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Famous People Who Died in March 2023

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  • Mar 1 Jerry Richardson Sr., American businessman and NFL team owner (Carolina Panthers 1995-2018), dies at 86
  • Mar 1 Just Fontaine, French soccer striker (21 caps; USM Casablanca, Nice, Reims) and manager (France 1968–69, Paris Saint-Germain, Toulouse, Morocco), dies at 89
  • Mar 1 Leon Hughes, American pop-rock singer (The Coasters - "Young Blood"), dies at 92 [1]
  • Mar 1 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, dies at 98
  • Mar 2 Mary Bauermeister, German artist, dies at 88
  • Mar 2 Per Kristoffersen, Norwegian soccer forward (25 caps; Fredrikstad FC 194 games, 147 goals), dies at 85
  • Mar 2 Rafael Viñoly, Uruguayan-American architect (20 Fenchurch Street (London); Kimmel Center (Philadelphia); Booth School of Business (Chicago)), dies of an aneurysm at 78 [1]
  • Mar 2 Steve Mackey, British pop bassist, songwriter, and producer (Pulp - "Common People"), dies at 56
  • Mar 2 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; Miles Davis; Weather Report), dies at 89 [1]
  • Mar 3 David Lindley, American session and touring multi-instrumentalist (The Kaleidoscope; Jackson Browne; James Taylor; Linda Ronstadt; Warren Zevon), dies at 78 [1]
  • Mar 3 Jaak Lipso, Estonian basketball center (FIBA World C'ship gold 1967 USSR; Olympic silver 1964, bronze 1968; CSKA Moscow), dies at 82
  • Mar 3 Robert Chase, English businessman (majority shareholder, chairman Norwich City FC 1985-96), dies at 85
  • Mar 3 Tom Sizemore, American actor (Saving Private Ryan; Wyatt Earp), dies following a brain aneurysm at 61
  • Mar 4 Christos Zanteroglou, Greek soccer defender (13 caps; Olympiacos, Egaleo), dies at 82
  • Mar 4 Judy Heumann, American disability rights activist, and author, dies at 75 [1]
  • Mar 4 Michael Rhodes, American country, rock, and jazz session and touring bass player, dies at 69
  • Mar 4 Romualdo Arppi Filho, Brazilian football referee (FIFA-listed 1963–89; FIFA World Cup Final 1986), dies at 84
  • Mar 5 Bob Goodman, American International Boxing HOF promoter (VP & Matchmaker Madison Square Garden 1985-94; Don King Productions; Garden State Boxing), dies at 83
  • Mar 5 Dave Wills, American sportscaster (radio voice Tampa Bay Rays 2005-23 [with Andy Freed]), dies from heart disease at 58
  • Mar 5 Gary Rossington, American rock guitarist, slide-guitar player, and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd; Rossington-Collins Band), dies at 71 [1]
  • Mar 5 Klaus Bonsack, German luger (Olympic gold GDR men's doubles 1968, bronze 1972; silver singles 1964, bronze 1968; World C'ship gold 1967), dies at 81
  • Mar 5 Shozo Sasahara, Japanese freestyle wrestler (World C'ship gold featherweight 1954; Olympic gold 1956), dies at 93
  • Mar 6 Georgina Beyer, New Zealand drag performer and politician (world's 1st openly transgender mayor, as MP helped decriminalize prostitution), dies of kidney disease at 65 [1]
  • Mar 6 Josef Vojta, Czech soccer midfielder (7 caps; AC Sparta Prague 351 games; Olympic silver 1964), dies at 87
  • Mar 6 Pavel Kharin, Russian sprint canoeist (Olympic gold USSR C-2 10,000m, silver C-2 1,000m 1956), dies at 95
  • Mar 7 Ian Falconer, American author, illustrator of children's books and magazines (Olivia (the pig) series; The New Yorker), and theatrical set and costume designer, dies of kidney failure at 63
  • Mar 7 Lynn Seymour [Berta Lynn Springbett], Canadian-English ballerina (Royal Ballet, 1959-78), choreographer, and director, dies at 79
  • Mar 7 Pat McCormick, American diver (4 x Olympic gold women's springboard & platform 1952, 56), dies at 92
  • Mar 7 Paul Justman, American documentarian (Standing in the Shadows of Motown), music video director and lyricist (J. Geils Band), dies at 74
  • Mar 8 Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, Puerto Rican food historian (face of Puerto Rican cuisine), dies at 67 [1]
  • Mar 8 Gianmarco Calleri, Italian soccer entrepreneur (President SS Lazio 1986-92, Torino FC 1994-97), dies at 81
  • Mar 8 Jakob Jež, Slovenian composer (Klas pri klasu (Ear by Ear)), and pedagogue, dies at 93
  • Mar 8 Joe Pamensky, South African cricket administrator (president South African Cricket Union 1976-91), dies at 92
  • Mar 9 (Chaim) Topol, Israeli stage and screen actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 87 [1]
  • Mar 9 Dave Nicoll, English motocross racer (Trans-AMA motocross series 1970) and official (FIM world championship Clerk of the Course 1997-2023), dies at 78
  • Mar 9 Otis Taylor, American football wide receiver (Super Bowl IV Kansas City Chiefs; First-team All-Pro & Pro Bowl 1971, 72), dies from Parkinson's disease dementia at 80
  • Mar 9 Robert Blake [Michael Gubitosi], American Emmy Award-winning actor (Baretta; In Cold Blood; The Little Rascals - "Bobby"), dies of heart disease at 89
  • Mar 9 Robin Lumley, English jazz-fusion keyboardist (Brand X), and record producer, dies of heart failure at 75
  • Mar 10 Jesús Alou, Dominican MLB baseball outfielder, 1963-79 (World Series 1973, 74 Oakland A's; Houston Astros, and 2 other teams), dies at 80
  • Mar 10 Juvencio Osorio, Paraguayan soccer central midfielder (12 caps; RCD Español Barcelona, Cerro Porteño Asunción), dies at 72
  • Mar 10 Kevin Freeman, American equestrian (Olympic silver team eventing 1964, 68, 72), dies at 81
  • Mar 10 Niall Brophy, Irish rugby union wing (20 Tests Ireland, 2 British & Irish Lions; London Irish RFC, Barbarian FC, Leinster RFC), dies at 87
  • Mar 11 Amy Fuller, American rower (World C'ship gold W 8+, 6 x silver; Olympic silver Coxless four 1992), dies from breast cancer at 54
  • Mar 11 Harry "Bud" Grant, American Pro Football HOF coach (NFL Coach of the Year 1969 Minnesota Vikings; 4 x Grey Cup C'ship Winnipeg Blue Bombers) and basketball forward (NBA C'ship 1950 Minnesota Lakers), dies at 95 [1]
  • Mar 11 John Jakes, American writer (North and South; Sir Scoundrel; Great Women Reporters), dies at 90
  • Mar 12 Dick Fosbury, American athlete (Olympic gold high jump 1968, "Fosbury Flop"), dies of lymphoma at 76
  • Mar 12 Marek Kopelent, Czech contemporary classical composer, artistic director (Musica Viva Pragensis, 1965-73), and educator, dies at 90
  • Mar 12 Susan Cunliffe-Lister [Lady Marsham of Ilton], British disability campaigner and paralympic athlete (longest-serving female member of UK House of Lords), dies at 87 [1]
  • Mar 13 Glen Weir, Canadian Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman (Grey Cup 1974, 77 Montreal Alouettes; CFL All-Star 1975, 77), dies at 71
  • Mar 13 Jim Gordon, American drummer and studio musician (Derek and the Dominos), dies in prison at 77 [1]

Joe Pepitone (1940-2023)

Mar 13 American baseball utility (3 x MLB All-Star; 3 x Gold Glove; World Series 1962 New York Yankees), dies at 82

Joe Pepitone
  • Mar 13 Pat Schroeder, American politician (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973-97), and feminist, dies from complications after a stroke at 82
  • Mar 14 Bobby Caldwell, American jazz and pop singer ("What You Won't Do for Love"), and songwriter ("The Next Time I Fall"), dies from long term adverse reaction to antibiotics at 71
  • Mar 14 Jim Ferree, American golfer (1 x PGA Tour win; 2 x Senior PGA Tour wins), dies at 91
  • Mar 15 Dorothy Bohm, German-born British pioneering street photographer, dies at 98 [1]
  • Mar 15 Mimis Papaioannou, Greek soccer forward (61 caps; AEK Athens 480 games), dies at 80
  • Mar 15 Roman Lentner, Polish soccer winger (33 caps; Górnik Zabrze SA 241 games), dies at 85
  • Mar 16 Sharon Acker, Canadian character actress (The New Perry Mason - "Della Street"), dies at 87
  • Mar 17 Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, American pop, R&B, and funk singer-songwriter (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Knee Deep"), dies at 81 [1]
  • Mar 17 John Jenrette Jr, American lawyer, politician (US Representative for South Carolina (D), 1975-80), and convicted felon (bribery), dies at 86
  • Mar 17 Lance Reddick, American actor (The Wire), dies at 60 [1]
  • Mar 17 Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist and filmmaker (Harpya, Palme d'Or 1979), dies at 94
  • Mar 18 (Rodolfo) "Fito" Olivares, Mexican-American Tejano saxophonist and songwriter ("Juana La Cubana; "El Colesterol"), dies of cancer at 75
  • Mar 18 Dot Wilkinson, American pro bowler (WIBC Queen's Tournament 1962, WIBC singles title 1963) and softball player (19 x All American), dies at 101
  • Mar 18 Neil Shaw, Canadian-British businessman and CEO of sugar company Tate & Lyle, dies at 93 [1]
  • Mar 19 Petar Nadoveza, Croatian soccer striker (1 cap; Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split 217 games) and manager (Hajduk Split 1982-84, 1988-89, 2000, 2004), dies at 80
  • Mar 20 John Sattler, Australian rugby league prop (4 Tests; NSWRL Premiership 1967, 68, 70, 71 South Sydney), dies from dementia at 80
  • Mar 20 Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, Argentine soccer forward (22 caps; Independiente 235 games), dies at 91
  • Mar 21 Heinz Steinmann, German soccer defender (3 caps West Germany; Schwarz-Weiß Essen, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Werder Bremen), dies at 85
  • Mar 21 Willie Bell, Scottish soccer defender (2 caps; Queen's Park FC, Leeds United, Leicester City, Brighton & HA) and manager (Birmingham City, Lincoln City, Liberty Flames), dies at 85

Willis Reed (1942-2023)

Mar 21 American Basketball HOF center (NBA C'ship 1970 [MVP], 1973 [MVP]; NBA MVP 1970; 7 × NBA All-Star; NY Knicks) and coach (NY Knicks, NJ Nets), dies from heart failure at 80

Willis Reed
  • Mar 22 Tony Knapp, English soccer manager (Iceland, Viking FK) and defender (Leicester City, Southampton), dies at 86
  • Mar 23 Frank LeMaster, American football linebacker (Pro Bowl 1981 Philadelphia Eagles; SF 49ers), dies at 71
  • Mar 23 Jerry Green, Pro Football Hall of Fame journalist (Associated Press 1956-63; The Detroit News 1963-2004), dies of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at 94
  • Mar 23 Keith Reid, British poet and lyricist (Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale"), dies of cancer at 76 [1]
  • Mar 23 Peter Marti, Swiss soccer striker (6 caps; BSC Young Boys, FC Zürich, FC Basel, FC Aarau), dies at 70
  • Mar 23 Walter Cole [stage name Darcelle XV] American drag performer (Portland's Darcelle XV Showplace, aged 85 became world’s oldest drag performer), dies at 92 [1]
  • Mar 24 Dolores White, American composer, pianist, and pedagogue, dies at 90

Gordon Moore (1929-2023)

Mar 24 American businessman and engineer who co-founded Intel and proposed Moore's law, dies at 94

Gordon Moore
  • Mar 25 Daniel Chorzempa, American classical organist, and composer, dies at 78
  • Mar 25 Hans Richter, German soccer forward (15 caps GDR; FC Karl-Marx-Stadt, 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig), dies at 63
  • Mar 25 Pavel Krotov, Russian freestyle skier (World C'ship gold mixed team aerials 2021), dies at 30
  • Mar 26 Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam [Yewubdar Guèbrou], Ethiopian nun, pianist, and composer ("The Homeless Wanderer"), dies at 99
  • Mar 26 Juan Carlos Murúa, Argentine soccer defender (10 caps; Racing Club de Avellaneda, AA Argentinos Juniors, CA Platense), dies at 87
  • Mar 26 Rick Lantz, American football coach (World Bowl XII 2004 Berlin Thunder; NFL Europe Coach of the Year 2004), dies at 85
  • Mar 27 Howie Kane [Howard Kirshenbaum], American rock singer (Jay and the Americans - "Come a Little Bit Closer"), dies at 81
  • Mar 27 James Bowman, British concert and operatic countertenor (Benjamin Britten's "Apollo"), dies at 81 [1]
  • Mar 27 Jocelyn Morlock, Canadian contemporary and post-modern classical composer (My Name is Amanda Todd; Bird in the Tangled Sky), and music educator, dies at 53
  • Mar 27 Wim de Bie, Dutch comedian, satirist, and writer (van Kooten & de Bie - The Simplistic Covenant), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 83
  • Mar 28 Bill Leavy, American football official (NFL 1995-2014; Super Bowl 2000, 06; 15 x playoff games), dies at 76
  • Mar 28 Manfred Schaefer, Australian soccer defender (49 caps; St. George-Budapest FC) and manager (St. George-B FC, Sydney Olympic FC, APIA Leichhardt, Sydney Utd, Marconi), dies at 80
  • Mar 28 Paul O'Grady, English TV presenter, comedian and drag queen (Lily Savage), dies at 67 [1]
  • Mar 28 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and Academy Award-winning film composer (The Last Emperor), dies of cancer at 71 [1]
  • Mar 30 Mark Russell, American political satirist, song parody writer, and pianist (Real People), dies at 90 [1]
  • Mar 30 Michael Rudman, American theater director and producer working in the UK (Death of the Salesman, Donkeys' Years), dies at 84 [1]
  • Mar 30 Ray Shulman, Scottish progressive rock bassist, songwriter (Gentle Giant), and record producer (The Sugarcubes), dies at 73
  • Mar 31 John Brockington, American football running back (First-team All-Pro 1971, 73; Pro Bowl 1971, 72, 73; Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs), dies at 74


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