Celebrity deaths
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 1960, file photo, Rafer Johnson of the United States, center, finishers the fourth heat of the decathlon 100 meter dash at the Olympics in Rome, Italy. Eef Kamerbeek of Netherlands is at left, and Gurbachan Singh Randhawa of India is at right. Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. He was 86. He died at his home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, according to family friend Michael Roth. (AP Photo/Olympic Pool, File)
Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86

By Beth Harris Dec. 02, 2020 01:46 PM EST

Bias leads 6 players, 2 coaches into college hoops Hall

Nov. 29, 2020 05:26 PM EST
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Maryland basketball star Len Bias, who was chosen No. 2 by the Boston Celtics in the 1986 NBA Draft before dying days later of a drug...

Former Detroit college basketball star Duerod dies at age 64

Nov. 13, 2020 06:20 PM EST
DETROIT (AP) — Terry Duerod, a college basketball standout who played for Dick Vitale at Detroit in the 1970s before winning an NBA title with the Boston...

Ronnie Hogue dies, UGa's 1st Black scholarship hoops player

Sep. 18, 2020 06:36 PM EDT
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Ronnie Hogue, the first Black scholarship athlete on the Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team, died Friday, the school announced. He was...

In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 21, 2020, CSKA Moscow's Daniel Hackett, front, drives to the basket as Red Star's Michael Ojo blocks him during their Euroleague basketball match in Belgrade, Serbia. Former Florida State center Michael Ojo has died after collapsing during training in Serbia. Serbian Media and his former teammates say the 27-year-old Nigerian-born basketball player was on Friday taken to a hospital in the Serbian capital, but doctors failed to reanimate him. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Basketball player dies during training in Serbia

Aug. 07, 2020 10:10 AM EDT

Former Celtics, Canisius guard Johnny McCarthy dies at 86

May. 13, 2020 11:36 AM EDT
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — John McCarthy, who won an NBA title with 1964 Boston Celtics and helped the Canisius Golden Griffins to a pair of NCAA Tournament...

Former Western Kentucky star center Chris Marcus, 40, dies

Apr. 25, 2020 06:02 PM EDT
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Chris Marcus, a two-time Associated Press All-America honorable mention selection during a decorated career at center for Western...

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 1968, file photo, Miami Floridians' Les Hunter (41) is fouled by Oakland Oaks' Jim Eakins (42) while scoring a basket during an ABA basketball game in Miami. Hunter, a star on Loyola Chicago's barrier-breaking 1963 NCAA championship team, died Friday, March 27, 2020, the school said. He was 77 and had been battling cancer. (AP Photo/Toby Massey, File)
Les Hunter, star on Loyola Chicago championship team, dies

By Andrew Seligman Mar. 27, 2020 06:26 PM EDT

In this March 22, 1982, file photo, Georgia's Terry Fair (35) goes up with the ball with Purdue's Ricky Hall, left, and teammate Dan Palombizio, right, in close range during the first half of a semifinal game in the National Invitation Tournament at New York's Madison Square Garden. Fair, a key player on Georgia only men's Final Four team, has died at the age of 59, the school announced, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. The university said Fair died Thursday of natural causes in his hometown of Macon, Ga. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Former Georgia basketball star Terry Fair dies at 59

Jan. 31, 2020 04:49 PM EST

Brother of Michigan State star dies after being hit by train

Nov. 10, 2019 01:56 PM EST
ALBION, Mich. (AP) — The brother of Michigan State basketball star Cassius Winston has died after being struck by an Amtrak train Saturday night. ...

This undated booking photo provided by the Dallas County Jail shows Keith Johnson. WFAA-TV reports Johnson is being held Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, on a capital murder charge with bond set at $500,000. Investigators say Johnson and a second suspect allegedly shot former NBA and Texas Tech standout Andre Emmett during a Sept. 23 robbery attempt. (Dallas County Jail via AP)
2nd man charged in death of ex-Texas Tech star Andre Emmett

Oct. 22, 2019 01:12 PM EDT

Kenny Arnold, who led Iowa to 1980 Final Four, dies at 59

By Luke Meredith Apr. 27, 2019 12:27 PM EDT
Kenny Arnold, the Iowa basketball star who led the Hawkeyes to their last Final Four in 1980, died Saturday. He was 59. He had health issues for more...