January 3, 2026 Athletes Terry Wharton English footballer Died on Saturday January 3rd 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 EnglandBeverley Martyn British singer-songwriter dead at age 79Bill Ind public figure dead at age 84Josh Mauro English-born American football player dead at age 35George Ley public figure dead at age 80Tony Parkes English football player and manager, complications from Alzheimer’s disease dead at age 76Elsie Kelly English actress dead at age 89Dave Mason English Hall of Fame musician and songwriter dead at age 79Desmond Morris English zoologist, ethnologist and surrealist painter dead at age 98Gordon Livsey public figure dead at age 79Billy Knight British tennis player dead at age 90More from January 2, 2026Bobby Baxter (footballer, born 1937) public figure dead at age 88Patrick Duffy (British politician) British politician, MP and president of the NATO Assembly dead at age 105Francis Grant (marine) British marine and World War II veteran dead at age 101Barbara Lawrence (talent manager) Talent manager dead at age 82David E. Mitchell American medical activist, founder of Patients for Affordable Drugs Now, multiple myeloma dead at age 75Jamil AzarMaria Eugènia CuencaAshok Gajanan ModakBret ShufordGregory de Polnay Tags 02 January 2026 2026-01-02 Athletes England January 2 January 2026 Terry Wharton ←Sir Patrick Duffy Dimitar Penev→