Prominent sports deaths

• Kirby Puckett: Baseball Hall of Famer, 45, stroke.

• Floyd Patterson: Heavyweight boxing champion, 71, Alzheimer’s disease and prostate cancer.

• Curt Gowdy: Preeminent sportscaster, 86, leukemia.

• Steve Howe: Former Dodgers reliever, 48, car accident.

• Byron Nelson: Golfing legend, 94, natural causes.

• Red Auerbach: Longtime Boston Celtics coach, general manager, 89, heart failure.

• Bo Schembechler: Former Michigan football coach, 77, heart attack.

• Lamar Hunt: American Football League founder, 74, prostate cancer.

• Maggie Dixon: Army women’s basketball coach, 28, heart arrhythmia.

• Rod Dedeaux: Legendary USC baseball coach, 91, complications from a stroke.

• Ryan Francis: USC freshman point guard, 19, gunshot wound.

• Bob Mathias: Two-time Olympic champion in the decathlon, 75, cancer.

• Ted Schroeder: 1949 Wimbledon tennis champion, 84, cancer.

• Mike Quarry: Light-heavyweight boxer, 55, boxing-induced dementia.

• Randy Walker: Northwestern football coach, 52, heart attack.

• Susan Butcher: Four-time Iditarod champion, 51, leukemia.

• Patty Berg: One of the founders of the LPGA, 88, Alzheimer’s disease.

• Buck O’Neil: Former Negro leagues player, 94, heart failure and bone marrow cancer.

• Marlin McKeever: Two-time All-American at USC and 13-year NFL player, 66, head injuries from a fall.

• Marcus Cassel: Former UCLA cornerback, 23, car accident.

• Willie Pep: Hall of Fame boxer, 84, Alzheimer’s disease.

• Larry Sherry: World Series MVP for Dodgers in 1959, 71, cancer.

• Cory Lidle: Major league pitcher, 34, airplane crash.