January 8, 2026 Athletes Miroslav Stárek Czech footballer (AC Sparta Prague Died on Thursday January 8th 2026 Other athletesRoque Avallay Argentine footballer dead at age 80Alex Zanardi Italian racing driver and paracyclist dead at age 59Alfredrick Hughes American basketball player dead at age 63Yevgeniy Duleyev Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist dead at age 70Péter Bikár Hungarian ice hockey player dead at age 81Dionysis Tsamis public figure dead at age 74Charlie Williams Maltese footballer dead at age 82Abdollah Movahed Iranian wrestler, Olympic champion, heart attack dead at age 86Merle Bettenhausen American racing driver, complications from a stroke dead at age 82Ghenadie Dudoglo Moldovan weightlifter dead at age 39More from CzechiaOskar Petr Czech composer, lyricist and singer dead at age 73Michal Donath Czech public relations expert dead at age 77Pavel Matuška Czech painter, cartoonist and humorist dead at age 82Jan Krámek Czech politician, MP, senator, mayor of Prague-Zbraslav dead at age 80Karel Korytář Czech politician, MP, senator dead at age 76Jan Potměšil Czech actor dead at age 60Vladimír Kopecký Czech ice hockey player dead at age 95Václav Hybš Czech musician, trumpeter and conductor dead at age 90Vojtěch Broža Czech professor, water manager and hydrotechnician dead at age 91Miroslav Jakeš public figure dead at age 75More from January 7, 2026Killing of Renée Good American poet and writer, shot dead at age 37Willie Knox public figure dead at age 88Raj Kumar Pathria Statistical Mechanics 1972 dead at age 92Arthur Stockwin British political scientist dead at age 90Loraine BrahamChiara ValentiniJon LindsayHoward SanderfordDenise HarlowRaffaella Bragazzi Tags 07 January 2026 2026-01-07 Athletes Czech Czechia January 2026 January 7 Miroslav Stárek ←Jaap Pop Ángel Coerezza→