Deaths in March 2015
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.
March 2015[change | change source]
- March 1 - Minnie Miñoso, 92, Cuban baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians), complications from COPD.[1]
- March 1 - Joshua Fishman, 88, American linguist.[2]
- March 1 - Carel Visser, 86, Dutch sculptor.[3]
- March 2 - Dean Hess, 97, American minister and air force colonel.[4]
- March 2 - Francisco González Ledesma, 87, Spanish novelist, comics writer and journalist, complications of a stroke.[5]
- March 2 - Dave Mackay, 80, Scottish football player and coach.[6]
- March 3 - M. Stanton Evans, 80, American journalist, author and educator, pancreatic cancer.[7]
- March 3 - Lynn Borden, 77, American actress (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry, Hazel).[8]
- March 3 - Ernest Braun, 89, Austrian-born British academic and author.[9]
- March 4 - Ninan Koshy, 81, Indian academic.[10]
- March 5 - Vlada Divljan, 56, Serbian musician (Idoli).[11]
- March 5 - Edward Egan, 82, American Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal, Bishop of Bridgeport (1988–2000), Archbishop of New York (2000–2009), cardiac arrest.[12]
- March 5 - Jim McCann, 70, Irish musician (The Dubliners), throat cancer.[13]
- March 6 - Fred Craddock, 86, American Christian minister, Parkinson's disease.[14]
- March 6 - Ram Sundar Das, 94, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Bihar (1979–1980).[15]
- March 6 - Vasilios Magginas, 66, Greek politician, Minister of Employment (2007).[16]
- March 7 - Edmond Malinvaud, 91, French economist.[17]
- March 7 - F. Ray Keyser, Jr., 87, American politician, Governor of Vermont (1961–1963).[18]
- March 8 - Sam Simon, 59, American writer and producer (The Simpsons, The Drew Carey Show), colorectal cancer.[19]
- March 8 - Gerardo Sofovich, 77, Argentine actor, director and television presenter, heart failure.[20]
- March 8 - Lew Soloff, 71, American jazz trumpeter (Blood, Sweat & Tears), heart attack.[21]
- March 8 - Inezita Barroso, 90, Brazilian folk singer.[22]
- March 9 - Notable French people killed in the Villa Castelli helicopter crash:[23]
- Florence Arthaud, 57, sailor.[23]
- Camille Muffat, 25, swimmer, Olympic champion (2012).[23]
- Alexis Vastine, 28, boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (2008).[23]
- March 9 - James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, 94, Northern Irish politician, UK MP for South Antrim (1970–1983) and Lagan Valley (1983–1997), member of the House of Lords (since 1997), leader of Ulster Unionist Party (1979–1995).[24]
- March 9 - David B. Frohnmayer, 74, American attorney, Oregon Attorney General (1981–1991), President of the University of Oregon (1994–2009), prostate cancer.[25]
- March 9 - Juanita Morrow Nelson, 91, American civil rights activist.[26]
- March 9 - Windell Middlebrooks, 36, American actor (Body of Proof, The Bernie Mac Show, The Suite Life on Deck), pulmonary embolism.[27]
- March 9 - Frei Otto, 89, German architect and structural engineer.[28]
- March 9 - Jack Harte, 94, Irish politician, Senator (1973–1992).[29]
- March 10 - Stuart Wagstaff, 90, British-Australian entertainer, complications from pulmonary fibrosis.[30]
- March 10 - Claude Sitton, 89, American Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter, congestive heart failure.[31]
- March 11 - Martin H:son Holmdahl, 91, Swedish academic.[32]
- March 11 - Jimmy Greenspoon, 67, American keyboard player and composer (Three Dog Night), skin cancer.[33]
- March 11 - Walter Burkert, 84, German academic and author (Homo Necans).[34]
- March 12 - Ada Jafri, 90, Pakistani Urdu poet.[35]
- March 12 - Sir Terry Pratchett, 66, British author (Discworld series), chest infection.[36]
- March 12 - Erol Büyükburç, 79, Turkish composer and singer.[37]
- March 12 - Michael Graves, 80, American architect.[38]
- March 12 - Magda Guzmán, 83, Mexican actress (Amor Bravío), heart attack.[39]
- March 13 - Daevid Allen, 77, Australian musician (Soft Machine, Gong), neck cancer.[40]
- March 13 - Irwin Hasen, 96, American cartoonist (Dondi).[41]
- March 13 - Al Rosen, 91, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians).[42]
- March 14 - Ana María Giunta, 72, Argentine actress, respiratory failure.[43]
- March 14 - Valentin Rasputin, 77, Russian writer.[44]
- March 15 - Narayan Desai, 90, Indian Gandhian and writer.[45]
- March 15 - Sally Forrest, 86, American singer and actress (Rawhide), cancer.[46]
- March 15 - Mike Porcaro, 59, American bass guitarist (Toto), complications from ALS.[47]
- March 15 - Xu Caihou, 71, Chinese general, bladder cancer.[48]
- March 15 - Curtis Gans, 77, American activist and writer, lung cancer.[49]
- March 16 - Bruce Crump, 57, American rock drummer (Molly Hatchet), throat cancer.[50]
- March 16 - Jack Haley, 51, American basketball player (Chicago Bulls), heart disease.[51]
- March 16 - Miguel Donoso Pareja, 83, Ecuadorian writer, Parkinson's disease.[52]
- March 16 - Andy Fraser, 62, British bass guitarist (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Free).[53]
- March 16 - Buddy Elias, 89, Swiss actor (Sunshine, The Monuments Men).[54]
- March 16 - Arthur A. Hartman, 89, American diplomat, Ambassador to France (1977–1981) and the Soviet Union (1981–1987), complications from surgery.[55]
- March 17 - Ashley Adams, 59, Australian Paralympic shooter, traffic collision.[56]
- March 18 - Thomas Hopko, 75, American Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian, congestive heart failure.[57]
- March 18 - Shaw Taylor, 90, British actor and television presenter.[58]
- March 19 - Danny Schechter, 72, American journalist and filmmaker, pancreatic cancer.[59]
- March 19 - Gus Douglass, 88, American politician, West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture (1965–1989, 1993–2013), fall.[60]
- March 19 - Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, 91, Dutch sprint athlete, Olympic champion (1948).[61]
- March 20 - Eva Burrows, 85, Australian Salvation Army General (1986–1993).[62]
- March 20 - Robert Kastenmeier, 91, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin (1959–1991), heart failure.[63]
- March 20 - Gregory Walcott, 87, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, Norma Rae, Ed Wood).[64]
- March 20 - Petr Vopěnka, 79, Czech mathematician and politician.[65]
- March 20 - Malcolm Fraser, 84, Australian politician, Prime Minister (1975–1983).[66]
- March 21 - Chuck Bednarik, 89, American NFL Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[67]
- March 21 - James C. Binnicker, 76, American air force officer, Chief Master Sergeant (1986–1990).[68]
- March 21 - Hans Erni, 106, Swiss painter, designer and sculptor.[69]
- March 21 - Jørgen Ingmann, 89, Danish musician, 1963 Eurovision Song Contest winner.[70]
- March 22 - Arkady Arkanov, 81, Russian writer and comedian.[71]
- March 22 - Norman Scribner, 79, American choral conductor.[72]
- March 23 - Herberto Hélder, 84, Portuguese poet.[73]
- March 23 - Bobby Lowther, 91, American basketball player and athlete (LSU Tigers), All-American (1946).[74]
- March 23 - Lee Kuan Yew, 91, Singaporean politician, Prime Minister (1959–1990), pneumonia.[75]
- March 23 - Lil' Chris, 24, British singer-songwriter, actor and television personality.[76]
- March 24 - Yehuda Avner, 86, Israeli diplomat, Ambassador to Australia and the United States, cancer.[77]
- March 24 - Moncef Ben Salem, 62, Tunisian politician.[78]
- March 24 - Richard Butson, 92, Canadian explorer and physician, recipient of the George Cross.[79]
- March 24 - Notable people killed in the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525:[80]
- Oleg Bryjak, 54, Kazakh-born German opera singer.[80]
- Andreas Lubitz, 27, German co-pilot.[80]
- Maria Radner, 34, German opera singer.[80]
- March 25 - George Fischbeck, 92, American television weatherman (KABC).[81]
- March 25 - Ivo Garrani, 91, Italian actor (Black Sunday, Hercules, Caliber 9).[82]
- March 25 - Dick Bond, 93, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1975-1987).[83]
- March 25 - Bill Slayback, 67, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).[84]
- March 25 - Ron Suart, 94, English football player and manager (Chelsea).[85]
- March 26 - John Renbourn, 70, British guitarist (Pentangle), heart attack.[86]
- March 26 - Karl Moik, 76, Austrian television presenter (Musikantenstadl).[87]
- March 26 - Luís Miguel Rocha, 39, Portuguese author, cancer.[88]
- March 26 - Dinkha IV, 79, Iraqi Syriac Christianity cleric, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (since 1976).[89]
- March 26 - Tomas Tranströmer, 83, Swedish poet and translator, awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature.[90]
- March 26 - Friedrich L. Bauer, 90, German computer scientist.[91]
- March 26 - Fred Robsahm, 71, Norwegian actor (Flashback).[92]
- March 27 - Rod Hundley, 80, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers) and television broadcaster, Alzheimer's disease.[93]
- March 27 - T. Sailo, 93, Indian military officer and politician, heart failure.[94]
- March 27 - Amaro Silva, 57, Canadian politician.[95]
- March 27 - Olga Syahputra, 32, Indonesian actor, comedian, singer and television host, meningitis.[96]
- March 27 - Daundre Barnaby, 24, Jamaican-born Canadian Olympic runner (2012), drowning.[97]
- March 27 - B.J. Crosby, 63, American singer and actress (Smokey Joe's Cafe), diabetic stroke.[98]
- March 27 - Rik Battaglia, 88, Italian actor.[99]
- March 27 - Yusuf Mohamed Ismail, 54, Somali diplomat, Ambassador to Switzerland (since 2008) and the Permanent Representative to the United Nations (since 2008), shot.[100]
- March 28 - Miroslav Ondříček, 80, Czech cinematographer (Amadeus, Ragtime, if....).[101]
- March 28 - Gene Saks, 93, American stage and movie director (The Odd Couple, Barefoot in the Park), pneumonia.[102]
- March 29 - Juan Carlos Maccarone, 74, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chascomús (1996–1999) and Santiago del Estero (1999–2005).[103]
- March 30 - Philip A. Potter, 93, Dominica Methodist church leader, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (1972-1984).[104]
- March 30 - Helmut Dietl, 70, German movie director (Schtonk!), lung cancer.[105]
- March 30 - Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, 93, Dutch astronomer.[106]
- March 31 - Carlos Gaviria Díaz, 77, Colombian lawyer and politician, Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Colombia (1993–2001), Senator (2006–2010), presidential candidate (2006), lung disease.[107]
Previous months[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "White Sox great Minnie Minoso passes away". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Joshua Fishman (1926-2015)
- ↑ Carel Visser: Sculptor hailed as a master of minimalism who turned metal and concrete into elegant and powerful forms
- ↑ Dean E. HESS
- ↑ Muere Francisco González Ledesma, gran exponente de la novela policíaca española (in Spanish)
- ↑ Dave Mackay of Scotland, Hearts, Tottenham and Derby, dies aged 80
- ↑ M. Stanton Evans, Pioneer of Conservative Movement, Dies at 80
- ↑ Lynn Borden Obituary
- ↑ "Ernest Braun 1925-2015". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ "Prof Ninan Koshy dies". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Preminuo Vlada Divljan (in Serbian)
- ↑ Death of Edward Cardinal Egan
- ↑ The Dubliners' singer Jim McCann has passed away at age of 70
- ↑ Fred Craddock, 'preaching genius,' dies at 86
- ↑ Former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das Dies
- ↑ Former ND minister Vasilis Magginas passes away, aged 66
- ↑ L'économiste Edmond Malinvaud est décédé (in French)
- ↑ "Former Republican Vermont Gov. F. Ray Keyser Jr. dies at 88". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Sam Simon, Co-Creator of ‘The Simpsons,’ Dies at 59
- ↑ "Argentine TV legend Gerardo Sofovich dies". Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Passings Lew Soloff, Jazz & Blood, Sweat & Tears Trumpeter (1944 - 2015)
- ↑ Morre em SP, aos 90 anos, a dama da música caipira, Inezita Barroso (in Portuguese)
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 Three French sports personalities die in Argentina helicopter crash
- ↑ James Molyneaux: Former UUP leader dies age 94
- ↑ Dave Frohnmayer, former UO president and Oregon attorney general, dies at 74
- ↑ Pioneering activist for peace, civil rights and local farming Juanita Nelson dies at 91.
- ↑ Windell Middlebrooks Dies: ‘Body Of Proof’, Miller Beer Ads Actor Was 36
- ↑ Star architect dies day after winning top prize
- ↑ Former Labour Senator Jack Harte dies
- ↑ Entertainer Stuart Wagstaff dies aged 90
- ↑ Claude Sitton, Times Reporter Lauded for Civil Rights Coverage, Dies at 89
- ↑ Former Vice-Chancellor Martin H:son Holmdahl has passed away
- ↑ Jimmy Greenspoon of Three Dog Night died from cancer at 67
- ↑ Zum Tod des Altphilologen Walter Burkert (in German)
- ↑ 'Honto pay kbhi un k mery naam hi aeay’ fame poetess Ada Jafri passes away[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Fantasy author Pratchett dies aged 66
- ↑ Turkish pop star found dead
- ↑ Architect Michael Graves Dies
- ↑ Magda Guzmán Dies: Mexican Actress Dead At 83 Following Heart Attack
- ↑ Gong founder Daevid Allen has died, aged 77
- ↑ DC Comic artist Irwin Hasen, creator of Dondi and the Wildcat, is dead at 96
- ↑ "Rosen, 1953 MVP and four-time All-Star, dies at 91". Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Murió Ana María Giunta (in Spanish)
- ↑ Умер писатель Валентин Распутин (in Russian)
- ↑ Narayan Desai passes away
- ↑ Sally Forrest, Ida Lupino Protégée, Dies at 86
- ↑ Death notice
- ↑ Ex-top China military official, facing bribery probe, dies
- ↑ "Activist, voter turnout expert Curtis Gans dies at 77". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Molly Hatchet's Bruce Crump dies
- ↑ Former Chicago Bull Jack Haley dies at age 51
- ↑ Fallece el escritor ecuatoriano Miguel Donoso Pareja (in Spanish)
- ↑ Free bassist Andy Fraser dead at 62
- ↑ Anne Frank's cousin Buddy Elias dies at 89
- ↑ Arthur A. Hartman, U.S. Ambassador to Soviet Union, Dies at 89
- ↑ "APC mourns passing of Paralympic shooter". Archived from the original on 2015-03-27. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko
- ↑ Police 5 star Shaw Taylor dies at his Isle of Wight home
- ↑ RIP Danny Schechter, "The News Dissector," Author, TV Producer, Made Six Films on Nelson Mandela
- ↑ "Gus Douglass, longtime W.Va. agriculture commissioner, dies". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Olympisch kampioene Van der Kade-Koudijs overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Salvation Army leader General Eva Burrows dies, aged 85
- ↑ Ex-Wisconsin Rep. Kastenmeier, Early Vietnam Critic, Dies
- ↑ Gregory Walcott, ‘Plan 9 From Outer Space’ Star, Dies at 87
- ↑ Zemřel polistopadový ministr školství, významný matematik Vopěnka (in Czech)
- ↑ Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser dead at 84
- ↑ Eagles Hall of Famer Chuck Bednarik passes at age 89/
- ↑ "Air Force Mourns the Loss of Ninth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force". Archived from the original on 2015-03-30. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Hans Erni mit 106 Jahren gestorben (in German)
- ↑ Danmarks første grandprix-vinder Jørgen Ingmann er død
- ↑ В московской больнице скончался Аркадий Арканов (in Russian)
- ↑ Choral Arts' Norman Scribner: 1936-2015
- ↑ Décès du poète portugais Herberto Helder (in French)
- ↑ Bobby Lowther, LSU's lone two-sport All-American, dies
- ↑ Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s Founding Father, Dies at 91
- ↑ Rock School star Lil' Chris found dead in Lowestoft
- ↑ Yehuda Avner, diplomat and political icon, dies at 86
- ↑ Moncef Ben Salem n'est plus Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- ↑ Richard Butson, GC - obituary
- ↑ 80.0 80.1 80.2 80.3 Germanwings Airbus A320 plane crash: First pictures of opera singers Maria Radner and Oleg Bryjak among 150 dead
- ↑ Dr. George Fischbeck, longtime KABC weatherman, dies
- ↑ Addio a Ivo Garrani dal “Gattopardo” a “Un posto al sole” (in Italian)
- ↑ Feisty GOP legislator Dick Bond dies at 93
- ↑ Ex-Tiger, songwriter Bill Slayback dies at 67
- ↑ Chelsea mourn death of former manager Ron Suart aged 94
- ↑ Guitarist Renbourn dies aged 70
- ↑ Karl Moik ist tot Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ↑ Muere el escritor portugués Luis Miguel Rocha, autor de «El último Papa» (in Spanish)
- ↑ "Holy Synod Announcement: Passing of Catholicos- Patriarch". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ "Sweden's Tomas Transtromer, Nobel prize-winning poet, dies at 83". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ↑ Die Last eintöniger geistiger Tätigkeit bekämpfen - zum Tode des Informatik-Pioniers Friedrich L. Bauer (in German)
- ↑ Natural Born Star (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Legendary Utah Jazz announcer ‘Hot Rod’ Hundley dies
- ↑ "Former Mizoram chief minister Brigadier Sailo dies at 93". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Amaro Silva, former Winnipeg city councillor, dies
- ↑ Comedian Olga Syahputra passes away in Singapore
- ↑ "Canadian 400m champion Daundre Barnaby dies in accident". Archived from the original on 2015-07-09. Retrieved 2015-03-31.
- ↑ Singer/Actress B.J. Crosby Dies at 63
- ↑ Rik Battaglia († 88) stirbt an Herzversagen (in German)
- ↑ Somalia hotel siege ends; U.N. diplomat, 19 others killed
- ↑ Czech Oscar-nominated cinematographer Miroslav Ondricek dies
- ↑ Gene Saks, Tony-Winning Director of Neil Simon Hits, Dies at 93
- ↑ Bishop Juan Carlos Maccarone †
- ↑ World Council of Churches lauds Philip Potter, one of its most famed leaders
- ↑ Helmut Dietl ist gestorbe (in German)
- ↑ (in Dutch) Leidse sterrenkundige Ingrid van Houten overleden (21 oktober 1921-30 maart 2015), Astronomie.nl, 2015. Retrieved on 31 March 2015.
- ↑ Fallece el constitucionalista Carlos Gaviria a sus 77 años (in Spanish)