Celebrity deaths
FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, file photo, New Orleans Saints' Parys Haralson (98) is seen before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. On Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, the San Francisco 49ers announced that Haralson, a former linebacker for the 49ers and New Orleans Saints, had died. He was 37. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone, File)
Saints-Panthers 12/22/2013

Sep. 13, 2021 11:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2013, file photo, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Parys Haralson reaches for the ball during NFL football training camp in Santa Clara, Calif. On Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, the San Francisco 49ers announced that Haralson, a former linebacker for the 49ers and New Orleans Saints, had died. He was 37. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
Former 49ers, Saints LB Parys Haralson dies at age 37

By The Associated Press Sep. 13, 2021 10:19 PM EDT

Giraffe, football star's namesake, dies in Louisiana zoo

Sep. 09, 2021 01:06 PM EDT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A young giraffe named for a Louisiana football star has died at the Baton Rouge Zoo, zoo officials said Thursday. ...

FILE - In this April 26, 2013, file photo, former Cleveland Browns player Dick Schafrath announces an NFL football draft pick during the third round at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Schafrath, an offensive tackle who blocked for Browns Hall of Fame running backs Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly and Bobby Mitchell before going into politics after retiring, has died. He was 84. The team said Schafrath died on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. No cause of death was given. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Browns' Schafrath, who blocked for 3 Hall of Famers, dies

By Tom Withers Aug. 16, 2021 05:46 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2007, file photo, then-Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan speaks to the media after being named a Heisman Trophy finalist, in Honolulu. Brennan, a star quarterback at the University of Hawaii who finished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy balloting, died early Tuesday, May 11, 2021, his father said. He was 37. Brennan, who has had public struggles with alcohol, died at a hospital in California, his father, Terry Brennan, told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)
Famed Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan dead at age 37

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher May. 11, 2021 03:08 PM EDT

FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes is shown during an NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in Tampa, Fla., in this Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010, file photo. Hayes, a former NFL linebacker who starred at Florida State, has died. He was 33. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, confirmed his death. He had liver disease and had been in hospice care. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Falcons Buccaneers Dec-2010

Apr. 27, 2021 01:02 PM EDT

FILE - Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Geno Hayes (54) gestures during an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Tampa, Fla., in this Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, file photo. Hayes, a former NFL linebacker who starred at Florida State, has died. He was 33. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, confirmed his death. He had liver disease and had been in hospice care. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Browns Buccaneers Sep-2010

Apr. 27, 2021 01:00 PM EDT

FILE - Chicago Bears outside linebacker Geno Hayes (58) watches from the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Ariz., in this Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, file photo. Hayes, a former NFL linebacker who starred at Florida State, has died. He was 33. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, confirmed his death. He had liver disease and had been in hospice care. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)
Geno Hayes, former NFL, Florida State linebacker, dies at 33

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2021 12:12 PM EDT

FILE - Florida State wide receiver Travis Rudolph runs a drill at the 2017 NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, in this Saturday, March 4, 2017, file photo. Former Florida State star football player Travis Rudolph was arrested early Wednesday, morning, April 7, 2021, in South Florida for a shooting that left one man dead and another wounded, authorities said. Rudolph, 25, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, according to a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office news release. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan, File)
Former Florida State star charged in double shooting

Apr. 07, 2021 02:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, file photo, Notre Dame defensive lineman Louis Nix III (1) prepares to get into his defensive stance during the second half of an NCAA college football game against Temple in South Bend, Ind. Nix’s mother, Stephanie Wingfield, says authorities told her that her son had died but they were unable to give her more information about his death. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, that Nix was located, but didn’t give any other details. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
T25-Temple-Notre Dame

Mar. 01, 2021 01:46 AM EST

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, file photo, Notre Dame defensive lineman Louis Nix III (1) rushes the line during an NCAA college football game against Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. Nix’s mother, Stephanie Wingfield, says authorities told her that her son had died but they were unable to give her more information about his death. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, that Nix was located, but didn’t give any other details. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Notre Dame-Michigan 9/7/2013

Mar. 01, 2021 01:46 AM EST

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, file photo, Notre Dame defensive lineman Louis Nix III (1) rushes the line during an NCAA college football game against Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. Nix’s mother, Stephanie Wingfield, says authorities told her that her son had died but they were unable to give her more information about his death. The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said in a tweet Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, that Nix was located, but didn’t give any other details. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Questions surround death of former NFL player Louis Nix III

Mar. 01, 2021 12:46 AM EST

FILE - In this June 14, 2016, file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Vincent Jackson (83) attends drills at an NFL football minicamp in Tampa, Fla. Florida authorities are looking into the death of former Buccaneers player Jackson, who was found dead Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, at a Florida hotel room. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Former NFL receiver Vincent Jackson found dead in hotel room

Feb. 15, 2021 05:31 PM EST

Sheriff: Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson, 38, found dead in Florida hotel room

Feb. 15, 2021 05:00 PM EST
BRANDON, Fla. (AP) — Sheriff: Former NFL wide receiver Vincent Jackson, 38, found dead in Florida hotel room. ...

FILE - This 1973 file photo shows defensive tackle of the San Francisco 49ers Charlie Krueger (70). The 49ers said Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 Krueger died in Clayton, Calif. The defensive tackle spent his 16-year NFL career with the 49ers, playing from 1958 to 1973, one of the longest tenured players in team history. (AP Photo/Robert H. Houston, File)
Charlie Krueger, longtime star tackle for 49ers, dies at 84

Feb. 06, 2021 10:53 AM EST

FILE - In this May 17, 2001, file photo, Tennessee Titans' Josh Evans, center, talks with reporters after practice at the Titans training facility in Nashville, Tenn. Josh Evans, a defensive tackle who started for the Tennessee Titans in the 2000 Super Bowl, has died. Evans was 48. Evans died on Thursday night, Feb. 4, 2021, in Fayetteville, Georgia, one year after he was diagnosed with kidney cancer. (AP Photo/John Russell, FIle)
Josh Evans, Titans tackle in 2000 Super Bowl, dies at 48

Feb. 05, 2021 04:36 PM EST

FILE - Dolly Parton performs in concert on May 27, 2014, in Knoxville, Tenn. The Grammy-winning legend's 1980's hit "9 to 5" has been flipped by Squarespace, the company that helps users build and host their own websites, for a Super Bowl commercial debuting Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. Oscar winner Damien Chazelle of "La La Land" fame directed the spot. (Photo by Wade Payne/Invision/AP, File)
Dolly Parton on Super Bowl commercial and COVID-19 vaccine

By Mesfin Fekadu Feb. 02, 2021 02:06 PM EST

In this 1955 file photo, Jon Arnett of the University of Southern California, is shown in posed action in Los Angeles. Hall of Fame halfback Jon Arnett, one of University of Southern California's greatest running backs who then starred with the Los Angeles Rams, died on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, of heart failure in Lake Oswego, Ore. He was 85. (AP Photo/File)
Jon Arnett, star college and NFL running back, dies at 85

Jan. 18, 2021 07:34 PM EST

Sun illuminates the bust of Denver Broncos running back and Pro Football Hall of Famer Floyd Little late Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, in the team's Ring of Fame plaza outside Empower Field at Mile High in Denver. Little, who was the franchise's sole star during years of struggles in the 1960s and 1970s, died at 78 from a rare form of cell cancer in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Las Vegas Raiders at Denver Broncos 1/3/2021

Jan. 02, 2021 07:08 PM EST

FILE - This is a 1970 file photo showing Chicago Bears football player Gale Sayers. Sports in 2020 was an unending state of mourning. Football lost a big piece of its heart: Don Shula, Gale Sayers, Paul Hornung, Bobby Mitchell.(AP Photo/File)
From Kobe to Maradona, a year of staggering losses in sports

By Fred Lief Dec. 29, 2020 12:54 PM EST