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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2012.

Contents

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 (and language of reference, if not English).

    • 1

  • Blagoje Adžić, 79, Serbian politician.
  • Phillip R. Allen, 72, American actor (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, The Bad News Bears).
  • Alice Arden, 97, American Olympic (1936) high jumper.
  • Henryk Bałuszyński, 39, Polish footballer, heart attack.
  • Luigi Bazzoni, 82, Italian film director (Pride and Vengeance, The Fifth Cord).
  • Andrew Breitbart, 43, American publisher and political commentator, apparent heart attack.
  • Jerome Courtland, 85, American actor, director, and producer (Escape to Witch Mountain, Tokyo Joe), heart disease.
  • Lucio Dalla, 68, Italian singer-songwriter and musician, heart attack.
  • Aniello De Micco, 63, Italian painter and well known taxi driver in the city of Naples, heart attack.
  • Jack Fouts, 86, American football player and coach.
  • Peter Graeme, 90, British oboist.
  • Fathulla Jameel, 69, Maldivian politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1978–2005), heart disease.
  • 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, 80, Tibetan-born Mongolian Buddhist spiritual leader.
  • Archie Kalokerinos, 85, Greek-Australian physician.
  • Thomas J. Lydon, 84, American federal judge, sepsis and car accident complications.
  • Altamir Heitor Martins, 32, Brazilian footballer (BEC Tero Sasana F.C.).
  • Gemma McCluskie, 29, British actress (EastEnders), blunt force trauma.
  • Germano Mosconi, 79, Italian sportswriter and news presenter.
  • Callan Pinckney, 72, American fitness professional, created Callanetics.
  • Randy Primas, 62, American politician, Mayor of Camden, New Jersey (1981–1990), bone marrow cancer.
  • Conrad Soares, 72, Bermudan Olympic sailor.

    • 2

  • Lawrence Anthony, 61, South African conservationist and environmentalist, heart attack.
  • Van T. Barfoot, 92, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, head injuries from a fall.
  • Gerry Bridgwood, 67, English footballer (Stoke City), heart attack.
  • George Firestone, 80, American politician, Secretary of State of Florida (1978–1987), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Doug Furnas, 52, American professional wrestler, heart disease.
  • Vera Galushka-Duyunova, 66, Russian volleyball player, cardiac arrest. (Russian)
  • Brajamohan Jamatia, 106, Indian politician.
  • Sir Keith Jones, 100, Australian medical practitioner and surgeon.
  • Gary Kubly, 68, American politician, Minnesota State Senator (since 2002), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • José Adolfo Mojica Morales, 75, Salvadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sonsonate (1989–2011).
  • John Panelli, 85, American football player (Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals).
  • Gérard Rinaldi, 69, French actor and singer (Les Charlots). (French)
  • Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, 82, British politician and author, Leader of the House of Commons (1979–1981).
  • Stan Stearns, 76, American photographer (John F. Kennedy, Jr. salute), lung cancer.
  • James Q. Wilson, 80, American political scientist, co-author of the broken windows theory, leukemia.
  • Isagani Yambot, 77, Filipino journalist, publisher of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (since 1994), heart attack.

    • 3

  • Viv Bingham, 79, British political activist.
  • Steve Bridges, 48, American impressionist (George W. Bush), anaphylaxis.
  • Dave Charnley, 76, British boxer.
  • Leonardo Cimino, 94, American actor (Moonstruck, Dune, Hudson Hawk), COPD.
  • A R Shamsud Doha, 83, Bangladeshi politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1982–1984).
  • Henryk Grabowski, 82, Polish Olympic athlete.
  • Lloyd Hittle, 88, American baseball player (Washington Senators).
  • Per J. Husabø, 83, Norwegian politician.
  • Lutfullah Khan, 95, Pakistani writer and sound archivist.
  • Franklin McMahon, 90, American artist and reporter.
  • Ralph McQuarrie, 82, American conceptual designer and illustrator (Star Wars, Cocoon).
  • Frank Marocco, 81, American accordionist, arranger and composer.
  • Ronnie Montrose, 64, American guitarist (Montrose), suicide.
  • Jim Obradovich, 62, American baseball player (Houston Astros).
  • Norris Stevenson, 72, American football player (Dallas Cowboys, Edmonton Eskimos, BC Lions), cancer.
  • Kason Sugioka, 98, Japanese calligrapher, Order of Culture recipient, heart failure.
  • Stephen M. Tiru, 74, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dumka (1986–1995) and Khunti (since 1995).
  • Alex Webster, 80, American football player (New York Giants, Montreal Alouettes) and coach (New York Giants).

    • 4

  • Adesh Kanwarjit Singh Brar, 72, Indian politician.
  • Maurice De Muer, 90, French cyclist and sports director.
  • Felícia Fuster, 91, Spanish Catalan painter and poet.
  • Robert Brendon Keating, 87, American diplomat, Ambassador to Madagascar and the Comoros (1983–1986), pneumonia.
  • Paul McBride, 46, British lawyer.
  • Pete McCaffrey, 74, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1964) basketball player.
  • Don Mincher, 73, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Oakland Athletics), President of the Southern League (2000–2011).
  • Runako Morton, 33, Nevisian Test cricketer (West Indies), traffic collision.
  • John C. Reiss, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Trenton (1980–1997).
  • Shmuel Tankus, 97, Israeli naval officer, fifth commander of the Navy.
  • Joan Taylor, 82, American actress (Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, The Rifleman), natural causes.

    • 5

  • Don Andrews, 82, Australian guitarist.
  • Yehuda Ben-Haim, 56, Israeli Olympic boxer.
  • Rafael Corporán de los Santos, 71, Dominican television producer, host, and politician, Mayor of Distrito Nacional (1990–1994), heart attack.
  • Bill Green, 50, American sprinter, cancer.
  • Paul Haines, 41, New Zealand writer.
  • Zahir Howaida, 67, Afghan singer.
  • William Heirens, 83, American serial killer.
  • Rushworth Kidder, 67, American ethicist and writer, natural causes.
  • Marian Kuszewski, 78, Polish Olympic silver medal-winning (1956, 1960) fencer.
  • Roland Lakes, 72, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, New York Giants).
  • Philip Madoc, 77, Welsh actor (Dad's Army, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George).
  • Maurice Pechet, 94, American academic.
  • Ken Shipp, 83, American football coach.
  • William O. Wooldridge, 89, American army officer.

    • 6

  • Marcos Alonso Imaz, 78, Spanish football player (Real Madrid).
  • Francisco Xavier do Amaral, 75, East Timorese politician, President (1975).
  • Jaap Boersma, 82, Dutch politician, Minister of Social Affairs (1971–1977), Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries (1973).
  • Jan Dawidziuk, 74, Polish-born American bishop of the Polish National Catholic Church.
  • Lucia Mannucci, 91, Italian singer.
  • Louis J. Michot, 89, American businessman and politician.
  • Maurice Moyer, 93, American clergyman and civil rights leader.
  • Donald M. Payne, 77, American politician, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (since 1989), colon cancer.
  • Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter (Sherman Brothers).
  • Nejiko Suwa, 92, Japanese violinist.
  • Arthur A. Vogel, 88, American bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri.
  • Helen Walulik, 82, American baseball player (All-American Girls Professional Baseball League).
  • Sayuri Yamauchi, 55, Japanese voice actress (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Crayon Shin-chan), cancer.

    • 7

  • Cris Alexander, 92, American actor and photographer.
  • Gary DeCramer, 67, American politician, Minnesota state senator (1983–1993).
  • Dave Hrechkosy, 60, Canadian ice hockey player (California Golden Seals, St. Louis Blues), brain cancer.
  • Sir Raymond Lygo, 87, British admiral and businessman.
  • Félicien Marceau, 98, French novelist, member of the Académie française.
  • Marcel Mouchel, 85, French footballer and manager.
  • Greg Novak, 61, American writer and wargame designer.
  • Big Walter Price, 97, American blues singer, songwriter and pianist.
  • Ravi, 86, Indian music director, cardio-respiratory arrest.
  • Włodzimierz Smolarek, 54, Polish footballer.
  • Pierre Tornade, 82, French actor.
  • Ramaz Urushadze, 72, Georgian footballer.
  • Aníbal Villacís, 85, Ecuadoran painter.

    • 8

  • Kristin Bølgen Bronebakk, 61, Norwegian civil servant.
  • LaVerne Carter, 86, American bowler, heart failure.
  • S. Henry Cho, 77, Korean martial arts instructor.
  • Leslie Cochran, 60, American street personality, activist, and politician, head trauma.
  • Simin Daneshvar, 90, Iranian writer and academic, influenza.
  • Ursula Dronke, 91, British medievalist.
  • Mike Fetchick, 89, American golfer.
  • Compton Gonsalves, 85, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic cyclist.
  • Bugs Henderson, 68, American blues guitarist, cancer.
  • Charlie Hoag, 81, American Olympic gold-medal winning basketball player (1952).
  • Scott Huey, 88, Northern Irish cricketer.
  • Elena Libera, 94 or 95, Italian Olympic (1948) fencer.
  • Minoru Mori, 77, Japanese businessperson, chairman and executive director of the Mori Building Company, founder of the Mori Art Museum, heart failure.
  • Elio Pagliarani, 84, Italian poet and literary critic.
  • Jens Petersen, 70, Danish footballer and manager.
  • Steve Romeo, 40, American ski mountaineer, avalanche.
  • Steven Rubenstein, 49, American anthropologist. (body discovered on this date)
  • Mick Walker, 69, British motorcycling writer.

    • 9

  • Peter Bergman, 72, American comedian (The Firesign Theater), leukemia.
  • Dennis Bowen, 61, American actor (Caddyshack II; Welcome Back, Kotter).
  • Brian Bromley, 65, English footballer (Bolton Wanderers, Portsmouth).
  • Herb Carnegie, 92, Canadian ice hockey player.
  • Willye Dennis, 85, American civil rights activist and politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992–1999).
  • John Holt, 82, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Council (1972–1984).
  • Thomas Locker, 74, American author and painter.
  • Joy Mukherjee, 73, Indian actor.
  • Zuhir al-Qaisi, Palestinian militant leader, Secretary General of the Popular Resistance Committees (since 2011), air strike.
  • Selma Rubin, 96, American activist and environmentalist.
  • Jose Tomas Sanchez, 91, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Cardinal Priest of S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna (1991–2012).
  • Terry Teene, 70, American singer and clown, injuries from a traffic collision.
  • Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton, 84, British academic and politician.
  • Harry Wendelstedt, 73, American baseball umpire (1966–1998), brain tumor.
  • Widjojo Nitisastro, 84, Indonesian economist and government minister.

    • 10

  • Sukumar Barman, Indian politician.
  • Bert R. Bulkin, 82, American aeronautical engineer.
  • Jean Giraud, 73, French comic book artist (Blueberry, Métal Hurlant) and film production designer (Tron, Alien), cancer.
  • Julio César González, 35, Mexican Olympic boxer, injuries from a hit and run.
  • Robert A. Howie, 88, English petrologist.
  • Jay McMullen, 90, American journalist (CBS News).
  • Hermín Negrón Santana, 74, Puerto Rican Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (since 1981).
  • R. I. Page, 87, British historian and runologist.
  • Mykola Plaviuk, 86, Ukrainian politician, last President of the Ukrainian People's Republic in exile (1989–1992).
  • Frank Sherwood Rowland, 84, American chemistry professor, Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1995), Parkinson's disease.
  • Domna Samiou, 83, Greek singer and traditional music researcher.
  • Tony Silipo, 54, Canadian politician, Ontario Minister of Education (1991–1993) and MPP for Dovercourt (1990–1999), brain tumor.
  • Jammu Siltavuori, 85, Finnish murderer and sex offender.
  • John G. Taylor, 80, British physicist.
  • Tan Boon Teik, 83, Singaporean lawyer, Attorney-General (1967–1992), internal bleeding.
  • Jack Watson, 90, English cricketer, football coach and scout.
  • Richard White, 86, New Zealand rugby union player.
  • Ethel Winter, 87, American dancer with the Martha Graham Dance Company and teacher at the Juilliard School.
  • Nik Zoricic, 29, Canadian ski cross racer, brain injuries from race crash.

    • 11

  • Henry Adefope, 85, Nigerian politician, Foreign Minister (1978–1979).
  • Hub Andrews, 89, American baseball player (New York Giants).
  • Gian Nicola Babini, 67, Italian scientist.
  • Faith Brook, 90, British actress.
  • Sid Couchey, 92, American comic book artist (Richie Rich, Little Lotta, Little Dot), Burkitt's lymphoma.
  • Alba Encarnación, 56, Puerto Rican activist and teacher .
  • Wayne Frazier, 73, American football player (Kansas City Chiefs).
  • Hans G. Helms, 79, German experimental writer.
  • Philip Jenkinson, 76, English television presenter.
  • Tom Manastersky, 83, Canadian football player (Montreal Alouettes, Saskatchewan Roughriders) and hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
  • Bogusław Mec, 65, Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and artist.
  • James B. Morehead, 95, American World War II flying ace, stroke complications.
  • Noverre, 14, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Sussex Stakes (2001). (death announced on this date)
  • Lanier W. Phillips, 88, American civil rights activist.
  • Gösta Schwarck, 96, Danish composer and businessman.
  • John Souza, 91, American soccer player (1950 World Cup, 1948 and 1952 Olympics).
  • Leon Spencer, 66, American jazz organist.
  • Ghiath Tayfour, 42 or 43, Syrian boxing champion, shot.
  • Ian Turpie, 68, Australian actor and game show host, throat cancer.
  • Miomir Vukobratović, 81, Serbian mechanical engineer.
  • Tahira Wasti, 68, Pakistani actor.

    • 12

  • Niels Baunsøe, 72, Danish Olympic cyclist.
  • B.J.Divan, 92, Indian judge, Governor of Andhra Pradesh (1977).
  • Hasan Gafoor, 62, Indian police commissioner, heart attack.
  • Samuel Glazer, 89, American entrepreneur and businessman, co-developer of Mr. Coffee, leukemia.
  • Junus Effendi Habibie, 74, Indonesian diplomat.
  • Dick Harter, 81, American basketball coach (Charlotte Hornets, University of Oregon), cancer.
  • Michael Hossack, 65, American drummer (The Doobie Brothers), cancer.
  • Friedhelm Konietzka, 73, German-born Swiss football player and manager, assisted suicide.
  • Augustin Misago, 69, Rwandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Gikongoro (since 1992).
  • Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, 67, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santo Domingo en Ecuador (since 2002).
  • Tom Murrin, 73, American performance artist and playwright.
  • Madeleine Parent, 93, Canadian union leader and women's rights activist.
  • Douglas Scott, 91, Australian politician, member of the Australian Senate (1970, 1974–1985).

    • 13

  • Princess Anna of Saxony, 82, German princess.
  • Michael P. Barnett, 82, British theoretical chemist and computer scientist.
  • Domitila Chúngara, 74, Bolivian labor leader and feminist, lung cancer.
  • Bodjie Dasig, 48, Filipino singer and songwriter, cancer.
  • Michel Duchaussoy, 73, French actor, cardiac arrest.
  • Jock Hobbs, 52, New Zealand rugby union player and administrator, leukaemia.
  • Frank Jordan, 79, Australian Olympic (1952) water polo player.
  • Tom Johnson, 89, American astronomer and businessman, founder of Celestron.
  • Anton Jude, 51, Sri Lanka drama, theatre, teledrama actor and singer.
  • Noel Luces, 63, Trinidadian Olympic (1968) cyclist, stroke.
  • Hans Ludvig Martensen, 84, Danish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Copenhagen (1965–1995).
  • Eileen McDonough, 49, American child actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Waltons).
  • Grete Nordrå, 87, Norwegian actress.
  • Karl Roy, 43, Filipino singer (Kapatid, P.O.T.), cardiac arrest.
  • Lyudmila Shagalova, 88, Russian film actress (The Young Guard, Balzaminov's Marriage).
  • Amusa Shittu, 75, Nigerian footballer, effects of a stroke.
  • Jacques Villiers, 87, French aerospace engineer.

    • 14

  • Gretl Aicher, 84, Austrian artistic director.
  • Ray Barlow, 85, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).
  • Matthew G. Carter, 98, American politician and housing activist, Mayor of Montclair, New Jersey (1968–1972), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Josie DeCarlo, 88, French model, inspiration for Josie of Josie and the Pussycats.
  • Himanish Goswami, 85, Indian writer and cartoonist, prostate cancer.
  • Ernst-Günter Habig, 76, German Olympic footballer, stroke.
  • Eddie King, 73, American Chicago blues musician.
  • Carl Rattray, 82, Jamaican jurist and politician, Attorney General (1989–1993) and president of the Court of Appeal (1993–1999).
  • George Reynolds, 83, Australian racing driver. (death announced on this date)
  • Marcel Rohrbach, 78, French cyclist.
  • Pierre Schoendoerffer, 83, French director (The Anderson Platoon), surgical complications.
  • Ted L. Strickland, 79, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (1973–1975).
  • Ċensu Tabone, 98, Maltese politician, President (1989–1994) and Minister for Foreign Affairs (1987–1989).

    • 15

  • Alice Amsden, 68, American economist and MIT professor.
  • Edvard Hagerup Bull, 89, Norwegian composer.
  • Mervyn Davies, 65, Welsh rugby union player, cancer.
  • Bob Day, 67, American Olympic (1968) distance runner, bladder cancer.
  • Eb Gaines, 84, American businessman and diplomat, Consul General to Bermuda (1989–1992).
  • Lily Garafulic, 97, Chilean sculptor and professor.
  • Luis Gonzales, 81, Filipino actor, pneumonia.
  • Bernardino González Ruíz, 101, Panamanian politician, President (1963).
  • Fran Matera, 87, American comic strip artist (Steve Roper and Mike Nomad).
  • Nigel Napier, 14th Lord Napier, 81, British soldier and courtier.
  • Dave Philley, 91, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Athletics).
  • Pepe Rubio, 80, Spanish actor.
  • Jean-Marie Souriau, 89, French mathematician.
  • Joe Stanley, 104, American World War II pilot, commander of Eglin Air Force Base.

    • 16

  • Aziz Ab'Sáber, 87, Brazilian geologist, heart attack. (Portuguese)
  • Lee Balterman, 91, American photographer.
  • M. A. R. Barker, 83, American professor, fantasy novelist, and role-playing game creator.
  • Estanislau Basora, 85, Spanish footballer.
  • Giancarlo Cobelli, Italian actor and stage director.
  • Ray Gariepy, 83, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs).
  • John Ghindia, 86, American football player (University of Michigan).
  • Robert Hails, 89, American air force general, vice commander of Tactical Air Command.
  • Robert L. Hall, 85, American anthropologist, authority on Native American culture, complications from carcinoid cancer.
  • Donald E. Hillman, 93, American World War II flying ace.
  • Eldon Nelson, 85, American jockey.
  • Bronislav Poloczek, 72, Czech theatre and television actor.
  • Peter Serracino Inglott, 75, Maltese philosopher.
  • Anita Steckel, 82, American feminist artist.
  • Takaaki Yoshimoto, 87, Japanese poet, critic, and professor (Tokyo Institute of Technology), pneumonia.
  • Dieter Zechlin, 85, German pianist.

    • 17

  • Patience Abbe, 87, American children's author.
  • Paul Boyer, 76, American historian.
  • Bernard Cohen, 87, American nuclear physicist.
  • John Cowles, Jr., 82, American businessman and philanthropist, lung cancer.
  • John Demjanjuk, 91, Ukrainian Nazi war criminal, natural causes.
  • René Fontaine, 78, Canadian politician, Minister of Northern Development (1987–1990).
  • John T. Henley, 90, American politician, President pro tempore of the North Carolina Senate (1975–1978).
  • Famara Jatta, 53, Gambian government minister and economist, Governor of the Central Bank (2003–2007).
  • Jaye Radisich, 35, Australian politician, Western Australian MLA for Swan Hills (2001–2008), cancer.
  • Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, 88, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (since 1971), prostate cancer.
  • Ngaire Thomas, 69, New Zealand author.
  • Margaret Whitlam, 92, Australian swimmer and activist, wife of Gough Whitlam, complications from a fall.
  • Chaleo Yoovidhya, 88, Thai businessman (Red Bull), natural causes.
  • Fakhra Younus, 33, Pakistani acid attack victim, suicide by jumping.

    • 18

  • Imra Agotić, 69, Croatian major general, commander of the Air Force.
  • Haim Alexander, 96, German-born Israeli composer.
  • Furman Bisher, 93, American sports writer (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), heart attack.
  • William R. Charette, 79, American Medal of Honor recipient.
  • Shirley May France, 79, American swimmer.
  • António Leitão, 51, Portuguese Olympic bronze medal-winning (1984) athlete, iron overload.
  • Bob McConnell, 87, American baseball author and researcher, founding member of Society for American Baseball Research.
  • William G. Moore Jr., 91, American Air Force general.
  • Alan Pegler, 91, British railway preservationist.
  • Anargyros Printezis, 74, Greek Eastern Catholic hierarch, Apostolic Exarch of Greece (1975–2008).
  • István Suti, 72, Hungarian Olympic equestrian.
  • George Tupou V, 63, Tongan King (since 2006).
  • Eric Watson, 56, British photographer, heart attack.
  • Jalal Zolfonun, 74, Iranian setar player and composer, heart disease.

    • 19

  • Dante Benvenuti, 86, Argentine Olympic cyclist.
  • Hanne Borchsenius, 76, Danish actress. (Danish)
  • Jim Case, 84, American television director and producer.
  • Gene DeWeese, 78, American author.
  • Ulu Grosbard, 83, Belgian-born American theatre and film director (The Subject Was Roses, American Buffalo).
  • William J. Hibbler, 65, American federal judge, District Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (since 1999).
  • Anton Jude, 51, Sri Lankan actor, cardiac arrest.
  • Clancy Lyall, 86, American military veteran.
  • Sanford N. McDonnell, 89, American businessman (McDonnell Douglas), pancreatic cancer.
  • Paul Peter Mostoway, 81, Canadian politician.
  • Hugo Munthe-Kaas, 90, Norwegian resistance fighter and politician. (Norwegian)
  • Karl-Heinz Spickenagel, 80, German footballer.
  • George Topolnisky, 95, Canadian politician.
  • Knut Erik Tranøy, 93, Norwegian philosopher.

    • 20

  • Erlom Akhvlediani, 78, Georgian writer.
  • Bill Glasson, 87, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Gregory (1974–1989).
  • Lincoln Hall, 56, Australian mountaineer and author, mesothelioma.
  • Ralph P. Hummel, 74, American political scientist.
  • Noboru Ishiguro, 73, Japanese animator and animation director (Space Battleship Yamato, The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Megazone 23). (Japanese)
  • Ante Jurić, 89, Croatian Roman Catholic prelate, Metropolitan Archbishop of Split and Makarska (1988–2000).
  • Abdul Rahman Orfalli, 23, Syrian protest organizer, bombing.
  • Mel Parnell, 89, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.
  • Frits de Ruijter, 94, Dutch Olympic athlete.
  • Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg, 101, Polish-born Israeli Haredi rabbi and rosh yeshiva.
  • Jim Stynes, 45, Irish-born Australian football player, cancer.
  • Allen Tolmich, 93, American athlete, Amateur Athletic Union hurdle champion (1937, 1939, 1940, 1941).
  • Bernard Zadi Zaourou, 73, Ivorian politician and author, heart complications.

    • 21

  • Lacy Banks, 68, American sports columnist (Chicago Sun-Times) and author, heart disease.
  • Christine Brooke-Rose, 89, British writer and literary critic.
  • John George Chedid, 88, Lebanese-born American Maronite hierarch, first Bishop of Our Lady of Los Angeles (1994–2000).
  • Albrecht Dietz, 86, German entrepreneur and scientist.
  • Ron Erhardt, 81, American football coach (New England Patriots, New York Giants, New York Jets).
  • Robert Fuest, 84, English film director.
  • Bruno Giacometti, 104, Swiss architect, brother of Alberto and Diego Giacometti.
  • Tonino Guerra, 92, Italian poet and screenwriter (L'Avventura, Blowup, Amarcord).
  • Irving Louis Horowitz, 82, American sociologist (Rutgers University, Washington University), surgical complications.
  • Mohamed Kassas, 91, Egyptian botanist and environmentalist.
  • Murray Lender, 81, American entrepreneur (Lender's Bagels), complications from a fall.
  • José Matanhy de Saldanha, Indian politician and social activist, heart attack.
  • Yuri Razuvaev, 66, Russian chess player and trainer. (Russian)
  • Marina Salye, 77, Russian geologist and politician, heart attack.
  • Shao Xianghua, 99, Chinese scientist.
  • Derick Thomson, 90, Scottish poet.
  • Kåre Tveter, 90, Norwegian painter and illustrator.

    • 22

  • Joe Blanchard, 83, American player of Canadian football (Edmonton Eskimos), professional wrestler and promoter, squamous-cell carcinoma.
  • C. K. Chandrappan, 76, Indian politician, Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Kerala), member of the Lok Sabha (1977–1980; 2004–2010), cancer.
  • Samuel Collins, Jr., 88, American politician.
  • Ted Cutting, 85, British automotive engineer, designed Aston Martin DBR1.
  • Demir Gökgöl, 74, Turkish-born German actor.
  • Johnny McCauley, 86, Irish singer-songwriter.
  • Vimal Mundada, 49, Indian politician, cancer.
  • Jackson Narcomey, 70, American painter.
  • Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud, 80, Sudanese politician, Secretary General of the Sudanese Communist Party (since 1971).
  • Kirsten Passer, 82, Danish actress.
  • John Payton, 65, American civil rights attorney (Gratz v. Bollinger).
  • Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, 86, British nobleman.
  • Edward Sismore, 90, British RAF officer.
  • Ron Stewart, 79, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, Boston Bruins), cancer.
  • Mickey Sullivan, 80, American baseball coach.
  • David Waltz, 68, American computer scientist.
  • Neil L. Whitehead, 56, English anthropologist.

    • 23

  • Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, 77, Somali politician, President (2004–2008), liver failure.
  • Chico Anysio, 80, Brazilian comedian, renal and pulmonary failure. (Portuguese)
  • Jean-Yves Besselat, 68, French politician. (French) (death announced on this date)
  • Jim Duffy, 75, American animator (Rugrats, The Smurfs), cancer.
  • Jack Ellena, 80, American football player.
  • Hynek Hromada, 76, Czech sports shooter.[3]
  • Witold Lesiewicz, 89, Polish film director.
  • Eric Lowen, 60, American singer and songwriter ("We Belong", "Everything I Wanted"), complications from ALS.
  • Péter Pázmándy, 73, Hungarian-born Swiss footballer and coach.
  • Naji Talib, 95, Iraqi politician, Prime Minister (1966–1967).
  • Lonnie Wright, 68, American football (Denver Broncos) and basketball (Denver Rockets) player, heart failure.

    • 24

  • Iqbal Bahu, 68, Pakistani singer, cardiac arrest.
  • Dennis Bennett, 72, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox).
  • Vigor Bovolenta, 37, Italian Olympic silver medal-winning (1996) volleyball player, heart attack.
  • Sir Paul Callaghan, 64, New Zealand physicist, colon cancer.
  • Henry Maitland Clark, 82, Northern Irish politician, MP for Antrim, North (1959–1970).
  • Bill Cutler, 92, American baseball executive.
  • Vince Lovegrove, 65, Australian musician and journalist, car accident.
  • Marion Marlowe, 83, American singer and stage actress, natural causes.
  • Edward Henryk Materski, 89, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Radom (1992–1999).
  • Nick Noble, 85, American pop and country singer ("The Tip of My Fingers", "Moonlight Swim").
  • Jose Prakash, 86, Indian actor, heart failure.
  • Jocky Wilson, 62, Scottish darts player.

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  • Len E. Blaylock, 93, American politician.
  • Raymond Bley, 73, Luxembourgian Olympic cyclist.
  • Priscilla Buckley, 90, American writer, managing editor of National Review, sister of William F. Buckley, Jr.
  • Hal E. Chester, 91, American film producer and former child actor.
  • John Crosfield, 96, British businessman.
  • Bob DeCourcy, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).
  • Tony Gordon, 63, New Zealand rugby league player and coach.
  • Edd Gould, 23, British animator and creator of Eddsworld, leukemia.
  • Mona Shourie Kapoor, 48, Indian television producer, cancer.
  • Ben-Zion Leitner, 85, Israeli soldier, Medal of Valor recipient.
  • Lex, 12, American Marine service dog, awarded honorary Purple Heart, cancer.
  • Tom Lodge, 75, British radio DJ, cancer.
  • Ralph Maxwell, 78, New Zealand politician, MP for Waitakere (1978–1984) and Titirangi (1984–1990).
  • Roger Molander, 71, American anti-nuclear activist, complications from liver cancer.
  • Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, 74, British politician, Leader of the House of Commons (1992–1997), MP for Braintree (1974–1997).
  • Nathalie Perrey, 83, French actress.
  • Larry Stevenson, 81, American skateboard innovator, pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease.
  • Bertil Ströberg, 79, Swedish Air Force officer and spy, cancer
  • Bert Sugar, 74, American boxing writer and historian, cardiac arrest.
  • Antonio Tabucchi, 68, Italian novelist (Indian Nocturne, Pereira Maintains).
  • Bill Weston, 70, British stunt performer (Saving Private Ryan, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Titanic).
  • Achim Wunderlich, 88, German army officer, awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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  • Sisto Averno, 86, American football player (Baltimore Colts).
  • Michael Begley, 79, Irish politician, TD for Kerry South (1969–1989).
  • Thomas M. Cover, 73, American information theorist.
  • David Craighead, 88, American organist.
  • Manik Godghate, 74, Indian poet.
  • Edmond Jacobs, 83, Luxembourgian cyclist.[4]
  • Helmer Ringgren, 94, Swedish theologian.
  • Stella Tanner, 87, British actress.

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  • Dale Baker, 73, Australian politician, South Australian MHA for MacKillop (1985–1997); Leader of the Opposition (1990–1992), motor neurone disease.
  • Sohen Biln, 72, Canadian Olympic rower.
  • Hugo Biermann, 95, South African admiral.
  • Millôr Fernandes, 87, Brazilian cartoonist, humorist, and playwright, multiple organ failure.
  • Marc Gervais, 82, Canadian Jesuit, writer, and film professor, complications of dementia.
  • Larry Haws, 72, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (2006–2010), brain cancer.
  • Harold G. Hillam, 77, American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
  • Anatoli Kikin, 71, Soviet and Russian footballer and coach.
  • Hilton Kramer, 84, American art critic, co-founder of The New Criterion.
  • Adrienne Rich, 82, American feminist poet and essayist, complications of rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Warren Stevens, 92, American actor (Forbidden Planet, The Barefoot Contessa), lung disease.
  • Micah True, 58, American ultramarathon runner.
  • Garry Walberg, 90, American actor (Quincy, M.E., The Odd Couple), COPD and heart failure.
  • Daniel Zamudio, 24, Chilean homosexual, beaten.
  • Alim Zankishiev, 30, Russian insurgent, leader in the Caucasus Emirate, killed.

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  • Fred Anderson, 78, Australian rugby league player.
  • John Arden, 81, English playwright.
  • Alexander Arutiunian, 91, Armenian composer.
  • Etel Billig, 79, American actress, brain aneurysm.
  • Leonard Braithwaite, 88, Canadian lawyer and politician.
  • Jacques Carelman, 83, French painter, illustrator and designer.
  • Harry Crews, 76, American author, neuropathy.
  • T. Damodaran, 77, Indian screenwriter.
  • Hans van den Doel, 74, Dutch economist and politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1967–1973).
  • Jerry McCain, 81, American blues musician.
  • Willie May, 75, American Olympic hurdle medalist (1960), amyloidosis.
  • Erkki Nordberg, 65, Finnish colonel.
  • Joel Olson, 45, American political science professor.
  • Brian Phillips, 80, English footballer (Mansfield Town).
  • William Sampson, 52, Canadian author, heart attack.
  • Earl Scruggs, 88, American bluegrass musician, natural causes.
  • Sergei Solnechnikov, 31, Russian military officer, granade explosion.
  • Eduard Steinberg, 76, Russian painter, cancer.
  • Neil Travis, 75, American film editor (Dances with Wolves, Stepmom, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), natural causes.
  • Addie L. Wyatt, 88, American labor and civil rights leader, long illness.

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  • P. S. Appu, 83, Indian civil servant.
  • Luke Askew, 80, American actor (Cool Hand Luke, Easy Rider, The Green Berets).
  • Ioannis Banias, 72, Greek politician. (Greek)
  • Borgia, 18, German racehorse, euthanized.
  • Jonathan Bowden, 49, British politician.
  • William Brett, Baron Brett, 70, British trade unionist and politician.
  • Liv Buck, 83, Norwegian trade unionist.
  • Olimpia Cavalli, 81, Italian actress (Vanina Vanini, The Thursday, His Women).
  • John S. Chase, 87, American architect.
  • Pap Cheyassin Secka, 69, Gambian politician.
  • Paulino Reale Chirina, 88, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Venado Tuerto (1989–2000).
  • Gerald Estrin, 90, American computer science pioneer.
  • Albert Hadley, 91, American interior decorator, cancer.
  • Bill Jenkins, 81, American NHRA drag racer.
  • Hone Kaa, 71, New Zealand church leader, cancer.
  • Kenneth Libo, 74, American historian of Jewish immigration.
  • Oksana Makar, 18, Ukrainian rape and murder victim.
  • John Mallison, Australian pastor.
  • Montjeu, 16, Irish racehorse, septicemia.
  • Ray Narleski, 83, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), natural causes.
  • Michael Peterson, 59, Australian surfer, heart attack.
  • David Walter, 64, British journalist, cancer.

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  • Raja Ashman Shah, 53, Malaysian royal, son of the Sultan of Perak, asthma attack.
  • Rex Babin, 49, American cartoonist (The Sacramento Bee), cancer.
  • Robert R. Beezer, 83, American federal judge, lung cancer.
  • Jorge Carpizo McGregor, 67, Mexican jurist, complications from surgery.
  • Ron Gaunt, 78, Australian cricketer.
  • Kees Guyt, 58, Dutch footballer (AZ'67).
  • Rich Jeffries, 73, American television announcer (The Price Is Right).
  • Aquila Berlas Kiani, Indian academic.
  • Barry Kitchener, 64, English footballer (Millwall), cancer.
  • Viktor Kosichkin, 74, Russian Olympic speed skating medalist (1960).
  • Francesco Mancini, 43, Italian footballer (Foggia), heart attack.
  • Addie Morrow, 83, Northern Irish politician.
  • Janet Anderson Perkin, 90, Canadian baseball player and curler.
  • Emrys Roberts, 82, Welsh poet and author, Archdruid of Wales (1987–1990).
  • Granville Semmes, 84, American entrepreneur, founder of 1-800-Flowers.
  • Leonid Shebarshin, 77, Russian KGB interim Chairman (1991), suicide.
  • Tenga Rinpoche, 80, Tibetan lama.
  • Yiannis Vasiliadis, 88, Greek politician and admiral, Minister of Public Order (1990–1991).

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  • Judith Adams, 68, New Zealand-born Australian politician, Senator for Western Australia (since 2005), breast cancer.
  • G. Emerson Cole, 93, American radio broadcaster.
  • Dale R. Corson, 97, American physicist, President of Cornell University (1969–1977), heart failure.
  • Cosmas Desmond, 76, South African priest and activist.
  • Grand Slam, 17, American thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Belmont Futurity Stakes and Champagne Stakes, heart failure.
  • Bernard O. Gruenke, 99, American stained glass artist.
  • Lise London, 96, French resistance fighter, widow of Artur London.
  • Jerry Lynch, 81, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds), prostate cancer.
  • Galina Savenko, 46, Russian Olympic sprint canoer.
  • Alberto Sughi, 83, Italian painter.
  • Halbert White, 61, American economist, cancer.

    • References

    Deaths in March 2012 Wikipedia
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