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Red Auerbach
Basketball | Coach, General Manager
1917-09-20 – 2006-10-28 (Age 89)
Cause of Death: Heart Disease
During Auerbach's 20-year professional coaching career, he won 11 Division titles (including 9 in a row), 11 appearances in the…
John Beckman
Basketball
1985-10-22 – 1968-06-22
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Basketball Hall of Fame
Cool Papa Bell
Baseball | Center Field
1903-05-17 – 1991-03-07 (Age 87)
Bell played in the Negro League
Jack Leonard
Boxing | Professional Boxer
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Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Leonard allegedly refused attempts by organized crime figures to turn over some of his contracts. He was later attacked at…
Tommy Bolt
Golf | Professional Golfer
1916-03-31 – 2008-09-03 (Age 92)
1958 U.S. Open Champion. Elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002. Bolt was nicknamed "Terrible Tempered Tommy"…