Some notable sports deaths in 2007:

Auto Racing

Bill France Jr., 74; Bobby Hamilton, 49; Benny Parsons, 65.

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Baseball

Ed Bailey, 75; Steve Barber 67; Hank Bauer, 84; Rod Beck, 38; Clete Boyer, 70; Lew Burdette, 80; Tommy Byrne, 87; Mike Coolbaugh, 35; Shag Crawford, 90; Bing Devine, 90; Art Fowler, 84; Vern Hoscheit, 85; Joe Kennedy, 28; Ernie Koy, 97; Bowie Kuhn, 80; Clem Labine, 80; Max Lanier, 91; Joe Nuxhall, 79; Phil Rizzuto, 89; Bill Robinson, 64; Vern Ruhle, 55; John Vukovich, 59.

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Basketball

Ralph Beard, 79; Gene Gibson, 82; Stu Inman, 80; Dennis Johnson, 52; Alec Kessler, 40; Ray Mears, 80; Howard Porter, 58; Skip Prosser, 56; Dave Smalley, 72; Butch Van Breda Kolff, 84; Jimmy Walker, 63.

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Boxing

Diego "Chico" Corrales, 29; Jack Leonard, 89.

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Football

Alex Agase, 85; Ray Beck, 75; Sam Dana, 104; Jim David, 79; Keeley Dorsey, 19; Bill Forester, 74; Ralph Heywood, 85; Marquise Hill, 24; Terry Hoeppner, 59; Ken Kavanaugh, 90; Bucko Kilroy, 86; Ernie Ladd, 68; Lamar Lundy, 71; Max McGee, 75; Jim Mitchell, 60; Damien Nash, 24; Dick Nolan, 75; Jim Norton, 68; Johnny Perkins, 54; Jim Ringo, 75; Eddie Robinson, 88; Tommy Spinks, 58; Darryl Stingley, 55; Sean Taylor 24; George Webster, 61; Bill Walsh, 75; Darrent Williams, 24; Bill Willis, 86; Ernie Wright, 67.

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Golf

Gay Brewer, 75; Maureen Esther Orcutt, 99; Don Massengale, 69; Norman Von Nida, 93.

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Hockey

Dave Balon, 68; Gaetan Duchesne, 44; John Ferguson Sr., 68; Tom Johnson, 79; Max McNab, 83; Sam Pollock, 81; William Wirtz, 77; Gump Worsley, 77.

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Horse Racing

Dale Baird, 72; Bill Hartack, 74; Cynthia Phipps, 62; Warren Stute, 85. (Horses: Barbaro, 4; Gato Del Sol, 28; George Washington, 4; John Henry, 32; Slew o'Gold, 27.)

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Marathon

Ryan Shay, 28; Ted Corbitt, 88.

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Media

Herb Carneal, 83; Dave Fay, 67; Bill Flemming, 80; Shav Glick, 87; Jim Karvellas, 71; George Kiseda, 80; Jack Lang, 85; Larry Whiteside, 69.

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Olympics

Marai Cioncan, 29; Charlie Grimes, 71; Richard Jewell, 44; Maria Lenk, 92; Keba Mbaye, 82; Herb McKenley; 85; Parry O'Brien, 75; Al Oerter, 71; Yelena Romanova, 43; Janice-Lee Romary, 79; Jean Saubert, 65; Robert Taylor, 59; Willye White, 67; John Woodruff, 92.

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Soccer

Alan Ball, 61; Jupp Derwall, 80; John Doherty, 72; Gino Pariani, 79; David Vanole, 43.

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Softball

Eddie Feigner, 81.

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Sports Medicine

J. Robert Cade, 80.