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Marcos Ferrufino, who picked up nine caps for Bolivia and was in two Copa America squads of 1989 and 1991 has succumbed to COVID aged 58.

Another South American death, as Bolivian international Marcos Ferrufino, a veteran of the 1989 and 1991 Copa America tournaments succumbs to COVID-19 aged 58.

Full-back Eleazar Soria, part of the Peru squad that won the 1975 Copa America, has died aged 73. He won 29 caps for Peru between 1972 and 1978, playing for Universitario and Sporting Cristal in his homeland either side of a spell with Independiente of Argentina. He won six Peruvian titles, four with Universitario (1967, 1969, 1971 and 1974) and two with Cristal (1979 and 1980) But perhaps his greatest honour at club level was winning the 1975 Copa Libertadores with Independiente, a squad that featured the not-too-long departed Agustin Balbuena.

And another, cross-posting this from the COVID thread. He scored 23 times in 89 games for AC Ajaccio, where he played in both the first and second tiers for the Corsican club.

Waldir Lucas Pereira, a Brazilian footballer whose career as a striker took him around the globe, but most notably for a decent spell in the top two divisions in France with Ajaccio. has succumbed to COVID-19 aged 39.

Luis del Sol, a member of the Spain squads at the 1962 and 1966 World Cups dead at 86.

Luis del Sol, inside-right for Real Madrid in the legendary 1960 European Cup final at Hampden Park, has died aged 86. He was prolific in his time at Real Madrid, scoring 22 times in 55 games between 1960 and 1962. But he was best known for his spells at Real Betis between 1953 and 1959, where he scored 38 goals in 152 games and latterly, Juventus, whom he joined from Real in 1962. He made 220 appearances for Juve, scoring 20 times in an eight-year career with them that saw him win Serie A and the Coppa Italia once each. After leaving Juve for Roma, he also won the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1972. Internationally, he won 16 caps for Spain, scoring three times and was part of not only the 1962 and 1966 Spanish squads at the World Cup but also the squad that won the European Championship in between in 1964.

Giampiero Boniperti, the last survivor from Italy's 1950 World Cup squad, dead at 92 from heart failure He was the captain of the Azzurri in 1954, from that squad only Carlo Galli (90) and Gino Pivatelli (88) survive.

On a tangent, I tried to come on here to post about this and was being told I was banned and couldn't access the site when on my phone. Now at home on my laptop and everything is fine. So strange.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-yoo-sang-chul-dead-24266037

Sándor Puhl, the referee for the 1994 World Cup final between Brazil and Italy, and the 1997 UEFA Champions League final between Borussia Dortmund and Juventus has died aged 65. https://regnum.ru/news/3274754.html

Don Kernodle has died aged 71 - https://prowrestling.net/site/2021/05/17/don-kernodle-dead-at-age-71/ An early tag team partner of Sgt. Slaughter in the NWA, where they were tag team champions, he also briefly competed in the WWF in 1982-83 but was primarily an NWA/Crockett guy.

Absolutely horrific stat in that article that he is the 9th member of the 1994 Chargers roster to die and the first of those nine to be older than 45.

Zhang Enhua, part of the China side that played at the 2002 World Cup, has died aged 48. https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/j/2021-04-29/doc-ikmxzfmk9720331.shtml

Former NFL player and wrestler, though would use the latter term loosely, Steve McMichael is in a bad way with ALS. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-prem-chicago-bears-steve-mcmichael-als-20210423-okfosu3f7ffzpcn6d4lja62cw4-story.html

Chicago Bears legend Steve "Mongo" McMichael "declining quickly" with ALS. https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-prem-chicago-bears-steve-mcmichael-als-20210423-okfosu3f7ffzpcn6d4lja62cw4-story.html

Alfredo Graciani, legend of Boca Juniors from the late 1980s and early 1990s, has died of a heart attack aged just 56. He scored 75 goals in 211 games for Boca between 1985 and 1991.

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According to his Wikipedia article, the voice-over artist Mark Elliott has died aged 81, which references a fellow voice-over artist's tweet. Mark Elliott (voice-over artist) - Wikipedia

Cesare Prandelli posts a heartfelt statement about his departure from Fiorentina, four months after rejoining the club, citing "darkness inside" as his reasoning. He managed the club from 2005-2010, during which time they lost to Rangers in the UEFA Cup semi-finals on penalties, it was during the same time that his wife Manuela died of breast cancer. https://www.firstpost.com/sports/serie-a-cesare-prandelli-resigns-as-coach-of-fiorentina-after-four-months-citing-darkness-inside-9454381.html

Barnabas Imenger, who made 5 appearances and scored one goal for Nigeria, has died aged 49. He was managing the Nigerian top-flight side Lobi Stars at the time of his death. Barnabas Imenger: Former Super Eagles Midfielder Dies After Brief Illness ▷ Nigeria news | Legit.ng

Erhan Onal, the first Turkish immigrant to play in the Bundesliga when he played for Bayern Munich in the 1970s dead at 63

Belgian footballer Kristof Delorge, who played for a few sides in his homeland before having to retire in 2008 due to a brain tumour, has succumbed to the condition aged 35. https://m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210316_94487885

Gilmar Fubá, a Brazilian defensive midfielder who played for Corinthians, Fluminense and Schalke in Germany, has died of cancer. He was 45 and had been diagnosed with cancer back in 2017, and although he never achieved any caps for Brazil, he was part of the Corinthians team who won the Club World Cup on home soil. Among his victorious Corinthians teammates were Vampeta, Fernando Baiano, Freddy Rincon, Edu (of Arsenal fame) and Marcos Senna. https://www.meutimao.com.br/noticias-do-corinthians/373606/morre-gilmar-fuba-ex-volante-do-corinthians-que-lutava-contra-cancer-desde-2017

"Marvellous", Marvin Hagler reported dead aged 66.