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[change | change source]
1[change | change source]
- Ted Donaldson, 89, American actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Adventures of Rusty, Father Knows Best), complications from a fall.[1]
- Just Fontaine, 89, French footballer (Nice, Reims, national team).[2]
- Warren Saunders, 88, Australian cricketer (New South Wales).[3]
- Irma Serrano, 89, Mexican actress (Tiburoneros, El monasterio de los buitres, Las amantes del señor de la noche) and singer, heart attack.[4]
2[change | change source]
- Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, 90, Indian jurist, chief justice (1994–1997), chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University (2003–2010).[5]
- Steve Mackey, 56, English bassist (Pulp) and record producer.[6]
- María Onetto, 56, Argentine actress (Montecristo, The Headless Woman, The Heavy Hand of the Law).[7]
- Wayne Shorter, 89, American jazz saxophonist (The Jazz Messengers, Miles Davis Quintet, Weather Report), 12-time Grammy winner.[8]
3[change | change source]
- Francisco J. Ayala, 88, Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher.[9]
- Barbara Everitt Bryant, 96, American market researcher, director of the United States Census Bureau (1989–1993).[10]
- Kenzaburō Ōe, 88, Japanese novelist (A Personal Matter, The Silent Cry), Nobel Prize laureate (1994).[11]
- Tom Sizemore, 61, American actor (Black Hawk Down, Saving Private Ryan, Robbery Homicide Division), complications from a brain aneurysm.[12]
4[change | change source]
- Phil Batt, 96, American politician, governor of Idaho (1995–1999), member of the Idaho House of Representatives (1965–1967) and twice of the Senate.[13]
- Joseph Gabriel Fernandez, 97, Indian bishop[14]
- John Nagenda, 84, Ugandan cricketer (East Africa, national team).[15]
- Spot, 72, American record producer (Damaged, Milo Goes to College, Zen Arcade).[16]
5[change | change source]
- Frank Griswold, 85, American clergyman, presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church (1998–2006).[17]
- Gary Rossington, 71, American Hall of Fame guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band).[18]
6[change | change source]
- Masum Babul, 60, Bangladeshi film dance director and choreographer (Beder Meye Josna, Keyamat Theke Keyamat, Ekti Cinemar Golpo).[19]
- Georgina Beyer, 65, New Zealand politician, mayor of Carterton (1995–2000), MP (1999–2007), world's first openly transgender member of parliament.[20]
- Ivana Hloužková, 62, Czech actress (The Fortress, Boredom in Brno).[21]
7[change | change source]
- Ian Falconer, 63, American author.[22]
- Peterson Zah, 85, American politician, president of the Navajo Nation (1991–1995).[23]
8[change | change source]
- Marcel Amont, 93, French singer.[24]
- Gianmarco Calleri, 81, Italian footballer[25]
- Italo Galbiati, 85, Italian footballer[26]
- Bert I. Gordon, 100, American film director and screenwriter (Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants, The Amazing Colossal Man).[27]
- Chaim Topol, 87, Israeli actor (Fiddler on the Roof, Flash Gordon, For Your Eyes Only).[28]
9[change | change source]
- Robert Blake, 89, American actor.[29]
- Hassan Ghafourifard, 79, Iranian academic and politician[30]
- 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.[31]
- Randhir Singh, 65, Indian cricketer (national team).[32]
10[change | change source]
- 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).[33]
- Rolland Hein, American academic[34]
11[change | change source]
- Ignacio López Tarso, 98, Mexican actor (Rosa Blanca, Esmeralda, Wild at Heart).[35]
12[change | change source]
- Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, 87, British politician, member of the House of Lords (since 1970) and Paralympic champion (1960, 1964).[36]
- Marek Kopelent, 90, Czech composer.
- Antonio Pedro, 82, Brazilian actor.
- Costa Titch, 27, South African rapper.
13[change | change source]
- Jim Gordon, 77, American drummer (Derek and the Dominos, Traffic), songwriter ("Layla") and convicted murderer.[37]
- Jack McLaughlin, 93, Australian cricketer (Queensland).[38]
- Joe Pepitone, 82, American baseball player (New York Yankees, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs), World Series champion (1962).[39]
- Pat Schroeder, 82, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1997), complications from a stroke.[40]
14[change | change source]
- Bobby Caldwell, 71, American singer ("What You Won't Do for Love") and songwriter ("The Next Time I Fall").[41]
- Harvey Carignan, 95, American serial killer.
- Louisette Dussault, 82, Canadian actress (Françoise Durocher, Waitress, IXE-13, Wedding Night) and writer.[42]
15[change | change source]
- Don Megson, 86, English football.
16[change | change source]
- Nani Widjaja, 78, Indonesian actress (Cinta Pertama, Catatan Si Boy, Maling Kutang), respiratory failure.[43]
17[change | change source]
- Jorge Edwards, 91, Chilean novelist and diplomat.[44]
- Fuzzy Haskins, 81, American Hall of Fame singer (Parliament-Funkadelic).[45]
- Lance Reddick, 60, American actor (The Wire, Fringe, John Wick) and musician, heart disease.[46]
- Robert W. Sennewald, 93, American army general.[47]
- Laura Valenzuela, 92, Spanish television presenter (TVE) and actress (Spaniards in Paris, Growing Leg, Diminishing Skirt), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[48]
18[change | change source]
- Gloria Dea, 100, American actress (King of the Congo, Plan 9 from Outer Space) and magician, coronary artery disease.[49]
19[change | change source]
- Willie Cager, 80, American basketball player.
- Pōhiva Tuʻiʻonetoa, 71, Tongan politician, prime minister (2019–2021), minister of finance (2018–2019) and MP (since 2014).[50]
20[change | change source]
- Paul Grant, 56, British actor (Return of the Jedi, Labyrinth, The Dead) and stuntman.[51]
- Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, 91, Argentine footballer (Independiente, Unión Española, national team).[52]
- Vasily Reshetnikov, 103, Russian pilot and World War II veteran, Hero of the Soviet Union.[53]
21[change | change source]
- Francesco Maselli, 92, Italian film director and screenwriter (Time of Indifference, A Tale of Love, Abandoned).[54]
- Willis Reed, 80, American Hall of Fame basketball player (New York Knicks) and coach (New Jersey Nets), NBA champion (1970, 1973), heart failure.[55]
- Peter Werner, 76, American film and television director (In the Region of Ice, Moonlighting, Grimm), Oscar winner (1976).[56]
22[change | change source]
- Jirō Dan, 74, Japanese actor (Daijōbu, My Friend, Return of Ultraman, Zero Woman), lung cancer.[57]
- Rebecca Jones, 65, Mexican actress (Imperio de cristal, Para volver a amar, Que te perdone Dios).[58]
- Ben Shelly, 75, American politician, president of the Navajo Nation (2011–2015).[59]
23[change | change source]
- Marion Game, 84, Moroccan-born French actress (Scènes de ménages, Parking, Dickie-roi).[60]
- Dafydd Hywel, 77, Welsh actor (Coming Up Roses, Off to Philadelphia in the Morning, The Crown).[61]
24[change | change source]
- Gordon Moore, 94, American businessman, engineer (Moore's law) and philanthropist, co-founder of Intel and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.[62]
- Pradeep Sarkar, 67, Idaian film director.[63]
25[change | change source]
- Chabelo, 88, American-born Mexican actor (The Extra, Escuela para solteras) and comedian (La Carabina de Ambrosio).[64]
- Nick Lloyd Webber, 43, English composer (Love, Lies and Records, Fat Friends The Musical) and songwriter, stomach cancer.[65]
- Pascoal Mocumbi, 81, Mozambican politician, prime minister (1994–2004).[66]
- Andrei Sison, 16, Filipino actor.
26[change | change source]
- Zvi Dershowitz, 94, Czech-born American rabbi.[67]
- Nikolay Dupak, 101, Russian actor (The Forty-First, Intervention, Bumbarash).[68]
- Ivano Marescotti, 77, Italian actor (The Peaceful Air of the West, Johnny Stecchino, Cado dalle nubi) and theater director.[69]
- 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).[70]
27[change | change source]
- 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).[71]
- Ronald A. Sarasin, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–1979) and the Connecticut House of Representatives (1969–1973).[72]
28[change | change source]
- Virginia Nair, 73, Indian actor.
- Paul O'Grady, 67, English comedian and television presenter (The Paul O'Grady Show).[73]
- Ryuichi Sakamoto, 71, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra), composer (The Last Emperor), and actor (Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence), Oscar winner (1988), rectal cancer.[74]
29[change | change source]
- John Kerin, 85, Australia politician, twice.
- Keith Reid, 76, English lyricist and songwriter (Procul Harum, "A Whiter Shade of Pale", "You're the Voice").[75] (death announced on this date)
30[change | change source]
- Johan Leysen, 73, Belgian actor (The Abyss, Brotherhood of the Wolf, The American).[76]
- Elemér Ragályi, 83, Hungarian cinematographer (The Phantom of the Opera, Mesmer, An American Rhapsody), film director and actor.[77]
31[change | change source]
- Asja Lamtiugina, 82, Polish actress.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Ted Donaldson, Young Actor in ‘Father Knows Best’ and ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,’ Dies at 89
- ↑ France, World Cup legend Just Fontaine dies aged 89
- ↑ Cricket world mourns death of NSW legend Warren Saunders
- ↑ Murió Irma Serrano a los 89 años de edad (in Spanish)
- ↑ Former Chief Justice Of India AM Ahmadi Passes Away
- ↑ Pulp bass player Steve Mackey has died
- ↑ Murió María Onetto: Relatos salvajes, Montecristo y sus otros grandes papeles en el teatro (in Spanish)
- ↑ Wayne Shorter, sage of the saxophone, dies at 89
- ↑ Muere el genetista Francisco J. Ayala a los 88 años de edad (in Spanish)
- ↑ Barbara Bryant, the first woman to head the U.S. census, has died at 96
- ↑ Novelist and Nobel Prize Laureate Kenzaburo Oe Dies
- ↑ Tom Sizemore Dead at 61
- ↑ ‘He was a titan in Idaho politics’: Former Idaho Gov. Phil Batt dies
- ↑ Bishop Emeritus of Quilon diocese Joseph G Fernandez passes away
- ↑ Senior presidential advisor John Nagenda dies at 84
- ↑ SST Records Producer Glen “SPOT” Lockett Dies at 72
- ↑ Frank T. Griswold III, 25th presiding bishop, dies at 85
- ↑ Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Last Original Member, Dead at 71
- ↑ Choreographer, filmmaker Masum Babul dies
- ↑ Georgina Beyer, the world's first openly transgender MP, has died
- ↑ Zemřela herečka Ivana Hloužková (in Czech)
- ↑ Remembering Ian Falconer, the New Yorker Artist and Author of the “Olivia” Books
- ↑ Peterson Zah, the one and only Navajo chairman and president, dies at 85
- ↑ French Singer Marcel Amont Dies At 93
- ↑ È morto Calleri, l'ex presidente della Lazio: lutto nel calcio (in Italian)]
- ↑ Lutto nel mondo del calcio: Italo Galbiati si è spento all'età di 85 anni. Una sola presenza nell'Inter (in Italian)
- ↑ Bert I. Gordon, Auteur of Mutant Monster Movies, Dies at 100 (subscription required)
- ↑ Actor, singer and Israel Prize laureate Chaim Topol dies at 87
- ↑ Robert Blake Dies: Actor In ‘Baretta’ And ‘In Cold Blood’ Was 89, Beat Real-Life Murder Rap
- ↑ حسن غفوریفرد درگذشت (in Persian)
- ↑ 元女優・元参議院議長の扇千景さんが死去「食道胃接合部がん」のため 89歳 (in Japanese)
- ↑ Randhir Singh
- ↑ Former U.S. Rep. L.A."Skip" Bafalis, of Florida, dies in Virginia
- ↑ DR. HEIN'S OBITUARY
- ↑ Muere el actor Ignacio López Tarso, el Macario inmortal del cine de oro mexicano (in Spanish)
- ↑ Baroness Masham of Ilton
- ↑ Jim Gordon, Drummer for Eric Clapton and ‘Layla’ Co-Writer Who Was Convicted of Murder, Dies at 77
- ↑ Queensland Cricket: Vale Jack McLaughlin
- ↑ Flamboyant Yankees great dies at 82: ‘Playful and charismatic personality’ made him a fan favorite
- ↑ Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women’s rights, dies
- ↑ Bobby Caldwell, 'What You Won't Do For Love' Singer Dead at 71
- ↑ La comédienne Louisette Dussault s'éteint (in French)
- ↑ Nani Wijaya Meninggal Dunia di Usia 78 Tahun (in Indonesian)
- ↑ Falleció el escritor chileno Jorge Edwards a los 91 años (in Spanish)
- ↑ Former Parliament-Funkadelic singer Fuzzy Haskins dead at 81
- ↑ Lance Reddick Dies: ‘John Wick’, ‘The Wire’, ‘Fringe’ & ‘Bosch’ Actor Was 60
- ↑ Robert William Sennewald
- ↑ Muere Laura Valenzuela a los 92 años (in Spanish)
- ↑ Gloria Dea, the Strip’s first magician, dies at 100
- ↑ Former Tonga PM Tu'ionetoa passes away
- ↑ Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Paul Grant dies aged 56
- ↑ Murió Osvaldo Cruz, emblema de Independiente en los '50 (in Spanish)
- ↑ Скончался старейший герой СССР, знаменитый летчик Василий Решетников (in Russian)
- ↑ Citto Maselli, morto il regista de 'Gli indifferenti' e 'I delfini'. La passione per il cinema e l'impegno politico (in Italian)
- ↑ New York Knicks legend Willis Reed dies at 80
- ↑ Peter Werner Dies: Prolific TV Director & Oscar Winner Was 76
- ↑ 「帰ってきたウルトラマン」団時朗さん死去、74歳 17年に肺がん診断、昨年末悪化し力尽きる (in Japanese)
- ↑ La actriz mexicana Rebecca Jones muere a los 65 años (in Spanish)
- ↑ Former Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly dies at age 75
- ↑ Marion Game, l’interprète de Huguette dans « Scènes de ménages », est décédée à 84 ans (in French)
- ↑ Dafydd Hywel: Tributes to Stella actor who dies aged 77
- ↑ Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94
- ↑ Parineeta filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar passes away at 67
- ↑ Murió Xavier López, 'Chabelo', actor y comediante (in Spanish)
- ↑ Andrew Lloyd Webber Announces Son Nick’s Death
- ↑ Morreu ex-primeiro-ministro de Moçambique Pascoal Mocumbi (in Portuguese)
- ↑ Rabbi Emeritus Zvi Dershowitz
- ↑ В Москве умер актер Николай Дупак (in Russian)
- ↑ Ravenna, morto Ivano Marescotti. Aveva 77 anni (in Italian)
- ↑ Deutscher Kardinal Karl-Josef Rauber gestorben (in German)
- ↑ Former congressman, Senate candidate Galifianakis dies at 94
- ↑ Remembering Ronald A. Sarasin
- ↑ Paul O'Grady: TV presenter and comedian dies aged 67
- ↑ Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pop pioneer and Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 71
- ↑ ‘You’re The Voice’ Co-Writer Keith Reid of Procol Harum Dead At Age 76
- ↑ Belgische acteur Johan Leysen (73) plots overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Meghalt Ragályi Elemér, Kossuth-díjas operatőr (in Hungarian)
Other websites[change | change source]
- 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
| Preceded by Deaths in 2022 |
Deaths by year | Succeeded by Deaths in 2024 |