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He became the 6th deceased player of winning champions of 1974.

Recently, Lech Wałęsa has been admitted to hospital due to diabetes from which he has suffering for years. His leg is at risk from a diabetic foot that can even lead to amputation. Link: https://www.tvp.info/55403266/lech-walesa-trafil-do-szpitala-jaki-jest-stan-zdrowia-bylego-prezydenta (Polish)

Belarusian ice hockey player Konstantin Koltsov died suddenly at age (almost) 43. Participated at 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Privately, he was partner of tennis player Aryna Sabalenka.

List of first deaths of overall winning teams by WC and years after: 1930 - Angel Melongo, 15 years 1934 - Umberto Caligaris, 6 years 1938 - Pietro Serantoni, 26 years 1950 - Washington Ortuno, 23 years 1954 - Werner Kohlmeyer, 20 years 1958 - Zozimo, 19 years 1962 - Zozimo, 15 years 1966 - Bobby Moore, 27 years 1970 - Everaldo, 4 years 1974 - Heinz Flohe, 39 years 1978 - Ruben Galvan, 40 years 1982 - Gaetano Scirea, 7 years 1986 - Jose Luis Cuciuffo, 18 years 1990 - Andreas Brehme, 34 years

Franz Beckenbauer is dead. Became the 5th player of winning champions of 1974 after Flohe, Mueller, Grabowski and Hoettges, to die. Here's update after Beckenbauer's death. List of surviving WC managers between 1986 and 1994 (in part). Names of 1994 WC managers are included. 1986 - 9/24 (Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Kim Jung-nam, South Korea; Evaristo de Macedo, Iraq; Bora Milutinovic, Mexico; Gyorgy Mezey, Hungary; Rabah Saadane, Algeria; Sepp Piontek, Denmark; Alex Ferguson, Scotland; Antoni Piechniczek, Poland) 1990 - 14/24 (Josef Hickersberger, Austria; Bob Gansler, United States; Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Valery Nepomnyashchy, Cameroon; Emerich Jenei, Romania; Sebastiao Lazaroni, Brazil; Bora Milutinovic, Costa Rica; Andy Roxburgh, Scotland; Olle Nordin, Sweden; Francisco Maturana, Colombia; Carlos Alberto Parreira, United Arab Emirates; Lee Hoe-taik, South Korea; Oscar Tabarez, Uruguay; Leo Beenhakker, Netherlands) 1994 - 19/24 (Francisco Maturana, Colombia; Anghel Iordanescu, Romania; Roy Hodgson, Switzerland; Bora Milutinovic, United States; Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazil; Tommy Svensson, Sweden; Xabier Azkargorta, Bolivia; Berti Vogts, Germany; Kim Ho, South Korea; Javier Clemente, Spain; Alfio Basile, Argentina; Dimitar Penev, Bulgaria; Clemens Westerhof, Nigeria; Arrigo Sacchi, Italy; Miguel Mejia Baron, Mexico; Egil Olsen, Norway; Paul Van Himst, Belgium; Dick Advocaat, Netherlands; Jorge Solari, Saudi Arabia)

PROPOSITION To be added for 2024: George Soros (93 years old) Vladimir Putin (71 years old) Anthony Hopkins (86 years old) Linda Evans (81 years old) Geoff Hurst (82 years old) Lech Wałęsa (80 years old) Tom Selleck (78 years old) Ion Iliescu (93 years old) Albert II of Belgium (89 years old) Juan Carlos I (85 years old) Pope Francis (87 years old) To be returned: Liza Minnelli Leo Beenhakker Ozzy Osbourne To be kept: Jimmy Carter Dick Cheney Yoko Ono Angie Dickinson Alan Alda Desmond Morris Dick van Dyke Prunella Scales

My list: Jimmy Carter (USA) Ion Iliescu (Romania) Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) Alexander Lukashenko (Belarus) Vladimir Meciar (Slovakia) Valdas Adamkus (Lithuania) Peter Boross (Hungary) John Major (United Kingdom) Anibal Cavaco Silva (Portugal) Jean Chretien (Canada) Substitutions: Viktor Zubkov (Russia), Kazimira Prunskiene (Lithuania), Heinz Fischer (Austria), Lech Wałęsa (Poland), Felipe Gonzalez (Spain)

So, Mario Zagallo became the last living coach of both 1970 & 1974 FIFA World Cup.

It's 9th death among coaches of 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Patrick Gasienica died tragically in motorcycle accident aged 24, he was American ski jumper. He competed in 2022 Winter Olympics. Obit (in Polish).

Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević died 2 days before his 88th birthday. UPDATE. Last surviving (and still living) coaches [until 1990 - names of living coahces are included]: 1970 - 2/16 (Hernan Carrasco Vivanco, El Salvador; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1974 - 2/16 (Rale Rasic, Australia; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1978 - 4/16 (Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Jacek Gmoch, Poland; Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisia; Heshmat Mohajerani, Iran) 1982 - 9/27 [Nations - 7.5/24] (Antoni Piechniczek, Poland; Mahieddine Khalef, Rachid Mekhloufi, Algeria; Felix Latzke, Austria; Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Pipo Rodriguez, El Salvador; Carlos Alberto Parreira, Kuwait; Jose Santamaria, Spain; John Adshead, New Zealand) 1986 - 10/24 (Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Kim Jung-nam, South Korea; Evaristo de Macedo, Iraq; Bora Milutinovic, Mexico; Gyorgy Mezey, Hungary; Rabah Saadane, Algeria; Sepp Piontek, Denmark; Alex Ferguson, Scotland; Franz Beckenbauer, Germany; Antoni Piechniczek, Poland) 1990 - 16/24 (Josef Hickersberger, Austria; Bob Gansler, United States; Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Valery Nepomnyashchy, Cameroon; Emerich Jenei, Romania; Sebastiao Lazaroni, Brazil; Bora Milutinovic, Costa Rica; Andy Roxburgh, Scotland; Olle Nordin, Sweden; Francisco Maturana, Colombia; Carlos Alberto Parreira, United Arab Emirates; Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany; Lee Hoe-taik, South Korea; Luis Suarez Miramontes, Spain; Oscar Tabarez, Uruguay; Leo Beenhakker, Netherlands) 1994 - 19/24 1998 - 31/35 [Nations - 28/32] 2002 - 30/33 [Nations - 29/32] 2006 - 26/32 2010 - 29/32 2014 - 30/32 2018 - all of 32 2022 - all of 32

Polish Senator, ex-MEP and ex-Member of Sejm Marek Plura is dead at age 52 after several days in the ICU. He suffered from muscular atrophy since his birth.

My list: Giorgio Napolitano (Italy) Ion Iliescu (Romania) Gerhard Schroeder (Germany) Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) Jimmy Carter (United States) Valdas Adamkus (Lithuania) Sergio Mattarella (Italy) Alexander van der Bellen (Austria) Sauli Niinisto (Finland) Vladimir Meciar (Slovakia) Substitutions: Lech Wałęsa (Poland), John Major (United Kingdom)

UPDATE following Pele's death. Last surviv[or(s)/ing] (and still living) footballers of winning teams between 1958 and 1986: 1958 - Dino Sani, Mario Zagallo, Pele, Moacir, Jose "Mazzola" Altafini, Pepe (5 of 22) 1962 - Pele, Pepe, Mengalvio, Jair da Costa, Amarildo, Mario Zagallo (5 of 22) 1966 - Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Terry Paine, Ian Callaghan, George Eastham (5 of 22) 1970 - six footballers (Felix, Carlos Alberto Torres, Pele, Fontana, Everaldo, Joel Camargo) are dead so far 1974 - three footballers (Juergen Grabowski, Gerd Mueller & Heinz Flohe) are dead so far 1978 - three footballers (Ruben Galvan, Rene Houseman & Leopoldo Luque) are dead so far 1982 - only two footballers (Gaetano Scirea & Paolo Rossi) are dead so far 1986 - three footballers (Jose Luis Brown, Jose Luis Cuciuffo, Diego Maradona) are dead so far

Last survivors (and still living) footballers of runners-up teams until 1990: 1930 - Francisco Varallo (d. 30 August 2010) 1934 - Frantisek Planicka (d. 20 July 1996) [played in final/any match] / Geza Kalocsay (d. 26 September 2008) [not played in final match] 1938 - Gyula Zsengeller (d. 29 March 1999) 1950 - Juvenal (d. 30 October 2009) [played in decisive/any match] / Nena (d. 17 November 2010) [not played in decisive match] 1954 - Jeno Buzanszky (d. 11 January 2015) [played in final match] / Jozsef Toth (d. 9 October 2017) [played in any match] 1958 - Reino Boerjesson, Kurt Hamrin, Owe Ohlsson (3 of 22) 1962 - Adolf Scherer, Josef Jelinek, Jan Lala, Jozef Stibranyi, Vaclav Masek (5 of 22) 1966 - eight footballers (Hans Tilkowski, Albert Bruelis, Helmut Haller, Uwe Seller, Lothar Emmerich, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, Juergen Grabowski, Werner Kraemer) are dead so far 1970 - five footballers (Tarcisio Burgnich, Roberto Rosato, Giacinto Facchetti, Ugo Ferrante, Pierino Prati) are dead so far 1974 - eight footballers (Wim Suurbier, Wim Jansen, Rob Rensenbrink, Johan Cruyff, Piet Schrijvers, Piet Keizer, Pleun Strik, Harry Vos) are dead so far 1978 - six footballers (Piet Schrijvers, Wim Jansen, Rob Rensenbrink, Dick Nanninga, Pim Doesburg, Wim Suurbier) are dead so far 1982 - all footballers are still living so far 1986 - only one footballer (Norbert Eder) is dead so far 1990 - only one footballer (Diego Maradona) is dead so far

My proposition: To be added: George Soros (currently 92 years old) Vladimir V. P. (70 years old) Harald V (85 years old) Carl XVI Gustaf (76 years old) John Major (79 years old) Giorgio Napolitano (97 years old) To be returned: Pope Benedict XVI Leo Beenhakker To be kept: Henry Kissinger Jimmy Carter David Attenborough

UPDATE. Last surviving (and still living) coaches [until 1990 - names of living coahces are included]: 1970 - 2/16 (Hernan Carrasco Vivanco, El Salvador; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1974 - 2/16 (Rale Rasic, Australia; Mario Zagallo, Brazil) 1978 - 4/16 (Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Jacek Gmoch, Poland; Abdelmajid Chetali, Tunisia; Heshmat Mohajerani, Iran) 1982 - 10/27 [Nations - 8.5/24] (Antoni Piechniczek, Poland; Mahieddine Khalef, Rachid Mekhloufi, Algeria; Felix Latzke, Austria; Cesar Luis Menotti, Argentina; Pipo Rodriguez, El Salvador; Kalman Meszoly, Hungary; Carlos Alberto Parreira, Kuwait; Jose Santamaria, Spain; John Adshead, New Zealand) 1986 - 10/24 (Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Kim Jung-nam, South Korea; Evaristo de Macedo, Iraq; Bora Milutinovic, Mexico; Gyorgy Mezey, Hungary; Rabah Saadane, Algeria; Sepp Piontek, Denmark; Alex Ferguson, Scotland; Franz Beckenbauer, Germany; Antoni Piechniczek, Poland) 1990 - 16/24 (Josef Hickersberger, Austria; Bob Gansler, United States; Carlos Bilardo, Argentina; Valery Nepomnyashchy, Cameroon; Emerich Jenei, Romania; Sebastiao Lazaroni, Brazil; Bora Milutinovic, Costa Rica; Andy Roxburgh, Scotland; Olle Nordin, Sweden; Francisco Maturana, Colombia; Carlos Alberto Parreira, United Arab Emirates; Franz Beckenbauer, West Germany; Lee Hoe-taik, South Korea; Luis Suarez Miramontes, Spain; Oscar Tabarez, Uruguay; Leo Beenhakker, Netherlands) 1994 - 19/24 1998 - 32/35 [Nations - 29/32] 2002 - 30/33 [Nations - 29/32] 2006 - 26/32 2010 - 29/32 2014 - 30/32 2018 - all of 32

Egon Franke, Polish fencer of German descendant, passed away last Wednesday at age 86. https://www.rmf24.pl/sport/news-nie-zyje-egon-franke-polski-mistrz-olimpijski,nId,5927965

Lech Wałęsa is infected with COVID-19.

My list: Ion Iliescu (Romania) Giorgio Napolitano (Italy) Mikhail Gorbachev (Russia, ex-USSR) Leonid Kravchuk (Ukraine) Valdas Adamkus (Lithuania) Lionel Jospin (France) Wolfgang Schaeuble (Germany) Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua) Alyaksandr Lukashenka (Belarus) Vladimir Meciar (Slovakia) Substitutions: Lech Wałęsa (Poland), John Major (United Kingdom)

My proposition. To be added: * George Soros (currently 91 years old) * Stanislav Shushkevich (87 years old) * Milan Kucan (80 years old) * Juan Carlos I (84 years old) * Harald V (84 years old) * Margrethe II (81 years old) * Sir Bobby Charlton (84 years old) * Sepp Blatter (85 years old) To be returned: * Mikhail Gorbachev (91 years old) To be keeped: * Bob Barker * Jimmy Carter * Rosalynn Carter * Elizabeth II

So 1954 FIFA World Cup winning team survivors are gone and now is updated. Last surviv[or(s)/ing] (and still living) footballers of winning teams between 1954 1958 and 1986: 1954 - Horst Eckel 1958 - Dino Sani, Mario Zagallo, Pele, Moacir, Jose "Mazzola" Altafini, Pepe (6 of 22) 1962 - Pele, Pepe, Mengalvio, Jair da Costa, Amarildo, Maro Zagallo (6 of 22) 1966 - George Cohen, Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Terry Paine, Ian Callaghan, George Eastham (6 of 22) 1970 - Brito, Piazza, Clodoaldo, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao, Pele, Rivellino, Ado, Roberto, Baldocchi, Caju, Edu, Dario, Ze Maria, Leao (16 of 22) 1974 - only two footballers (Gerd Mueller & Heinz Flohe) are dead 1978 - three footballers (Ruben Galvan, Rene Houseman & Leopoldo Luque) are dead 1982 - only two footballers (Gaetano Scirea & Paolo Rossi) are dead 1986 - three footballers (Jose Luis Brown, Jose Luis Cuciuffo, Diego Maradona) are dead

Update after recent death of Ron Flowers. Last surviv[or(s)/ing] (and still living) footballers of winning teams between 1954 and 1986: 1954 - Horst Eckel 1958 - Dino Sani, Mario Zagallo, Pele, Moacir, Jose "Mazzola" Altafini, Pepe (6 of 22) 1962 - Pele, Pepe, Mengalvio, Jair da Costa, Amarildo, Maro Zagallo (6 of 22) 1966 - George Cohen, Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Ron Flowers, Terry Paine, Ian Callaghan, George Eastham (6 of 22) 1970 - Brito, Piazza, Clodoaldo, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao, Pele, Rivellino, Ado, Roberto, Baldocchi, Caju, Edu, Dario, Ze Maria, Leao (16 of 22) 1974 - only two footballers (Gerd Mueller & Heinz Flohe) are dead 1978 - three footballers (Ruben Galvan, Rene Houseman & Leopoldo Luque) are dead 1982 - only two footballers (Gaetano Scirea & Paolo Rossi) are dead 1986 - three footballers (Jose Luis Brown, Jose Luis Cuciuffo, Diego Maradona) are dead

Last Tuesday, ex-MP Zbigniew Pacelt passed away at age 70. He was a coach of gold medalists from Barcelona 1992 in the modern pentathlon. https://www.polsatsport.pl/wiadomosc/2021-10-05/zmarl-zbigniew-pacelt-byly-piecioboista-olimpijczyk-trener-dzialacz-sportowy/

Update after recent death of Roger Hunt. Last surviv[or(s)/ing] (and still living) footballers of winning teams between 1954 and 1986: 1954 - Horst Eckel 1958 - Dino Sani, Mario Zagallo, Pele, Moacir, Jose "Mazzola" Altafini, Pepe (6 of 22) 1962 - Pele, Pepe, Mengalvio, Jair da Costa, Amarildo, Maro Zagallo (6 of 22) 1966 - George Cohen, Bobby Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Ron Flowers, Terry Paine, Ian Callaghan, Roger Hunt, George Eastham (7 of 22) 1970 - Brito, Piazza, Clodoaldo, Jairzinho, Gerson, Tostao, Pele, Rivellino, Ado, Roberto, Baldocchi, Caju, Edu, Dario, Ze Maria, Leao (16 of 22) 1974 - only two footballers (Gerd Mueller & Heinz Flohe) are dead 1978 - three footballers (Ruben Galvan, Rene Houseman & Leopoldo Luque) are dead 1982 - only two footballers (Gaetano Scirea & Paolo Rossi) are dead 1986 - three footballers (Jose Luis Brown, Jose Luis Cuciuffo, Diego Maradona) are dead