The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2006.
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 2006
1 Annette von Aretin, 85, German TV personality. Joëlle Aubron, 46, French member of Action Directe, lung cancer. Harry Browne, 72, American libertarian writer and presidential candidate for the United States Libertarian Party, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Ronald Anthony Cross, 68, American science fiction writer. Mack Easley, 89, American politician and judge in New Mexico, former Democratic lieutenant governor of New Mexico (1963—1966). Alexander Fol, 72, Bulgarian historian of ancient Greece, former Minister of Education. O. Milton Gossett, 80, American advertising executive, former CEO Saatchi & Saatchi Compton Worldwide. Johnny Jackson, 54, American singer and musician, former drummer of The Jackson 5, stabbing.Obituaries in the Performing Arts Josef Muskita, 81, Indonesian Olympic sailor Peter Osgood, 59, English footballer, heart attack. Jenny Tamburi, 53, Italian actress in 1970s B-movies and casting director of TV-series. Jack Wild, 53, British actor (Oliver!, H. R. Pufnstuf, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves), oral cancer.
2 Madeleine Cosman, 68, American scholar of medieval Europe. Leopold Gratz, 75, Austrian politician, former mayor of Vienna. Phyllis Huffman, 61, American casting director (Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, Mystic River). Willie Kent, 70, American blues bassist, cancer. Rachel Mellon Walton, 107, American philanthropist.
3 Ivor Cutler, 83, Scottish humorist, author, singer, and poet. Floyd Gass, 79, American college football coach (Oklahoma State University). William Herskovic, 91, Hungarian escapee from Auschwitz during World War II, cancer. Charlie Hodge, 71, American guitarist and backup singer for Elvis Presley and Graceland resident, lung cancer. Paul Smith, 77, American actor. Richard Vander Veen, 83, American politician, former Democratic United States Representative from Michigan (1973–1977), prostate cancer.
4 Ivano Corghi, 83, Italian football goalkeeper and manager. John Reynolds Gardiner, 61, American children's author (Stone Fox), pancreatitis. Roman Ogaza, 54, Polish footballer. Edgar Valter, 76, Estonian children's book illustrator and cartoonist.
5 Milan Babić, 50, Croatian politician, former leader of the Republic of Serbian Krajina who pleaded guilty to war crimes, suicide by hanging. Richard Kuklinski, 70, American mafia hitman, natural causes. John Joseph Paul, 89, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of La Crosse (1983–1994). John Sandusky, 80, American football player (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers) and coach (Miami Dolphins), complications from internal bleeding. Bill Wolski, 61, American football player (Atlanta Falcons), melanoma.
6 Anne Braden, 81, American civil rights activist. Gunnar Halvorsen, 60, Norwegian politician.Halvorsen, Gunnar (1945-2006) King Floyd, 61, American soul singer. Mubdar Hatim al-Dulaimi, 55, Iraqi general, Major General in the Iraqi Army, shot by a sniper. Mortimer Planno, 85, Cuban Rastafarian philosopher. Kirby Puckett, 45, American baseball player (Minnesota Twins) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame, stroke complications. Dana Reeve, 44, American actress and activist, lung cancer. Simon Ungers, 49, German-born New York-based architect and artist. Ruth Weiss, 97, Austrian-Chinese journalist and member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
7 Howard Jackson, 54, American martial artist, leukemia. John Junkin, 76, British actor (A Hard Day's Night, EastEnders, On the House), lung cancer. Ludwik Margules, 72, Mexican theatre director, cancer. John J. McFall, 88, American politician, former Democratic United States Representative from California (1956–1978). Gordon Parks, 93, American film director (Shaft, The Learning Tree, The Super Cops), cancer. Ali Farka Touré, 66, Malian musician, cancer.
8 Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes, 82, New Zealand pioneering heart surgeon, complications during heart valve replacement. Joseph H. Burchenal, 93, American oncologist. Teresa Ciepły, 69, Polish athlete, 1964 Olympic track champion. Giordano Cottur, 91, Italian Giro d'Italia champion. Ronald Faulds, 83, Australian Olympic diver George Sassoon, 69, British scientist, author and radio amateur, cancer.
9 Hanka Bielicka, 90, Polish singer and actress. Dennis Brookes, 90, English cricketer. Erik Elmsäter, 86, Swedish athlete, first Swede to compete in both Summer and Winter Olympics.Dödsfall Erik Elmsäter Tom Fox, 54, American peacemaker taken hostage in Iraq US hostage in Iraq confirmed dead, BBC News, March 11, 2006 Péter Halász, 62, Hungarian theatre director, actor, and writer, liver cancer. Doug Hamilton, 43, American general manager for the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team, heart attack aboard aircraft. Steve Henderson, 61-62, American role-playing game designer. Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, 72, English cricketer and insurance executive, brain tumour. Barney McFadden, 59, American actor. Anna Moffo, 73, American singer and operatic soprano, stroke following decade long battle with breast cancer. John Profumo, 91, British politician, complications following a stroke. Harry Seidler, 82, Austrian-born Australian architect, leading exponent of Modernism's methodology. Laura Stoica, 38, Romanian pop rock singer, traffic collision.Ziua în care cântăreața Laura Stoica s-a stins din viață, în urmă cu 13 ani (in Romanian) John Wilde, 86, American surrealist painter.
10 Rick Huckabay, 60, American basketball coach. Alberto Migré, 74, Argentine TV screenwriter and producer, heart attack. Ronald H. Nash, 69, American philosopher. Graciela Silvain, Argentine-born American soprano. Jan Wiktor Wiśniewski, 83, Polish football player.
11 Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley, 81, British soldier and military historian. Bernie Geoffrion, 75, Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach (Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers), stomach cancer. Pauline Gregg, 96, British author, historian and biographer. Slobodan Milošević, 64, Yugoslav and Serbian politician, former president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia standing trial for war crimes, heart attack. Jesús Rollán, 37, Spanish former water polo goalkeeper, suicide by jumping. Lindsay Shonteff, 70, British horror film director of the 1960s. Charles M. Tanner, 85, American screenwriter, playwright and founder of Covenant Players, declining health following massive stroke.
12 Nick Barone, 79, American heavyweight and light heavyweight boxer. Joseph Bova, 81, American actor (Once Upon a Mattress, Serpico, Up the Sandbox). Jurij Brězan, 89, Sorbian-German writer. István Gyulai, 62, Hungarian journalist, General Secretary of the International Association of Athletics Federations. Jonatan Johansson, 26, Swedish snowboarder, accident during training. Adi Lev, 52, Israeli actress and voice actress, cancer.עדי לב (in Hebrew) Victor Sokolov, 59, Russian-American former dissident Soviet journalist and Orthodox priest, lung cancer.
13 Robert C. Baker, 84, American agricultural scientist, developed chicken products and processes. Roy Clarke, 80, Welsh footballer for Manchester City & Wales. Jimmy Johnstone, 61, Scottish football player, voted Celtic's best ever, motor neurone disease. Paul Pineau, 82, French cyclist. Maureen Stapleton, 80, American actress (Reds, Plaza Suite, Cocoon), Oscar winner (1982), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Peter Tomarken, 63, American game show host (Press Your Luck), plane crash.
14 Ephraim Anderson, 94, British microbiologist. Ann Calvello, 76, American roller derby player, liver cancer. Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin, 78, Scottish politician and life peer, former British Conservative government minister. Lennart Meri, 76, Estonian politician, writer, film director and statesman, former President of Estonia. Art Michaluk, 82, American Hockey League hockey player and World War II veteran.
15 Ken Brewer, 64, American Poet Laureate of Utah, pancreatic cancer. Humphrey, c. 17, British Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office, (1989–1997). George Mackey, 90, American mathematician, formerly Landon T. Clay Professor of mathematics, Harvard University. Charles Newman, 67, American novelist (White Jazz, The Promisekeeper: A Tephramancy) and editor (TriQuarterly). Georgios Rallis, 87, Greek conservative politician, former Prime Minister of Greece (1980–1981), heart failure. Mark R. V. Southern, 45, British professor of linguistics, Middlebury College. Red Storey, 88, former Canadian Football League player and NHL referee.
16 Jonathan Delisle, 28, American Hockey League and National Hockey League hockey player, automobile accident. David Feintuch, 61, American science fiction author, following cardiac trouble. Paul Flaherty, 42, American computer scientist, web indexing pioneer, heart attack. James Hill, 95, British Army officer, commander of the 3rd Parachute Brigade 1943–1945. K. Leroy Irvis, 86, American politician, Speaker of Pennsylvania House of Representatives (first African-American Speaker in any U.S. state government), cancer. Moira Redmond, 77, English actress, heart attack. Jade Snow Wong, 84, Chinese author and ceramicist, natural causes.
17 Yuan Baojing, 40, Chinese multi-millionaire, executed by lethal injection for ordering a contract killing. Oleg Cassini, 92, American fashion designer. Narvin Kimball, 97, American banjo player, founding member of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Gentlemen of Jazz. Ray Meyer, 92, American men's collegiate basketball coach, former DePaul basketball coach and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame, natural causes. G. William Miller, 81, United States Secretary of Treasury from 1979 - 1981 under Jimmy Carter, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
18 Michael Attwell, 63, British actor (EastEnders, Buster, Labyrinth). Bill Beutel, 75, American television reporter, journalist and WABC-TV anchorman, Alzheimer's disease. Betty Jane Cornett, 73, American baseball player (AAGPBL). Nelson Dantas, 78, Brazilian actor, lung cancer. Anatoliy Puzach, 64, former Soviet World Cup footballer and title-winning coach of Dynamo Kiev. Sir Wally Rae, 92, Australian Queensland politician.
19 Mohammad Ali, 78, Pakistani actor, cardiac arrest. Golap Borbora, 80, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Assam.Golap Borbora passes away Anselmo Colzani, 87, Italian operatic baritone. Nicholas R. Cozzarelli, 67, American molecular and cell biologist, science journal editor, Burkitt's lymphoma. Leon Daniel, 74, American correspondent and editor for United Press International. Channing Pollock, 79, American magician, complications of cancer. Richard Root, 68, American epidemiologist, crocodile attack. John Wyatt, 81, British writer and ranger.
20 Bernard Gosselin, 71, Canadian film director. Gene Scott, 68, American tennis player and publisher of Tennis Week. Chris Tame, 56, British political activist, bone cancer.Chris Tame, Marc Glendening, The Guardian, 5 April 2006 P. R. Wallace, 90, Canadian theoretical physicist.Obituary of Philip Russell Wallace
21 Desmond Ackner, Baron Ackner, 85, British jurist, Lord of Appeal. Bob Delegall, 60, American actor and director, prostate cancer. Margaret Ewing, 60, Scottish nationalist politician, breast cancer. James O. Freedman, 70, American educator and academic administrator, former president of Dartmouth College and the University of Iowa, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Bernard Lacoste, 74, French clothing magnate of Lacoste, unspecified illness. Leslie MacMitchell, 85, American runner, James E. Sullivan Award winner. Richard Usborne, 95, British author and journalist. Stig Wennerström, 99, Swedish Air Force Colonel convicted of spying for the USSR.
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