Martial Arts
- Gilbert Aldana, 29, USA, MMA fighter, drowning (2007)
- André Brilleman, 25, Netherlands, kickboxer, gang related murder (2010)
- Ross Clifton, 32, USA, MMA fighter, heart attack (2009)
- Douglas Dedge, 31, USA, MMA fighter, brain injury (in-fight) (1998)
- Justin Eilers, 30, USA, MMA fighter, homicide (2008)
- Ryan Gracie, 33, Brazil, MMA fighter, drug overdose (2007)
- Andy Hug, 35, Switzerland, karateka and kickboxer, myeloid leukemia (2000)
- Justin Levens, 28, USA, MMA fighter, suicide (2008)
- Evan Tanner, 37, USA, MMA fighter, hyperthermia (2008)
- Sam Vasquez, 34–35, USA, MMA fighter, brain injury (in-fight) (2007)
- Shelby Walker, 31, USA, MMA fighter, prescription pill overdose (2006)
- Jeremy Williams, 27, USA, MMA fighter, suicide (2007)
- Sergio Salcido, 25, USA, MMA fighter, homicide (2011)
- Michael Kirkham, 30, USA, MMA fighter, brain injury (in-fight) 2010
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Famous quotes containing the words martial and/or arts:
“Let the martial songs be written, let the dirges disappear. Let a
race of men now rise and take control!”
—Margaret Abigail Walker (b. 1915)
“Women hock their jewels and their husbands’ insurance policies to acquire an unaccustomed shade in hair or crêpe de chine. Why then is it that when anyone commits anything novel in the arts he should be always greeted by this same peevish howl of pain and surprise? One is led to suspect that the interest people show in these much talked of commodities, painting, music, and writing, cannot be very deep or very genuine when they so wince under an unexpected impact.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)