Notable sports deaths from 2013
UFC fighter Shane del Rosario died Thursday after suffering a heart attack at age 30. (Kent Treptow/Daily Pilot)
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Former Carolina Panthers president and Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive lineman Mike McCormack died on Nov. 15. He was 83 years old. (George Rose / Getty Images)
Tennessee Titans owner K.S. “Bud” Adams died in Houston. He was 90. Adams owned the Houston Oilers since their debut in the AFL in 1960, through their move to Memphis in 1997 and then Nashville, where they became the Tennessee Titans. (Handout / NFL via Getty Images)
Former University of Miami quarterback and legendary Washington Huskies coach Don James died Sunday, Oct. 20, morning after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 80 years old. (Bernstein Associates/Getty Photo)
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Oail Andrew “Bum” Phillips was the former coach of the Houston Oilers from 1975-1980. He turned the losing team around before coaching the New Orleans Saints. He passed away October 18, 2013 at age 90. (Jamie Squire / Getty Images)
Marussia Formula One test driver Maria de Villota of Spain poses prior to the Australian F1 Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne, in this March 15, 2012 file picture. De Villota, one of the few women to come near to competing at the top of the sport, has been found dead in a hotel in the southern Spanish city of Seville, a police spokeswoman said on October 11, 2013. De Villota, 33, lost her right eye and fractured her skull in a horrific accident at a straight-line test at Duxford airfield in England in July 2012. She recovered from life-threatening injuries but no longer competed. (DANIEL MUNOZ / REUTERS)
Darris McCord, a Detroit native and a member of the Detroit Lions’ “Fearsome Foursome” died Wednesday, Oct. 9. He was 80. — In this photo: Left to right are Ron Kramer (10th year), Darris McCord (13th year) and Alex Karras (9th year) (Bill Johnson / Denver Post via Getty Photo)
Sweat flies from the head of boxer George Foreman (L) as Tommy Morrison of the lands a punch during their 12-round match on June 7, 1993. Morrison, a former heavyweight champion who gained fame for his role in the movie “Rocky V,” has died. He was 44. Morrison’s former manager Tony Holden says his longtime friend died September 1, 2013 at a Nebraska hospital. The family would not disclose the cause of death. Morrison tested positive for HIV in February 2006. (JOHN GURZINSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Emile Griffith, the former welterweight and middleweight boxing champion who killed a man in a 1962 fight, has died. He was 75. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (Keystone / Getty Images)
Italian motorcycle racer Andrea Antonelli died from injuries in a crash during a race at Moscow Raceway in Russia, the sport’s sanctioning body FIM World Championship said. He was 25 years old. (Mirco Lazzari gp / Getty Images)
Danish driver Allan Simonsen died after crashing at the Le Mans 24 Hours race in France on June 22. He was 34. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)
Hall of Fame defensive end David “Deacon” Jones has died at the age of 74 from natural causes. (Focus On Sport / Getty Images)
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Hall of Famer Jack Butler died Saturday morning after a battle with a staph infection. He was 85. (Jason Miller / Getty Images)
British Olympic champion Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing games, died on Thursday when his yacht capsized off the California coast during training for the America’s Cup race. (Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images)
Brad Drewett, executive chairman and president of the men’s ATP Tour since 2012, died aged 54 from Motor Neurone Disease. (Feng Li / Getty Images)
Longtime NFL announcer Pat Summerall died at age 82. (Focus On Sport / Getty Images)
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Chuck Fairbanks, who led the University of Oklahoma to three Big Eight championships but was better known for his six seasons coaching the New England Patriots, died of brain cancer. He was 79. (Bill Johnson/Denver Post via Getty Images)
Former NFL coach and player Jack Pardee, whose career in professional football spanned five decades, died of gall bladder cancer at age 76. (Ken Levine/Staff)
Caleb Moore performs on a quad bike during Burn Ciutatthe de Palma exhibition on the Spanish island of Mallorca in 2008. Moore was killed when he crahed his snowmobile during competition at the Winter X-Games. He was 25. (Dani Cardona/Reuters)