Braves legend Phil Niekro, the Hall of Famer, died at 81
Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers, and heck, he didn't even know where it was going most of the time.
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Pete Cassidy dies at 86. He is a former Cal State Northridge basketball coach.
Pete Cassidy, who served 25 years as a men’s basketball coach at Cal State Northridge and was considered a San Fernando Valley coaching icon, died on Friday Valencia died 86, according to former Northridge athletic director Robert Hilgert. Pete Cassidy…
Charley Pride, Country Music’s First Black Superstar, Dies of COVID-19 at 86
Charley Pride, a 2000 inductee in the Country Music Hall of Fame and a three-time Grammy winner, Pride, was not the first country performer to cross racial lines: Harmonica player Deford Bailey was an early featured artist on the Grand…
Dick Allen, iconic slugger, and former AL MVP is dead at 78
Former MVP Dick Allen, one of baseball’s most feared hitters in the late 1960s and a star in Philadelphia and Chicago, died Monday at his home in Wampum, Pennsylvania, his family announced on Twitter. A seven-time All-Star, Allen was dominant…
Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dead at 86
LOS ANGELES — Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. According to family friend Michael Roth, he died at his home in…
American Actor Wilford Brimley Dead at 85
Anthony Wilford Brimley was the American actor and singer who served in the Marines and took on a variety of odd jobs is dead at 85 years.
Blue Jays icon Tony Fernandez is dead at age 57
The Blue Jays icon, Tony Fernandez, who spent 12 seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and was a member of Toronto’s World Series-winning team in 1993, has died at age 57, according to various reports, including MLB’s official Spanish-language Twitter…
27-Year-Old Tyler Skaggs Angels pitcher died on Monday in Texas
27-Year-Old Tyler Skaggs Los Angeles Angels pitcher died on Monday, July 1, 2019, in Texas, just 12 days before his 28th birth, stunning the baseball world and leading to the postponement of the team’s game against the Texas Rangers. The…
Shoeshiner: Albert Lexie from Monessen died on October 16, 2018, at the age of 76.
Albert Lexie was a shoeshiner from Monessen, Pennsylvania, United States, who was known for his donations to charity. Lexie worked at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh since the early 1980s. As of February 2013, he had donated $200,000 throughout his…
American novelist Philip Roth dies at 85
Philip Roth, the prolific, protein, and often blackly comic novelist who was a pre-eminent figure in 20th-century literature, died on Tuesday night at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 85. The cause of his death was congestive heart failure, said…
Owner of the Detroit Tigers Mike Ilitch Dies At Age 87
DETROIT (WWJ) — Owner of the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Red Wings, Mike Ilitch, died on Friday afternoon at the age of 87. Olympia Entertainment confirmed Ilitch’s passing at around 6:30 p.m. Friday evening. Ilitch was born in Detroit in…
Jose Fernandez Death Video Boat Accident
Jose Fernandez, the ace right-hander for the Miami Marlins who escaped Cuba to become one of baseball’s brightest stars, was killed in a boating accident early Sunday morning. Fernandez was 24. (Sept. 25)
