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:
“Strike the concertina’s melancholy string!
Blow the spirit-stirring harp like any thing!
Let the piano’s martial blast
Rouse the Echoes of the Past,”
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)
“Insurrection is an art, and like all arts has its own laws.”
—Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)