1738 – Turlough O’Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)
1931 – Ida B. Wells (-Barnett), American journalist, civil rights activist, and co-founder of the NAACP, dies at 68
1933 – Eric Jan Hanussen [Hermann Steinschneider], Austrian astrologist, clairvoyant, illusionist, and speaking tutor to Hitler, murdered at 43
1937 – John Drinkwater, English poet and playwright (Bird in Hand), dies at 54
1958 – Tom Brown, American dixieland jazz trombonist, dies at 69
1969 – Norman Gallichan, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 3 wickets; Manawatu, Wellington), dies at 62
1996 – John Snagge, British newsreader and commentator for the BBC (Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race), dies at 91
1999 – Cal Ripken Sr, American baseball manager (Baltimore Orioles 1987-88; World Series 1983 [coach]), dies of lung cancer at 63
2007 – Andranik Margaryan, 14th Prime Minister of Armenia (2000-07), dies at 57
2023 – Pavel Krotov, Russian freestyle skier (World C’ship gold mixed team aerials 2021), dies at 30
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 24th March 2024
1603 – Elizabeth I Tudor [Virgin Queen], Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) and daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, dies at 69
1877 – Walter Bagehot, English journalist and economist (founded National Review), dies at 51
1882 – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (Song of Hiawatha), dies at 75
1888 – Vsevolod Garshin, Russian author (b. 1855)
1899 – Billy Barnes, English cricket all-rounder (21 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 134, 51 wickets, BB 6/28; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 46
1910 – Galen Clark, Canadian-born American naturalist and conservationist (discovered and helped preserve Mariposa’s Grove of giant Sequoia trees), dies at 95
1968 – Lauwrens Voorthuyzen, Dutch sect leader, dies at 70
1977 – Saburō Moroi, Japanese composer and educator, dies at 73
2010 – Jules van Neerven, Dutch economist, journalist, and editor (Limbourg Daily), dies at 80
2020 – Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist and script writer (Asterix comic books), dies at 92
Famous Deaths for 23rd March 2024
1361 – Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, richest peer in England, dies at 50 or 51
1653 – Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (commanded Dutch fleet during Battle of Leghorn), dies of wounds from the Battle of Leghorn at about 48
1748 – Johann Gottfried Walther, German composer and musicologist, dies at 63
1786 – Patience Wright, 1st US woman pro artist, dies (birth date unknown)
1819 – August von Kotzebue, German dramatist, dies at 57
1987 – Adriaan Pitlo, Dutch lawyer, dies at 85
1991 – Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)
1995 – Russell Reading Braddon, Australian author, dies at 74
2000 – Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), dies at 62
2006 – Sarah Caldwell, American conductor/opera director (Flagstaff), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 22nd March 2024
1661 – Hendrick Uylenburgh, Dutch art dealer who launched Rembrandt and others, buried at about 73
1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (Miserere Suites de Symphonies et Trios), dies at 54
1867 – Ferdinando Giorgetti, Italian composer, dies at 70
1975 – Paul Verhoeven, German actor and director (Das kleine Hofkonzert), dies at 73
1981 – James “Jumbo” Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
1986 – Harriette Arnow, American novelist and historian (Dollmaker), dies at 77
1990 – Alexander Chugayev, Soviet Russian composer, dies at 66
1994 – Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (Woody Woodpecker’s creator), dies at 93
1996 – Claude Mauriac, French writer (Le Temps immobile), dies at 81
2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
Famous Deaths for 21st March 2024
1843 – Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican independence leader, general and 1st President of Mexico (1824-29), dies at 56
1889 – August von Pettenkofen, Austrian outdoor painter, dies at 66
1894 – Jacob Rosenhaim, Jewish-German composer, dies at 80
1915 – Frederick Winslow Taylor, American mechanical engineer and the father of scientific management, dies of influenza at 59
1971 – Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy Vallée; Teddy Wilson), actress (Pardon My Sarong), and singing voice for Rita Hayworth, dies of cancer at 55
1994 – Dack Rambo, American actor (Jack Ewing-Dallas), dies from AIDs at 52
1995 – Robert Urquhart, Scottish actor (Dunkirk, Bulldog Breed), dies at 72
2002 – Hermanus Berserik, Dutch painter and graphic artist, dies at 80
2002 – Herman Talmadge, American politician (70th Governor of Georgia), dies at 88
2016 – Peter Brown [Pierre Lind de Lappe], American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold and Beautiful), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 20th March 2024
1865 – Keisuke Yamanami, Japanese samurai (b. 1833)
1934 – Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen consort of William and Regent of the Netherlands, dies at 76
1962 – A. E. Douglass, American astronomer and inventor of dendrochronology (tree-ring dating), dies at 94
1972 – Jan Engelman, Dutch poet and art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
1989 – Alan Gifford [John Lennox], American actor (Time Lock, 2001: A Space Odyssey), dies at 78
1992 – Georges Delerue, French film composer (Sword of Gideon, A Little Romance), dies of a heart attack at 67
1995 – Rachida Hammadi, Algerian TV journalist, murdered at 32
2001 – Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (b. 1949)
2013 – Risë Stevens {Steenberg], American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1938-61 – “Carmen”), vocal coach, and arts administrator, dies at 99
2015 – Robert Kastenmeier, American politician (Rep-D-WI, 1959-91), dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 19th March 2024
1871 – Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger, Austrian mineralogist (b. 1795)
1914 – Giuseppe Mercalli, Italian volcanologist (b. 1850)
1934 – Anthony John Blok, Dutch lawyer (strafproces), dies at 66
1940 – Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 54
1942 – Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist, dies at 86
1971 – Mary Dorna [Mary Jeanette Tenkink-Stoppelman], Dutch author, dies at 79
1979 – Richard Beckinsale, English actor (Doing Time, Porridge, Lovers), dies at 31
1991 – Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37
1992 – Henry Leland Clarke, American composer, dies at 85
1994 – Jose Coronel Urtecho, poet, dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 18th March 2024
1799 – John Randall, British composer, dies at 82
1876 – Ferdinand Freiligrath, German poet and translator, dies at 65
1907 – Marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (Thomsen–Berthelot principle of thermochemistry), dies at 79
1976 – James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
1977 – José Carlos Pace, Brazilian racing driver (b. 1944)
1985 – Jack Miller, Ameerican orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
2001 – John Phillips, American singer and guitarist (Mama and Papas-California Dreaming), dies at 65
2008 – Anthony Minghella, English Oscar winning film director (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley), dies at 54
2017 – Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer, dies at 80
2021 – Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher and anthroposophist, dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 17th March 2024
1058 – King Lulach I of Scotland
1803 – Candido Jose Ruano, Spanish composer, dies at 42
1913 – Richard Montgomery Gano, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 82
1949 – Aleksandra Ekster, Russian painter (b. 1882)
1982 – Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
1993 – Helen Hayes [Brown], American actress (Caesar and Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), and 1st female EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
1995 – Sunnyland Slim, American jazz, blues singer and pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1996 – Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
2005 – (Eduardo) “Lalo” Guerrero, American guitarist, Chicano singer-songwriter (Los Carlistas), and women’s rights activist, dies at 88
2006 – Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor, dies at 50
Famous Deaths for 16th March 2024
1322 – Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, English soldier (b. 1276), dies during Battle of Boroughbridge
1410 – John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset (b. 1373)
1890 – Zorka of Montenegro, Princess of Serbia (b. 1864)
1983 – Arthur Godfrey, American radio and TV host (Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scout), dies at 79
1987 – Scott McKay [Carl Chester Gose], American actor (Stage Door, Guest in House, 30 Seconds over Tokyo), dies of kidney failuyre at 71
1991 – 7 members of Reba McIntire’s band, killed in a plane crash
1992 – Yves Rocard, French physicist (helped develop the atomic bomb for France), dies at 88
2001 – Norma MacMillan, Canadian voice actress (Casper the Ghost), dies at 79
2011 – Richard Wirthlin, American political strategist for Ronald Reagan, dies at 80
2013 – Frank Thornton, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine), dies from natural causes at 92