Deaths in March 2023

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in March 2023. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Every entry 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, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
March
1
Ted Donaldson, 89, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Adventures of Rusty, Father Knows Best), complications from a fall.
Just Fontaine, 89, French footballer (Nice, Reims, national team).
Warren Saunders, 88, Australian cricketer (New South Wales).
Irma Serrano, 89, Mexican actress (Tiburoneros, El monasterio de los buitres, Las amantes del senor de la noche) and singer, heart attack.
2
Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, 90, Indian jurist, chief justice (1994-1997), chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (2003-2010).
Steve Mackey, 56, English bassist (Pulp) and record producer.
Maria Onetto, 56, Argentine actress (Montecristo, The Headless Woman, The Heavy Hand of the Law).
Wayne Shorter, 89, American jazz saxophonist (The Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report), 12-time Grammy winner.
3
Francisco J. Ayala, 88, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher.
Barbara Everitt Bryant, 96, American market researcher, director of the United States Census Bureau (1989-1993).
Kenzaburo Oe, 88, Japanese novelist (A Personal Matter, The Silent Cry), Nobel Prize laureate (1994).
Tom Sizemore, 61, American actor (Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Robbery Homicide Division), complications from a brain aneurysm.
4
Phil Batt, 96, American politician, governor of Idaho (1995-1999), member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1965-1967) and twice of the Senate.
Joseph Gabriel Fernandez, 97, Indian bishop
John Nagenda, 84, Ugandan cricketer (East Africa, national team).
Spot, 72, American record producer (Damaged, Milo Goes to College, Zen Arcade).
5
Frank Griswold, 85, American clergyman, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church (1998-2006).
Gary Rossington, 71, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band).
6
Masum Babul, 60, Bangladeshi film dance director and choreographer (Beder Meye Josna, Keyamat Theke Keyamat, Ekti Cinemar Golpo).
Georgina Beyer, 65, New Zealand politician, mayor of Carterton (1995-2000), MP (1999-2007), world's first openly transgender member of parliament.
Ivana Hlouzkova, 62, Czech actress (The Fortress, Boredom in Brno).
7
Ian Falconer, 63, American author.
Peterson Zah, 85, American politician, president of the Navajo Nation (1991-1995).
8
Marcel Amont, 93, French singer.
Gianmarco Calleri, 81, Italian footballer
Italo Galbiati, 85, Italian footballer
Bert I. Gordon, 100, American film director and screenwriter (Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants, The Amazing Colossal Man).
Chaim Topol, 87, Israeli actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Flash Gordon, For Your Eyes Only).
9
Robert Blake, 89, American actor.
Hassan Ghafourifard, 79, Iranian academic and politician
Chikage Oogi, 89, Japanese actress (A Teapicker's Song of Goodbye) and politician, president of the House of Councillors (2004-2007) and minister of land (2001-2003), esophageal cancer.
Randhir Singh, 65, Indian cricketer (national team).
10
Skip Bafalis, 93, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973-1983), member of the Florida Senate (1966-1970) and House of Representatives (1964-1966).
Rolland Hein, American academic
11
Ignacio Lopez Tarso, 98, Mexican actor (Rosa Blanca, Esmeralda, Wild at Heart).
12
Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, 87, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1970) and Paralympic champion (1960, 1964).
Marek Kopelent, 90, Czech composer.
Antonio Pedro, 82, Brazilian actor.
Costa Titch, 27, South African rapper.
13
Jim Gordon, 77, American drummer (Derek and the Dominos, Traffic), songwriter ("Layla") and convicted murderer.
Jack McLaughlin, 93, Australian cricketer (Queensland).
Joe Pepitone, 82, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs), World Series champion (1962).
Pat Schroeder, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973-1997), complications from a stroke.
14
Bobby Caldwell, 71, American singer ("What You Won't Do for Love") and songwriter ("The Next Time I Fall").
Harvey Carignan, 95, American serial killer.
Louisette Dussault, 82, Canadian actress (Francoise Durocher, Waitress, IXE-13, Wedding Night) and writer.
15
Don Megson, 86, English football.
16
Nani Widjaja, 78, Indonesian actress (Cinta Pertama, Catatan Si Boy, Maling Kutang), respiratory failure.
17
Jorge Edwards, 91, Chilean novelist and diplomat.
Fuzzy Haskins, 81, American Hall of Fame singer (Parliament-Funkadelic).
Lance Reddick, 60, American actor (The Wire, Fringe, John Wick) and musician, heart disease.
Robert W. Sennewald, 93, American army general.
Laura Valenzuela, 92, Spanish television presenter (TVE) and actress (Spaniards in Paris, Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
18
Gloria Dea, 100, American actress (King of the Congo, Plan 9 from Outer Space) and magician, coronary artery disease.
19
Willie Cager, 80, American basketball player.
Pohiva Tu`i`onetoa, 71, Tongan politician, prime minister (2019-2021), minister of finance (2018-2019) and MP (since 2014).
20
Paul Grant, 56, British actor (Return of the Jedi, Labyrinth, The Dead) and stuntman.
Osvaldo Hector Cruz, 91, Argentine footballer (Independiente, Union Espanola, national team).
Vasily Reshetnikov, 103, Russian pilot and World War II veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union.
21
Francesco Maselli, 92, Italian film director and screenwriter (Time of Indifference, A Tale of Love, Abandoned).
Willis Reed, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player (New York Knicks) and coach (New Jersey Nets), NBA champion (1970, 1973), heart failure.
Peter Werner, 76, American film and television director (In the Region of Ice, Moonlighting, Grimm), Oscar winner (1976).
22
Jiro Dan, 74, Japanese actor (Daijobu, My Friend, Return of Ultraman, Zero Woman), lung cancer.
Rebecca Jones, 65, Mexican actress (Imperio de cristal, Para volver a amar, Que te perdone Dios).
Ben Shelly, 75, American politician, president of the Navajo Nation (2011-2015).
23
Marion Game, 84, Moroccan-born French actress (Scenes de menages, Parking, Dickie-roi).
Dafydd Hywel, 77, Welsh actor (Coming Up Roses, Off to Philadelphia in the Morning, The Crown).
24
Gordon Moore, 94, American businessman, engineer (Moore's law) and philanthropist, co-founder of Intel and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Pradeep Sarkar, 67, Idaian film director.
25
Chabelo, 88, American-born Mexican actor (The Extra, Escuela para solteras) and comedian (La Carabina de Ambrosio).
Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English composer (Love, Lies and Records, Fat Friends The Musical) and songwriter, stomach cancer.
Pascoal Mocumbi, 81, Mozambican politician, prime minister (1994-2004).
Andrei Sison, 16, Filipino actor.
26
Zvi Dershowitz, 94, Czech-born American rabbi.
Nikolay Dupak, 101, Russian actor (The Forty-First, Intervention, Bumbarash).
Ivano Marescotti, 77, Italian actor (The Peaceful Air of the West, Johnny Stecchino, Cado dalle nubi) and theater director.
Karl-Josef Rauber, 88, German Roman Catholic cardinal, apostolic pro-nuncio to Uganda (1982-1990), president of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1990-1993) and apostolic nuncio to Hungary (1997-2003).
27
Wim de Bin, 83, Dutch comedian.
Nick Galifianakis, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967-1973) and the North Carolina House of Representatives (1961-1967).
Ronald A. Sarasin, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973-1979) and the Connecticut House of Representatives (1969-1973).
28
Virginia Nair, 73, Indian actor.
Paul O'Grady, 67, English comedian and television presenter (The Paul O'Grady Show).
Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra), composer (The Last Emperor), and actor (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence), Oscar winner (1988), rectal cancer.
29
John Kerin, 85, Australia politician, twice.
Keith Reid, 76, English lyricist and songwriter (Procul Harum, "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "You're the Voice"). (death announced on this date)
30
Johan Leysen, 73, Belgian actor (The Abyss, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The American).
Elemer Ragalyi, 83, Hungarian cinematographer (The Phantom of the Opera, Mesmer, An American Rhapsody), film director and actor.
31
Asja Lamtiugina, 82, Polish actress.
References
Other websites
The Guardian, UK obituaries
The Telegraph obituaries
Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
The New York Times, US obituaries
The Washington Post obituaries
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
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