1816 – Philip Mazzei, Italian physician, philosopher, and friend of Thomas Jefferson, dies at 85
1900 – Charles-Louis Hanon, French composer and piano pedagogue (The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises), dies at 80
1916 – Vasily Surikov, Russian history painter (The Conquest of Siberia by Yermak Timofeyevich), dies at 68
1940 – Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54
1969 – Theodor Schaefer, Czech composer, dies at 65
1974 – Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist politician (daughter of Otto Ville Kuusinen), dies at 70
1999 – Tofilau Eti Alesana, former Prime Minister of Samoa (b. 1924)
1999 – Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes), dies at 72
2007 – Luther Ingram, American RandB singer-songwriter (“(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don’t Want to Be Right”; “I’ll Be Your Shelter”), dies of diabetes related heart failure at 69
2018 – Irwin Hoffman, American conductor, dies at 93
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 18th March 2026
1689 – John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
1768 – Lawrence Sterne, Irish writer (Tristram Shandy, Sentimental Journey France and Italy), dies at 54
1835 – Christian Gunther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat, dies at 65
1907 – Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry), dies at 79
1937 – Charles Haslewood Shannon, English lithographer and painter, dies at 73
1968 – Manuel Gómez Carrillo, Argentine composer, dies at 85
1974 – David Imboden, American silent film actor (King of Kings), muralist, and theater director, dies at 87
1983 – Kenneth E. Boulding, English economist (b. 1910)
2017 – Don Hunstein, American photographer of musicians, dies at 88
2024 – Ron Baynham, English soccer goalkeeper who played 3 internationals and 388 games for Luton Town, dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 17th March 2026
1704 – Menno, Baron van Coehoorn, Dutch military engineer (Coevorden mortar), dies at 63
1793 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and kapellmeister (Cathedral of St. Stephan, 1772-93), dies at 55
1796 – Pieter Paulus, Dutch Patriot and President of the First National Assembly in The Hague, dies of a serious cold at 42
1962 – Frank Orth, American actor (Boston Blackie; Brothers), dies at 82
1992 – Jack Arnold, American actor and director (Sid Caesar Special, Emmy 1967, Creature From the Black Lagoon), dies at 75
1993 – Laadi Flici, Algerian politician and writer, assassinated at 55
2005 – Andre Norton, American writer (b. 1912)
2006 – Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor, dies at 50
2008 – Roland Arnall, American businessman and U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands, dies at 68
2022 – Peter Bowles, British actor (I, Claudius; Rumpole of the Bailey – “Featherstone”), dies of cancer at 85
Famous Deaths for 16th March 2026
1806 – Giuseppe Colla, Italian composer, dies at 74
1819 – Nicolas Séjan, French organist and composer, dies at 73
1909 – George Thorndike Angell, American lawyer and advocate for the humane treatment of animals (ASPCA), dies at 85
1937 – Austen Chamberlain, British statesman, (Foreign Secretary 1924-29, Nobel Peace Prize 1925 for anti-war Locano Pact), dies at 73
1993 – Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
1993 – Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
1994 – (Charles) Russell Woolen, American classical keyboardist and composer (In Martyrum Memoriam), dies at 71
1998 – Esther Bubley, American photographer, dies at 77
2005 – Allan Hendrickse, South African politician (leader of South African Labour Party; House of Representatives, 1984-92), Congregationalist minister, and teacher, dies of a heart attack at 77
2008 – G. David Low, American astronaut (b. 1956)
Famous Deaths for 15th March 2026
1888 – Squire Whipple, American engineer who invented the iron truss bridge, dies at 83
1891 – Théodore de Banville, French writer, dies at 67
1906 – Alfred Gilpin Jones, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1900-06), dies at 81
1942 – Alexander von Zemlinsky, Austrian composer, conductor, and arranger (The Mermaid; Lyric Symphony), dies from a stroke at 70
1983 – Rebecca West [Cicely Isabel Fairfield], English author (Meaning of Treason), dies at 90
1987 – W. Sterling Cole, American politician (Rep-R-NY, Director International Atomic Energy Agency), dies at 82
1998 – (Robert) “Jheri” Redding, American hairdresser, businessman, and National Cosmetology Foundation’s Hall of Fame member (created the Jheri curl and hair conditioner), dies at 91
2005 – Bob Bellear, Australian judge (b. 1944)
2009 – Ron Silver, American actor (Reversal of Fortune, Timecop), dies of cancer at 62
2019 – Tom Tripplehorn, American jazz and rock session and touring guitarist (Gary Lewis and Playboys – “This Diamond Ring”; Leon Russell; Wrecking Crew), dies of cancer at 75
Famous Deaths for 14th March 2026
840 – Eginhard, French nobleman/biographer (Vita Karoli Magni), dies at 69
1612 – Philip Galle, Flemish engraver, dies at about 74
1760 – Anton Filtz [Fils], German composer, dies at 26
1811 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, British Prime Minister (1768-70), dies at 75
1967 – Paul Faucher, French author and pioneering children’s publisher (Père Castor), dies at 68
1994 – Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska, Polish pianist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 82
2006 – Lennart Meri, Estonian politician, writer and director (President of Estonia 1992-2001), dies at 76
2014 – Tony Benn, British politician, Minister of Technology and President of the Stop the War Coalition, dies aged 88
2018 – Marielle Franco, Brazilian politician and human rights activist, assassinated at 38
2024 – Byron Janis [né Yanks], American concert pianist (debut with NBC Symphony Orchestra at age 15), dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 13th March 2026
1941 – Bernard Ijzerdraat, Dutch resistance fighter, executed by Nazi regime at 49
1951 – James I Wedgwood, British theosophist and bishop (Liberal Catholic Church), dies at 67
1973 – Stacy Harris, Canadian born actor (NOPD, Doorway to Danger), dies at 54
1995 – Lorraine Macleod, American dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun), dies at 65
2001 – Encarnación Alzona, pioneering Filipino historian, educator, and first Filipino woman to obtain a Ph.D., dies at 105
2002 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (Truth and Method), dies at 102
2005 – Jason Evers, American actor (Wrangler, Channing), dies of heart failure at 83
2009 – James Purdy, American author (Malcolm), dies at 94
2016 – Martin Olav Sabo, American politician (Rep-D-MN, 1979-2007), dies at 78
2024 – Stefan Abadzhiev, Bulgarian soccer forward (27 caps; PFC Levski Sofia), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 12th March 2026
1958 – Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, wife of Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, dies at 79
1984 – Arnold Ridley, English playwright and actor, dies at 88
1993 – June Valli, American singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
1998 – Judge Dread [Alexander Hughes] English reggae musician, dies from a heart attack at 52
2008 – Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer, humorist, and TV, theater and radio host (b. 1949)
2013 – Clive Burr, English drummer, dies from complications from multiple sclerosis at 56
2016 – Lloyd Shapley, American Mathematician (2012 Nobel Prize, Game Theory), dies at 92
2018 – Craig Mack, American rapper (Flava In Ya Ear), dies of heart failure at 47
2018 – Ken Flach, American tennis player (Wimbledon doubles 1987, 88; US Open doubles 1985, 93), dies of pneumonia at 54
2018 – Oleg Tabakov, Soviet-Russian actor and artistic director (Moscow Art Theatre), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 11th March 2026
1874 – Charles Sumner, American politician, Senator Massachusetts (1851-74) and anti-slavery advocate, dies at 63
1944 – Irvin S. Cobb, American writer and humorist (Old Judge Priest), dies at 67
1947 – Victor Lustig, Austrian-Hungarian con artist known for “selling the Eiffel Tower twice”, dies at 57
1952 – Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885)
1963 – Mahomed Nissar, Indian cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies at 52
1969 – John Wyndham, American sci-fi author (Chrysalids), dies at 65
2007 – Betty Hutton [Elizabeth June Thornburg], American actress, dancer, singer and comedian (Greatest Show on Earth), dies of colon cancer a 86
2018 – Ken Dodd, British singer and comedian described as “the last great music hall entertainer,” dies of complications from a chest infection at 90
2025 – Norair Nurikian, Bulgarian weightlifter (Olympic gold men’s 60kg 1972, 56kg 1976), dies at 76
2025 – Clive Revill, New Zealand stage and screen actor (Irma La Douce; Oliver!; Avanti!), dies at 94
Famous Deaths for 10th March 2026
1588 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar, dies at 54
1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian national poet and painter, dies at 47
1944 – David Vogel, Russian-Hebrew poet, and writer (Married Life; Before the Dark Gate; In the Sanatorium), murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp at 52
1966 – Frank O’Connor, Irish author and translator of Irish poetry, fiction, and memoirs, dies from a heart attack at 62
1966 – Mari Sandoz, American author (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 64
2010 – (Doyle) “Nick” Taylor, American rock guitarist (Bloodrock), dies in a car accident at 63
2012 – Erico Menczer, Italian cinematographer (Chosen, Miranda), dies at 85
2016 – Anita Brookner, English novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, dies at 87
2017 – Tony Haygarth, British stage and screen actor (Kinvig, The Infiltrator), dies at 72
2022 – Odalis Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 2002; Atlanta Braves, LA Dodgers, KC Royals), dies after a fall at 44