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Basketball

80 personalities

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Portrait of Rick Adelman (1946–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Rick Adelman

06/16/1946 – 06/01/2026

79 years

American basketball player and coach

Lynwood
2
Memorial page of Jason Collins
JC
Portrait of Jason Collins (1978–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Jason Collins

12/02/1978 – 05/12/2026

47 years

American basketball player

Los Angeles
16
BC
Portrait of Brandon Clarke (1996–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Brandon Clarke

09/19/1996 – 05/11/2026

29 years

Canadian basketball player

Los Angeles
11
AS
Portrait of Adrian Smith (1936–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Adrian Smith

10/05/1936 – 04/28/2026

89 years

American basketball player

Anderson Township
11
OS
Portrait of Oscar Schmidt (1958–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Oscar Schmidt

02/16/1958 – 04/17/2026

68 years

Brazilian basketball player

Santana de Parnaíba
14
US
Portrait of Uļjana Semjonova (1952–2026) – memorial page

Memorial

Uļjana Semjonova

03/09/1952 – 01/08/2026

73 years

Latvian basketball player

Riga
2
LW
Portrait of Lenny Wilkens (1937–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Lenny Wilkens

10/28/1937 – 11/09/2025

88 years

American basketball player and coach

Medina
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DD
Portrait of Dražen Dalipagić (1951–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Dražen Dalipagić

11/27/1951 – 01/25/2025

73 years

Serbian basketball player

Belgrade
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GW
Portrait of Gus Williams (1953–2025) – memorial page

Memorial

Gus Williams

10/10/1953 – 01/15/2025

71 years

American basketball player

Mount Vernon
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BL
Portrait of Bob Love (1942–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Bob Love

12/08/1942 – 11/18/2024

81 years

American basketball player

Chicago
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DM
Portrait of Dikembe Mutombo (1966–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Dikembe Mutombo

06/25/1966 – 09/30/2024

58 years

Congolese-American basketball player

Atlanta
1
AA
Portrait of Al Attles (1936–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Al Attles

11/07/1936 – 08/20/2024

87 years

American basketball player and coach

San Francisco Bay Area
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IH
Portrait of Issa Hayatou (1946–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Issa Hayatou

08/09/1946 – 08/08/2024

77 years

Cameroonian basketball player and football executive

Neuilly-sur-Seine
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JB
Portrait of Joe Bryant (1954–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Joe Bryant

10/19/1954 – 07/16/2024

69 years

American basketball head coach and retired player

Philadelphia
1
JW
Portrait of Jerry West (1938–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Jerry West

05/28/1938 – 06/12/2024

86 years

American basketball player and executive

Los Angeles
2
BW
Portrait of Bill Walton (1952–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Bill Walton

11/05/1952 – 05/27/2024

71 years

American basketball player and sportscaster

San Diego
1
OF
Portrait of Olga Fikotová (1932–2024) – memorial page

Memorial

Olga Fikotová

11/13/1932 – 04/12/2024

91 years

Czechoslovak and American discus thrower

Costa Mesa
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WD
Portrait of Walter Davis (1954–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Walter Davis

09/09/1954 – 11/02/2023

69 years

American basketball player

Charlotte
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BK
Portrait of Bob Knight (1940–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Bob Knight

10/25/1940 – 11/01/2023

83 years

American basketball coach

Bloomington
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WR
Portrait of Willis Reed (1942–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

Willis Reed

06/25/1942 – 03/21/2023

80 years

American basketball player

Houston
1
AZ

Memorial

Alzhan Zharmukhamedov

10/02/1944 – 12/03/2022

78 years

Kazakh basketball player

Moscow
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BR
Portrait of Bill Russell (1934–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Bill Russell

02/12/1934 – 07/31/2022

88 years

American basketball player

Mercer Island
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BL
Portrait of Bob Lanier (1948–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Bob Lanier

09/10/1948 – 05/10/2022

73 years

American basketball player

Buffalo
1
LH
Portrait of Lusia Harris (1955–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Lusia Harris

02/10/1955 – 01/18/2022

66 years

American basketball player

Greenwood
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