Niki Lauda, 70Austria’s three-time Formula One world champion died on May 20, eight months after a lung transplant. Chester Williams, 49The left-winger in South Africa’s side that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup died of a heart attack on September 6 after returning home from a gym session. Miyazaki, dubbed “Golden Bolt” after eight-time Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, clocked 42.22 seconds in his home city of Kyoto in 2015. Kelly Catlin, 23The American three-time world champion cyclist took her own life on March 7 after a battle with depression. Pernell Whitaker, 55The former Olympic boxing gold medallist and four-weight world champion died after a traffic accident in Virginia on July 14.

Source: Punch December 25, 2019 14:58 UTC