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Famous People Who Died in March 1936

  • Mar 2 Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse, dies at 59
  • Mar 4 Ruben Liljefors, Swedish composer, dies at 64
  • Mar 6 Josef Stránský, Czech conductor (New York Philharmonic, 1911-23), dies at 63
  • Mar 6 Rubin Goldmark, American composer, dies at 63

David Beatty (1871-1936)

Mar 12 1st Earl Beatty and British Admiral of the Fleet during World War I (Battle of Jutland), dies of heart failure at 65

  • Mar 15 John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, dies at 75
  • Mar 16 Marguerite Durand, French journalist, feminist, and publisher (La Fronde), dies at 72
  • Mar 18 Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist, actor and writer (Kleine Portratgalerie, Der Partylowe), commits suicide to avoid arrest by the Gestapo at 58

Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936)

Mar 18 Prime Minister of Greece (1910-15, 1917-20, 1924, 1928-32, 1933), dies of a stroke at 71

  • Mar 20 Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for South Africa 1891-92), dies
  • Mar 21 Alexander Glazunov, Russian pianist, composer (Chopiniana; Stenka Razin), and educator (St Petersburg Conservatory, 1899-1930), dies at 70
  • Mar 30 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, dies at 40