The following is a list of notable deaths in March 1995.
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 1995
1 Edmund Fisher, 56, British publisher, cancer. Walter Anderson, 84, British trade unionist. Fred J. Borch, 84, American businessman who was chairman and CEO of General Electric. Eugenio Corecco, 63, Swiss Catholic bishop, cancer. Simon C. Dik, 54, Dutch linguist. Jackie Holmes, 74, American racecar driver. Georges J. F. Köhler, 48, German biologist, heart attack. Vladislav Listyev, 38, Russian journalist, murdered. Ferdinand Lundberg, 89, American journalist. Herb Meadow, 83, American television producer and writer, heart attack. Emil Petru, 55, Romanian football player and Olympian (1964). Hugh Auchincloss Steers, 32, American painter, AIDS-related complications. César Rodríguez Álvarez, 74, Spanish football forward and manager.
2 Suzanne Bastid, 88, French professor of law. David Davis, 93, New Zealand cricketer. Henry Felsen, 78, American writer. Vivian MacKerrell, 50, British actor, esophageal cancer. Ray Moore, 68, American Major League Baseball player.
3 Rafael Aguilar, 65, Ecuadorian ballet dancer and choreographer. Vincent L. Broderick, 74, United States District Judge, cancer. Al Christy, 76, American actor, advertising executive, and radio and television announcer. Nikhil Ghosh, 76, Indian musician, teacher and writer. Humphry Greenwood, 67, English ichthyologist. Sheikh Anwarul Haq, 77, Pakistani jurist and an academic. Howard W. Hunter, 87, American President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, prostate cancer. Lyman Kirkpatrick, 77, inspector general and executive director of the CIA. Douglas Stewart, 75, American film editor (The Right Stuff, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid), Oscar winner (1984). Jean Thureau, 67, French Olympic hurdler (1952). Pierre Tisseyre, 85, French-Canadian lawyer, journalist, writer and Quebec literary editor. Đàm Quang Trung, 73, Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam.
4 Eden Ahbez, 86, American songwriter and recording artist, traffic collision. Fred Bergdinon, 88, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins). Bernhard Greulich, 92, German athlete and Olympian (1936). Iftekhar, 75, Indian actor. James Bryan McMillan, 78, American district judge (United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina). Vira Misevych, 49, Soviet/Russian equestrian and Olympic champion (1980). Dan Păltinișanu, 43, Romanian footballer. Peggy Solomon, 86, American bridge player. Matt Urban, 75, United States Army lieutenant colonel and one of the most decorated soldiers of World War II. Andrzej Wołkowski, 82, Polish ice hockey player and Olympian (1936). Gloria Wood, 71, American singer and voice actress.
5 Jalal Agha, 49, Indian actor and director in Bollywood films, heart attack. Frieda Belinfante, 90, Dutch freedom fighter during World War II, cellist, and orchestra conductor, cancer. Henry Benson, Baron Benson, 85, British accountant. Juan Guerrero Burciaga, 65, United States District Judge. Gregg Hansford, 42, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer, racing accident. Roy Hughes, 84, American baseball player. Marguerite Kelsey, 86, British artists' model. Roger MacBride, 65, American lawyer, political figure, writer, and television producer. Nancy O'Neil, 83, Australian-born British actress. Vivian Stanshall, 51, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician, domestic fire. Erwin Verstegen, 24, Dutch Olympic archer (1992).
6 Franco Bertinetti, 71, Italian fencer and Olympic gold medalist (1952, 1956). Gabriel Bracho, 79, Venezuelan artist. Noël de Mille, 85, Canadian Olympic rower (1932). Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass, 54, Polish actress, stroke. Moturi Satyanarayana, 93, Indian independence activist. Delroy Wilson, 46, Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer, cirrhosis.
7 John J. Allen Jr., 95, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1947-1959). Henry Bichel, 83, Australian rugby league footballer. Don Cook, 74, American journalist. Ivan Craig, 83, Scottish actor. Harold W. Hannold, 83, American Republican Party politician. Róża Herman, 93, Polish chess player. Najib Kilani, 63, Egyptian poet and novelist. John Lambert, 68, British composer and music educator. B. N. B. Rao, 85, Indian surgeon, medical academic, researcher, and writer. Norman Rosten, 82, American poet, playwright, and novelist. Paul-Émile Victor, 87, French ethnologist and explorer. Kazimierz Wiłkomirski, 94, Polish cellist, composer and conductor.
8 Manuel Escobar, 70, Salvadorian Olympic sailor (1968). Naomi Feinbrun-Dothan, 94, Russian-Israeli botanist. Geoff Frood, 88, Australian rules footballer. Rudolf Geigy, 92, Swiss biologist, assisted suicide. Junpei Gomikawa, 78, Japanese novelist. Paul Horgan, 91, American novelist and historian. Ike Lozada, 54, Filipino comedian, actor and TV host, heart attack. John Ormond, 89, New Zealand businessman and farmer. Sooranad Kunjan Pillai, 83, Indian writer, literary critic, and scholar of the Malayalam language. Ingo Schwichtenberg, 29, German drummer, suicide. William Elwood Steckler, 81, American district judge (United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana).
9 Ian Ballantine, 79, American publisher, heart attack. Edward Bernays, 103, Austrian-born American propagandist. Bill Cassidy, 54, Scottish football player and manager. Cedric Elmes 85, New Zealand cricketer. Yisrael Galil, 71, Israeli firearm designer. Paco Jamandreu, 75, Argentine fashion designer and actor, heart attack. Ricardo Mañé, 47, Uruguayan mathematician. Robert Sheats, 79, United States Navy Master Diver.
10 Rigmor Andersen, 91, Danish designer, educator and author.Søren Sass, "Rigmor Andersen (1903–1995)", Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. Retrieved November 15, 2011. Fred Davis, 77, American gridiron football player (Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears). Doris Duranti, 77, Italian film actress. John F. Gerry, 69, American district judge (United States District Court for the District of New Jersey). Wilhelm Heckmann, 97, German concert and easy listening musician. Russell Keays, 81, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1958-1962, 1965-1968). David D. Keck, 91, American botanist. Alexander Hyatt King, 83, English musicologist, bibliographer, and music librarian of the British Library and British Museum. Ovidi Montllor, 53, Spanish singer and actor, esophageal cancer. Mattityahu Peled, 71, Israeli public figure. Irene Tedrow, 87, American actress, stroke. Michal Tučný, 48, Czech singer and songwriter, cancer, liver cancer. Dicky Zulkarnaen, 55, Indonesian actor.
11 Antonio León Amador, 85, Spanish football player. Rein Aun, 54, Soviet Estonian decathlete and Olympic medalist (1964, 1968). Jean Bayard, 97, French Olympic rugby player (1924). Bobby Ewer, 90, Australian rules footballer. Alf Goullet, 103, Australian cyclist. Carlos Albán Holguín, 64, Colombian lawyer and politician. Wilfred Jacobs, 75, first Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. Ernest Kabushemeye, Burundian politician and the Minister for Mines and Energy, assassinated. Don Lane, 59, Australian politician and minister. Don Manno, 79, American baseball player (Boston Bees/Braves). Jean-Pierre Masson, 76, Canadian film and television actor. Herb McCracken, 95, American football player and coach. Gérard Pasquier, 66, French Olympic alpine skier (1956), and curler. Lotte Rausch, 81, German stage and film actress. María Rosa Salgado, 65, Spanish actress. James Scott-Hopkins, 73, British Conservative politician. Myfanwy Talog, 50, Welsh actress, breast cancer. Väinö Valve, 99, Finnish general and navy commander. Karl Österreicher, 72, Austrian conductor and music teacher.
12 Mija Aleksić, 71, Serbian actor. Dumitru Almaș, 86, Romanian journalist, novelist, historian, writer and professor. Madis Aruja, 59, Estonian conservationist, geographer and ski-orienteer. Juanin Clay, 45, American actress and director. Jørgen Jensen, 55, Danish Olympic wrestler (1960, 1964). Jack Mowat, 86, Scottish football referee. Rick Muther, 59, American racing driver.
13 Mieczysław Balcer, 88, Polish football player. Leon Day, 78, American baseball Hall of Fame player, heart attack. Jonas C. Greenfield, 68, American scholar of Semitic languages. Odette Hallowes, 82, French intelligence officer. William Hulse, 74, American middle-distance runner. Abdul Ali Mazari, 48-49, Afghan warlord and politician, executed by the Taliban.
14 Dennis Bell, 46, American journalist Pulitzer Prize winner, pneumonia. Frank Blair, 79, broadcast journalist for NBC News who was news anchor of Today. Alessandro Cutolo, 95, Italian academic, television presenter, actor and historian. William Alfred Fowler, 83, American physicist. Georges Gschwind, 85, Swiss Olympic rower (1936). John Peters Humphrey, 89, Canadian legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate. Charlie Letchas, 79, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators). Hughie Price, 86, Australian rules footballer. Ed Roberts, 56, American activist. Gerard Victory, 73, Irish composer. W. Arthur Winstead, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives (1943-1965).
15 Bhupinder Singh Brar, 68, Indian politician. Milo Calhoun, 54, Jamaican boxer who won the British Commonwealth middleweight title. Florence Chadwick, 76, American long-distance swimmer and first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Wolfgang Harich, 71, East German philosopher and journalist. Carlos Menem Jr., 26, Argentine rally driver, helicopter crash. Fred Mulley, 76, British politician, barrister and economist. Silvio Oltra, 37, Argentine racing driver, helicopter crash. Steve Sharkey, 76, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals).
16 John Cavosie, 87, American football player (Portsmouth Spartans).John Cavosie at pro-football-reference.com Albert Hackett, 95, American dramatist and screenwriter. Paul Kipkoech, 32, Kenyan long-distance runner and Olympian (1984). Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat, 83, British Commando during World War II and nobleman. Art Mollner, 82, American basketball player and Olympian (1936). Heinrich Sutermeister, 84, Swiss composer.Elizabeth Forbes."Obituary: Heinrich Sutermeister. The Independent on Sunday, March 20, 1995.
17 Amiraslan Aliyev, 34, Azerbaijan military officer and National Hero of Azerbaijan, killed in action. Al Alvarez, 82, American basketball player. Rick Aviles, 42, American actor (Ghost, Carlito's Way, The Stand), AIDS-related complications. Paul Backman, 74, Finnish cyclist and Olympian (1948, 1952). Donald Baverstock, 71, British television producer and executive. Vladimir Bunchikov, 92, Russian baritone. Helen Christie, 80, British actress. Seymour Clark, 92, English cricketer. Theresa Clay, 84, English entomologist. Flor Contemplacion, 42, Filipina domestic worker executed in Singapore for murder, hanged. Estálin, 72, Spanish screenwriter and film director, liver cancer. Pedro J. González, 99, Mexican activist, musician and radio personality. Arthur Highland, 83, American competition swimmer and Olympian (1936). Julius Janowsky, 64, Austrian Olympic diver (1952). Rovshan Javadov, 43, Azerbaijani Armed Forces officer and politician. Muriel Kauffman, 78, American civic leader and philanthropist. Ahmad Khomeini, 49, Iranian politician and son of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, heart attack. Ronnie Kray, 61, British criminal and twin brother of Reggie Kray, heart attack. Robert Monroe, 79, American radio broadcasting executive. Sunnyland Slim, 88, American blues pianist, kidney failure. Howard Thomas, 90, Canadian wrestler and Olympian (1932, 1936).