Deaths
- March 7 — Franziska Rochat-Moser (35), Swiss long-distance runner
- March 22 — Marcel Hansenne (85), French middle distance runner
- March 27 — Tadeusz Rut (70), Polish hammer thrower
- May 26 — Mamo Wolde (69), Ethiopian runner
- June 17 — Willie Davenport (59), American hurdler
- June 20 — Tinus Osendarp (86), Dutch athlete
- August 1 — Theo Bruce (79), Australian long jumper
- August 12 — Knud Lundberg (82), Danish multi-talented sportsman
- August 31 — Joe McCluskey (91), American athlete
- September 18 — Bob Hayes (59), American sprinter and American football player
- November 15 — Sohn Kee-Chung (90), Korean marathoner
- November 18 — Kim Gallagher (38), American athlete
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Famous quotes containing the word deaths:
“You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes,
they waste their deaths on us.”
—C.D. Andrews (1913–1992)
“Death is too much for men to bear, whereas women, who are practiced in bearing the deaths of men before their own and who are also practiced in bearing life, take death almost in stride. They go to meet death—that is, they attempt suicide—twice as often as men, though men are more “successful” because they use surer weapons, like guns.”
—Roger Rosenblatt (b. 1940)
“There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the soldier’s sense of shame for having fought in actions that resulted, indirectly or directly, in the deaths of civilians. Then pile on top of that an attitude of social opprobrium, an attitude that made the fighting man feel personally morally responsible for the war, and you get your proverbial walking time bomb.”
—Philip Caputo (b. 1941)