R.I.P. Celebrities(Non Wrestlers) 2022

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Brian DeLunas, a former MLB bullpen coach for the Seattle Mariners, passed away at the age of 46 after a battle with kidney disease.

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Grammy-Nominated Songwriter Jon Lind Dead At 73

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Gale Wade, a former centerfielder for the Chicago Cubs, passed away at the age of 92

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Former Grand Ole Opry Drummer Jerry Ray Johnston Passes from complications with COVID pneumonia. He was 65.

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Yvette Mimieux Dies: Actress-Writer Who Starred In ‘The Time Machine’ Had Just Turned 80

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Moon Knight Star Gaspard Ulliel Dies At 37

A star from the upcoming Moon Knight series has died after a ski accident. Gaspard Ulliel was said to be in serious condition according to ABC News. The French actor was riding along in the Alps when he suffered an accident on the slopes. Savoie's prosecutor's office say that the incident occurred in the Rosiere ski area. Ulliel was reported to have a skull injury.

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Lusia Harris, a former WBL professional basketball and a silver medalist at the 1976 Olympics, passed away at the age of 66

Harris was an American basketball player. Harris is considered to be one of the pioneers of women's basketball. She played for Delta State University and won three consecutive Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) National Championships, the predecessors to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championships, from 1975 to 1977. At the international level, she represented the United States' national team and won the silver medal in the 1976 Olympic Games, the first women's basketball tournament in the Olympic Games. She played professional basketball with the Houston Angels of the Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL) and was the first and only woman ever officially drafted by the National Basketball Association (NBA), a men's professional basketball league. For her achievements, Harris was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Ron Franklin, a former sportscaster, passed away on January 18th, at the age of 79.

Franklin was a sportscaster. He was employed by ESPN from 1987 to 2011. While a student at the University of Mississippi, Franklin worked the wake-up shift at a radio station, attended classes during the day, and then returned to the station in the evening to work on commercials. For further vocal training, he performed in college theater. He was an alumni member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

Prior to ESPN, he was a basketball and football play-by-play commentator for the University of Texas from 1983 to 1988. He was the play-by-play voice of the Houston Oilers from 1971 to 1982. He also worked as sports director for four different local news stations: KSWS-TV (now KOBR) in Roswell, New Mexico in 1965, KVOO-TV (now KJRH-TV) in Tulsa, Oklahoma from 1967 to 1971, and in Houston, Texas with KHOU-TV from 1971 to 1980, then with KPRC-TV from 1980 to 1987.

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Ethan Allen Blackaby died at 81 passedaway.was a retired American professional baseball player and former Major League Baseball outfielder who appeared in 15 games for the Milwaukee Braves during the 1962 and 1964 seasons

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Roger Samuels, a former left-handed pitcher in Major League baseball, passed away from complications of kidney cancer at the age of 61