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.
March
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.
Benoit 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 Caceres, 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 Correze'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'etat.
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).
Nana 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 Balas, 79, Romanian high jumper, Olympic champion (1960, 1964), director of the FRA (19882005), complications from a gastric disorder.
Romulo Maccio, 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 Nikolic, 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.
Jozsef Verebes, 74, Hungarian football player (Ferencvarosi TC) and coach (Gyori 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.
Zoltan 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 Hernandez Agosto, 88, Puerto Rican politician, President of the Senate (1981-1992).
Jan Nemec, 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 Spath, 78, German politician, Minister President of Baden-Wurttemberg (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.
Jose Artetxe, 85, Spanish footballer (Athletic Bilbao, national team), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Leonie 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 Jorgensen, 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 Zurowski, 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 Academie francaise.
Antoine Demoitie, 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
Bela 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 Kertesz, 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).
Months
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February
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May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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
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March 2016 events