Greg Gumbel (1946–2024), CBS sportscasting great

Greg Gumbel was a longtime sportscaster best known for his work for CBS on “The NFL Today” and for his coverage of Super Bowls and March Madness.

Peter Oosterhuis (1948–2024), PGA golfer and broadcaster 

Peter Oosterhuis was a PGA golfer who won the 1981 Canadian Open and went on to greater fame as a golf analyst for CBS Sports.

Napoleon XIV (1938–2023), sang They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

Jerry Samuels was a singer and songwriter better known as Napoleon XIV, who had a novelty hit with “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!”

Freddie Roulette (1939–2022), blues lap steel guitarist

Freddie Roulette was a blues musician known for his unusual use of the Hawaiian lap steel guitar.

Trevor Strnad (1981–2022), lead singer for the Black Dahlia Murder

Trevor Strnad was the lead singer for the death metal band the Black Dahlia Murder.

Dwayne Haskins (1997–2022), Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback 

Dwayne Haskins was a quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers who had a standout college career playing for Ohio State.

Shawn McLemore (1967–2021), gospel singer

Shawn McLemore was a gospel singer known for music including his 1997 album with New Image, “Wait on Him.”

Alex Cord (1933–2021), actor who starred on "Airwolf"

Alex Cord was an actor who starred on the TV series"Airwolf" as Michael Coldsmith Briggs III, better known as Archangel.

Ron Popeil (1935–2021), Ronco founder and infomercial pitchman

Ron Popeil was the founder of Ronco and an inventor known for his informercials for products like the Veg-O-Matic and the Pocket Fisherman.

Steven Weinberg (1933–2021), Nobel Prize-winning physicist

Steven Weinberg was a theoretical physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with elementary particles.

Denny O’Neil (1939–2020), Batman & Green Arrow writer, godfather of Optimus Prime

Dennis J. “Denny” O’Neil was the fan-favorite comic book writer who revitalized Batman and Green Arrow in the 1970s, and who named the Transformers franchise’s robot hero “Optimus Prime.”

Carlos De Leon (1959–2020), Puerto Rican boxing legend

Carlos De Leon was a Puerto Rican boxing legend who was a four-time cruiserweight world champion. He was the first cruiserweight to win the title twice and then he took it back two more times. He first won the title when he beat Marvin Camel in 1980. After becoming cruiserweight champion a third time, he lost the title to boxing legend Evander Holyfield who had moved down to cruiserweight. He won it back for a record fourth time against Sammy Reeson in 1989. Later, he coached boxers in Buffalo, New York.

David Koch (1940–2019), industrialist who funded conservative politics

David Koch, an industrialist who funded conservative politics, died Friday, August 23, 2019, according to multiple news sources. He was 79.

Edward Nixon (1930–2019), brother of President Richard Nixon

Edward Nixon was the youngest brother of President Richard Nixon and worked on his brother's presidential campaigns in 1968 and 1972.

Maryam Mirzakhani (1977 - 2017), Fields Medal for mathematics winner

Editor's note: Maryam Mirzakhani's date of death was later clarified to have been July 14, 2017.

Robert Osborne (1932 - 2017), Turner Classic Movies host

Robert Osborne, the former actor known best as the longtime host of Turner Classic Movies, died Monday, March 6, 2017, in New York City. He was 84.

Sugar Ray Robinson: The World's Best Fighter

Here are 20 facts you may not know about Sugar Ray Robinson , the boxer once called the greatest fighter of all time.