Deaths in March 2015

The following is a list of **notable deaths in March 2015**. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.
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## March 2015

- March 1 - Minnie Miñoso, 92, Cuban baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians), complications from COPD.
- March 1 - Joshua Fishman, 88, American linguist.
- March 1 - Carel Visser, 86, Dutch sculptor.
- March 2 - Dean Hess, 97, American minister and air force colonel.
- March 2 - Francisco González Ledesma, 87, Spanish novelist, comics writer and journalist, complications of a stroke.
- March 2 - Dave Mackay, 80, Scottish football player and coach.
- March 3 - M. Stanton Evans, 80, American journalist, author and educator, pancreatic cancer.
- March 3 - Lynn Borden, 77, American actress (_Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Hazel_).
- March 3 - Ernest Braun, 89, Austrian-born British academic and author.
- March 4 - Ninan Koshy, 81, Indian academic.
- March 5 - Vlada Divljan, 56, Serbian musician (Idoli).
- March 5 - Edward Egan, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal, Bishop of Bridgeport (1988–2000), Archbishop of New York (2000–2009), cardiac arrest.
- March 5 - Jim McCann, 70, Irish musician (The Dubliners), throat cancer.
- March 6 - Fred Craddock, 86, American Christian minister, Parkinson's disease.
- March 6 - Ram Sundar Das, 94, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar (1979–1980).
- March 6 - Vasilios Magginas, 66, Greek politician, Minister of Employment (2007).
- March 7 - Edmond Malinvaud, 91, French economist.
- March 7 - F. Ray Keyser, Jr., 87, American politician, Governor of Vermont (1961–1963).
- March 8 - Sam Simon, 59, American writer and producer (_The Simpsons_, _The Drew Carey Show_), colorectal cancer.
- March 8 - Gerardo Sofovich, 77, Argentine actor, director and television presenter, heart failure.
- March 8 - Lew Soloff, 71, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat & Tears), heart attack.
- March 8 - Inezita Barroso, 90, Brazilian folk singer.
- March 9 - Notable French people killed in the Villa Castelli helicopter crash:
    - Florence Arthaud, 57, sailor.
    - Camille Muffat, 25, swimmer, Olympic champion (2012).
    - Alexis Vastine, 28, boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (2008).
- March 9 - James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, 94, Northern Irish politician, UK MP for South Antrim (1970–1983) and Lagan Valley (1983–1997), member of the House of Lords (since 1997), leader of Ulster Unionist Party (1979–1995).
- March 9 - David B. Frohnmayer, 74, American attorney, Oregon Attorney General (1981–1991), President of the University of Oregon (1994–2009), prostate cancer.
- March 9 - Juanita Morrow Nelson, 91, American civil rights activist.
- March 9 - Windell Middlebrooks, 36, American actor (_Body of Proof_, _The Bernie Mac Show_, _The Suite Life on Deck_), pulmonary embolism.
- March 9 - Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer.
- March 9 - Jack Harte, 94, Irish politician, Senator (1973–1992).
- March 10 - Stuart Wagstaff, 90, British-Australian entertainer, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.
- March 10 - Claude Sitton, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter, congestive heart failure.
- March 11 - Martin H:son Holmdahl, 91, Swedish academic.
- March 11 - Jimmy Greenspoon, 67, American keyboard player and composer (Three Dog Night), skin cancer.
- March 11 - Walter Burkert, 84, German academic and author (_Homo Necans_).
- March 12 - Ada Jafri, 90, Pakistani Urdu poet.
- March 12 - Sir Terry Pratchett, 66, British author (Discworld series), chest infection.
- March 12 - Erol Büyükburç, 79, Turkish composer and singer.
- March 12 - Michael Graves, 80, American architect.
- March 12 - Magda Guzmán, 83, Mexican actress (_Amor Bravío_), heart attack.
- March 13 - Daevid Allen, 77, Australian musician (Soft Machine, Gong), neck cancer.
- March 13 - Irwin Hasen, 96, American cartoonist (_Dondi_).
- March 13 - Al Rosen, 91, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).
- March 14 - Ana María Giunta, 72, Argentine actress, respiratory failure.
- March 14 - Valentin Rasputin, 77, Russian writer.
- March 15 - Narayan Desai, 90, Indian Gandhian and writer.
- March 15 - Sally Forrest, 86, American singer and actress (_Rawhide_), cancer.
- March 15 - Mike Porcaro, 59, American bass guitarist (Toto), complications from ALS.
- March 15 - Xu Caihou, 71, Chinese general, bladder cancer.
- March 15 - Curtis Gans, 77, American activist and writer, lung cancer.
- March 16 - Bruce Crump, 57, American rock drummer (Molly Hatchet), throat cancer.
- March 16 - Jack Haley, 51, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls), heart disease.
- March 16 - Miguel Donoso Pareja, 83, Ecuadorian writer, Parkinson's disease.
- March 16 - Andy Fraser, 62, British bass guitarist (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Free).
- March 16 - Buddy Elias, 89, Swiss actor (_Sunshine_, _The Monuments Men_).
- March 16 - Arthur A. Hartman, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to France (1977–1981) and the Soviet Union (1981–1987), complications from surgery.
- March 17 - Ashley Adams, 59, Australian Paralympic shooter, traffic collision.
- March 18 - Thomas Hopko, 75, American Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian, congestive heart failure.
- March 18 - Shaw Taylor, 90, British actor and television presenter.
- March 19 - Danny Schechter, 72, American journalist and filmmaker, pancreatic cancer.
- March 19 - Gus Douglass, 88, American politician, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture (1965–1989, 1993–2013), fall.
- March 19 - Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, 91, Dutch sprint athlete, Olympic champion (1948).
- March 20 - Eva Burrows, 85, Australian Salvation Army General (1986–1993).
- March 20 - Robert Kastenmeier, 91, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin (1959–1991), heart failure.
- March 20 - Gregory Walcott, 87, American actor (_Plan 9 from Outer Space_, _Norma Rae_, _Ed Wood_).
- March 20 - Petr Vopěnka, 79, Czech mathematician and politician.
- March 20 - Malcolm Fraser, 84, Australian politician, Prime Minister (1975–1983).
- March 21 - Chuck Bednarik, 89, American NFL Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
- March 21 - James C. Binnicker, 76, American air force officer, Chief Master Sergeant (1986–1990).
- March 21 - Hans Erni, 106, Swiss painter, designer and sculptor.
- March 21 - Jørgen Ingmann, 89, Danish musician, 1963 Eurovision Song Contest winner.
- March 22 - Arkady Arkanov, 81, Russian writer and comedian.
- March 22 - Norman Scribner, 79, American choral conductor.
- March 23 - Herberto Hélder, 84, Portuguese poet.
- March 23 - Bobby Lowther, 91, American basketball player and athlete (LSU Tigers), All-American (1946).
- March 23 - Lee Kuan Yew, 91, Singaporean politician, Prime Minister (1959–1990), pneumonia.
- March 23 - Lil' Chris, 24, British singer-songwriter, actor and television personality.
- March 24 - Yehuda Avner, 86, Israeli diplomat, Ambassador to Australia and the United States, cancer.
- March 24 - Moncef Ben Salem, 62, Tunisian politician.
- March 24 - Richard Butson, 92, Canadian explorer and physician, recipient of the George Cross.
- March 24 - Notable people killed in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525:
    - Oleg Bryjak, 54, Kazakh-born German opera singer.
    - Andreas Lubitz, 27, German co-pilot.
    - Maria Radner, 34, German opera singer.
- March 25 - George Fischbeck, 92, American television weatherman (KABC).
- March 25 - Ivo Garrani, 91, Italian actor (_Black Sunday, Hercules, Caliber 9_).
- March 25 - Dick Bond, 93, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1975-1987).
- March 25 - Bill Slayback, 67, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
- March 25 - Ron Suart, 94, English football player and manager (Chelsea).
- March 26 - John Renbourn, 70, British guitarist (Pentangle), heart attack.
- March 26 - Karl Moik, 76, Austrian television presenter (Musikantenstadl).
- March 26 - Luís Miguel Rocha, 39, Portuguese author, cancer.
- March 26 - Dinkha IV, 79, Iraqi Syriac Christianity cleric, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (since 1976).
- March 26 - Tomas Tranströmer, 83, Swedish poet and translator, awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- March 26 - Friedrich L. Bauer, 90, German computer scientist.
- March 26 - Fred Robsahm, 71, Norwegian actor (_Flashback_).
- March 27 - Rod Hundley, 80, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers) and television broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.
- March 27 - T. Sailo, 93, Indian military officer and politician, heart failure.
- March 27 - Amaro Silva, 57, Canadian politician.
- March 27 - Olga Syahputra, 32, Indonesian actor, comedian, singer and television host, meningitis.
- March 27 - Daundre Barnaby, 24, Jamaican-born Canadian Olympic runner (2012), drowning.
- March 27 - B.J. Crosby, 63, American singer and actress (_Smokey Joe's Cafe_), diabetic stroke.
- March 27 - Rik Battaglia, 88, Italian actor.
- March 27 - Yusuf Mohamed Ismail, 54, Somali diplomat, Ambassador to Switzerland (since 2008) and the Permanent Representative to the United Nations (since 2008), shot.
- March 28 - Miroslav Ondříček, 80, Czech cinematographer (_Amadeus_, _Ragtime_, _if...._).
- March 28 - Gene Saks, 93, American stage and movie director (_The Odd Couple_, _Barefoot in the Park_), pneumonia.
- March 29 - Juan Carlos Maccarone, 74, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chascomús (1996–1999) and Santiago del Estero (1999–2005).
- March 30 - Philip A. Potter, 93, Dominica Methodist church leader, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1972-1984).
- March 30 - Helmut Dietl, 70, German movie director (_Schtonk!_), lung cancer.
- March 30 - Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, 93, Dutch astronomer.
- March 31 - Carlos Gaviria Díaz, 77, Colombian lawyer and politician, Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia (1993–2001), Senator (2006–2010), presidential candidate (2006), lung disease.

## Previous months

- January 2015
- February 2015
- April 2015