December 27, 2025 Athletes Tom Maentz American football player and businessman (University of Michigan) Died on Saturday December 27th 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 AmericaJonathan Tiersten public figure dead at age 60John Sterling American sportscaster, heart failure dead at age 87Lee Allen Zeno American musician, cancer dead at age 71Doris F. Fisher American businesswoman dead at age 94David Kendall American television writer and producer and film director dead at age 68James Lawrence King American judge dead at age 98Chet Dobis American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives dead at age 83René Henry Gracida American Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Corpus Christi and Pensacola–Tallahassee dead at age 102Alfredrick Hughes American basketball player dead at age 63Audrey Beth Davis American entertainment publicist dead at age 82More from December 26, 2025Stephen Boyden British-Australian scientist and writer dead at age 100Don Bryant (songwriter) American rhythm and blues singer and songwriter dead at age 83Bill Clarke (politician) Canadian politician dead at age 92Jim Flanigan Sr. American football player dead at age 80Clifton McNeilAmelia del CastilloLeonard MorseGary GraffmanRafael ViteriJohn P. Connolly Tags 2025-12-26 26 December 2025 America Athletes December 2025 December 26 Maentz Tom ←Mickey Lee Carlos Anderson→