HomeMay 2014RussiaAthletesVladimir Nikolaevich May 2, 2015 Athletes Vladimir Nikolaevich Smirnov Russian footballer Died on Thursday May 8th 2014 Other athletesTom Lund, Norwegian footballer and manager, dies at age 75Sergei Rozhkov (footballer), Russian football player and manager, dies at age 83Alcides Sosa, Paraguayan footballer, dies at age 82Bill Albury, public figure, dies at age 92Franco De Piccoli, Italian boxer, Olympic champion, dies at age 88Jan Adamski, Polish chess player, dies at age 82Alfredo Magni, Italian footballer, dies at age 86Maurizio Gori, Italian footballer, dies at age 80Tamati Reedy, New Zealand Māori academic, rugby union player, and public servant, dies at age 89Kyle Busch, American race car driver, dies at age 41More from RussiaSergei Rozhkov (footballer), Russian football player and manager, dies at age 83Vadim Pokrovsky, Russian epidemiologist, dies at age 71Hieromonk Roman, Russian hieromonk, poet, and singer, dies at age 71Aleksandr Borovkov, Russian mathematician, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, dies at age 95Zoya Boguslavskaya, Russian poet and writer, dies at age 102Vladimir Ovchinnikov (graffiti artist), Russian painter, ethnographer and social activist, dies at age 88Vladimir Molchanov, Russian television host and journalist, dies at age 75Vadim Alexandrov, Russian actor, head injury from a fall, dies at age 88 of head injury from a fallValery Denisov, Russian diplomat, dies at age 84Anatoly Rusanov, Russian chemist, dies at age 94More from May 8, 2014Bill Coughlin, American newspaper journalist, dies at age 91Roger L. Easton, American scientist, dies at age 93Jens Christian Hansen, Norwegian geographer, dies at age 82George Kohut, Ukrainian-born American camera operator (Batman Begins, dies at age 70Yago Lamela, Spanish Olympic athlete (2000, dies at age 36Homero Leite Meira, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, dies at age 82Beverly Long, American actress (Rebel Without a Cause, dies at age 81Nancy Malone, American Emmy Award-winning producer, dies at age 79Leo Marentette, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers, dies at age 73Charlie Mead, Canadian baseball player, dies at age 93 Tags 08 May 2014 2014-05-08 Athletes May 2014 May 8 Russia Smirnov Vladimir ←R. Douglas Stuart, Jr. Mercedes Salisachs→