page_title: 1972
section_title: March
hierarchical_section_title: 1972 / Deaths / March
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Meena Kumari dans Chandni Chowk (1954)
context_page_description: 1972 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1972nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.
  Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated.
context_section_description: March 4 – Sir Harold Barrowclough, New Zealand general, lawyer and chief justice (b. 1894)
  March 8 - Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, German Nazi politician and SS functionary (b. 1899)
  March 11
  Fredric Brown, American science fiction and mystery writer (b. 1906).
  Zack Wheat, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1888)
  March 13
  Len Ford, American football player (Cleveland Browns) and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1926)
  Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (b. 1941)
  March 16 – Pie Traynor, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1898)
  March 18 – George Scott Register, American judge (b. 1901)
  March 20 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress (b. 1921)
  March 21 – David McCallum, Sr., British violinist and father of actor David McCallum (b. 1897)
  March 23
  Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (b. 1895)
  Margaret Dale, American actress (b. 1876)
  March 27
  Sharkey Bonano, American jazz musician (b. 1904)
  M. C. Escher, Dutch artist (b. 1898)
  March 28 – Joseph Paul-Boncour, 71st Prime Minister of France (b. 1873)
  March 29 – J. Arthur Rank, British industrialist and film producer (b. 1888)
  March 31
  Meena Kumari, Indian actress, singer and poet (b. 1933)
  Ramon Iglesias i Navarri, Co-Prince of Andorra (b. 1889)
caption: Meena Kumari
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