Deaths In March 2017

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2017.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
* Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

March 2017

1

* P. J. Bradley, 76, Northern Irish politician, MLA (1998–2011).
*Tania Dalton, 45, New Zealand netball player (national team), brain aneurysm.
*Dai Morgan Evans, 73, British archaeologist, cancer.
*Paula Fox, 93, American writer ('' The Slave Dancer'', ''Desperate Characters'').
*Pierre Guénin, 90, French journalist, magazine publisher and gay rights activist.
*John Hampshire, 76, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).
* Raajesh Johri, 64, Indian singer-songwriter, cardiac arrest.
*Hiroshi Kamayatsu, 78, Japanese singer and guitarist ( The Spiders), pancreatic cancer.
* Richard Karron, 82, American actor (''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas'', ''Ready to Rumble'', ''History of the World, Part I'').
* Shiv K. Kumar, 95, Indian English poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer.
*Yasuyuki Kuwahara, 74, Japanese footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968), pneumonia.
* Johannes Lahti, 64, Finnish Olympic decathlete (1976, 1980).
*Taarak Mehta, 87, Indian playwright and humorist.
*Gustav Metzger, 90, German-born stateless auto-destructive artist.
* Alicia Morel, 95, Chilean author.
*Pamela Neville-Sington, 57, American literary biographer, pancreatic cancer.
*Shirley Palesh, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
* Michael M. Ryan, 87, American actor ('' Another World'', '' Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins'', ''Tootsie'').
*Jins Shamsuddin, 81, Malaysian actor ('' Bidasari''), director and politician, member of the Dewan Negara (2004–2008), choked.
* Alejandra Soler, 103, Spanish activist and school teacher.
* Tomaso Staiti di Cuddia delle Chiuse, 84, Italian politician and journalist.
*Vladimir Tadej, 91, Croatian filmmaker.
* Joseph Vũ Duy Thống, 64, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (since 2009).
* Ioannis Tsintsaris, 55, Greek Olympic weightlifter.

2

*Usayd al-Adani, Yemeni Al-Qaeda leader, airstrike.
* Jerry Baker, 85, American author.
*Tarcisio Catanese, 49, Italian football player and manager, heart attack.
* Édouard Close, 87, Belgian politician, Burgemeester of Liège (1976–1991).
*Tommy Gemmell, 73, Scottish football player (Celtic, Dundee, national team) and manager.
*Simon Hobday, 76, South African golfer.
* Andrés Ocaña, 62, Spanish politician, Mayor of Córdoba (2009–2011).
* Wally Pikal, 90, American musician.
*David Rubinger, 92, Austrian-born Israeli photographer.
*Howard Schmidt, 67, American cybersecurity advisor, cancer.
* John D. Schneider, 80, American state legislator and attorney, member of the Missouri Senate (1971–2002).
* Mohamed Tahar, 36–37, Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detention camp prisoner, airstrike.

3

* Steve Adams, 57, English footballer (Boston United).
*A. J. Baker, 94, Australian philosopher.
*Míriam Colón, 80, Puerto Rican-American actress ('' Scarface'', '' Goal!'', '' All the Pretty Horses''), pulmonary infection.
* Bernardo Cortés, 83, Spanish humorist, street singer-songwriter and writer.
* Bramwell Cook, 81, New Zealand gastroenterologist.
* Jim Fuller, 69, American guitarist (The Surfaris).
* Dame Anne Griffiths, 84, British librarian and archivist.
*Nathan George, 80, American actor (''Klute''. '' One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', '' Short Eyes'').
*Frances Hargreaves, 62, South African-born Australian actress (''Number 96'').
*Raymond Kopa, 85, French footballer (Real Madrid, national team).
*Misha Mengelberg, 81, Ukrainian-born Dutch jazz pianist and composer.
* Cyprian Ojwang Omollo, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2013).
*Tommy Page, 46, American singer-songwriter (" I'll Be Your Everything") and music industry executive (Reprise Records, ''Billboard''), suicide.
* Mary Parry, 87, British figure skater, European championship bronze medalist (1960).
*Jack Petoskey, 95, American football player and coach.
*René Préval, 74, Haitian politician, Prime Minister (1991), President (1996–2001, 2006–2011).
*Henriette Rasmussen, 66, Greenlandic Inuit educator, women's right activist and politician.
*Lyle Ritz, 87, American bassist and ukulelist.
*Joe Rogers, 97, American businessman, co-founder of Waffle House.
* Stephen Ross, 73, American economist.
*Aquinas Ryan, 84, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island (1972–1979).
* Danny Spooner, 80, English folk singer.
* Anne Kristin Sydnes, 60, Norwegian politician, Minister of International Development (2000–2001), cancer.
* Gordon Thomas, 84, Welsh investigative journalist and author.
*Thor Tjøntveit, 80, Norwegian aviator.

4

*Jean-Christophe Averty, 88, French television and radio director.
* Roy Blake, Sr., 88, American politician.
*Bonnie Burnard'').
*Valerie Carter, 64, American singer-songwriter (''Howdy Moon'', ''Just a Stone's Throw Away''), heart attack.
* Mahlon E. Doyle, 92, American cryptologist.
*Edi Fitzroy, 62, Jamaican reggae singer.
* Roger Hau'ofa, 73, Tongan-born Papua New Guinean radio broadcaster, kidney failure.
*John Holliman, 72, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of the Army (1996-1999).
*Lawrence Holofcener, 91, American-British sculptor.
* Irena Homola-Skąpska, 88, Polish historian.
* Stefan Ingvarsson, 70, Swedish Olympic racewalker.
*Takashi Inoue, 56, Japanese actor, cancer.
* Eugene N. Kozloff, 96, American marine biologist and botanist.
*Péter Kozma, 57, Hungarian politician and MP.
* Bob Lee, 81, American football player (Boston Patriots).
*Helen M. Marshall, 87, American politician, Borough President of Queens (2002–2013), member of the New York State Assembly (1983–1991).
* Giovanni Palamara, 78, Italian politician, Mayor of Reggio Calabria (1984–1985).
* Thomas Collier Platt Jr., 91, American jurist, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (since 1974).
*Edna Rose Ritchings, 92, Canadian-American religious leader ( International Peace Mission movement).
* Margaret Roberts, 79–80, South African herbalist.
*Syed Shahabuddin, 82, Indian diplomat and politician, MP (1979–1996).
*Thomas Starzl, 90, American physician and medical researcher.
*Lazar Stojanović, 73, Serbian film director and activist.
* Alberto Villalta, 69, Salvadoran Olympic footballer (1968).
*Clayton Yeutter, 86, American politician, Trade Representative (1985–1989) and Secretary of Agriculture (1989–1991), colorectal cancer.

5

*Sydney Ball, 83, Australian painter.
*Anthony Beilenson, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 23rd and 24th congressional districts (1977–1997), heart attack.
* Gérard Corboud, 91, Swiss art collector and philanthropist.
* Burke Day, 62, American politician, member of Georgia House of Representatives (1995–2011).
*Joseph Charles Doumba, 81, Cameroonian politician.
*Antal Hajba).
*Gladys Hansen, 91, American librarian, archivist and author.
* Ivar J. Hauge, 80, Norwegian politician.
*Douglas Henry, 90, American politician, Tennessee State Senator (1971–2014).
* Dave Hunt, 74, American comic book artist (''Legion of Super-Heroes'', ''Supergirl'', ''Transformers''), cancer.
*Florence S. Jacobsen, 103, American Mormon leader and missionary.
*Octave Levenspiel, 90, American chemical engineer.
*Jay Lynch, 72, American underground comics artist, writer and editor (''Bijou Funnies'', ''Bazooka Joe''), complications from lung cancer.
*Leonard Manasseh, 100, British architect.
*Kurt Moll, 78, German opera singer.
*Theodor Anton Neagu

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