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
Category: Famous Deaths
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
Famous Deaths for 9th March 2026
1964 – Johanna “Mina” Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87
1981 – Max Delbrück, German-American biologist and molecular geneticist (bacteriophage, Nobel Prize 1969), dies at 74
1991 – Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
1992 – Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies
1992 – James Brooks, American mural painter (Flight, La Guardia NY), dies at 85
1995 – Edward Bernays, Austrian-American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda, dies at 103
2000 – Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
2016 – Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena), dies at 91
2017 – Howard Hodgkin, British abstract painter, dies at 84
2022 – Justice Christopher, Nigerian soccer midfielder (11 caps; Antwerp FC, Trelleborg FF, Herfølge Boldklub), dies at 40
Famous Deaths for 8th March 2026
1895 – Frederick Ellsworth Sickels, American inventor of a valve for steam engines, dies at 75
1920 – Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
1937 – Howie Morenz, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center (Montreal Canadiens, 3-time Stanley Cup winner), dies of a heart attack at 34
1957 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer, chiefly of art songs, and conductor, dies at 70
1973 – Ron “Pigpen” McKernan, American rock singer, harmonica player, and occasional keyboardist (Grateful Dead, 1965-72), dies of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at 27
1994 – John Ewart, Australian radio, stage, and screen actor (The Muddle-Headed Wombat.; The Picture Show Man), dies of throat cancer at 65
2006 – Brian Barratt-Boyes, New Zealand heart surgeon (b. 1924)
2009 – Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle – “Shriek of Araby”), dies of complications of a stroke and pneumonia at 79
2014 – Jerry Corbitt, American guitarist, harmonica player, singer-songwriter, and record producer (The Youngbloods), dies of lung cancer at 71
2018 – Sir Wilson Harris, Guyanese author (Palace of the Peacock, Jonestown, The Ghost of Memory), dies of natural causes at 96
Famous Deaths for 7th March 2026
1517 – Maria of Aragon, Spanish-born Queen consort of Portugal (1500-17) as second wife of Manuel I, dies at 34
1719 – Steven Jacobsz Vennekool, Amsterdam architect, buried
1737 – Guido Starhemberg, Austrian earl and fieldmarshal (Turkish Wars), dies at 79
1862 – Ben McCulloch, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), killed in Battle of Pea Ridge, in Arkansas 50
1911 – Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer and poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
1949 – Francis Dodd, British artist (official military portraitist WWI), commits suicide at 74
1971 – Harold McNair, British-Jamaican calypso and jazz saxophonist and flautist, dies of lung cancer at 39
1981 – Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, German tennis player (Wimbledon 1931, 1936 runner-up), dies at 72
2007 – Frigyes Hidas, Hungarian composer, and musical director (Hungarian National Theater, 1951-66; Budapest Operetta, 1974-79). dies at 78
2022 – Berkrerk Chartvanchai, Thai boxer (WBA flyweight title 1970), dies at 77
Famous Deaths for 6th March 2026
1052 – Emma of Normandy, Norman-born Queen and influential consort of England, Denmark and Norway (wife of Æthelred the Unready and Cnut the Great, mother of Edward the Confessor and Harthacnut), dies
1836 – James “Jim” Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (Texas Revolution), dies during Battle of Alamo at 39
1878 – Julius Caesar, English cricket batsman (first English tours to North America 1859-60, Australia and NZ 1864-5; Surrey CCC), dies from dropsy at 47
1933 – Anton Cermak, American politician (44th Mayor of Chicago, 1931-33), dies 23 days after being shot in by an assassin targeting Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami, Florida at 59
1968 – Isa Krejci, Czech composer, dies at 63
1971 – Raymond Herreman, Belgian poet, journalist and writer (Jericho’s Rose), dies at 74
1976 – Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer, actor (world light heavyweight champion 1932-34), dies of Paget’s disease of bone at 68
1981 – Klaus Grabowski, German alleged murderer and convicted sex offender, shot and killed in Lübeck District Court by Marianne Bachmeier the mother of the daughter he was accused of murdering
2009 – Susan Tsvangirai, wife of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, dies in a car crash at 50
2021 – Jeremiah Harman, British jurist, known as “the kicking Judge”, dies of cancer at 90
Famous Deaths for 5th March 2026
1611 – Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (warlord) and 16th Chief of Shimazu clan of Satsuma Province, dies at 78
1788 – Etheldreda Townshend, English society hostess and possible inspiration for Lady Bellaston in “Tom Jones”, dies at 79 or 80
1963 – Harold “Hawkshaw” Hawkins, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee; “Lonesome 7-7203”), dies in a plane crash at 41
1965 – John “Pepper” Martin, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1933–35, 37; World Series 1931, 34; NL stolen base leader 1933, 34, 36; St. Louis Cardinals), dies of a heart attack at 61
1977 – Jansen Van Vuuren, Dutch volunteer safety marshal at the 1977 South African Grand Prix, dies in a car crash at 19
1984 – Michael Sklar, American comedian (Laugh-In; Sha Na Na), dies at 39
1991 – August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92
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
2006 – Richard Kuklinski, American mafia hit man, dies at 70
2010 – Peter Woodcock, Canadian serial killer who killed three children, dies in prison at 71
Famous Deaths for 4th March 2026
1839 – Ignace Antoine Ladurner, Austrian pianist and composer, dies at 72
1842 – James Forten, African-American abolitionist and businessman who used his wealth to push for civil rights and the abolition of slavery, dies at 75
1876 – Alfred Holmes, English violinist and composer, dies at 38
1903 – Joseph Henry Shorthouse, English writer (John Inglesant), dies at 68
1945 – Mark Sandrich [Goldstein], American film director, writer and producer (The Gay Divorcee; Top Hat; Holiday Inn), dies of a heart attack at 44
1997 – Carey Loftin, American actor (Duel, The French Connection), dies at 83
2017 – Thomas Starzl, American surgeon, performed 1st successful liver transplant, dies at 90
2020 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian diplomat (5th Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1982-91; Prime Minister of Peru, 2000-01), dies at 100
2022 – Rod Marsh, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (96 Tests, 355 dismissals, 3 x 100; coach Australian and England Academies) and broadcaster (9 Network), dies following heart attack at 74
2022 – Shane Warne, Australian cricket spin bowler and broadcaster (145 Tests, 708 wickets, BB 8/71; 194 ODIs; Victoria CA, Hampshire CCC), dies from a heart attack at 52
Famous Deaths for 3rd March 2026
1554 – Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50
1768 – Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer, and voice teacher, dies at 81
1878 – Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English artist and Egyptologist, dies at 81
1908 – Karl Josef Rudolph Cornely, German Jesuit biblical scholar, dies at 77
1942 – Amedeo, Italian Duke of Aosta, military officer and Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East-Africa (1937-43), dies while a prisoner of war at 43
1994 – Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Polish-Israeli composer and music editor, dies at 75
2003 – Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
2003 – Peter Smithson, English architect, dies at 79
2023 – Robert Chase, English businessman (majority shareholder, chairman Norwich City FC 1985-96), dies at 85
2024 – Roberto Fleitas, Uruguayan soccer coach (Uruguay: Copa América 1987; Nacional FC: Copa Libertadores and South American Coach of the Year 1988), dies at 91