Deaths March 1 | History by KabAstro

1706 Heino Heinrich Graf von Flemming, German field marshal and Governor of Berlin, dies at 73
1734 Roger North, English biographer, dies at 82
1757 Edward Moore, English writer and dramatist (The Gamester), dies at 44
1768 Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer, dies at 74
1771 Isfrid Kayser, German composer, dies at 58
1773 Jan Wagenaar, Dutch historian, dies at 63
1773 Luigi Vanvitelli [Louis van Wittel], Italian architect, dies at 72
1777 Georg Christoph Wagenzeil, Austria (court) composer and pianist, dies at 62
1788 Orazio Mei, Italian organist, and composer, dies at 56

Leopold II (1747-1792)

Grand Duke of Tuscany (1765-90) and Holy Roman Emperor (1790-92), dies at 44

1797 Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, dies at 36
1804 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, German organist, composer, and pedagogue, dies at 63
1817 Luigi Gatti, Ittalian tenor, kapellmeister, priest, and composer, dies at 77
1822 Jack Jouett, American politician and patriot (warn Thomas Jefferson of British attack), dies at 67
1826 Friedrich Weinbrenner, German architect, dies at 59
1827 Christopher Gore, American lawyer and politician (8th Governor of Massachusetts), dies at 68
1841 Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French marshal, dies at 76
1859 Josef Theodor Krov, Bohemian composer, singer and teacher, dies at 61
1862 Peter Barlow, English mathematician, dies at 85
1865 Anna Pavlovna, Russian queen consort of the William II of the Netherlands, dies at 70
1869 Alphonse MLP de Lamartine, French poet (History of Girondins), dies at 78

Francisco Solano López (1826-1870)

President and Dictator of Paraguay (1862-70), shouts "¡Muero con mi patria!" (I die with my nation) and dies in a struggle with Brazilian soldiers attempting to disarm him at 43

1875 Tristan Corbière, French poet, dies at 29
1877 Jack McCall, American gold miner and murderer, executed by hanging for the murder of Wild Bill Hicock at about 24 [date of birth uncertain]
1879 Joachim Heer, Swiss politician, dies at 54
1884 Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician, dies at 63
1892 Archibald Scott Couper, Scottish chemist (advances in chemical theory including bonding of carbon atoms), dies of diabetes at 60
1895 Pauline Musters, Dutch world's smallest woman at 24 inches (61 cm), dies at 19
1896 Giuseppe Arimondi, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, dies in the Battle of Adwa at 49
1896 Vittorio Dabormida, Italian general who fought in the Italo-Ethiopian War, dies in the Battle of Adwa at 53
1898 George Bruce Malleson, English officer in India and author, dies at 72
1899 Gyorgy Apponyi, Hungarian politician, dies at 90
1906 José María de Pereda, Spanish novelist, dies at 73
1906 Moritz Heyne, German germanist (Beowulf), dies at 68
1911 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Dutch chemist and physicist (Nobel 1901), dies at 58
1912 George Grossmith, British actor, comedian and writer (The Diary of a Nobody, A Society Clown), dies at 64
1912 Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician (Council President of Denmark), dies at 72
1914 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, dies at 63
1914 Tor Aulin, Swedish composer, dies at 47
1918 Johan Gustaf Emil Sjogren, Swedish composer, dies at 64
1920 John H. Bankhead, U.S. Senator from Alabama, dies at 77
1920 Joseph Trumpeldor, Zionist activist, killed defending Tel-Mai against arab attack
1921 Nicholas I, last and only King of Montenegro (1910-18), dies in exile at 79
1922 Rafael Moreno Aranzadi [Pichichi], Spanish soccer forward (5 caps; Athletic Bilbao), dies from typhus at 29
1923 Ruy Barbosa, Brazilian polymath, writer and politician, dies at 73
1924 Princess Louise of Belgium, eldest daughter of Leopold II, dies at 66
1925 Homer Plessy, American Creole shoemaker and civil rights pioneer (plaintiff in landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson 1896), dies at 61
1926 Camilo Pessanha, Portuguese poet (Clepsydra), and Chinese translator, dies at 58 [1]
1928 Herbert Brewer, English composer, organist (Gloucester Cathedral, 1896-1928), and choral director, dies at 62
1928 Jacob Adolf Hägg, Swedish composer, dies at 77
1929 Royal H. Weller, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), dies at 47
1932 Dino Campana, Italian poet (Canti Orfici), dies at 46
1932 Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist, killed in a car accident at 25
1933 Uładzimir Žyłka, Belarusian poet, dies at 32

Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938)

Italian poet, writer (Il fuoco, Intruder), playwright and military hero as part of the elite Arditi storm troops, dies of a stroke at 74

1940 Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (Truth and Justice), dies at 62
1940 Josef Swickard, German actor (The Wizard of Oz; Lost City; A Tale of Two Cities), dies at 73
1942 George S. Rentz, U.S. Navy Chaplain (awarded the Navy Cross during WW II), dies at 59
1950 Alfred Korzybski, Polish-American scientist and philosopher, dies at 70
1952 Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (The Flies, The Bosses), dies at 79
1954 Halsey William Wilson, American reference book publisher (Readers' Guide, Cumulative Book Index, Book Review Digest), dies at 85
1956 Henriette Renié, French harp prodigy, composer, and teacher, dies at 80
1958 Giacomo Balla, Italian painter (Dog at a Rope), dies at 86
1959 Albie Booth, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Yale University), dies of a heart attack at 51
1962 Roscoe Ates, American actor (Freaks, Cimarron, Marshal of Gunsight Pass), dies of lung cancer at 67
1963 Irish Meusel, American baseball left fielder (World Series 1921, 22; NL RBI leader 1923; Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants), dies at 69
1964 Sergius Kagen, American pianist and composer, dies at 54
1965 Boleslav Vomácka, Czech composer (Vodntk - The Water Sprite), critic, and musicologist (Josef Suk), dies at 77
1966 Fritz Houtermans, Dutch-Austrian physicist, dies at 63
1968 Georg von der Vring, German painter and writer (Camp Lafayette), dies at 78
1970 Ed Hoornik, Dutch writer and poet (Na jaren), dies at 59
1970 Lucille Hegamin, American blues singer ("Jazz Me Blues", "Arkansas Blues"), and entertainer, dies at 75
1972 Victor Babin, Russian-American concert pianist (Vronsky & Babin), composer, and educator (Cleveland Institute, 1961-72) composer, dies at 63
1972 Violet Trefusis, English writer and socialite who had a famous affair with writer Vita Sackville-West, dies at 77
1972 Vladimir Golschmann, French-American conductor (St. Louis Symphony, 1931-57), dies at 78 [1]
1974 Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (Moanin'), dies of cirrhosis, at 38
1974 Jos de Haes, Flemish philologist & poet (Azuren Holte), dies at 53
1974 Larry Doyle, American baseball second baseman (NL MVP 1912, NL batting champion 1915; NY Giants), dies of tuberculosis at 87
1976 George "Rube" Foster, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1915, 16; no-hitter 1916; Boston Red Sox), dies at 88
1976 Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer, dies at 66
1979 Dolores Costello, American actress (Noah's Ark, Expensive Women), dies at 73
1979 Mustafa al-Barzani, Kurdish leader (KDP), dies at 75
1980 Dixie Dean, English soccer striker (16 caps; Everton), dies from a heart attack at 73
1980 Emmett Ashford, American baseball umpire (first certified black umpire), dies from a heart attack at 65
1980 John Jacob Niles, American composer and singer, dies at 87
1980 Wilhelmina Cooper, Dutch-American model and founder of Wilhelmina Models, dies at 40
1982 Charlie Spivak, Ukrainian-American big band trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 75
1983 Arthur Koestler, Hungarian-British writer (Darkness at Noon), commits suicide at 77

Jackie Coogan (1914-1984)

American actor (The Addams Family - "Uncle Fester"; The Kid; Oliver Twist), dies of a heart attack at 69

1985 Eugene List, American concert pianist and teacher (Eastman School of Music), dies at 66
1986 Marcel Liebman, Belgian Marxist historian, dies at 56
1987 Freddie Green, American jazz guitarist (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1937-87), dies of a heart attack at 75
1988 Jean Le Poulain, French actor (Divine), dies at 63
1988 Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (The Three Stooges, Let's Make Love, Africa Screams), dies from heart failure at 80
1989 Henk van Stipriaan, Dutch journalist and VARA radio host, dies at 64
1989 Josephine van Gasteren, Dutch actress and director (Bluejackets, De kleine zielen), dies at 71
1990 Dainin Katagiri, Japanese Buddhist monk, Zen teacher (abbot of Minnesota Zen Meditation Center, 1972-90), and associate of Shunryu Suzuki, dies of cancer at 62

Edwin Land (1909-1991)

American inventor of instant photography & co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation, dies at 81

1991 Frank Esler-Smith, English-Australian rock keyboardist (Air Supply), dies at 42
1991 Katharine Blake, South African-born British actress (To Have & To Hold), dies at 62
1991 Louis Saguer, German born French composer (Lili Merveille), dies at 83
1991 Scott Huston, American composer, dies at 74
1993 Luis Kutner, American co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84
1993 Terry Frost, American actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at 86
1994 Alexei Haieff, Russian-American composer (Princess Zondilda), dies at 79
1994 Dallas Shirley, American Basketball Hall of Fame referee (officiated 2,000+ games in 33-year career), dies at 80
1994 Eliseo Diego, Cuban poet, dies at 74
1994 Manmohan Desai, Indian filmmaker (Amar Akbar Anthony, Suhaag), dies at 57
1994 Sandro Fuga, Italian composer and pianist, dies at 87
1994 Timothy Andrew James Souster, British composer, dies at 51
1994 Walter Kent, American composer (I'll Be Home for Christmas), dies at 82
1995 César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish soccer forward (12 caps; Barcelona) and manager (Zaragoza, Barcelona), dies at 74
1995 Earl Blackwell, American society impresario (Celebrity Register), dies at 85
1995 Edmund Boyd Fisher, British publisher, dies at 56
1995 Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist, murdered at 38
1996 (Elijah) Doug Quattlebaum, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (Softee Man Blues), dies at 67
1996 Margaret McKay, British politician, dies at 85
2001 Henry Wade, American lawyer (Dallas County District Attorney 1951-87), dies at 86
2005 Peter Malkin Israeli secret agent, dies at 77
2006 Harry Browne, American politician and author, dies at 72
2006 Jack Wild, British actor (Oliver!, H.R. Pufnstuf), dies of tongue and throat cancer at 53
2006 Johnny Jackson, American drummer (The Jackson 5), dies at 54
2006 Peter Osgood, English soccer striker (4 caps; Chelsea, Southampton), dies from a heart attack at 59
2007 Eddy Firestone, American radio, television, and film actor (Mixed Doubles), dies of respiratory and heart failure at 86
2007 Joel Brodsky, American photographer, credited with photographing over 400 album covers, dies of a heart attack at 67 [1]
2009 Carolyn Cudone, American golfer (US Senior Women's Amateur 1968-72; most consecutive wins in any USGA championship), dies at 90
2009 Ken Henry, American speed skater (Olympic gold 500m, 1952), dies at 80
2010 Kristian Digby, British television presenter and director, dies at 32
2011 John M. Lounge, American engineer and astronaut (STS 51-I, STS 26, STS 35), dies at 64
2012 Andrew Breitbart, American conservative blogger & publisher, dies at 43
2012 Jerome Courtland, American actor (Tonka, Tharus), dies at 85
2012 Phillip R. Allen, American stage and screen actor (Hardy Boys Mysteries - "Harry"; Star Trek III - "Captain Esteban"), dies at 72
2013 Bonnie Franklin, American actress, dies from pancreatic cancer at 69
2013 Rafael Puyana, Colombian baroque harpsichordist (NY debut 1957), dies at 81
2013 Sammy Guillen, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests West Indies & 3 Tests New Zealand), dies at 88
2014 Alain Resnais, French director (Muriel, Hiroshima mon amour), dies at 91
2014 Alejandro Zaffaroni, Uruguayan-born biochemist, helped create birth control pill and nicotine patch, dies at 91 [1]
2015 Minnie Miñoso, Cuban Baseball HOF left-fielder (9 x MLB All Star; Gold Glove Award 1957, 59, 60; Chicago White Sox), dies of heart disease at 92
2015 Orrin Keepnews, American jazz producer and founder of Riverside Records and Milestone Records labels, dies at 91
2016 Jim Kimsey, American co-founder of AOL, dies at 76
2016 Martha Wright [Wiederrecht;], American stage, concert and radio singer and actress (South Pacific; The Sound Of Music)), dies at 92
2016 Tony Warren [Anthony McVay Simpson], English actor and screenwriter (Coronation Street), dies at 79
2017 Paula Fox, American writer (The Slave Dancer), dies at 92
2018 Anatoly Lein, Soviet-American chess player (Grandmaster 1968; World Chess Hall of Fame), dies at 86
2018 Bender [Alexander Buchanan], Canadian underground hip hop artist (Flight Distance, King of the Dot), dies at 37
2018 Orin C Smith, American businessman and CEO of Starbucks (2000-05), dies of pancreatic cancer 75
2019 Eusebio Pedroza, Panamanian boxer (WBA featherweight champion 1978-85), dies of pancreatic cancer at 62
2019 Kevin Roche, Irish architect (Pritzker Prize - 1982), dies at 96
2019 Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter (This Day Tonight), dies at 76
2019 Zhores Alferov, Soviet/Russian physicist (2000 Nobel Prize in Physics), dies at 88
2020 Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan Catholic priest, politician, poet, and writer, dies from ongoing heart and kidney issues at 95

Jack Welch (1935-2020)

American businessman and CEO of General Electric (GE), dies of renal failure at 84

2020 Stefan Lindqvist, Swedish soccer midfielder (5 caps; IFK Göteborg), dies from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 52
2021 Ian St John, Scottish soccer forward (21 caps; Motherwell; Liverpool 425 games), manager (Motherwell, Portsmouth) and broadcaster (ITV: Saint and Greavsie), dies from cancer at 82
2021 Ralph Peterson Jr., American jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers; Fo'tet), and educator (Berklee), dies of cancer at 58
2021 Vernon Jordan, American businessman and civil rights activist (National Urban League), dies at 85
2021 Vladimír Heger, Czech basketball coach (Czechoslovakia 1965-69, 72-76; Netherlands 1983-85), dies at 89
2021 Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian soccer striker (2 caps; Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Wien) and manager (Croatia, Montenegro, Dinamo Zagreb), dies at 64
2022 Alevtina Kolchina, Russian cross-country skier (Olympic gold 3×5km relay 1964, silver 1956, bronze 1968; bronze 5k 1964, 68), dies at 91
2022 Conrad Janis, American actor (Mork & Mindy - "Fred"; Quark; Bonino), and traditional jazz trombonist (Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band), dies at 94
2022 Warner Mark [McPherson], American country music singer-songwriter (Sittin' on a Rock (Cryin' in a Creek)); Talkin' to the Wall), dies at 86
2023 Jerry Richardson Sr., American businessman and NFL team owner (Carolina Panthers 1995-2018), dies at 86
2023 Just Fontaine, French soccer striker (21 caps; USM Casablanca, Nice, Reims) and manager (France 1968–69, Paris Saint-Germain, Toulouse, Morocco), dies at 89
2023 Leon Hughes, American pop-rock singer (The Coasters - "Young Blood"), dies at 92 [1]
2023 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, dies at 98