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John Havlicek
Sports & Athletics
14
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John Havlicek

John Joseph Havlicek
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
8 April 1940 โ€“ 25 April 2019 (79 years old)

John Joseph 'Hondo' Havlicek was an eight-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and one of the most exhaustingly relentless two-way players in basketball history. Inventing the modern 'sixth man' superstar role under Red Auerbach, his tireless cardiovascular stamina, clutch scoring, and iconic game-saving steal in the 1965 Eastern Conference Finals ('Havlicek stole the ball!') made him a legendary figure.

Jupiter, Florida, United States
Gordon Banks
Sports & Athletics
10
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,240

Gordon Banks

Gordon Banks
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
30 December 1937 โ€“ 12 February 2019 (81 years old)

Gordon Banks was an English goalkeeping titan named FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year six consecutive times (1966โ€“1971), who started in goal for England's triumphant 1966 World Cup team. Renowned for his positional perfection, agility, and legendary safe hands ('safe as the Banks of England'), he produced what is celebrated as the 'Save of the Century' against Pelรฉ in Mexico in 1970.

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Great Britain
Roger Bannister
Sports & Athletics
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๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,920

Roger Bannister

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
23 March 1929 โ€“ 3 March 2018 (88 years old)

Sir Roger Bannister was an English middle-distance runner and renowned neurologist who achieved one of the most celebrated athletic breakthroughs in human history by breaking the psychological barrier of the four-minute mile on 6 May 1954 (3:59.4). Balancing full-time medical studies with training, he subsequently won the 1954 Empire Games 'Miracle Mile' over John Landy.

Oxford, Great Britain
Jake LaMotta
Sports & Athletics
14
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 2,360

Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe LaMotta
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
10 July 1922 โ€“ 19 September 2017 (95 years old)

Giacobbe 'Jake' LaMotta, 'The Raging Bull', was a legendary American middleweight champion renowned for possessing one of the most indestructible chins in sports history and a savage, swarming inside-fighting style. Reining as world middleweight champion from 1949 to 1951, his brutal six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson and turbulent life inspired Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning masterpiece Raging Bull.

Aventura, Florida, United States
Blaoui Houari
Arts & Music
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Blaoui Houari

ุจู„ุงูˆูŠ ุงู„ู‡ูˆุงุฑูŠ
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
1920 โ€“ 2017 (97 years old)

Patriarch of western Algerian popular music who modernized the Bedouin heritage of Oranie, composed over 500 songs, and mentored the legendary stars of modern Raรฏ including Cheb Mami and Khaled.

Oran, Algeria
Liu Xiaobo
Resistance & Human Rights
12
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,380

Liu Xiaobo

ๅˆ˜ๆ™“ๆณข
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China
28 December 1955 โ€“ 13 July 2017 (61 years old)

Liu Xiaobo was a renowned Chinese literary critic, university professor, and dissident intellectual who was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his sustained and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. A central figure during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests who negotiated safe passage for student protesters, he co-authored Charter 08 demanding constitutional democracy and died while in state custody in 2017.

Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Raymond Kopa
Sports & Athletics
10
๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ 1,980

Raymond Kopa

Raymond Kopaszewski
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
13 October 1931 โ€“ 3 March 2017 (85 years old)

Raymond Kopa was the premier playmaker of postwar French football and the first French player to win the prestigious Ballon d'Or (1958). The grandson of Polish immigrants who worked in the coal mines, he became a global sensation with Stade de Reims and Real Madrid, winning three consecutive European Cups (1957โ€“1959) alongside Alfredo Di Stรฉfano.

Angers, Maine-et-Loire, France
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