23 Oct 1959 - 7 Jun 2025 (65 years)

Uriah Duddley Rennie was an English football referee. He was the first black referee to officiate in the Premier League, and officiated over 300 Premier League matches between 1997 and 2008.
Outside of football, he was a magistrate in Sheffield and briefly served as chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University in 2025.

Rennie was married and had a daughter and a son. He had a master's degree in business administration and law, and was a magistrate in Sheffield. He also practised both kick-boxing and aikido, achieving a black belt.

In April 2025, Rennie revealed he was learning to walk again after a rare condition left him paralysed from the waist down. His death was announced on 8 June 2025 by the Sheffield & Hallamshire County Football Association, Rennie having died the day prior, at the age of 65. Following the news, his family revealed that he had been privately battling cancer.