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.Obituary for singer Jewel Akenslatimes.com Janez Albreht, 87, Slovenian actor.Umrl je slovenski igralec Janez Albreht Campbell Armstrong, 69, Scottish author.MBA Literary Agents Campbell Armstrong Mbalit.co.uk 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.Retired West Michigan judge diesWOOD TV8 Bonnie Franklin, 69, American actress (One Day at a Time, The Young and the Restless, Please Don't Eat the Daisies), pancreatic cancer.Bonnie Franklin, star of TV's 'One Day at a Time', dies at 69latimes.com Mukesh Gadhvi, 50, Indian politician, MP for Banaskantha, complications from a stroke. Sammy Guillen, 88, Trinidadian-born New Zealand cricketer, represented both countries.Simpson Guillen dead at 88 D. V. J. Harischandra, 74, Sri Lankan psychiatrist and Buddhist scholar, complications from a heart attack.Consultant Psychiatrist Prof. Harischandra has passed away Dorothy Howard, 84, Canadian mezzo-soprano, opera director, and voice teacher Margaret Johansen, 89, Norwegian novelist.Margaret Johansen Gaynelle Griffin Jones, 64, American lawyer and judge, US Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, member of the Texas Court of Appeals, cancer.Honored Houston lawyer diesHouston Chronicle Pat Keen, 79, English actress (Fawlty Towers, Shadowlands).Pat Keen obituaryguardian.co.uk Naw Kham, 43, Burmese drug lord, execution by lethal injection.China parades foreign Mekong killers before executionBBC News Magic, 37, American rap vocalist (Sky's the Limit), traffic collision.New Orleans rapper Awood 'Mr. Magic' Johnson has diedNOLA.com Ric Menello, 60, American writer (Two Lovers), music video director ((You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)), heart attack.Beastie Boys Video Director Ric Menello Dead At 60mtv.com John Paul Miller, 94, American goldsmith.Goldsmith John Paul Miller, a national treasure, will go down in history as one of Cleveland's greatest artists Trevor Morley, 79, English cricketer.Tributes paid to 'Mr Cricket' after legendary Fenland opening bowler Trevor Morley dies aged 80 , wisbechstandard.co.uk, 4 March 2013 Erich Pennekamp, 83, German Olympic water polo player.Erich Pennekamp Rafael Puyana, 81, Colombian harpsichordist.Rafael Puyana obituary Sir Alan Smith, 95, British World War II Spitfire fighter ace.Sir Alan Smith ObituaryDaily Telegraph Ken Stanley, 91, English table tennis player. Gabriel Vanel, 88, French Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Auch (1985–1996).Bishop Gabriel Marie Étienne Vanel profile at Catholic Hierarchy website Ludwig Zausinger, 84, German footballer.Ludwig Zausinger Abendzeitung Munich
2 Phillip Bonosky, 96, American novelist and journalist.["Phillip Thomas Bonosky Obituary". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 27, 2014.] 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 Francesca Forrellad, 85, Spanish writer, aneurysm.Mor l'escriptora Francesca Forrellad als 86 anys per un aneurisma Peter Harvey, 68, Australian television journalist (Nine Network), pancreatic cancer.Veteran TV reporter Peter Harvey has died, aged 68 William F. Hyland, 89, American politician and lawyer, New Jersey Attorney General (1974–1978).William F. Hyland Obituary Jimmy Jackson, 81, Scottish footballer (Notts County).RIP Notts County footballer James "Jimmy" JacksonNottscountyfc.co.uk Eriya Kategaya, 67, Ugandan politician, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs.Ugandan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs Eriya Kategaya diesstandardmedia.co.ke Giorgos Kolokithas, 67, Greek basketball player, cardiac arrest.Greek basketball is mourning the death of legend Kolokithas Thomas McEvilley, 73, American art critic and academic, complications from cancer.Thomas McEvilley, Critic and Defender of Non-Western Art, Dies at 73, nytimes.com, March 30, 2013 Master O'Reilly, 10, New Zealand-bred Australian racehorse, winner of Caulfield Cup (2007).Popular galloper Master O'Reilly dies in unusual circumstances near roadThe Courier-Mail Bryce Rope, 90, New Zealand All Blacks rugby union coach (1983–1984).Former All Black coach diesnzherald.co.nz Hans Schnitger, 97, Dutch Olympic bronze-medalist field hockey player (1936).Oud-international Hans Schnitger overleden Shabnam Shakeel, 70, Pakistani poet and author.Shabnam Shakeel passes awaydawn.com Bjørn Skau, 84, Norwegian politician, Minister of Justice and the Police (1981).Tidligere justisminister Bjørn Skau er død Zdeněk Švestka, 87, Czech astronomer. Jorge Vago, 85, Argentine Olympic sailor.
3 Zora Kramer Brown, 63, American breast cancer awareness advocate, ovarian cancer. Luis Cubilla, 72, Uruguayan footballer (River Plate, Nacional), stomach cancer.Fallece Luis Cubilla, ex técnico crema Rik De Saedeleer, 89, Belgian football player (KV Mechelen) and journalist.Décès de l'ancien commentateur, Rik De Saedeleer Johann Eekhoff, 71, German economist.Zum Tod von Prof. Dr. Johann Eekhoff Col Firmin, 72, Australian politician.Colin "Col" Firmin obituarywestannouncements.com Jaime Guadalupe González Domínguez, 38, Mexican journalist, shot., hispanicallyspeakingnews.com, 5 March 2013 Plamen Goranov, 36, Bulgarian rights activist, self-immolation."Plamen Lives in Our Heart" , standartnews.com Müslüm Gürses, 59, Turkish singer and actor, complications from heart surgery. Johnny Hanks, 78, New Zealand boxer.New Zealand boxer Johnny Hanks has died, New Zealand Herald Junior Heffernan, 23, Irish triathlete and racing cyclist, race collision.Junior Heffernan dies after collision during Severn Bridge Road Race, cyclingweekly.co.uk, 3 March 2013 Gerald D. Klee, 86, American psychiatrist and LSD expert, involved in hallucinogenic drug research for US Army, complications following surgery.Gerald D. Klee dies at 86; psychiatrist involved in Army LSD experimentslatimes.com Manfred Kremser, 62, Austrian ethnologist. Danie G. Krige, 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.allAfrica.com: Namibia: Two Dead in Damaraland Plane Crash Bobby Rogers, 73, American soul singer and songwriter (The Miracles), complications from diabetes.Bobby Rogers of the Miracles dies after long illnessdetroitnews.com José Sancho, 68, Spanish actor, lung cancer.Muere el actor español José Sancho Song Wenfei, 27, Chinese actress, uterine cancer.Death of actress Song Wenfei at age 27 raises cancer concerns, chinadaily.com.cn, 5 March 2013 James Strong, 68, Australian businessman, CEO of Qantas (1993–2001), complications from lung surgery.Former Qantas boss James Strong dies at 68 George Wearring, 84, Canadian Olympic basketball player (1952).Canadian Olympic basketball player George Wearring dieslegacy.com, March 4, 2013 Donald W. Zacharias, 77, American academic, President of MSU (1985–1997).
4 José Almandoz, 75, Spanish Olympic rower.José Almandoz Lillian Cahn, 89, American businesswoman, co-founder of Coach, Inc. and designer of the Coach handbagLilian Cahn, creator of the Coach handbag, dies at 89, nytimes.com. March 8, 2013. Bill Dankbaar, 60, Australian Olympic rower.Bill Dankbaar Menachem Froman, 67, Israeli settler and chief rabbi, colorectal cancer.Rabbi Menachem Froman, West Bank religious leader and peacemaker, diesjta.org Dic Goodman, 93, Welsh poet. Harry Greene, 89, Welsh actor and television personality, creator of Changing Rooms and DIY SOS.TV's first DIY guru Harry Greene dies aged 89 Chick Halbert, 94, American basketball player.Charles P Halbert iv Obituary Seki Matsunaga, 84, Japanese footballer.サッカー元日本代表の松永碩氏死去 Mickey Moore, 98, Canadian-born American actor and director, heart failure.Michael D. "Micky" Moore dies at 98; director and early Hollywood actorlatimes.com Maurus Nekaro, 57, Namibian politician, Governor of Kavango Region (since 2010), hypertension. Tom Pennington, 73, American football player (Georgia Bulldogs, Dallas Texans).Thomas Durward Pennington Jr. George Petherbridge, 85, English footballer (Bristol Rovers). Jérôme Savary, 70, Argentine-born French theater director and actor, cancer.Le metteur en scène et comédien Jérôme Savary est mort Hobart Muir Smith, 100, American herpetologist.American herpetologist Hobart Muir Smith has passed away Toren Smith, 52, Canadian manga publisher and translator.Canadian manga publisher Toren Smith Diesbleedingcool.com, March 7, 2013 Fran Warren, 87, American singer ("Sunday Kind of Love") and actress (Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd).Obituary for singer Fran Warren at legacy.com
5 Paul Bearer, 58, American professional wrestling manager (WWF), upper respiratory infection.Paul Bearer passes awayWWE.com Hugo Chávez, 58, Venezuelan politician and military officer, President (since 1999), heart attack.President Hugo Chavez confirmed dead BBC News 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).Lord Forbestelegraph.co.uk Calvin Fowler, 73, American Olympic gold medallist basketball player (1968).Calvin Fowler Sr. obituary, legacy.com, March 8, 2013 Charles Galbreath, 87, American politician and judge, member of the Tennessee House (1960–1968) and Court of Appeals (1968–1978), pneumonia.Charles Galbreath, former judge and TN legislator with penchant for theatrics, dies at 88Tennessean.com Duane Gish, 92, American creationist.American creationist Duane T. Gish diesNational Center for Science Education Gorō Naya, 83, Japanese voice actor (Lupin III, Kamen Rider, Space Battleship Yamato), chronic respiratory failure.Japanese voice actor Goro Naya has diedAnime News Network 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.TV-Star Dieter Pfaff ist gestorben Bild Rajasulochana, 77, Indian actress and dancer, renal failure.Veteran Indian actress and dancer Rajasulochana diestimesofindia.indiatimes.com, 5 March 2013 Robert Relyea, 82, American film producer (West Side Story, Bullitt), natural causes.Producer Robert E. Relyea DiesContactmusic.com Melvin Rhyne, 76, American jazz organist.Organist Melvin Rhyne Dead at 76jazztimes.com Hikmat al-Shihabi, 82, Syrian military leader.Syria ex-chief of staff Hikmat al-Shihabi diesGlobalpost.com, 5 March 2013 Tommy Smith, 75, American jockey. Arthur Storch, 87, American theatrical director and actor, founder of Syracuse Stage.Syracuse Stage founder Arthur Storch passes away9WSYR.com Luc Wallays, 51, Belgian cyclist, cancer. Tove Wallenstrøm, 98, Danish actress.Tove Agnes Christense Wallenstrøm Bill Walters, 69, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1982–2000), pancreatic cancer.Former Arkansas State Senator Bill Walters diesarkansasnews.com
6 Maciej Berbeka, 58, Polish mountaineer, climbing accident.All hope lost for Polish mountaineers Maciej Berbeka and Tomasz Kowalski Dave Bewley, 92, English footballer (Watford).Watford's oldest known player passes awayWatford Observer Sabine Bischoff, 54, German Olympic champion fencer (1984).DFB trauert um Sabine Bischoff