- 1978 Carl Reynolds, American baseball outfielder who was 2nd player in MLB history to hit HRs in 3 consecutive innings 1930; Chicago White Sox, dies at 75
- 1985 39 people die in a confrontation at Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium when Juventus and Italian fans are crushed against a wall escaping a breach by Liverpool fans
Billy Conn (1917-1993)
American boxer (World Light Heavyweight Champion 1939-40), dies of pneumonia at 75
- 1998 Eric Atkinson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (8 Tests, 25 wickets, BB 5/42; Barbados), dies at 70
- 2007 Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey left wing (4 x NHL All Star; Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota NS, NYR), dies from multiple sclerosis at 68
- 2009 Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (Olympic gold Giant slalom 1998, silver Parallel giant slalom 2002), dies in a climbing accident at 31
- 2011 Bill Roycroft, Australian equestrian (Olympic gold team event 1960, bronze 1968, 76), dies at 96
Doris Hart (1925-2015)
American tennis player (6 x Grand Slam singles titles; 29 x GS doubles titles), dies at 89
- 2015 Henry Carr, American athlete (Olympic gold 200m, 4x400m 1964) and football safety (NY Giants), dies at 72
- 2020 Curtis Cokes, American boxer (WBA/WBC world welterweight champion 1966-69), dies of heart failure at 82
- 2020 Roosevelt Taylor, American football safety (Pro Bowl 1963, 68; First Team All-Pro 1963; Chicago Bears, SF 49ers, Washington Redskins), dies at 82
- 2021 Keith Mullings, American boxer (WBC and lineal light middleweight titles 1998), dies at 53
- 2022 Lester Piggott, English jockey (11 x British flat racing C'ship Jockey; record 9 x Epsom Derby; 30 x British Classic Race wins), dies at 86
- 2023 Vítězslav Mácha, Czech Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic gold welterweight 1972, silver 1976; World C'ship gold 1974, 77), dies at 75
- 2024 Manfred Wolke, German boxer (Olympic gold GDR welterweight 1968), dies at 81
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