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Van Heflin Vanderbilt’s first black quarterback dead at 62
Van Heflin, the first Black quarterback to consistently start for Vanderbilt, died Friday after suffering a heart attack. Vanderbilt athletic director Candice Lee made the announced Heflin’s death on Twitter. “Van was Vanderbilt’s first Black quarterback to start, breaking the…
Dead at 85 is Mudcat Grant, the 1st Black 20-game winner in AL
MINNEAPOLIS (AP news): Mudcat Grant (Jim “Mudcat” Grant), the first Black 20-game winner in the American League and a key part of Minnesota’s first World Series team in 1965, has died. He was 85. The Twins announced Grant’s death Saturday…
The US Veteran Actress Olympia Dukakis dead at 89
The U.S. actress Olympic Dukakis, born Olympia Mary Dukakis, died on May 1, 2021, at 89. She was born on June 20, 1931. Olympia Dukakis was an American actress, director, producer, teacher, and activist. She performed in over 130 stage…
Prince Philip husband of Elizabeth II dead At Age 99 | whodiedtoday.com
As found on Youtube Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born as Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on 10 June 1921, and he died on 9 April 2021. Prince Philip was a member of the British royal family as the husband of Elizabeth II. Philip was…
Famous People Who Died Recently in January 2021
Tanya Roberts dead: ‘That 70’s Show,’ Bond actor dies at 65 Tanya Roberts, the actor best-known as Midge Pinciotti from That ’70s Show and who also played a “Bond girl” in A View to Kill, died in a Los Angeles…
Braves legend Phil Niekro, the Hall of Famer, died at 81
Good Famous People Who Died in December 2020
Some famous people died in 2020, and in the last month of 2020, many more have died. Listed below four recent death in December. Jon Huber, the wrestler, dies at 41 from ‘non-Covid related lung issue,’ his wife says Huber…
Soccer legend Diego Maradona, of Argentine dead at 60 from Hart-attack
Diego Maradona, the mop-haired boy from a Buenos Aires slum who dribbled and dazzled his way to world fame, becoming one of the greatest soccer players of all time but also one of the most self-destructive, has died. Maradona died…
David Braley, owner of three Canadian Football League franchises Dead at 79
Former Canadian Maple Leaf Eddie Shack dead at 83
Eddie Shack won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs and scored the Cup-winning goal in 1963, died at 83. His former team, the Maple Leafs, announced his death on Sunday. The son of Ukrainian immigrants, Shack, was born in Sudbury,…