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Deaths- January 1 — Larry Weinberg, 92, American NBA owner.
- January 3 — Bob Burrow, 84, American college All-American and NBA player.
- January 6 — Ben Coleman, 57, American NBA player.
- January 11 — Gus Ganakas, 92, American college coach.
- January 11 — Jumping Johnny Wilson, 91, American player.
- January 19 — Ken Warzynski, 70, American college player.
- January 20 — Jimmy Rayl, 77, American college All-American and ABA player.
- January 26 — Dale Barnstable, 93, two-time college national champion at Kentucky.
- February 3 — Irv Brown, 83, college basketball referee and announcer.
- February 14 — Clinton Wheeler, 59, American NBA player.
- February 20 — Joe Gibbon, 83, All-American college player.
- February 23 — Carl Meinhold, 92, American BAA player.
- February 28 — Jim Fritsche, 87, American NBA player.
- March 9 — Alberto Bucci, 70, Italian coach
- March 10 — Alekos Spanoudakis, 90, Greek player.
- March 12 — Tom Meyer, 96, American NBL player.
- March 19 — Thanasis Giannakopoulos, 88, Greek executive.
- March 23 — Jacques Dessemme, 93, French Olympic player.
- March 25 — Paul Dawkins, 61, American-Turkish player.
- March 25 — Cal Ramsey, 81, American NBA player.
- April 4 — Myer Skoog, 92, American NBA player.
- April 14 — John MacLeod, 81, American college and NBA coach.
- April 18 — Ken Buehler, 99, American NBL player.
- April 22 — Andy O'Donnell, 94, American NBA player.
- April 23 — Johnny Neumann, 68, American ABA and NBA player.
- April 24 — Zoran Marojević, Serbian Olympic silver medalist.
- April 25 — John Havlicek, 79, American Hall of Fame NBA player
- May 3 — George Hanna, 90, Iraqi Olympic player.
- May 3 — Andy Jick, 66, American public address announcer.
- May 4 — Jumpin Jackie Jackson, 79, American player.
- May 7 — Arnaldo Taurisano, 85, Italian coach.
- May 15 — Rob Babcock, 66, American NBA executive.
- May 22 — Tony Gennari, 76, Italian player.
- May 23 — Wilfredo Peláez, 88, Uruguayan Olympic bronze medalist.
- May 25 — Rod Bramblett, 53, American college announcer.
- June 4 — Billy Gabor, 97, American NBA player.
- June 11 — Yvan Delsarte, 90, Belgian Olympic player.
- June 13 — Jiří Pospíšil, 68, Czech Olympic player.
- June 16 — Kelly Coleman, 80, American player.
- June 23 — Žarko Varajić, 67, Serbian Olympic silver medalist.
- June 25 — Tony Barone, 72, American college and NBA coach.
- June 27 — Vukica Mitić, 65, Serbian Olympic Bronze medalist.
- June 28 — Borislav Džaković, 71, Serbian-Bosnian coach.
- July 5 — Lewis Lloyd, 60, American NBA player.
- July 6 — Charles Hardnett, 80, American NBA player.
- July 22 — Nikos Milas, 91, Greek player, coach and Olympian.
- July 22 — Wayne See, 95, American NBA player.
- July 24 — Cathy Inglese, 60, American college coach
- July 28 — Howard Nathan, American NBA player.
- July 28 — Harrison Wilson Jr., 94, American college coach.
- July 29 — Max Falkenstien, 95, American college radio broadcaster.
- August 10 — Cándido Sibilio, 60, Spanish player and Olympian.
- August 12 — Jim Marsh, 73, American NBA player and broadcaster.
- August 13 — Vladimír Ptáček, 64, Czech Olympic player.
- August 16 — Penka Stoyanova, 69, Bulgarian Olympic silver and bronze medalist.
- August 19 — Mike Leaf, 58, American college coach.
- August 20 — Kelsey Weems, 51, American player.
- August 22 — Tom Nissalke, 87, American NBA and ABA coach.
- August 25 — Jerry Rook, 75, American ABA player.
- September 2 — Rainer Pethran, 68, German Olympic player.
- September 5 — Bob Rule, 75, American NBA player.
- September 9 — Fred McLeod, 67, American NBA television and radio broadcaster.
- September 22 — Courtney Cox Cole, 48, American college player.
- September 22 — Andre Emmett, 37, American NBA player.
- September 22 — Nat Frazier, 84, American college and WBL coach.
- September 23 — Gordon C. Stauffer, 89, American college coach.
- September 24 — Mel Utley, 66, American college player
- September 27 — Gene Melchiorre, 92, American college All-American.
- September 28 — Bill Ridley, 91, All-American college player.
- September 29 — Glen Smith, 90, All-American college player.
- October 7 — Ed Kalafat, 86, American NBA player.
- October 16 — Ed Beck, 83, American college national champion at Kentucky.
- October 28 — Al Bianchi, 87, American NBA player and coach.
- October 28 — Ron Dunlap, 72, American player.
- October 29 — Claude Constantino, 80, Senegalese Olympic player.
- October 30 — Paul Crosby, 30, American college player.
- November 2 — Bohumil Tomášek, 83, Czech Olympic player.
- November 4 — Eli Pasquale, 59, Canadian Olympic player.
- November 7 — Frank Saul, 95, American NBA player.
- November 14 — Anthony Grundy, 40, American NBA player.
- November 14 — Charles Moir, 88, American college coach.
- November 15 — Irv Noren, 94, American NBL player.
- November 18 — Doug Smart, 82, All-American college player.
- November 19 — Bob Hallberg, 75, American college coach.
- November 20 — Wataru Misaka, 95, American NBA player, national college champion at Utah.
- December 5 — Ji Zhe, 33, Chinese player.
- December 13 — Carl Scheer, 82, American ABA, NBA and CBA executive.
- December 13 — Linda Jónsdóttir, 63, Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna and Icelandic national team player.
- December 20 — Rick Fisher, 71, American ABA player
- December 29 — LaDell Andersen, 90, American college and ABA coach.
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