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List of notable deaths in a month
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2005 .
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 2005
1
Edmund Adams , 90, English cricketer.
Cissy van Bennekom , 93, Dutch film actress.
George "Wild Child" Butler , 68, American blues musician.
Sergio Campanato , 75, Italian mathematician.
Reverend Walter Halloran , 83, American priest who participated in the exorcism on which
The Exorcist was based.
Brian Luckhurst , 66, English cricketer, cancer.
Peter Malkin , 77, Israeli
Mossad agent, the man who captured
Adolf Eichmann .
[1]
Stephen Anthony Mobley , 39, American convicted murderer, executed by lethal injection.
2
Bala Bredin , 88, British army general.
Martin Denny , 93, American founder of
exotica musical genre, bandleader.
[2]
Hermann Dörnemann , 111, German
supercentenarian and World War I veteran, oldest living person in Germany, heart failure.
Tillie K. Fowler , 62, U.S. politician, former four-term Florida congresswoman.
[3]
Rick Mahler , 51, American baseball pitcher, heart attack.
3
George Atkinson , 69, American businessman, inventor of the video rental.
[4]
James Corbett , 96, Australian politician.
Max M. Fisher , 96, American millionaire philanthropist, listed in
Forbes 400 .
Rinus Michels , 77, Dutch football player and coach, former Netherlands national football team coach.
[5]
Raveendran , 61, Indian composer and playback singer.
Guylaine St. Onge , 39, Canadian actress (
Earth: Final Conflict ,
Fast Track ,
Angel Eyes ), cancer.
Brock Myrol , 29, RCMP officer.
4
Mihai Brediceanu , 84, Romanian musician.
Nicola Calipari , 51, Italian intelligence officer, shot by the US Army in Iraq.
Douglas Dumbleton , 86, New Zealand cricket umpire.
Una Hale , 82, Australian operatic soprano.
Yuri Kravchenko , 53, Ukrainian General of Internal Service and statesman, former interior minister of Ukraine.
Carlos Sherman , 70, Uruguayan-born
Belarusian translator and writer.
5
George Worsley Adamson , 92, American-born British illustrator.
Harold Brooks-Baker , 71, American publishing director of Burke's Peerage Limited.
Sergiu Comissiona , 76, Romanian orchestra conductor.
[6]
Morris Engel , 86, American photographer,
cinematographer and filmmaker.
[7]
Vance Gerry , 75, American animator and screenwriter (
The Aristocats ,
Hercules ,
The Fox and the Hound ).
James McGirr Kelly , 76, American federal judge.
David Sheppard, Baron Sheppard of Liverpool , 75, English former international cricketer and Church of England bishop, cancer.
6
Larned B. Asprey , 85, American chemist.
Hans Bethe , 98, German-born American
Nobel Laureate in Physics , discover of stellar fusion.
Danny Gardella , 85, American baseball player,
New York Giants outfielder.
[8]
Gladys Marín , 63, Chilean communist politician, cancer.
Keith Rawle , 80, Australian rules footballer.
Chuck Thompson , 83, American
Baltimore Orioles broadcaster, complications of massive stroke.
Tommy Vance , 64, British radio DJ and TV host, stroke.
Teresa Wright , 86, American actress (
Mrs. Miniver ,
Shadow of a Doubt ,
The Best Years of Our Lives ,
Oscar winner (
1943 ), heart attack.
[9]
7
Walter Arendt , 80, German politician.
A. W. Baxter , 78, Canadian winemaker.
Helon Blount , 76, American musical theatre actress, born in Texas.
John Box , 85, British production designer (
Lawrence of Arabia ,
Doctor Zhivago ,
Oliver! ), 4-time
Oscar winner.
Terry Buck , 61, Australian swimmer.
Debra Hill , 54, American screenwriter and film producer (
Halloween ,
Escape from New York ,
The Fisher King ).
Bildad Kaggia , 82, Kenyan politician.
Philip Lamantia , 77, American surrealist poet.
[10]
Sir Peregrine Rhodes , 79, British diplomat,
Ambassador to Greece (1982–1985)
James Stuart , 76, American opera director.
8
Ross Benson , 56, British journalist for the
Daily Mail and award-winning foreign correspondent.
Larry Bunker , 76, American jazz drummer.
Anna Haycraft , 72, English writer, lung cancer.
[11]
César Lattes , 80, Brazilian physicist, contributed to the physics of elementary particles and discovered the
pion .
Aslan Maskhadov , 53,
Chechen separatist leader, killed by Russian troops.
Brigitte Mira , 94, German theatrical actress.
Fred Rice , 86, American football coach.
[12]
Jeremy Russell , 60, American cofounding member of the band
Blue Cheer .
9
Thomas F. August , 78, American lawyer and politician.
Meredith Davies , 82, British conductor.
Glenn Davis , 80, American football player,
Heisman Trophy winner, prostate cancer.
[13]
Josef Fuchs , 93, German Roman Catholic theologian.
Sheila Gish , 62, English actress (
Company ,
Highlander ,
Mansfield Park ), cancer.
Kathie Kay , 86, Scottish big band singer, Alzheimer's disease.
Chris LeDoux , 56, American country music and rodeo star, complications from liver cancer.
William Murray , 78, American mystery novelist.
István Nyers , 80, Hungarian footballer.
Jeanette Schmid , 80, German-born professional transsexual whistler.
Redmond A. Simonsen , 62, American game designer.
[14]
10
Dave Allen , 68, Irish comedian.
Charles R. Baxter , 75, American physician, pneumonia, surgeon who tried to save
JFK , pneumonia.
Sir James Beament , 83, British biologist.
Debbi Besserglick , 49, Israeli actress and voice actress, cancer.
[15]
Danny Joe Brown , 53, American singer (
Molly Hatchet ).
Bruno Manser , 45, Swiss environmental activist.
Sy Wexler , 88, American maker of educational films.
[16]
11
Rowland Barnes , 64, American jurist, murdered in court.
Karen Wynn Fonstad , 59, American cartographer and academic, author of atlases of fictional worlds, breast cancer.
Len Morgan , 82, American aviator and writer.
Humphrey Spender , 94, British photojournalist, notably for
Picture Post .
[17]
12
Tony Arena , 86, American football player.
Aleksandar Atanacković , 84, Serbian footballer.
Carl Beck-Friis , 83, Swedish Olympic shooter
Joseph M. Breitenbeck , 90, American Roman Catholic prelate,
Bishop of Grand Rapids (1969–1989).
Norbert Callens , 80, Belgian cyclist.
Bill Cameron , 62, Canadian journalist, cancer.
Lisa Fittko , 95, German World War II dissident who led Jews over the Pyrenees to freedom.
Stanley Grenz , 55, American Christian theologian.
Amanullah Khan , 71, Pakistani Test cricket umpire.
Stavros Kouyioumtzis , 73, Greek music composer
Edward E. Simbalist , 61, American role-playing game designer
13
Old Man Bukashkin , 66, Russian poet and artist.
Lyn Collins , 56, American soul singer, aka "Female Preacher"
Jason Evers , 83, American actor, star of B-movie Brain That Wouldn't Die
Ahmed Hassan Diria , 67, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, foreign minister from 1990 to 1993.
Frank House , 75, American baseball player, retired
Major League Baseball catcher and Alabama legislator
14
Stan Campbell , 74, American NFL player.
Richard Cooper , 58, Australian jurist.
Richard S. Forrest , 72, American novelist and short story writer, smoking and lung disease.
Janet Reger , 69, British designer of women's lingerie.
Sir Donald Thompson , 73, British politician.
Simon Webb , 55, British chess grandmaster living in Sweden, stabbed to death by his son.
Akira Yoshizawa , 94, Japanese origami master.
15
Bob Bellear , 60, Australian jurist, first indigenous judge in Australia.
Audrey Callaghan , 89,
Spouse of the British Prime Minister (1976–1979).
Don Durant , 82, American actor (
Johnny Ringo ) and singer.
Sante Graziani , 85, American artist and art educator.
Loe de Jong , 90, Dutch historian.
[18]
Otar Korkiya , 81, Georgian basketball player.
Bill McGarry , 77, English football manager.
Jim Pearcy , 86, American football player.
[19]
Judith Scott , 61, American outsider artist.
Shoji Nishio , 77, Japanese
aikido teacher holding the rank of 8th dan shihan from the
Aikikai .
16
Wanda Alston , 45, American activist.
Arciso Artesiani , 83, Italian motorcycle racer.
Todd Bell , 47, American football safety, former
Chicago Bears player.
Mohammed Bijeh , 30, Iranian serial killer.
Ralph Erskine , 91, British architect (
Byker Wall ).
Anthony George , 84, American actor.
Allan Hendrickse , 77, South African politician.
Justin Hinds , 62, Jamaican vocalist and songwriter.
William Lehman , 91, American politician, represented
Dade County , Florida in U.S. Congress.
Dick Radatz , 67, American baseball player.
[20]
17
Renzo Alverà , 72, Italian bobsledder.
William J. Bakrow , 81, American academic administrator.
Irvine Barrow , 92, Canadian accountant and
senator .
Gary Bertini , 77, Israeli conductor and composer.
[21]
Sir Jeremy Blacker , 65, British army general.
Mike Campbell-Lamerton , 71, British army officer and rugby player.
Royce Frith , 81, Canadian senator.
Prentice Gautt , 67, American former NFL player.
Lalo Guerrero , 88, American father of Chicano music.
Sverre Holm , 73, Norwegian actor.
George F. Kennan , 101, U.S. diplomat and historian.
[22]
David Little , 46, American college and professional football player, former
Pittsburgh Steelers player.
Andre Norton , 93, American science fiction and fantasy author.
[23]
Theodor Uppman , 85, American operatic baritone.
[24]
18
19
20
Ronnie Bird , 63, English footballer (Bradford Park Avenue, Birmingham City).
David Bonser , 71, British Anglican prelate,
Bishop of Bolton .
Ted Brown , 80, American radio personality.
Walter Hopps , 72, American art dealer and gallery owner.
[26]
Sir Leslie Porter , 84, British businessman (
Tesco ).
Maynard Jack Ramsay , 90, American
entomologist .
[27]
Andrew Toti , 89, American inventor of the
Mae West inflatable life vest .
21
Rodney Aller , 88, American skier and lawyer.
Fred Blair , 98, American communist politician.
Barney Martin , 82, American actor (
Seinfeld ,
The Producers ,
Arthur ), lung cancer.
Stanley Sadie , 74, English musicologist and critic,
Lou Gehrig's disease .
[28]
Bobby Short , 80, American cabaret singer and pianist, leukemia.
[29]
Jeff Weise , 16, American school shooter, suicide.
22
Abid Azad , 52, Bangladeshi poet.
Vernon Carrington , 68, Jamaican Rastafarian.
Clemente Domínguez y Gómez , 58, Spanish
antipope self-proclaimed Gregory XVII in 1978.
Gerald R. Dunn , 70, American politician.
[30]
Gemini Ganesan , 84, Indian actor.
Theresa Kobuszewski , 84, American baseball player (
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ).
[31]
Edward Moskal , 80, American president of the
Polish American Congress .
Rod Price , 57, English guitarist (
Foghat ).
Kenzo Tange , 91, Japanese architect.
23
Rizvan Chitigov , 40,
Chechen rebel field commander,
K.I.A.
Naftali Halberstam , 74, Polish-born Grand Rabbi of the
Bobover
Hasidim
Robert L. Hendershott , 106, American numismatist.
David Kossoff , 85, British actor, father of
Free guitarist
Paul Kossoff
Chen Yi-sein , Sino-Burmese scholar.
24
Lyle Bennett , 101, American football and track coach.
Richard Bowman , 71, English cricketer.
Sir Lindsay Bryson , 80, British admiral.
David P. Bushnell , 91, American entrepreneur,
non-Hodgkin's lymphoma .
Elizabeth Girling , 92, English political activist and charity campaigner.
Shelley Mann , 67, American swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Mercedes Pardo , 83, Venezuelan painter.
25
Sir Ronald Forrest , 82, British admiral.
Greg Garrison , 81, American television producer and director (
The Dean Martin Show ,
Your Show of Shows ).
David Sanctuary Howard , 77, British expert on Chinese porcelain.
Paul Henning , 93, American television producer (
Beverly Hillbillies ,
Petticoat Junction ,
Green Acres ).
Davis McCaughey , 90, Australian politician,
Governor of Victoria , Australia.
26
Achiam , 89, Israeli sculptor.
Melihate Ajeti , 69, Kosovar actress.
David Boone , 53, Canadian football player.
James Callaghan , 92, British politician,
Prime Minister (1976–1979),
MP (1945–1987).
Harold Cruse , 89, American academic and
social critic .
[32]
Gérard Filion , 95, Canadian businessman and journalist.
Paul Hester , 46, Australian drummer (
Crowded House ,
Split Enz ), suicide.
[33]
Allison Green , 93, American politician.
[34]
Marius Russo , 90, American baseball pitcher, member of 1941 and 1943 World Series
New York Yankees teams.
[35]
Georgeanna Seegar Jones , 92, American scientist and endocrinologist.
[36]
Osias Tager , 90, British businessman.
27
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow , 91, Canadian heart surgeon.
[37]
Gwydion Brooke , 93, British bassoonist.
Bob Casey , 79, American PA announcer for the
Minnesota Twins .
Grant Johannesen , 83, American classical pianist and composer.
[38]
Antonio Tellez , 84, Spanish anarchist historian and journalist.
Rigo Tovar , 58, Mexican singer and composer.
Ahmad Zaki , 56, Egyptian actor, lung cancer.
28
Raffaello Baldini , 80, Italian writer and poet.
Tom Bevill , 84, American politician, former US Congressman from Alabama.
Said Dimayev , 65, Soviet/Russian composer of
Chechen descent.
Dave Freeman , 82, British scriptwriter (
Benny Hill ,
Carry On films , etc.).
Pál Losonczi , 85, Hungarian Communist political figure, former chairman of the Presidential Council of Hungary (head of state).
Dame Moura Lympany , 89, British classical pianist.
[39]
Yesmore Mutero , 25, Zimbabwean footballer (
women's national team ), AIDS-related illness.
[40]
Eula Pearl Carter Scott , 89, American stunt pilot and political activist.
Robin Spry , 65, Canadian film and television producer and screenwriter,
road accident .
29
Johnnie Cochran , 67, American lawyer, defended
O. J. Simpson , brain cancer.
Edward D. Head , 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of
Buffalo (1973–1995).
Howell Heflin , 83, American politician, U.S. Senator from Alabama.
[41]
George Matthews , 88, British journalist and political activist.
Clive McLean , 60, English adult photographer.
30
Roy Askevold , 69, Norwegian boxer.
Arieh Atzmoni , 78, Israeli soldier.
Ivor Brown , 77, British motorcycle speedway rider and writer.
Robert Creeley , 78, American poet, complications from respiratory disease.
[42]
Emil Dimitrov , 64, Bulgarian singer and musician.
Alan Dundes , 70, American folklorist and teacher, apparent heart attack while teaching.
[43]
Milton Green , 91, American former record holder in hurdles, boycotted the
1936 Summer Olympics as a protest against
Adolf Hitler .
Mitch Hedberg , 37, American comedian, intoxication.
[44]
Fred Korematsu , 86, Japanese-American civil rights leader, respiratory illness.
[45]
Derrick Plourde , 33, American drummer (
Lagwagon ,
the Ataris ), suicide.
O. V. Vijayan , 74, Indian author, cartoonist and matchbox.
31
Alan Bloom , 98, British horticulturist.
Yeiki Kobashigawa , 87,
United States Army soldier and recipient of the
Medal of Honor .
Charles Palmer , 85, English cricketer.
Frank Perdue , 84, American poultry magnate.
Terri Schiavo , 41, American
persistent vegetative state patient.
Surender Singh , 58, Indian politician.
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