Deaths in March 2019

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in March 2019. 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.

March

Zhores Alferov
1930 – 2019

Ogden R. Reid
1925 – 2019

King Kong Bundy
1957 – 2019

Ted Lindsay
1925 – 2019

Luke Perry
1966 – 2019

José Pedro Pérez-Llorca
1940 – 2019

Ralph Hall
1923 – 2019

Jed Allan
1935 – 2019

Harry Howell
1932 – 2019

İrsen Küçük
1940 – 2019

Coutinho
1943 – 2019

Harry Hughes
1926 – 2019

Birch Bayh
1928 – 2019

Charlie Whiting
1952 – 2019

Alan Krueger
1960 – 2019

Manohar Parrikar
1955 – 2019

Marlen Khutsiev
1925 – 2019

Francis Quinn
1921 – 2019

Frans Andriessen
1929 – 2019

Scott Walker
1943 – 2019

Larry Cohen
1941 – 2019

Ranking Roger
1963 – 2019

Valery Bykovsky
1934 – 2019

Agnès Varda
1928 – 2019

Geoff Harvey
1935 – 2019

Tania Mallet
1941 – 2019

Nipsey Hussle
1985 – 2019

1

• Zhores Alferov, 88, Soviet-born Russian physicist, Nobel Prize winner (2000) and MP (since 1995), complications from a stroke.
• Kumar Bhattacharyya, Baron Bhattacharyya, 78, British-Indian engineer and politician, member of the House of Lords (since 2004).
• Elly Mayday, 30, Canadian model and women's health advocate, ovarian cancer.
• Kevin Roche, 96, Irish-born American architect, Pritzker Prize winner (1982).
• Peter van Gestel, 81, Dutch children's writer (Schuilen onder je schooltas, Het wassende water, Ko Kruier en zijn stadsgenoten).

2

• Arnulf Baring, 86, German political scientist and historian.
• Keith Davis, 88, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, New Zealand Māori, national team).
• Fred Hill, 84, American baseball coach (Rutgers University).
• Med Hondo, 82, Mauritanian-French movie director (Soleil O), screenwriter (Sarraounia), and actor (1871).
• János Koós, 81, Hungarian singer and television contestant (Táncdalfesztivál).
• Francisco Macri, 88, Italian-Argentine businessman, father of President Mauricio Macri.
• Keith Harvey Miller, 94, American politician, Alaska Secretary of State (1966–1969) and Governor (1969–1970), pancreatic cancer.
• Ogden R. Reid, 93, American politician, Ambassador to Israel (1959–1961) and U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 26th (1963–1973) and 24th congressional district (1973–1975).
• Werner Schneyder, 82, Austrian director and actor (Das aktuelle sportstudio).
• Beatriz Taibo, 86, Argentine actress (Millones de Semillita, Asunto terminado, Cuidado con las colas).
• Rafael Torija de la Fuente, 91, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Santander (1969–1976) and Bishop of Ciudad Real (1976–2003).

3

• Peter Hurford, 88, British organist and composer, complications from Alzheimer's disease.

4

• King Kong Bundy, 61, American professional wrestler (WWF).
• Juan Corona, 85, Mexican-born American serial killer, complications from dementia.
• Robert DeProspero, 80, American Secret Service agent, complications from amyloidosis.
• Keith Flint, 49, English rock singer (The Prodigy), suicide by hanging.
• Klaus Kinkel, 82, German politician, Minister of Justice (1991–1992), Foreign Affairs (1992–1998) and Vice Chancellor (1993–1998).
• Ted Lindsay, 93, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks), Stanley Cup winner (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955).
• Luke Perry, 52, American actor (Beverly Hills, 90210, Riverdale, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), complications from a stroke.
• Jean Starobinski, 98, Swiss literary critic, member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (until 2019).

5

• Chu Shijian, 91, Chinese businessman (Hongtashan), complications from diabetes.
• Jacques Loussier, 84, French pianist and composer (Living It Up, Dark of the Sun, Thierry la Fronde).

6

• John Habgood, 91, British Anglican bishop and educator, Bishop of Durham (1973–1983) and Archbishop of York (1983–1995).
• José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, 78, Spanish lawyer, diplomat and politician, Deputy (1977–1982) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1980–1982), Father of the 1978 Constitution.
• Carolee Schneemann, 79, American feminist visual artist, breast cancer.

7

• Dick Beyer, 88, American professional wrestler (AJPW, NWA, AWA), World Champion.
• Joseph H. Boardman, 70, American railroad executive, President and CEO of Amtrak (2008–2016), complications from a stroke.
• Robert Braithwaite, 75, British marine engineer and entrepreneur, founder of Sunseeker.
• Kelly Catlin, 23, American Olympic cyclist, suicide.
• Pino Caruso, 84, Italian actor (La governante, The Sunday Woman, Il ficcanaso), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Guillaume Faye, 69, French journalist and writer, lung cancer.
• Ralph Hall, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 4th congressional district (1981–2015), cardiac arrest.
• Dick Nichols, 92, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 5th congressional district (1991–1993), respiratory failure.
• Carmine Persico, 85, American mobster and convicted racketeer, head of Colombo crime family (1973–1990, since 1993), complications from diabetes.
• Sid Sheinberg, 84, American lawyer and studio executive, President of Universal Pictures (1973–1995).

8

• Michael Gielen, 91, Austrian conductor (Royal Swedish Opera, Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt, Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra), pneumonia.
• Ian Lawrence, 82, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Wellington (1983–1986), stomach cancer.
• Jason Reese, 51, British engineer.

9

• Jed Allan, 84, American actor (Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara, Lassie).
• Alberto Bucci, 70, Italian basketball coach (Fortitudo Bologna, Virtus Bologna, Scaligera Verona), pancreatic cancer.
• Bernard Binlin Dadié, 103, Ivorian novelist, playwright and poet, Minister of Culture (1977–1986).
• Vladimir Etush, 96, Russian actor (Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, The Twelve Chairs, 31 June), People's Artist of the USSR (1984), heart failure.
• Harry Howell, 86, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (New York Rangers, Oakland Seals, Los Angeles Kings), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Wenche Kvamme, 68, Norwegian actress (Fedrelandet, Offshore, Holms), breast cancer.

10

• İrsen Küçük, 79, Cypriot politician, Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus (2010–2013), heart failure.
• William Powers Jr., 72, American educator, President of the University of Texas at Austin (2006–2015), complications from a fall.
• Paul Talalay, 95, German-born American pharmacologist, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (until 2019), congestive heart failure.
• Notable people who died in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 plane crash:
  • Pius Adesanmi, 47, Nigerian-Canadian professor and writer.
  • Sebastiano Tusa, 66, Italian archaeologist and politician, Councillor for Cultural Heritage for Sicily (since 2018).

11

• Hal Blaine, 90, American Hall of Fame rock drummer (The Wrecking Crew).
• Martín Chirino, 94, Spanish sculptor, prostate cancer.
• Coutinho, 75, Brazilian football player (Santos, national team) and coach (São Caetano), World Champion (1962), heart attack complicated by diabetes.
• Leetsch C. Hsu, 98, Chinese mathematician and educator.

12

• John Bardo, 70, American educator, President of Wichita State University (since 2012), lung disease.
• Eurico Miranda, 74, Brazilian football chairman (Vasco da Gama) and politician, Deputy (1995–2002), brain cancer.

13

• Frank Cali, 53, American mobster, head of Gambino crime family (since 2015), shot.
• Beril Dedeoğlu, 57, Turkish politician, Minister of European Union Affairs (2015), cerebral hemorrhage.
• Harry Hughes, 92, American politician, Governor of Maryland (1979–1987), member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1955–1959) and Senate (1959–1971), problems caused by pneumonia.
• Ghazali Jaafar, 75, Filipino militant (Moro Islamic Liberation Front) and politician, Speaker of the Bangsamoro Parliament (since 2019), kidney failure.
• Alberto Lois, 62, Dominican baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), stomach cancer.
• Andrea Pollack, 57, German swimmer, Olympic champion (1976, 1980), pancreatic cancer.
• Leroy Stanton, 72, American baseball player (New York Mets, California Angels, Seattle Mariners), car crash.

14

• Birch Bayh, 91, American politician, U.S. Senator (1963–1981) and member of the Indiana House of Representatives (1958–1960), author of Title IX, 25th and 26th Amendments, presidential candidate (1976), pneumonia.
• Godfried Danneels, 85, Belgian cardinal, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels (1979–2010).
• Ralph Metzner, 82, American psychologist.
• Ilona Novák, 93, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion (1952).
• Sir William Stanley Peart, 96, British medical researcher.
• Charlie Whiting, 66, British motorsports director, FIA Formula 1 race director (since 1997), pulmonary embolism.

15

• Okwui Enwezor, 55, Nigerian art critic and writer, colorectal cancer.
• Dave Hood Jr., 64, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (2012–2014), brain cancer.
• Wiesław Kilian, 66, Polish politician, member of the Sejm (2005–2007, since 2010), cardiac arrest.
• W. S. Merwin, 91, American poet, Pulitzer winner (1971, 2009) and Poet Laureate (2010), heart attack.

16

• Kurt Armbruster, 84, Swiss footballer (Lausanne, national team).
• Dick Dale, 81, American guitarist and surf music pioneer ("Let's Go Trippin'", "Miserlou"), heart failure.
• Richard Erdman, 93, American actor (Community, Stalag 17, Tora! Tora! Tora!), complications from dementia.
• Bengt Gustafsson, 85, Swedish military officer, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces (1986–1994).
• Barbara Hammer, 79, American movie director (Nitrate Kisses, Tender Fictions), ovarian cancer.
• Tom Hatten, 92, American actor (The Secret of NIMH, Spies Like Us) and television personality.
• Yann-Fañch Kemener, 61, French singer-songwriter.
• Alan Krueger, 58, American economist, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (2011–2013), suicide.
• Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, 76, Mauritanian military officer and politician, Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation (1979–1980).
• Yulia Nachalova, 38, Russian singer, actress (Guerói yeio romana, Bomba dlia nevesty, Los tres mosqueteros) and television presenter, cerebral edema.

17

• Ken Bald, 98, American illustrator and comic book artist (Dr. Kildare).
• Bill Burlison, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 10th congressional district (1969–1981).
• René Fontès, 77, French rugby executive and politician, President of ASM Clermont Auvergne (2004–2013) and Mayor of Eygalières (since 2008), heart attack.
• Jorge Insunza Becker, 82, Chilean engineer and politician, Deputy (1969–1973), stroke.
• Olavi Mannonen, 89, Finnish modern pentathlete, Olympic silver medalist (1956) and bronze medalist (1952, 1956).
• Manohar Parrikar, 63, Indian politician, MP (2014–2017), Minister of Defence (2014–2017) and Chief Minister of Goa (2000–2005, 2012–2014, since 2017), pancreatic cancer.
• Yuya Uchida, 79, Japanese singer (Flower Travellin' Band) and actor (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Black Rain), pneumonia.
• Andre Williams, 82, American R&B musician ("Shake a Tail Feather"), colorectal cancer.

18

• Egon Balas, 96, Romanian mathematician.
• György Baló, 71, Hungarian broadcaster (Magyar Televízió), esophageal cancer.
• John Carl Buechler, 66, American visual effects artist, actor (Hatchet) and movie director (Troll, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood), prostate cancer.
• Jerrie Cobb, 88, American aviator, member of the Mercury 13.
• Pioneerof the Nile, 13, American racing thoroughbred, heart attack.
• Kenneth To, 26, Hong Kong-born Australian swimmer, FINA Swimming World Cup overall winner (2012), Youth Olympics champion (2010), cardiac arrest.

19

• Boris Dubrovin, 68, Russian mathematician, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Chuck Harmon, 94, American baseball player (Cincinnati Redlegs, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies).
• Marlen Khutsiev, 93, Georgian-born Russian movie director (I Am Twenty, July Rain, Infinitas), People's Artist of USSR (1986).
• Bill Phelps, 84, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (1972–1980).

20

• Noel Hush, 94, Australian chemist.
• Donald Kalpokas, 75, ni-Vanuatu politician, Prime Minister (1991, 1998–1999).
• Randy Jackson, 93, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians).
• Terje Nilsen, 67, Norwegian singer-songwriter ("Mjelle"), lung cancer.
• Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock, 94, British philosopher and educator, Chair of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 Inquiry and Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge (1984–1991).

21

• Roger Moore, 79, American computer scientist and philanthropist.
• Gonzalo Portocarrero Maisch, 69, Peruvian sociologist, lung cancer.
• Francis Quinn, 97, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sacramento (1980–1993).

22

• Frans Andriessen, 89, Dutch politician, Minister of Finance (1977–1980) and European Commissioner (1981–1993).
• César Lévano, 92, Peruvian journalist and teacher.
• Jim Moody, 83, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin's 5th congressional district (1983–1993).
• Arlen Ness, 79, American motorcycle designer and entrepreneur.
• Scott Walker, 76, American-born British singer-songwriter (The Walker Brothers), composer and record producer, cancer.

23

• Lina Cheryazova, 50, Uzbek freestyle skier, Olympic champion (1994), complications from ALS.
• Larry Cohen, 77, American movie director (It's Alive, The Stuff) and screenwriter (Phone Booth).
• Denise DuBarry, 63, American actress (Black Sheep Squadron, Being There) and businesswoman, fungal infection.
• Rafi Eitan, 92, Israeli intelligence officer and politician, member of the Knesset (2006–2009) and Minister of Pensioner Affairs (2006–2009), stroke.
• Howard V. Lee, 85, American lieutenant colonel (Vietnam War), Medal of Honor recipient (1966).

24

• Virgilio Caballero Pedraza, 77, Mexican journalist and politician, Federal Deputy (2015–2018, since 2018), heart attack.
• Pancracio Celdrán, 77, Spanish professor and journalist.
• Joseph Pilato, 70, American actor (Day of the Dead, Pulp Fiction, Digimon).
• Robert W. Sweet, 96, American judge, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York (since 1978), pneumonia.

25

• Len Fontaine, 71, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
• Stylianos Harkianakis, 83, Australian Greek Orthodox prelate, Archbishop of Australia (since 1975).
• Barrie Hole, 76, Welsh footballer (Cardiff City, Aston Villa, national team).
• Lyle Tuttle, 87, American tattoo artist.

26

• Ted Burgin, 91, British football player (Sheffield United, Leeds United, Rochdale) and manager.
• Master Fatman, 53, Danish comedian, movie director (Gayniggers from Outer Space) and singer.
• Andrew Marshall, 97, American military and diplomatic advisor, director of Office of Net Assessment (1973–2015).
• Ali Mema, 76, Albanian footballer (Tirana, national team) and manager.
• W. H. Pugmire, 67, American writer (A Clicking in the Shadows and Other Tales), complications from a heart attack.
• Ranking Roger, 56, British singer (The Beat, General Public), brain and lung cancer.
• Redoute's Choice, 22, Australian racehorse, euthanised.

27

• Friedrich Achleitner, 88, Austrian poet and architecture critic.
• Pierre Bourguignon, 77, French politician, Deputy (1981–1993, 1997–2012), mayor of Sotteville-lès-Rouen (1989–2014), heart attack.
• Valery Bykovsky, 84, Russian cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, Soyuz 31).
• Abdul Latif Dayfallah, 89, Yemeni military officer and politician, Prime Minister (1963, 1975).
• Yoji Harada, 46, Japanese tattoo artist and reality show personality (Miami Ink).
• Akihito Kondo, 80, Japanese baseball player (Taiyō Whales) and coach (Yomiuri Giants).
• Bruce Yardley, 71, Australian Test cricketer, cancer.

28

• Domenico Giannace, 94, Italian trade unionist and politician, member of the Regional Council of Basilicata (1980–1985).
• Jon Skolmen, 78, Norwegian actor (Sällskapsresan, Hodet over vannet).
• Henry Stern, 83, American politician, member of the New York City Council (1974–1983) and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (1983–1990, 1994–2000), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Wong Tien Fatt, 64, Malaysian politician, MP (since 2013), heart attack.

29

• Dobrica Erić, 82, Serbian writer and poet, lung cancer.
• Kenneth A. Gibson, 86, American politician, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey (1970–1986).
• Jon Østeng Hov, 83, Norwegian photographer and columnist (Adresseavisen).
• Harry Kesten, 87, German-born American mathematician.
• Shane Rimmer, 89, Canadian-born British actor (Thunderbirds, The Spy Who Loved Me, Dr. Strangelove).
• Agnès Varda, 90, French movie director (Cléo from 5 to 7, Le Bonheur, Vagabond), cancer.
• Ed Westcott, 97, American photographer (Manhattan Project).

30

• Ron Elvidge, 96, New Zealand rugby union player (Otago, national team).
• Geoff Harvey, 83, English-Australian musician and television personality (The Mike Walsh Show, Midday).
• Tania Mallet, 77, English model and actress (Goldfinger).
• Ruben Tovmasyan, 82, Armenian politician, First Secretary of the Armenian Communist Party (2005–2014), thyroid cancer.

31

• Peter Coleman, 90, Australian politician and writer, Leader of the New South Wales Opposition (1977–1978) and member of the House of Representatives (1981–1987).
• Ralph S. Greco, 76, American surgeon, prostate cancer.
• Nipsey Hussle, 33, American rap artist ("Feelin' Myself", "FDT"), shot.
• Eva Moser, 36, Austrian chess player, leukaemia.
• Kit Napier, 75, Scottish footballer (Brighton & Hove Albion, Blackburn Rovers).
• Hedi Turki, 96, Tunisian painter.

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