Deaths In March 2013

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2013.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
*Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

March 2013

1

*Jewel Akens, 79, American R&B singer ( "The Birds and the Bees"), complications from back surgery.
*Janez Albreht, 87, Slovenian actor.
* Campbell Armstrong, 69, Scottish author.
*Chris Canavan, 84, British actor (''Coronation Street'').
*W. Gene Corley, 77, American consulting engineer.
*Helga Cranston, 91, German film editor.
* Robert Danhof, 87, American judge, member (1969–1992) and Chief Judge (1976–1992) of the Michigan Court of Appeals.
*Bonnie Franklin, 69, American actress ('' One Day at a Time'', ''The Young and the Restless'', ''Please Don't Eat the Daisies''), pancreatic cancer.
*Mukesh Gadhvi, 50, Indian politician, MP for Banaskantha, complications from a stroke.
*Sammy Guillen, 88, Trinidadian-born New Zealand cricketer, represented both countries.
* D. V. J. Harischandra, 74, Sri Lankan psychiatrist and Buddhist scholar, complications from a heart attack.
*Margaret Johansen, 89, Norwegian novelist.
* Gaynelle Griffin Jones, 64, American lawyer and judge, US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, member of the Texas Court of Appeals, cancer.
*Pat Keen, 79, English actress ('' Fawlty Towers'', '' Shadowlands'').
*Naw Kham, 43, Burmese drug lord, execution by lethal injection.
*Magic, 37, American rap vocalist ('' Sky's the Limit''), traffic collision.
*Ric Menello, 60, American writer ('' Two Lovers''), music video director (''(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)''), heart attack.
*John Paul Miller, 94, American goldsmith.
*Trevor Morley, 79, English cricketer.
* Erich Pennekamp, 83, German Olympic water polo player.
*Rafael Puyana, 81, Colombian harpsichordist.
* Sir Alan Smith, 95, British World War II Spitfire fighter ace.
* Ken Stanley, 91, English table tennis player.
*Gabriel Vanel, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Auch (1985–1996).
*Ludwig Zausinger, 84, German footballer.

2

*Phillip Bonosky, 96, American novelist and journalist.
*Tom Borland, 80, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), MVP of the College World Series (1955).Baseball Almanac entry: Major League Baseball Players Who Died in 2013
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*Francesca Forrellad, 85, Spanish writer, aneurysm.
* Walther Gerhold, 91, German Marine-Schreiber-Obergefreiter in the Kriegsmarine during World War II.
*Peter Harvey, 68, Australian television journalist (Nine Network), pancreatic cancer.
*William F. Hyland, 89, American politician and lawyer, New Jersey Attorney General (1974–1978).
* Jimmy Jackson, 81, Scottish footballer ( Notts County).
* Eriya Kategaya, 67, Ugandan politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs.
* Giorgos Kolokithas, 67, Greek basketball player, cardiac arrest.
* Thomas McEvilley, 73, American art critic and academic, complications from cancer.
*Master O'Reilly, 10, New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse, winner of Caulfield Cup (2007).
* Bryce Rope, 90, New Zealand All Blacks rugby union coach (1983–1984).
*Hans Schnitger, 97, Dutch Olympic bronze-medalist field hockey player (1936).
*Shabnam Shakeel, 70, Pakistani poet and author.
*Bjørn Skau, 84, Norwegian politician, Minister of Justice and the Police (1981).
* Jorge Vago, 85, Argentine Olympic sailor.
*Zdeněk Švestka, 87, Czech astronomer.

3

*Zora Kramer Brown, 63, American breast cancer awareness advocate, ovarian cancer.
* Luis Cubilla, 72, Uruguayan footballer ( River Plate, Nacional), stomach cancer.
*Rik De Saedeleer, 89, Belgian football player ( KV Mechelen) and journalist.
* Johann Eekhoff, 71, German economist.
*Col Firmin, 72, Australian politician.
*Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez, 38, Mexican journalist, shot.
* Plamen Goranov, 36, Bulgarian rights activist, self-immolation.
*Müslüm Gürses, 59, Turkish singer and actor, complications from heart surgery.
* Johnny Hanks, 78, New Zealand boxer.
*Junior Heffernan, 23, Irish triathlete and racing cyclist, race collision.
* Gerald D. Klee, 86, American psychiatrist and LSD expert, involved in hallucinogenic drug research for US Army, complications following surgery.
*Manfred Kremser, 93, South African mining engineer and geologist.
* Richard Matthews, 60, South African Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning wildlife filmmaker ( BBC Natural History Unit), plane crash.
* Bobby Rogers, 73, American soul singer and songwriter (The Miracles), complications from diabetes.
*José Sancho, 68, Spanish actor, lung cancer.
*Song Wenfei, 27, Chinese actress, uterine cancer.
* James Strong, 68, Australian businessman, CEO of Qantas (1993–2001), complications from lung surgery.
*George Wearring, 84, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952).
*Donald W. Zacharias, 77, American academic, President of MSU (1985–1997).

4

* José Almandoz, 75, Spanish Olympic rower.
*Lillian Cahn, 89, American businesswoman, co-founder of Coach, Inc. and designer of the Coach handbag
* Bill Dankbaar, 60, Australian Olympic rower.
*Menachem Froman, 67, Israeli settler and chief rabbi, colorectal cancer.
*Dic Goodman, 93, Welsh poet.
* Harry Greene, 89, Welsh actor and television personality, creator of ''Changing Rooms'' and ''DIY SOS''.
* Chick Halbert, 94, American basketball player.
*Seki Matsunaga, 84, Japanese footballer.
*Mickey Moore, 98, Canadian-born American actor and director, heart failure.
*Maurus Nekaro, 57, Namibian politician, Governor of Kavango Region (since 2010), hypertension.
*Tom Pennington, 73, American football player (Georgia Bulldogs, Dallas Texans).
*George Petherbridge, 85, English footballer ( Bristol Rovers).
*Jérôme Savary, 70, Argentine-born French theater director and actor, cancer.
*Hobart Muir Smith, 100, American herpetologist.
* Toren Smith, 52, Canadian manga publisher and translator.
*Fran Warren") and actress (''Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd'').

5

*Paul Bearer, 58, American professional wrestling manager, upper respiratory infection.
*Hugo Chávez, 58, Venezuelan politician and military officer, President (since 1999), heart attack.
*Stephen Citron, 89, American composer and biographer.
*Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes, 95, Scottish soldier, businessman and politician, Minister of State for Scotland (1958–1959).
*Calvin Fowler, 73, American Olympic gold medallist basketball player (1968).
* Charles Galbreath, 87, American politician and judge, member of the Tennessee House (1960–1968) and Court of Appeals (1968–1978), pneumonia.
* Duane Gish, 92, American creationist.
*Gorō Naya, 83, Japanese voice actor ('' Lupin III'', ''Kamen Rider'', ''Space Battleship Yamato''), chronic respiratory failure.
*Dawn Clark Netsch, 86, American politician, member of the Illinois State Senate (1972–1990), Illinois Comptroller (1991–1995), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
* Dieter Pfaff, 65, German actor, lung cancer.
* Rajasulochana, 77, Indian actress and dancer, renal failure.
*Robert Relyea, 82, American film producer (''West Side Story'', '' Bullitt''), natural causes.
* Melvin Rhyne, 76, American jazz organist.
* Hikmat al-Shihabi, 82, Syrian military leader.
* Tommy Smith, 75, American jockey.
*Arthur Storch, 87, American theatrical director and actor, founder of Syracuse Stage.
*Luc Wallays, 51, Belgian cyclist, cancer.
* Tove Wallenstrøm, 98, Danish actress.
* Bill Walters, 69, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1982–2000), pancreatic cancer.

6

* Maciej Berbeka, 58, Polish mountaineer, climbing accident.
*Dave Bewley, 92, English footballer (Watford).
*Sabine Bischoff, 54, German Olympic champion fencer (1984).
*Chorão, 42, Brazilian singer-songwriter (Charlie Brown Jr.), skateboarder and screenwriter, cocaine overdose.
*Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury, 65, Bangladeshi film journalist, screenwriter and lyricist, road accident.
*W. Wallace Cleland, 83, American biochemist.
*Stompin' Tom Connors, 77, Canadian country-folk singer ("The Hockey Song", "Bud the Spud, 88, Belgian actor.
*Keld Helmer-Petersen, 92, Danish art photographer.
* Takashi Iwashige, 58, Japanese manga artist.
*Abdul Jalil, 74, Bangladeshi politician, MP for Naogaon District.
* Sir Norman King, 79, British vice admiral and naval secretary.
* Alvin Lee, 68, British guitarist ( Ten Years After), complications from surgery.
*Carlo Lotti, 96, Italian engineer.
*Jack Marshall, 86, Australian rugby player.
* Paddy McIlvenny, 88, Northern Irish footballer.
*Andrei Panin, 50, Russian actor.
* John Spence, 83, Saint Vincent-born Trinidadian politician and botanist, member of the Trinidad Senate (1987–2000), heart attack.
*Roland Trebicka, 65, Albanian actor, lung cancer.
* Bernarda Vásquez Méndez, 95, Costa Rican suffragist, first country's female to vote.
* Mike Walker, 101, American engineer.

7

* Kenny Ball, 82, English jazz trumpeter, pneumonia.
* Peter Banks, 65, English rock guitarist (Yes), heart failure.
*Cleto Bellucci, 91, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Fermo (1976–1997).
* Ruth Booker-Bryant, 89, American human rights activist.
*John J. Byrne, 81, American insurance executive, Chairman of White Mountains Insurance Group (GEICO, Overstock.com), cancer.
*Sybil Christopher, 83, Welsh actress.
*Dirk Coetzee, 67, South African paramilitary commander (Vlakplaas), kidney failure.
*Didier Comès, 70, Belgian comedic artist.
*Beatriz Consuelo, 80, Brazilian-born Swiss ballerina and dance instructor.
* Damiano Damiani, 90, Italian film director ('' Amityville II: The Possession'').
*Max Ferguson, 89, British-born Canadian radio broadcaster, heart attack.
* Barbara Goldschmidt, 91, Israeli painter.
*Dick Graham, 90, British football manager (Colchester United F.C.), heart condition.
* Harold Hunter, 86, American basketball coach (Tennessee State University), first African-American to sign NBA contract.
* Frederick B. Karl, 88, American judge and politician, member of Florida House of Representatives (1956–1964), Senate (1968–1972) and Florida Supreme Court (1976–1978).
* Stan Keery, 81, English footballer ( Crewe Alexandra).
*Claude King, 90, American country music singer ("Wolverton Mountain").
*Freda Linde, 97, South African children's writer and translator.
* Ray Martin, 87, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
*Willie McCulloch, 85, Scottish footballer.
* Els Noordhof, 89, Dutch artist.
* Ali Al Numairy, 55, Emirati plastic surgeon, traffic accident.
* Alfred Post, 86, German Olympic footballer (1952).
*Pao Sarasin, 83, Thai politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1992), Interior Minister (1992), blood infection.
* Jeffrey Skitch, 85, British opera singer and educator.
*Jake Striker, 79, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox).
* Willy Switkes, 83, American character actor (''Tootsie''), colon cancer.
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