Deaths from cancer in Minnesota

vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969

American actress (1900–1974)

American game designer (1947-2009)

Russian cross-country skier (1932-2009)

Iraqi-American musician

U.S. Representative from Minnesota

American middle- and long-distance runner

Roman Catholic archbishop (1933–2019)

American writer

Major League Baseball player; National Basketball Association player (1922–2009)

American music composer, arranger and singer (1923-1995)

American singer-songwriter (1938–2024)

American businessman

American politician (1940-2000)

White Earth Ojibwe activist

American sociologist and politician (1918-1968)

American football player (1920-1967)

American football player and professional wrestler (1921-1999)

American playwright (1949-2016)

American baseball player and coach (1922–2002)

American ice hockey player

Assiniboine activist and journalist