Roger Eugene Maris was a professional baseball right fielder
who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball. He is best
known for setting a new MLB single-season home run record
with 61 home runs in 1961.

He died of the disease at age 51 on December 14, 1985, at M.D.
Anderson Hospital in Houston, Texas and was buried at Holy
Cross Cemetery in Fargo, North Dakota.

Roger Maris, Joe DiMaggio and Cincinatti Reds team
manager at Al Lang Stadium dugout, St. Petersburg,
Florida in 1983.

George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was
an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved
international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

In November 2001, Harrison began radiotherapy at Staten
Island University Hospital in New York City for non–small
cell lung cancer that had spread to his brain. He died in
Beverly Hills, California with his second wife Olivia and
their son Dhani by his side. He was 58 years old.          

 
Bill Walton with the Portland Trail Blazers (1974–1979)

William Theodore Walton III (November 5, 1952 – May 27, 2024)

PORTLAND, Ore. — Former Portland Trail Blazers legend Bill         
Walton lost his battle with cancer.

Walton rose to fame as part of the team that brought Portland its
only NBA Championship in 1977.

(FOX NEWS) – The Allman Brothers Band guitarist and founding
member Dickey Betts died Thursday from cancer and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease.

A statement said…"The legendary performer, songwriter,
bandleader and family patriarch was at his home in Osprey,
FL., surrounded by his family. Dickey was larger than life,
and his loss will be felt world-wide."

Dickey Betts, center, and the Allman Brothers Band perform
in 1981.

Orenthal James Simpson (July 9, 1947 – April 10, 2024)

In May 2023, Simpson reported that he had been diagnosed
with cancer and expressed confidence that he would beat it.

In February 2024, it was reported that he was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. He died of the disease on
April 10, 2024, at the age of 76.