hockey player (1984) Died on Wednesday December 17th 2025 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 71Eladio Zárate Paraguayan football player and manager dead at age 84Roque 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 70More from IrelandChris Phelan Irish-born Australian rugby league player, pancreatic cancer dead at age 70Brendan O'Brien Irish journalist dead at age 82Gary Lydon public figure dead at age 61Stephen Greene Irish hurler dead at age 81Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Liam Browne public figure dead at age 89Noble Yeats public figure dead at age 10Moya Brennan Irish folk singer dead at age 73Patrick Campbell-Lyons public figure dead at age 82Murt Duggan Irish hurler dead at age 84More from December 16, 2025Lewis Berman American veterinarian dead at age 90Henry Moore (bishop) English Anglican cleric, bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf dead at age 102Mario PineidaLewis EntzHans van ManenPoul AndersenMarcel de SadeEttore BuccieroGerhard ScheuWojciech Błasiak Tags 16 December 2025 2025-12-16 Athletes Australia December 16 December 2025 Ireland Kym ←Yannig Baron Josef Kubíček→