December 18, 2025 Athletes Miroslav Vondřička Czech basketball coach Died on Thursday December 18th 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 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 December 17, 2025Elof Axel Carlson American geneticist dead at age 94Robert Heide American playwright and author dead at age 91Verena Keller (singer) German operatic mezzosoprano dead at age 83Richard Meier (poet) Poet dead at age 55Frank A. WallsJim HuntChristian de ChalongeAhmed AbodehmanEddie SottoBob Burns III Tags 17 December 2025 2025-12-17 Czech Czechia December 17 December 2025 Miroslav Other Vondřička ←Bushi Kozu Tonny Eyk→