Sports Death Report – May 2026

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I will publish monthly deaths from the sports world since I noticed a huge increase in the number of deaths, including younger deaths, being reported since 2021. In most cases, the cause of death is either not given, very vague, and/or significantly delayed if given at all.

I will be posting these at the beginning of the month and filling them in as the month goes since it is much easier to track than trying to compile at the end of the month.

Date ReportedNameAgeCause Given
May 2, 2026Alex Zanardi59Undisclosed
May 4, 2026Adrian Smith89Undisclosed
May 4, 2026John Sterling87Undisclosed
May 5, 2026José ‘Piculín’ Ortiz622023 Colorectal Cancer
May 5, 2026Bob Skinner94Undisclosed
May 6. 2026Ted Turner87Undisclosed
May 6, 2026Ultramarathoner (no name given)40sUndisclosed Medical Emergency
May 7, 2026Amanpreet Singh Gill36Undisclosed
May 9, 2026Bobby Cox84Complications from congestive heart failure
May 11, 2026René Cárdenas96Undisclosed
May 11, 2026Jim Colbert85Undisclosed
May 11, 2026Craig Morton83Acute respiratory failure due to severe sepsis due to urinary tract infection
May 12, 2026Lou Graham88Undisclosed
May 12, 2026Charle Young75Undisclosed
May 12, 2026Brandon Clarke29Undisclosed
May 12, 2026Jason Collins472025 Brain Cancer
May 14, 2026Bobby Keasler80Undisclosed
May 17, 2026Scott Hastings61Complications from cancer treatment (non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma since 2022)
May 18, 2026MJK Smith92Undisclosed
May 18, 2026William Davis24Undisclosed
May 18, 2026John Maclean80Lengthy illness
May 21, 2026Howard Fendrich552026 Cancer
May 21, 2026Kyle Busch41Severe pneumonia, sepsis
May 25, 2026Alan Oversby68Race crash
May 25, 2026Neale Daniher652013 Motor neurone disease
May 26, 2026Manny Fernandez79Undisclosed
May 26, 2026Terry Don Phillips782010s Dementia
May 26, 2026Bob Horner68Undisclosed
May 28, 2026Daniel Ingham33Race crash
May 28, 2026Claude Lemieux60Suicide
May 29, 2026Larry W. King81Illness
May 30, 2026Dennis Hull81Undisclosed
May 31, 2026Gavin Yates-Lyon18Shooting
Total33 DeathsAverage Age: 68>50% Undisclosed

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