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He died on his 96th birthday. He was the last known Hungarian olympian from 1948, according to Oldest Olympian.

Georgian Levan Tediashvili, Olympic Champion in Wrestling at the 1972 and 1976 Games with USSR, has died aged 75.

Last male survivor of the 1948 Dutch squad, who now has 2 survivors : Lenie Gerietsen and Klara Post

He was the last surviving Icelandic Olympian from the 1948 and 1952 Games (Summer and Winter). Now the earliest surviving Icelandic Olympians are : Valdimar Ornolfsson (flagbearer) and Jakobina Jakobsdottir (1956 Winter), and Svavar Markusson and Gudmundur Gislason (1960 Summer).

He’s dead aged 51.

He died in 2019 .

At only 74, he’s the youngest Chilean President to die since Salvador Allende who died at 65 in 1973. He’s outlived by 5 predecessors.

Hamrin was the last living 1958 Finalist. Now the earliest living finalists are those of 1962, Brazilian Amarildo and Czech Josef Jelinek.

Francisco Jara has died aged 82, has announced his former club Chivas on Facebook.

He’s dead aged 99.

Crossposting from French speaking Deathlist : French Michel Jazy, silver medalist in 1500 meters at the 1960 Games, has died aged 87. He hold 9 world records and was European Champion. He was very big and popular in France, truly a huge loss for French sport.

It would have been a hell of a coincidence if they both had died the same day !

Rita Moreno, who played Anita in the movie has outlived her though she’s one year older.

I already found that source last year, @whoismakoto !

And he died only five years and half after the WC !

That’s it, he’s dead.

French Jean Petit, who participated in the 1978 WC, has died aged 74. He played one game, against Hungary.

That makes me wonder how much Russian born before the 1917 Revolution are still alive ? About ten ? More ? Less ?

Since of Gerd Muller two and half years ago, we’ve lost several former or current top goalscorers of national teams : Gerd Muller (record beaten by Klose) Pelé (record beaten after his death by Neymar) Just Fontaine (record beaten in 1984 by Platini and then by 7 other players) Bobby Charlton (record beaten by Rooney in 2015 and Kane in 2022) Gigi Riva (still top goalscorer of Italy)

To be honest he’s not famous. I’m French and I had never heard of him before your post.

Former Bolivia’s President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada declared dead by a wiki user. No references or sources.

She is dead aged 102.

Canadian pole vaulter Shawnacy Barber, who competed at the 2016 Games, has died aged only 29. He held Canadian pole vault record since 2015 and was World Champion that same year.

Mexican Agustín Téllez Cruces, former governor of Guanajuato and president of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation has died aged 105.

Amalija Knavs, mother of Melania Trump and thus mother in law of Donald Trump, has died aged 78.