Deaths in March 2016

The following is a list of **notable deaths in March 2016**. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months".  Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

* Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.
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### 1
*Stuart Beck, 69, American diplomat, Ambassador to the United Nations for Palau (20032013), kidney cancer.
*Jean Miotte, 90, French abstract painter.
*Martha Wright, 92, American actress (*South Pacific*, *The Sound of Music*) and singer.

### 2
*Janusz Bolonek, 77, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1989–2013), cancer.
*Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, 83, German royal and art historian.
*Marion Patrick Jones, 85, Trinidadian writer, heart failure.
*Benoît Lacroix, 100, Canadian Dominican priest and historian, complications from pneumonia.
*Aubrey McClendon, 56, American energy and basketball executive, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, part-owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder, traffic collision.
*Paul Webley, 62, British educator, president of SOAS, University of London (20062015), cancer.

### 3
*Berta Cáceres, 42, Honduran indigenous leader, shot.
*Martin Crowe, 53, New Zealand cricketer (national team, Wellington Firebirds, Central Districts Stags), complications from lymphoma.
*Sophie Dessus, 60, French politician, member of the National Assembly for Corrèze's 1st Constituency (since 2012), cancer.
*Ashok Ghosh, 94, Indian politician, General Secretary of All India Forward Bloc (since 1946), multiple organ failure.
*Hayabusa, 47, Japanese professional wrestler (Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling), brain hemorrhage.
*Thanat Khoman, 102, Thai politician, Foreign Minister (1959–1971), respiratory failure.
*Natalia Krachkovskaya, 77, Russian actress (*Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future*), heart attack.

### 4
*Bud Collins, 86, American sports journalist.
*Pat Conroy, 70, American author (*The Prince of Tides*, *The Great Santini*), pancreatic cancer.
*Thomas G. Morris, 96, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico's at-large district (1959–1969); New Mexico House of Representatives (1953–1958).
*Morgan F. Murphy, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 3rd congressional district (1971–1981), prostate cancer.
*P. A. Sangma, 68, Indian politician, Speaker of the Lok Sabha (1996–1998), heart attack.
*Abbas Vaez-Tabasi, 80, Iranian cleric, Grand Imam of Ali al-Ridha mosque (since 1979), respiratory failure.

### 5
*Hassan al-Turabi, 84, Sudanese Islamic spiritual leader, Secretary of the Popular Congress Party (1999-2016), figure in 1989 Sudanese coup d'état.
*James Douglas, 86, American actor (*As the World Turns*, *Another World*, *One Life to Live*).
*Nikolaus Harnoncourt, 86, Austrian conductor.
*Lester Menke, 97, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (19731985), dementia.
*Ray Tomlinson, 74, American Hall of Fame computer programmer, invented email and chose @ symbol for usage, heart attack.
*Al Wistert, 95, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles, Michigan Wolverines), NFL Champion (1948, 1949).

### 6
*Elizabeth Garrett, 52, American educator, president of Cornell University (20152016), colon cancer.
*Znaur Gassiev, 90, South Ossetian politician, Head of State (1991-1992). (death announced on this date)
*Kalabhavan Mani, 45, Indian actor (*Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum*) and singer, liver disease.
*Nancy Reagan, 94, American actress (*The Next Voice You Hear...*, *Hellcats of the Navy*, ''Donovan's Brain*), social activist (Just Say No), and First Lady (1981–1989), congestive heart failure.
*Paul Ryan, 66, American comic artist (*Fantastic Four*, *Superman*, *Iron Man*), cancer.
*Sheila Varian, 79, American horse breeder (Arabian horses), cancer.

### 7
*Adrian Hardiman, 65, Irish judge, member of the Supreme Court (since 2000), heart attack.
*Jean-Bernard Raimond, 90, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1986–1988).
*Michael White, 80, Scottish movie and theatre producer (*Monty Python and the Holy Grail*, *The Rocky Horror Picture Show*), Tony Award-winner (1971, 1973), heart failure.

### 8
*Richard Davalos, 85, American actor (*Cool Hand Luke*, *East of Eden*, *Kelly's Heroes'').
*Aldo Ferrer, 88, Argentine economist, Minister of the Economy (1970-1971).
*David S. Johnson, 70, American computer scientist. 
*George Martin, 90, British record producer (The Beatles), composer, arranger and engineer.
*Alfred E. Senn, 83, American historian and academic, awarded Order of Vytautas the Great for service to Lithuania.

### 9
*Sergio Arellano Stark, 94, Chilean military officer, leader of the Caravan of Death, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Jon English, 66, Australian musician and actor (*Against the Wind*), complications from surgery.
*Ray Griff, 75, Canadian country music singer ("If I Let Her Come In") and songwriter ("Canadian Pacific"), pneumonia.
*Robert Horton, 91, American actor (*Wagon Train*).
*Naná Vasconcelos, 71, Brazilian jazz percussionist and vocalist, eight-time Grammy Award winner, lung cancer.
*Bill Wade, 85, American football player (Los Angeles Rams, Chicago Bears), NFL Champion (1963).

### 10
*Sir Ken Adam, 95, British production designer (*Dr. Strangelove*, *James Bond*, *The Madness of King George*), Oscar winner (1975, 1994).
*Ernestine Anderson, 87, American jazz and blues singer.
*Anita Brookner, 87, British novelist (*Hotel du Lac*) and art historian, Man Booker Prize winner (1984).
*Keith Emerson, 71, English progressive rock and rock keyboardist (The Nice, Emerson, Lake & Palmer), suicide by gunshot.
*Claude Estier, 90, French politician and journalist, member of the National Assembly for Paris (19671968, 19811986), MEP for France (19791981).
*Bill Gadsby, 88, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers).
*Gogi Grant, 91, American pop singer ("The Wayward Wind").
*Roberto Perfumo, 73, Argentine footballer (Racing Club, Cruzeiro, national team), fall. 
*Jovito Salonga, 95, Filipino politician, Senate President (1987–1992), cardiac arrest.

### 11
*Iolanda Balaș, 79, Romanian high jumper, Olympic champion (1960, 1964), director of the FRA (19882005), complications from a gastric disorder.
*Rómulo Macció, 84, Argentine painter.
*Doreen Massey, 72, British geographer, pancreatic cancer. 
*Louis Meyers, 60, American festival organizer, co-founder of South by Southwest, director of Folk Alliance International, suspected heart attack.
*Dragan Nikolić, 72, Serbian actor (*Kad budem mrtav i beo*), cancer.
*Lawrence Van Gelder, 83, American newspaper journalist (*The New York Times*), cancer.

### 12
*Rafiq Azad, 74, Bangladeshi poet, stroke.
*Erik Duval, 50, Belgian computer scientist, lymphoma.
*Lloyd Shapley, 92, American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize in Economics (2012), complications of a broken hip.

### 13
*Adrienne Corri, 84, British actress (*A Clockwork Orange*), coronary artery disease.
*Hilary Putnam, 89, American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist, mesothelioma.
*Martin Olav Sabo, 78, American politician, U.S. Representative from Minnesota (1979–2007), respiratory failure.
*József Verebes, 74, Hungarian football player (Ferencvárosi TC) and coach (Győri ETO FC, MTK Budapest FC, national team), complications from a stroke.

### 14
*John W. Cahn, 88, American metallurgist, awarded National Medal of Science (1998), namesake of Cahn–Hilliard equation, leukemia. 
*Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, 81, English composer and conductor, Master of the Queen's Music (2004–2014), leukemia.
*Riccardo Garrone, 89, Italian actor (*La Dolce Vita*, *The Yellow Rolls-Royce*, *Swordsman of Siena*), heart failure.
*Suranimala Rajapaksha, 67, Sri Lankan politician and minister, MP (19942004), renal failure.
*Davy Walsh, 92, Irish footballer (Limerick F.C., Aston Villa F.C., national team), pneumonia. (death announced on this date)

### 15
*Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs, 94, British historian, codebreaker and life peer.
*Tamara Grigsby, 41, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (20042012), cancer. (death announced on this date)
*Ralph C. Johnson, 62, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (since 2015), complications from a stroke.
*Earline W. Parmon, 72, American politician, member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (20022012) and Senate (20122015).
*Seru Rabeni, 37, Fijian rugby union player (national team), heart attack.
*Lyubka Rondova, 79, Bulgarian folk singer.

### 16
*Sylvia Anderson, 88, British television producer and voice actress (*Thunderbirds*). (death announced on this date)
*Alexander Esenin-Volpin, 91, American poet and mathematician.
*Cliff Michelmore, 96, British television presenter (BBC) and producer. 
*Frank Sinatra, Jr., 72, American singer ("That Face!") and actor (*The Dean Martin Show*, *Hollywood Homicide*, *Family Guy*), cardiac arrest.

### 17
*Shozo Awazu, 92, Japanese judoka.
*Meir Dagan, 71, Israeli military officer and intelligence official, Director of the Mossad (2002–2011), liver cancer.
*Paul Daniels, 77, British magician (*The Paul Daniels Magic Show*), brain tumour.
*Larry Drake, 66, American actor (*L.A. Law*, *Johnny Bravo*, *Darkman*), Emmy winner (1988, 1989), heart attack.
*Zoltán Kamondi, 55, Hungarian movie director (*Paths of Death and Angels*).
*Marian Kociniak, 80, Polish actor (*How I Unleashed World War II*), heart attack.
*Solomon Marcus, 91, Romanian mathematician, heart failure.

### 18
*Miguel Hernández Agosto, 88, Puerto Rican politician, President of the Senate (1981-1992).
*Jan Němec, 79, Czech movie director (*A Report on the Party and the Guests*) and screenwriter, heart attack.
*Joe Santos, 84, American actor (*The Rockford Files*, *The Friends of Eddie Coyle*, *The Last Boy Scout*), heart attack.
*Lothar Späth, 78, German politician, Minister President of Baden-Württemberg (19781991), Alzheimer's disease.
*Les Tanyuk, 77, Ukrainian theatre and movie director and politician, MP (1990–2012).
*Tray Walker, 23, American football player (Baltimore Ravens), dirt bike accident.
*Guido Westerwelle, 54, German politician, Foreign Minister (20092013) and Vice-Chancellor (20092011), leukemia.

### 19
*Roger Agnelli, 56, Brazilian businessman, CEO of Vale S.A. (2001–2011), plane crash.
*José Artetxe, 85, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, national team), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
*Léonie Geisendorf, 101, Swedish architect.
*Jack Mansell, 88, British football player (England B, Brighton, Portsmouth) and coach (Israel, Reading, Rotherham United).

### 20
*Robert J. Healey, 58, American politician, political activist and attorney, suspected heart attack. (body found on this date)
*Anker Jørgensen, 93, Danish politician, Prime Minister (1972–1973, 1975–1982).

### 21
*Peter Brown, 80, American actor (*Lawman*, *Laredo*, *Foxy Brown*), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Andrew Grove, 79, American business executive, CEO and Chairman of Intel Corporation, complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Joseph Mercieca, 87, Maltese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Malta (1976–2006).
*Carolyn Squires, 75, American politician, member of the Montana Senate (2002–2010) and House of Representatives (since 2010), colorectal cancer.

### 22
*Richard Bradford, 82, American actor (*Man in a Suitcase*, *The Untouchables*, *Cagney & Lacey*).
*Leon Charney, 77, American real estate tycoon and talk show host. (death announced on this date)
*Glen Dawson, 103, American rock climber and mountaineer.
*Phife Dawg, 45, American rap musician (A Tribe Called Quest), complications from diabetes. 
*Santiago J. Erevia, 70, American soldier (Vietnam War), Medal of Honor recipient. 
*Rob Ford, 46, Canadian politician, Mayor of Toronto (2010–2014), liposarcoma.
*Rita Gam, 88, American actress (*The Thief*, *King of Kings*, *No Exit*) and filmmaker, respiratory failure.

### 23
*Joe Garagiola, Sr., 90, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates) and sportscaster (MLB GOTW), World Series Champion (1946).
*Ken Howard, 71, American actor (*1776*, *The White Shadow*)  and union executive, president of the SAG/SAG-AFTRA (20092016), Emmy Award winner (2009), Tony Award winner (1970).
*Jimmy Riley, 61, Jamaican reggae musician (The Uniques), cancer.

### 24
*Maggie Blye, 73, American actress (*The Italian Job*), cancer.
*Roger Cicero, 45, German jazz and pop musician, stroke.
*Johan Cruyff, 68, Dutch football player and manager (AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, national team), lung cancer.
*Earl Hamner, Jr., 92, American television writer and producer (*Falcon Crest*, *The Waltons*, *The Twilight Zone*), cancer.
*Esther Herlitz, 94, Israeli diplomat and politician.
*Marie-Claire Kirkland, 91, Canadian politician and judge, first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
*Tibor R. Machan, 77, Hungarian-born American philosopher and journalist.
*Garry Shandling, 66, American comedian, actor (*The Larry Sanders Show*, ''It's Garry Shandling's Show*, *Captain America: The Winter Soldier*) and Emmy Award-winning television writer (*Sanford and Son*, *Welcome Back, Kotter*), heart attack.
*Leonard L. Northrup Jr., 98, American engineer.

### 25
*Abu Ala al-Afri, 57/58, Iraqi militant, leading member of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, bombing.
*Clodomir Santos de Morais, 87, Brazilian sociologist, heart failure. 
*Paolo Poli, 86, Italian theater actor (*Gulliver's Travels*).
*Imre Pozsgay, 82, Hungarian Communist politician, Minister of Education (1980-1982).
*David Snellgrove, 95, British Tibetologist.
*Adam Żurowski, 86, Polish geodesist.

### 26
*David Baker, 84, American jazz musician.
*Norm Hadley, 51, Canadian rugby union player (London Wasps).⋅
*Jim Harrison, 78, American author and screenwriter (*Legends of the Fall*, *Wolf*), heart attack.
*Igor Pashkevich, 44, Soviet-born Russian Olympic figure skater (1994, 1998), World Juniors champion (1990).

### 27
*Mother Angelica, 92, American Franciscan nun, founder of the Eternal Word Television Network, complications from a stroke.
*Vince Boryla, 89, American basketball player and coach (New York Knicks), and general manager (Denver Nuggets), Olympic champion (1948), complications from pneumonia. 
*Alain Decaux, 90, French historian, member of the Académie française.
*Antoine Demoitié, 25, Belgian cyclist, race collision.
*Anatoly Savin, 95, Soviet-born Russian weapons designer, Hero of Socialist Labour.

### 28
*Daan Myngheer, 22, Belgian professional cyclist, heart attack.
*James Noble, 94, American actor (*Benson*, *10*, *Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again*), complications from a stroke.

### 29
*Jean-Pierre Coffe, 78, French television presenter and food critic.
*Patty Duke, 69, American actress (*The Miracle Worker*, *The Patty Duke Show*, *Valley of the Dolls*), President of SAG (19851988), Oscar winner (1963), sepsis.

### 30
*Anne Aasheim, 53, Norwegian newspaper editor (*Dagbladet*), lung cancer.
*Howard Cable, 95, Canadian conductor, composer and arranger, complications from pneumonia.
*Shirley Hufstedler, 90, American lawyer and judge, Secretary of Education (1979–1981), cerebrovascular disease.  
*Bernard Lamarre, 84, Canadian soil mechanics engineer and businessman, CEO of Lavalin (1962–1991).
*Bill Rosendahl, 70, American politician, member of the Los Angeles City Council (2005–2013), ureteral cancer.
*Gianmaria Testa, 57, Italian singer-songwriter.

### 31
*Béla Biszku, 94, Hungarian politician, Minister of the Interior (1957–1961).
*Ronnie Corbett, 85, British comedian (*The Two Ronnies*, *The Frost Report*) and actor (*Casino Royale''), motor neurone disease.
*Georges Cottier, 93, Swiss Roman Catholic cardinal.
*Hans-Dietrich Genscher, 89, German politician, Minister of the Interior (1969–1974), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1974–1982; 1982–1992) and Vice Chancellor (1974–1982; 1982–1992), heart failure.
*Dame Zaha Hadid, 65, Iraqi-born British architect, heart attack.
*Imre Kertész, 86, Hungarian writer, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2002), complications from Parkinson's disease.
*Denise Robertson, 83, British writer and television broadcaster (*This Morning*), pancreatic cancer.
*Khuzaima Qutbuddin, 75, Indian Islamic leader, cancer.
*Douglas Wilmer, 96, English actor (*Sherlock Holmes*, *Octopussy*, *Jason and the Argonauts*).

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## Related pages
* Deaths in 2014
* Deaths in 2015

## References
## Other websites
* *The Guardian*, UK obituaries
* Obituaries, *Los Angeles Times*
* Obituaries, *Chicago Tribune*
* *The New York Times*, US obituaries
* *The Sydney Morning Herald*, Australian obituaries
* *The Telegraph* obituaries