1570 – Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies
1681 – Frans van Mieris the Elder, Dutch painter, dies at 45
1894 – Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840)
1942 – Robert Bosch, German engineer, inventor (automotive ignition device), and industrialist, dies at 80
1943 – Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor, dies at 73
1955 – Charlie “Bird” Parker, American jazz saxophonist (Ornithology) and composer, dies of pneumonia and a bleeding ulcer at 34 in NYC
1973 – Frankie Frisch, American Baseball HOF infielder (3 x MLB All-Star; 4 x World Series; NL MVP 1931; NY Giants, St.L Cardinals) and manager (St.L Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs), dies at 74
1983 – Yevsei Liberman, Ukraine Soviet economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85
1998 – Beatrice Wood, American artist, ceramist and editor (The Blind Man, inspiration for Titanic film character Rose), dies at 105
2008 – Lazare Ponticelli, the last “poilu”, French foot soldier of World War One, dies at 110 (b. 1897)
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 11th March 2024
1913 – John Shaw Billings, American librarian and surgeon, dies at 74
1937 – Paul Scheinpflug, composer, dies at 61
1956 – Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83
1959 – Lester Dent, American writer (Doc Savage), dies at 54
1959 – Haydn Wood, English violinist, and composer of light classical music (Roses of Picardy), dies at 76
1975 – Sammy Spear, American big band trumpet player and orchestra leader (The Jackie Gleason Show), dies of a heart attack at 65
1977 – Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1990 – Dean Horrix, English footballer (b. 1961)
2019 – Hal Blaine [Harold Belsky], American pop and rock session drummer (The Wrecking Crew), dies at 90
2023 – Harry “Bud” Grant, American Pro Football HOF coach (NFL Coach of the Year 1969 Minnesota Vikings; 4 x Grey Cup C’ship Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and basketball forward (NBA C’ship 1950 Minnesota Lakers), dies at 95
Famous Deaths for 10th March 2024
1670 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
1897 – Teodulo Mabellini, Italian composer, dies at 79
1906 – Eugen Richter, German politician (Liberal), dies at 67
1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician and diplomat, Prime minister of Japan (1945-46), dies at 78
1973 – Richard Sharples, British politician, Governor of Bermuda (1972-73), assassinated in office at 56
1986 – Ray Milland, Welsh actor (The Lost Weekend-Academy Award 1945), dies at 81
1988 – William Brocklesby Wordsworth, English composer, dies at 79
1994 – Robert Shea, American author (Illuminatus!), dies of cancer at 61
2005 – Mindy Jostyn, American session and touring vocalist, violinist, guitarist, accordionist, and harmonica player (New York Rock and Soul Revue; Billy Joel; Andreas Vollenweider; Carly Simon; Cyndi Lauper), and singer-songwriter (“Five Miles From Hope”; “Coming Home”), dies of cancer at 48
2016 – Anita Brookner, English novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 9th March 2024
1913 – Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61
1941 – Carlos Pedrell, Uruguayan guitarist and composer, dies at 62
1964 – Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, ‘the Lion of Africa’, German general and politician (only German to successfully invade part of British empire in WWI), dies at 93
1981 – Max Delbrück, German-American biologist and molecular geneticist (bacteriophage, Nobel Prize 1969), dies at 74
1982 – Rab Butler, British politician and minister who favoured appeasement, dies at 79
1991 – Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
1992 – Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies
2004 – John Mayer, Indian composer (Indo-Jazz Fusion), dies in a car accident at 73
2011 – David S. Broder, American journalist (Pulitzer 1973), dies at 81
2021 – (Leonard) “Len” Skeat, British jazz double-bassist, dies at 84
Famous Deaths for 8th March 2024
1674 – Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny, French writer (b. 1597)
1754 – Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies
1887 – James Buchanan Eads, American engineer and inventor (Eads Bridge-St Louis), dies at 66
1920 – Wilhelm Bousset, German theologist and historian, dies at 54
1948 – Emily Bissell, American welfare worker and founder of Christmas Seals, dies at 86
1951 – Honeymoon Killers, dies in electric chair
1988 – Ken Colyer, British New Orleans jazz devotee trumpeter, cornetist, and bandleader, dies at 79
1996 – Alison McCartney, pathologist/Breast Cancer campaigner, dies at 45
2014 – William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, dies at 90
2023 – Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, Puerto Rican food historian (face of Puerto Rican cuisine), dies at 67
Famous Deaths for 7th March 2024
1578 – Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, niece of Henry VIII and whose son married Mary Queen of Scots, dies at 62
1737 – Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl and fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars), dies at 79
1767 – Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, French colonial administrator (French Louisiana), dies at 87
1902 – James “Pud” Galvin, American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB’s first 300-game winner; no-hitters 1880, 84; Buffalo Bisons), dies at 45
1959 – Ichirō Hatoyama, Japanese politician, Prime Minister (1954-56), dies at 76
1973 – Andre de Meulemeester, Belgian World War I fighter ace known as the “Eagle of Flanders” with 11 known kills and 19 unconfirmed, dies at 78
1995 – Jacques Lefebvre, Belgian air force general, commits suicide at 64
2007 – Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer, and musical director (Hungarian National Theater, 1951-66; Budapest Operetta, 1974-79). dies at 78
2009 – Jang Ja-yeon, South Korean actress, commits suicide at 29
2019 – Kelly Catlin, American road cyclist (Olympic silver 2016, World C’ship gold 2016-18), dies from suicide at 23
Famous Deaths for 6th March 2024
1881 – Horatia Nelson, the illegitimate daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (b. 1801)
1961 – Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright and director (Tivoli), dies at 59
1968 – Isa Krejci, Czech composer, dies at 63
1984 – Martin Niemöller, German theologian who supported then opposed the Nazi regime, famous for his widely quoted poem “First they came …”, dies at 92
2009 – David Williams, American RandB, pop and rock session and touring guitarist (Michael Jackson; Madonna; Rod Stewart; Bryan Ferry), dies of cardiac arrest following a stroke at 58
2012 – Jaap Boersma, Dutch politician (Minister for Social Affairs (ARP)), dies at 82
2012 – Francisco Xavier do Amaral, East Timorese President, dies at 75
2014 – Sheila MacRae, British-born actress (Jackie Gleason Show), dies at 92
2014 – Ron Murphy, Canadian NHL player, dies at 80
2018 – Lucie Brock-Broido, American poet and academic (Noctuary), dies at 61
Famous Deaths for 5th March 2024
1605 – Clement VIII [Ippolito Aldofireini], Italian Pope (1592-1605), dies at 69
1726 – Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
1950 – Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian nationalist and military leader, dies at 42
1967 – Mohammad Mosaddegh, Prime Minister of Iran (1951-53) who was overthrown in a coup d’état aided by the CIA and the British SIS, dies at 84
1982 – John Belushi, American comedian (SNL, 1975-80), actor (Animal House), and singer (The Blues Brothers), dies of a drug overdose at 33
1984 – Michael Sklar, American comedian (Laugh-In; Sha Na Na), dies at 39
1995 – (Victor) “Vivian” Stanshall, British singer and comic songwriter (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – “I’m The Urban Spaceman”; Magical Mystery Tour), dies in a fire at his home, at 51
1996 – Nicolás Cotoner, 23rd Marquess of Mondéjar, Spanish nobleman and military officer, dies at 90
2018 – Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, dies at 92
2021 – Michael Stanley [Gee], American rocker (Michael Stanley Band- “My Town”), dies of lung cancer at 72
Famous Deaths for 4th March 2024
1733 – Claude de Forbin, French naval commander, dies at 76
1903 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
1976 – Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (Thermodynamik), dies at 89
1978 – Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
1990 – Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
2004 – Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
2006 – Jan Felderhof, Dutch violinist and composer, dies at 98
2010 – Raimund Abraham, Austrian architect (b. 1933)
2011 – Johnny Preston, American pop singer (Running Bear), dies at 71
2011 – Vivienne Harris, British businesswoman and newspaper publisher (b.c. 1921)
Famous Deaths for 3rd March 2024
1855 – Robert Mills, American engineer and architect (Washington Monument on the National Mall), dies at 73
1953 – James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer, dies at 77
1961 – Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born left-handed pianist, dies at 72
1983 – Hergé [Georges Prosper Remi], Belgian comic book creator (The Adventures of Tintin), dies at 75
1988 – Sewall Wright, US geneticist (evolution model), dies at 98
1991 – Arthur Murray [Moses Teichman], American ballroom dancer and businessman (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 95 of pneumonia
1995 – Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar (Professor of French) and Wartime resister, dies at 84
1996 – Meyer Schapiro, Lithuanian-born American art historian, dies at 91
2007 – Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist and creator of “La Linea” animated cartoons, dies at 87
2016 – Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and batsman, dies of cancer at 53