The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2000.
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 2000
1 Raymond Badin, 71, French Olympic gymnast (1952). Odell Barnes, 31, American convict, execution by lethal injection. Robert M. Brake, 73, American politician. William Colvig, 82, American musician. Jesper Høm, 68, Danish photographer and film director. Vlastimir Peričić, 72, Serbian composer. Lionel Salter, 85, English pianist, conductor, and writer. Sumie Tanaka, 91, Japanese screenwriter and playwright.
2 John Calvin Aker, 60, American judge. Audun Boysen, 70, Norwegian middle distance runner and Olympic medalist (1952, 1956). Roger Capey, 55, New Zealand Olympic field hockey player (1968). Jack King, 89, Australian Olympic water polo player (1948). Jimmy Lewis, 81, American double bassist. Danny Musser, 94, American baseball player (Washington Senators). Jack Robinson, 79, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox). Sandra Schmirler, 36, Canadian curling champion and Olympian (1998), cancer. Charles E. Wiggins, 72, American politician and judge, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1967-1979), cardiac arrest.
3 Ranjana Deshmukh, 45, Indian actress, heart attack. Paul Doguereau, 91, French pianist and piano teacher. Toni Ortelli, 95, Italian composer and alpinist. Nicole Van Goethem, 58, Belgian animator and illustrator.
4 Lino Bocalan, 71, Filipino businessman and politician. Hermann Brück, 94, German astronomer. Betty Werlein Carter, 89, American publisher, editor and writer. Władysław Daniłowski, 97, Polish-American pianist, composer and singer. Kyi Kyi Htay, 75, Burmese actress. Geeta Mukherjee, 76, Indian politician and social worker. Julian Ritter, 90, American painter. Donn J. Robertson, 83, United States Marine Corps officer. Alphons Silbermann, 90, German Jewish sociologist, musicologist, and publicist. Ta-You Wu, 92, Chinese theoretical physicist. Xie Xide, 78, Chinese physicist, breast cancer.
5 Jon Barwise, 57, American mathematician, philosopher and logician, colon cancer. Delbert Black, 77, American sailor, heart attack. Lou DeFilippo, 83, American football player (New York Giants). Lolo Ferrari, 37, French dancer, pornographic actress, actress and singer, suicide. Franklin Garrett, 93, American historian. Bob Mahan, 96, American football player (Brooklyn Dodgers). Dame Roma Mitchell, 86, Australian lawyer and Governor of South Australia, bone cancer. Todd Thomas, 40, American gridiron football player (Kansas City Chiefs, Philadelphia Eagles), cancer. Daniel Abraham Yanofsky, 74, Canadian chess grandmaster, writer, and arbiter. Mikola Yermalovich, 78, Belarusian writer and historian. Alexander Young, 79, British operatic tenor.
6 S. Arumugam, 94, Sri Lankan Tamil engineer and writer. Chris Balderstone, 59, English professional in cricket and football, prostate cancer. John Colicos, 71, Canadian actor (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, X-Men), heart attack. Jean-Pascal Curtillet, 57, French freestyle swimmer and Olympian (1960, 1964). Mirko Grmek, 76, Croatian and French historian of medicine, writer and scientist. Ole Jacob Hansen, 59, Norwegian jazz musician (drums). István Visy, 93, Hungarian Olympic equestrian (1936). Abraham Waligo, 71, Ugandan politician, Prime Minister (1985-1986).
7 Bill Daniels, 79, American cable television executive. Darrell Floyd, 67, American college basketball player (Furman Paladins). Eileen Fowler, 93, English physical exercise instructor. Charles Gray, 71, English actor (Diamonds Are Forever, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Mirror Crack'd), cancer. W. D. Hamilton, 63, British evolutionary biologist, organ dysfunction. Robert Hart, 86, English gardening pioneer. Pee Wee King, 86, American singer-songwriter (co-wrote "Tennessee Waltz"), heart attack. Aleksandr Klimenko, 29, Ukrainian shot putter and Olympian (1992, 1996). Edward H. Levi, 88, American lawyer and politician, Attorney General (1975–1977), Alzheimer's disease. Nelson Lincoln, 85, American sports shooter and Olympian (1960). Hirokazu Ninomiya, 82, Japanese football player and manager, pneumonia. Alimineti Madhava Reddy, 51, Indian politician, homicide. Jack Sanford, 70, American baseball player, brain cancer. Kazuto Tsuruoka, 83, Japanese baseball player and manager. Byron M. Tunnell, 74, American politician. Nicolas Walter, 65, British anarchist and atheist writer, speaker and activist. Masami Yoshida, 41, Japanese javelin thrower and Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992).
8 Gertrude Sanford Legendre, 97, American socialite, heart attack. Earle Gorton Linsley, 89, American entomologist. Joe Mullaney, 75, American basketball player (Boston Celtics), and coach, cancer. Vilho Ylönen, 81, Finnish cross-country skier, rifle shooter and Olympic medalist (1952, 1956, 1960, 1964).
9 Ziya Bazhayev, 39, Russian businessman, plane crash. Artyom Borovik, 39, Russian journalist and media magnate, plane crash. Robert F. Busbey, 71, American athletic director. Patricia Grizzaffi Campbell, 36-37, American planetary scientist. Jean Coulthard, 92, Canadian composer and music educator. Lucrecia Covelo, 80, Uruguayan entomologist, curator and film-maker Miguel Cruz, 89, Salvadoran football player. Jim Egan, 79, Canadian LGBT rights activist, lung cancer. Pierre Ghestem, 78, French bridge and checkers player. Peter Hauser, 65, British football player and manager. Pathanay Khan, Pakistan folk singer. Usha Kiran, 70, Indian actress. Robert Parry, 67, British politician. Ivo Robić, 77, Croatian singer-songwriter. Booker Russell, 44, American football player (Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles).
10 Judith Barrett, 91, American film actress. Rafael Bash, 87, Israeli politician. Charlie Biot, 82, American baseball player. Arden Booth, 88, American politician. Barbara Cooney, 82, American author and illustrator. Ivan Hirst, 84, British Army officer and engineer. William Porter, 73, American track and field athlete and Olympic champion (1948). John Sladek, 62, American science fiction author.
11 Kenneth Boyle, 62, American lawyer and politician, cancer.'Illinois Blue Book 1975-1976,' Biographical Sketch of Ken Boyle, pg. 168 Kazimierz Brandys, 83, Polish essayist and script writer. Knute Buttedahl, 74, Canadian expert on global education and international development.Canada World, Global Development (CIDA-ACDI) - http://www.international.gc.ca/development-developpement/index.aspx?lang=eng René Cóspito, 94, Argentine musician and actor. Alex Dreier, 83, American news reporter and commentator, heart failure. Toshihito Ishimaru, 68, Japanese Olympic boxer (1952, 1956). HB Jassin, 82, Indonesian literary critic and documentarian. Noel Mulligan, 73, Australian rugby player. Edgar Charles Polomé, 79, Belgian-American philologist and religious studies scholar. Will Roberts, 92, Welsh painter. Laureano López Rodó, 79, Spanish lawyer, diplomat and politician. Alfred Schwarzmann, 87, German Olympic gymnast (1936, 1952).
12 Billy Ivison, 79, British football and rugby player. Aleksandar Nikolić, 75, Serbian basketball player and coach. Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, 98, Chinese Catholic Bishop of Shanghai, stomach cancer. Mack Robinson, 85, American track and field athlete and Olympian (1936), pneumonia.
13 Harry Bright, 70, American baseball player. Rex Everhart, 79, American actor (Beauty and the Beast, Friday the 13th, Family Business) and singer, lung cancer. Hamid Gada, Indian commander in the militant organisation Hizbul Mujahideen, K.I.A. Cab Kaye, 78, Ghanaian-English jazz singer and pianist. Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam, 86, Indian Army general. Carlo Tagnin, 67, Italian football player and manager, cancer. Malcolm Wilson, 86, American politician and Governor of New York.
14 Kovai Chezhiyan, 68, Indian film producer and Kongu community leader. Tommy Collins, 69, American country musician. Howard James, 76, British Olympic rower (1948). C. Jérôme, 53, French singer, cancer. Paul Smith, 54, American gridiron football player (Denver Broncos, Washington Redskins), pancreatic cancer. Anne Wibble, 56, Swedish politician, cancer. Ponchai Wilkerson, 28, American convicted murderer, execution by lethal injection.
15 Bernard Challenor, 63, American epidemiologist, heart attack. William J. Crawford, 81, American soldier.Obituary Jaime García Añoveros, 68, Spanish politician. Timothy Gribble, 36, American convicted murderer and suspected serial killer, execution by lethal injection. Clement L. Hirsch, 85, American businessman and racehorse owner, cancer. Tomio Hora, 93, Japanese historian and academic. Durward Kirby, 88, American television host and announcer. Zinaida Liepiņa, 92, Latvian Olympic sprinter (1928). Bobb McKittrick, 64, American gridiron football coach, cancer. Darrell Keith Rich, 45, American serial killer, execution by lethal injection. Rolf Römer, 64, German actor. Idris Abdul Wakil, 74, Zanzibari politician, President (1985-1990). Robert Welch, 70, English designer and silversmith.
16 Morris Berthold Abram, 81, American lawyer, civil rights activist and university president. Ibrahim Mahmud Alfa, 53, Nigerian air marshal. Herta Bothe, 79, German nazi concentration camp guard during World War II and war criminal. Thomas Ferebee, 81, U.S. Army Air Forces bombardier aboard the Enola Gay, which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Roy Henderson, 100, British opera singer. Carl Joiner, 75, American racing driver. Maja Kos, 31, Serbian Olympic synchronized swimmer (1992). Pavel Prudnikau, 88, Belarusian writer. Ivo Rinkel, 79, Dutch tennis and field hockey player. Stanley Ralph Ross, 64, American writer and actor, lung cancer. Michael Starr, 89, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1952-1968). Phil Terranova, 80, American boxer. Carlos Velázquez, 51, Puerto Rican baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers).
17 Harry Blum, 55, German politician.www.willkommeninkoeln.de Jerry Bresler, 85, American conductor, songwriter and musician. Jack Davis, 83, Australian playwright. Jerry Dover, 50, American basketball player (Memphis Pros). Lonia Dvorin, 82, Israeli football player and coach. Sonny Hine, 69, American thoroughbred horse trainer. Charlie Holt, 77, American ice hockey coach, cancer. Edward F. Knipling, 90, American entomologist. Pete Mangum, 69, American football player (New York Giants, Denver Broncos). Pavel Sládek, 28, Slovak Olympic biathlete (1994).
18 Tom Ah Chee, 72, New Zealand businessman, liver cancer. Ferenc Berko, 84, Hungarian –American photographer. Eberhard Bethge, 90, German Protestant theologian. Bob Blackman, 81, American college football coach and player. Pei Lisheng, 93, Chinese politician. Glen Mervyn, 63, Canadian rower, Olympic medalist (1960), and Olympic coach, colorectal cancer. Herman B Wells, 97, American academic. Robert Wynn, 78, American officer with Easy Company, in the 101st Airborne Division. Assaf Yaguri, 69, Israeli soldier and politician.
19 Graham Balcombe, 93, British cave diver. Chris Beeby, 64, New Zealand diplomat. John B. Corser, American politician. Li Huanzhi, 81, Chinese classical composer. Egon Jönsson, 78, Swedish football player and Olympian (1948, 1952). Giovanni Linscheer, 27, Surinamese swimmer and Olympian (1992, 1996), car accident. Jayne Regan, 90, American film actress. Miroslav Strejček, 71, Czech Olympic rower (1960). Joanne Weaver, 64, American baseball player. Dewey Williams, 84, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds). Mikhail Yefremov, 88, Soviet politician and diplomat.
20 Johan Anthierens, 62, Belgian journalist, columnist, and writer, Hodgkin's disease. Zayd Mutee' Dammaj, 57, Yemeni author and politician. Gene Eugene, 38, Canadian actor, record producer, composer and musician.