MarcJWallace

Deid

This is wild, absolutely wild. Twitter keeps glitching.

Went for Spinks, I expect Sutcliffe to go later in the year like Brady did when he was #50.

He looks the picture of health here, pictured leaving the hospital...

I think that's our lot for 2019, unless we get a late rush in the next week - which I can't see.

Friedrich Künzli, known as Fritz Künzli, the all-time leading scorer for the Swiss top flight, has died of complications from Alzheimer's disease. He was capped 44 times. scoring 15 goals for Switzerland. https://www.rts.ch/sport/football/10962001-carnet-noir-deces-de-fritz-kunzli.html Obit in French.

Trinidad and Tobago winger Shahdon Winchester was one of four people killed in a car crash yesterday in his home country. He played 23 times for the Soca Warriors, scoring 6 goals. He was 27 years old. https://newsday.co.tt/2019/12/19/tt-footballer-winchester-dies-in-crash/

A tweet from former Portsmouth player Paul Walsh indicating that Jim Smith, former manager of Portsmouth, Derby County, Oxford United, Blackburn Rovers and Birmingham City among others, has died aged 79. https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/football/portsmouth-fc/former-manager-jim-smith-mourned-by-portsmouth-oxford-birmingham-and-derby-1-9170756

Jon Comer, an award-winning skateboarder who was known for competing with a prosthetic limb, the first to do so, has died aged 43. https://amarketnews.com/2019/12/05/jon-comer-death-obituary/

Perhaps Doddie Weir and Tom Smith of Rugby Union fame merit inclusion? Weir has MND and Smith has Stage 4 cancer.

Jerry Stiller for me but not basing it on much.

Cecilia Seghizzi, described on Wikipedia as a composer and painter, has died aged 111 - https://www.meteoweb.eu/2019/11/gorizia-lutto-morta-111-anni-cecilia-seghizzi/1348589/

Daniel Leclercq, who managed RC Lens to the French title, the only one in their history, has died aged 70 of a pulmonary embolism. https://www.lensois.com/daniel-leclercq-entraineur-du-rc-lens-champion-de-france-1998-est-decede/ Known affectionately as "The Druid", RC Lens would have a spectacular period of success in his time in charge which included the aforementioned league title but a French Cup final the same season the won the league and a Coupe de la Ligue victory the season after as well as being the only side to defeat Arsenal in the Champions League when they temporarily called Wembley Stadium home.

Yoo Sang-chul (48) who played at the 2002 finals with South Korea, scoring once against Poland, has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/sports/2019/11/661_279030.html

The former South Korean footballer Yoo Sang-chul (48) has Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. https://t.co/ZiG3DTdQOW?amp=1

Former Lithuania striker Arturas Rimkevicius has died by suicide aged 36. He was the all-time record holder for most goals scored in single Lithuanian top flight season with 35 and had looked likely to sign for Hearts at the tail end of their Vladimir Romanov ownership but a trial never led to a deal. https://www.15min.lt/sportas/naujiena/futbolas/tragiska-zinia-zuvo-buves-a-lygos-rezultatyviausias-zaidejas-24-1206898 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20634934

Walter Martínez, who played all three matches at the 2010 World Cup for Honduras, has died over the weekend in New York at the age of just 37 from cardiovascular disease. He played 49 times for Honduras, scoring 12 goals in a career which took him to La Liga briefly with Alaves and to MLS with San Jose Earthquakes. https://us.as.com/us/2019/08/12/futbol/1565571971_125287.html

Perro Aguayo (Sr.), A legendary luchador who held several titles across several different territories/promotions including the WWE (then WWF) - has died aged 73. The name may be familiar as his son, Perro Aguayo Jr. died in a tragic in-ring accident involving Rey Mysterio Jr. in 2015 aged 35. https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/lucha-legend-perro-aguayo-sr-passes-away

Worrying news out of Italy concerning the Swiss women's international Florijana Ismaili, who has gone missing following an apparent swimming accident on Lake Como. https://sports.yahoo.com/swiss-womens-football-team-player-missing-swimming-accident-110710312--sow.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly90LmNvLzRXdmNCNzV3cHg&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAHoMySk9HLdiwn9yG1kSpX5OiLlX3_PVKAQHpgDGt5eeFk3FWouQvtRg8TRQ1hyhUwDA6Pk25bDtHrlQi2cnwaCtYvgLuULJl-h1OJzxiw_nBdGBloGn62PJUy3heOdgGq1YrdEbaixmcYBohd5dnWNM3De564hfPqOqV-rPPVPu Ismaili (24) was part of the Swiss side that reached the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada and is the captain of BSC Young Boys women's team.

An update, and it doesn't look good, sounds like he's not got long left at all.

Another tragedy in a season blighted by them across Europe, Alanyaspor midfielder and 20-cap Czech international, Josef Sural (28) killed when a minibus he was travelling in with 5 other teammates crashed on it's way back from an away game in the Turkish top flight. Former Liverpool, Swansea, Cardiff and Dundee defender Steven Caulker [who scored in the match] and the former Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse were also in the minibus but were fortunate to escape with injuries. https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-czech-international-josef-sural-14967044

http://www.celticfc.net/news/16059 Billy McNeill deid aged 79. 9 Scottish titles, 7 Scottish Cups, 6 Scottish League Cups and, most famously, 1 European Cup in 1967. Scottish football has lost a proper iconic figure today.

http://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/luxembourg/breaking-grand-duke-jean-of-luxembourg-dies-at-the-age-of-98-119830 Deid.

I feel bad, soon as I saw it I bolted to here