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  • 2024-05-06 Hootie Ingram, American college football coach (Clemson Uni 1970-72) and executive (AD Florida State Uni 1981–89, Alabama 1989–95), dies at 90
  • 2024-05-05 César Luis Menotti, Argentine soccer manager (Argentina Winner FIFA World Cup 1978) and striker (11 caps; CA Rosario Central), dies from anemia at 85
  • 2024-05-04 Dagoberto Fontes, Uruguayan soccer forward (13 caps; Defensor SC), dies at 80
  • 2024-05-03 Imerio Massignan, Italian road cyclist (Tour de France Mountains classification 1960, 61), dies at 87
  • 2024-05-03 László Hammerl, Hungarian sport shooter (Olympic gold 50m rifle prone 1964; silver 1968; bronze rifle three 1964), dies at 82
  • 2024-05-02 Peter Oosterhuis, British golfer (British Open 1974, 82 runner-up; Ryder Cup x 6; Harry Vardon Trophy 1971-74), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 75
  • 2024-05-02 Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater (Olympic gold women's singles 1964; World C'ship gold 1962, 63, 64), dies at 82
  • 2024-05-01 Richard Tandy, British rock bassist and keyboard player (ELO), dies at 76 [1]
  • 2024-05-01 Terry Medwin, Welsh soccer forward (30 caps; Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur), dies at 91
  • 2024-04-30 Duane Eddy, American twangy guitarist ("Rebel Rouser"; Peter Gunn"; "Cannonball"), dies of cancer complications at 86 [1] [2]
  • 2024-04-29 Dingaan Thobela, South African boxer (WBO lightweight title 1990-92, WBA lightweight title 1993, WBC super-middleweight title 2000), dies at 57
  • 2024-04-29 Luis Mendoza, Venezuelan soccer midfielder (15 caps; Deportivo Galicia, Deportivo Italia), dies at 78
  • 2024-04-29 Mykhaylo Fomenko, Ukrainian soccer defender (24 caps USSR; Dynamo Kyiv 173 games) and manager (Ukraine 2012-16), dies at 75
  • 2024-04-29 Wally Dallenbach Sr., American auto racer (Champ Car Series 1973 runner-up; Motorsports HOF of America), dies at 87
  • 2024-04-26 Dave O'Sullivan, New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse trainer (Japan Cup 1989; Cox Plate 1990; NZ Derby 1990, 93; NZ Racing HOF), dies at 90
  • 2024-04-25 Mike Pinder, British keyboard player and Mellotron pioneer (Moody Blues,1964-78 - "Nights in White Satin"), dies at 82 [1] [2]
  • 2024-04-24 Bob Cole, Canadian sports broadcaster (CBC - Hockey Night in Canada), dies at 90
  • 2024-04-24 John O'Shea, Welsh rugby union prop (5 Tests Wales, 1 British & Irish Lions; Cardiff RFC 213 games), dies at 83
  • 2024-04-24 Terry Hill, Australian rugby league utility (9 Tests; NSW 14 games; Manly 126 games), dies from a heart attack at 52
  • 2024-04-23 Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan boxer (Olympic gold men's light flyweight 1968), dies at 78
  • 2024-04-23 Yukio Kasaya, Japanese ski jumper (Olympic gold 1972), dies at 80
  • 2024-04-22 Al Shaver, Canadian Hockey HOF sportscaster (Minnesota North Stars WCCO Radio, KSTP-AM, WAYL-AM), dies at 96
  • 2024-04-22 Brian Tobin, Australian tennis executive (President International Tennis Federation 1991-99; International Tennis HOF), dies at 93
  • 2024-04-22 Charlie Hurley, Irish soccer centre half (40 caps Republic of Ireland; Sunderland 402 games), dies at 87
  • 2024-04-21 Alex Hassilev, Russian-American folk singer, guitarist, banjo player (The Limeliters), actor, and record producer, dis of cancer at 91
  • 2024-04-20 Andrew Davis, British conductor (Toronto Symphony, 1975-88; BBC Symphony, 1989-2000; Lyric Opera of Chicago, 2000-21), dies of leukemia at 80 [1]
  • 2024-04-20 Roman Gabriel, American College Football HOF and NFL quarterback (NC State Uni; NFL MVP & First-team All-Pro 1969; 4 x Pro Bowl; LA Rams, Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 83
  • 2024-04-19 Bill Tobin, American football executive (GM Chicago Bears, Indianapolis Colts), dies at 83
  • 2024-04-19 Leighton James, Welsh soccer winger (54 caps; Burnley 335 games), dies at 71
  • 2024-04-18 Dickey Betts, American rock guitarist, songwriter, and singer (The Allman Brothers Band - "Ramblin' Man"; "Jessica"), dies of cancer at 80 [1]
  • 2024-04-18 Mandisa [Hundley] American Grammy Award-winning gospel and contemporary Christian singer (Overcomer), dies at 47
  • 2024-04-18 Wally Harris, Canadian ice hockey referee (6 x Stanley Cup series; first NHL Director of Officiating), dies at 88
  • 2024-04-17 Per Henriksen, Norwegian soccer central defender (10 caps; Viking FK 180 games), dies at 72
  • 2024-04-17 Raman Subba Row, English cricket batsman (13 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 137; Surrey CCC, Northamptonshire CCC), dies at 92
  • 2024-04-16 Carl Erskine, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1954; World Series 1955; 2 x no-hitters; Brooklyn/LA Dodgers; Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award), dies at 97 [1]
  • 2024-04-16 Rodney Gould, British motorcycle road racer (FIM 250cc World C'ship 1970; 10 x GP wins), dies at 81
  • 2024-04-15 Bernd Hölzenbein, German soccer forward (40 caps West Germany, winner FIFA World Cup 1974; Eintracht Frankfurt all-time top scorer 160 goals), dies at 78
  • 2024-04-15 Derek Underwood, England cricket spin bowler (86 Tests, 297 wickets @ 25.83, BB 8/51; Kent CCC), dies from dementia at 78
  • 2024-04-15 Whitey Herzog, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1982, NL Manager of the Year 1985 St Louis Cardinals; Texas Rangers, California Angels, KC Royals), dies at 92
  • 2024-04-14 Calvin Keys, American jazz guitarist, dies at 82

Ken Holtzman (1945-2024)

2024-04-14 American Baseball Pitcher (2 x no hitters 1969, 71 Chicago Cubs; MLB All Star 1972-73, World Series 1972-74 Oakland A's), dies of heart disease at 78 [1]

Ken Holtzman
  • 2024-04-14 Steve Sloan, American college football coach (Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Ole Miss, Duke), dies at 79
  • 2024-04-12 Don Donoher, American College Basketball HOF coach (University of Dayton 1964-89), dies at 92
  • 2024-04-12 Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist (PBS, 1975-95; NBC Weekend News, 1965-67), and novelist, dies at 93 [1] [2]

O.J. Simpson (1947-2024)

2024-04-10 American College/Pro Football HOF running back (Heisman Trophy 1968 USC; NFL MVP 1973; 5 × First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl; Buffalo Bills), broadcaster, and actor; found responsible Brown/Goldman deaths 1994, dies of prostate cancer at 76 [1]

O.J. Simpson
  • 2024-04-10 Ted Toleman, British motor sport executive (founder Toleman Racing F1 team), dies at 86
  • 2024-04-09 André Boniface, French rugby union outside back (48 Tests; Stade Montois Rugby; IRB HOF), dies at 89
  • 2024-04-09 Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 49 wickets; Otago), dies at 93
  • 2024-04-08 Keith Barnes, Australian rugby league fullback (17 Tests, 10 as captain; Balmain RLFC), dies at 89
  • 2024-04-08 Ron Lord, Australian soccer goalkeeper (10 caps; Sydney Prague), dies at 94
  • 2024-04-07 Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B pianist and singer ("Ain't Got No Home"; "(I Don't Know Why) But I Do"), dies at 87 [1]
  • 2024-04-07 Jerry Grote, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1968, 74, World Series 1969; New York Mets), dies of respiratory failure at 81 [1]
  • 2024-04-07 Joe Kinnear, Irish soccer defender (26 caps Republic of Ireland; Tottenham) and manager (Wimbledon, Luton Town, Newcastle United), dies from vascular dementia at 77
  • 2024-04-06 Pat Hennen, American motorcycle racer (first US rider to win a 500cc GP 1976), dies at 70
  • 2024-04-05 C. J. Snare, American rock vocalist (Firehouse - "Love of a Lifetime"), dies of cardiac arrest at 64
  • 2024-04-05 John Louis, English motorcycle speedway rider (54 caps England, 4 Great Britain; World Pairs C'ship 1976), dies at 82
  • 2024-04-04 Pat Zachry, American baseball pitcher (World Series & NL Rookie of the Year 1976 Cincinnati Reds; MLB All Star 1978 NY Mets), dies at 71
  • 2024-04-03 Albert "Tootie" Heath, American jazz hard bop drummer (John Coltrane; Art Farmer; Jimmy Heath; Tete Montoliu, Yusef Lateef), dies of leukemia at 88 [1]
  • 2024-04-03 Sándor Müller, Hungarian soccer midfielder (17 caps; Vasas SC 310 games), dies at 75
  • 2024-04-02 Larry Lucchino, American baseball executive (President/CEO Boston Red Sox; World Series 2004, 07, 13), dies from heart failure at 78
  • 2024-04-01 Joe Flaherty, American-Canadian Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and actor (SCTV; Freaks and Geeks), dies at 82 [1]
  • 2024-04-01 Michael Ward, American rock guitarist (John Hiatt, 1993-94; The Wallflowers, 1996-2001 - "One Headlight"; Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, 2007-16), dies at 57
  • 2024-04-01 Vontae Davis, American football cornerback (Pro Bowl 2014, 15; Indianapolis Colts), dies at 35
  • 2024-03-31 Barbara Rush, American stage and screen actress (Peyton Place - "Marsha"; It Came From Outer Space; Flamingo Road), dies at 97 [1]
  • 2024-03-31 Rob Kaman, Dutch kickboxer who was 4 x WKA world champion, dies at 63
  • 2024-03-30 Casey Benjamin, American R&B and hip-hop saxophonist, vocoder wizard, and songwriter (The Robert Glasper Experiment), dies at 45 [1]
  • 2024-03-29 Louis Gossett Jr, American Emmy and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actor (Roots; An Officer and a Gentleman; Diggstown), dies at 87 [1]
  • 2024-03-29 Péter Juhász, Hungarian soccer left-back who played 26 internationals; Újpesti Dózsa FC, Tatabanyai Banyasz SC, Borsodi Volán SC, dies at 75
  • 2024-03-28 Larry Lloyd, English soccer defender who played 4 internationals (Liverpool, Nottingham Forest) and manager (Wigan Athletic, Notts County), dies at 75
  • 2024-03-28 Natalya Melyokhina, Russian road cyclist who won UCI Road World C'ship gold USSR women's team time 1987, dies at 61
  • 2024-03-27 Choi Dae-Shik, South Korean soccer midfielder who played 15 internationals; Daewoo Royals, LG Cheetahs, Oita Trinita, dies at 59
  • 2024-03-26 André Van Herpe, Belgian soccer midfielder who played 7 internationals; ARA La Gantoise 1952-62, dies at 90
  • 2024-03-25 Ian Heads, Australian sports journalist, commentator and author who was rugby league's foremost historian (Rugby League Week), dies at 81
  • 2024-03-24 Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer ("Chinese Opera"), conductor, contemporary music advocate, and teacher, dies at 80
  • 2024-03-23 Maurizio Pollini, Italian classical pianist, dies at 82 [1]
  • 2024-03-23 Paul Masnick, Canadian NHL ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, Stanley Cup 1953), dies at 92
  • 2024-03-23 Peter Angelos, American lawyer and baseball executive (majority owner of the Baltimore Orioles, 1993-2024), dies at 94 [1]
  • 2024-03-22 Jean-Paul Vignon, French actor and singer, dies of liver cancer at 89
  • 2024-03-21 Orlando Aravena, Chilean soccer midfielder who played 6 internationals (Deportes La Serena, Ñublense) and manager of Chile (1987-89), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 81
  • 2024-03-21 Ron Harper, American actor (Planet of the Apes (TV series); Wendy and Me), dies at 91
  • 2024-03-20 António Pacheco, Portuguese soccer winger who played 6 internationals; Benfica 162 games; and manager Atlético, Portimonense SC, dies from a heart attack at 57
  • 2024-03-20 Dumitru Macri, Romanian soccer defender who played 8 internationals (FC Rapid București) and coached Algeria (1974-75), dies at 92
  • 2024-03-20 Phil Lowe, English rugby league second rower who played 12 Tests for Great Britain and 5 England; Hull KR, Manly Warringah RLFC, dies at 74
  • 2024-03-20 Saeed Ahmed, Pakistan cricket batsman, who played 41 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 172, 22 wickets; Karachi, Lahore; dies at 86
  • 2024-03-19 M. Emmet Walsh, American character actor (Blade Runner; Wildcats; Blood Simple; Knives Out), dies at 88 [1]
  • 2024-03-18 Kenjiro Shinozuka, Japanese rally driver who won the Dakar Rally 1997, dies of pancreatic cancer at 75
  • 2024-03-18 Ron Baynham, English soccer goalkeeper who played 3 internationals and 388 games for Luton Town, dies at 94
  • 2024-03-17 Robin Hobbs, English cricket spin bowler who played 7 Tests, 12 wickets; Essex CCC, Glamorgan CCC), dies at 81
  • 2024-03-17 Steve Harley, British pop and glam-rock singer-songwriter (Cockney Rebel - "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)"), dies of cancer at 73
  • 2024-03-15 Rolf Haikkola, Finnish athletics coach who assisted four-time Olympic gold medal winner Lasse Virén, dies at 96
  • 2024-03-14 Byron Janis [né Yanks], American concert pianist (debut with NBC Symphony Orchestra at age 15), dies at 95 [1]
  • 2024-03-14 Léon Semmeling, Belgian soccer midfielder who played 35 internationals; Standard Liège 449 games, dies at 84
  • 2024-03-14 Mal Lucas, Welsh soccer right-half who played 4 internationals; Leyton Orient FC, Norwich City FC, Torquay United FC, dies at 85
  • 2024-03-14 Walter Blum, American HOF jockey who won 4,382 races and was the US Champion Jockey by wins in 1963-64, dies from lung cancer at 89
  • 2024-03-13 Stefan Abadzhiev, Bulgarian soccer forward who played 27 internationals (PFC Levski Sofia), dies at 89
  • 2024-03-12 Bill Plummer, American baseball catcher (Cincinnati Reds, World Series 1975, 76) and coach (Seattle Mariners), dies from a heart attack at 76
  • 2024-03-12 Rolf Blättler, Swiss soccer midfielder who played 28 internationals; Grasshoppers, Lugano, FC St. Gallen, dies at 81
  • 2024-03-11 Emilio Correa, Cuban boxer (Olympic gold welterweight 1972; World C'ship gold 1974), dies at 70
  • 2024-03-10 Karl Wallinger, Welsh rocker and songwriter (The Waterboys, 1983-85; World Party - "Give It All Away"; "Ship Of Fools"), dies of a stroke at 66
  • 2024-03-10 Sergey Diomidov, Uzbek gymnast (World C'ship gold USSR Parallel bars 1966; Olympic silver team 1964, 68; bronze vault 1968), dies at 80
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