Deaths in March 1990
# Deaths in March 1990

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The following is a list of notable deaths in March 1990.

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 1990

### 1

* Desmond Brain, 80, Australian cricketer.
* Max Bulla, 84, Austrian racing cyclist.
* Ben Hill Griffin, Jr., 79, American businessman and politician.
* Dainin Katagiri, 62, Japanese-American Zen master, cancer.

### 2

* Arthur Fleischmann, 93, Czech-British sculptor.
* Shakey Jake Harris, 68, American musician.
* Reg Saunders, 69, Aboriginal Australian Army officer.
* Shin Shalom, 85, Israeli writer.

### 3

* Roberto Bertol, 72, Spanish football player.
* Gérard Blitz, 78, Belgian entrepreneur.
* William D. Dunham, 70, American general and flying ace during World War II.
* Frans Goedhart, 86, Dutch politician and journalist.
* Louis Page, 84, French cinematographer.
* Charlotte Moore Sitterly, 91, American astronomer, heart failure.

### 4

* Abraham Bernstein, 71, American politician.
* Hank Gathers, 23, American basketball player, ventricular tachycardia.
* Konstantin Konstantinovich Kokkinaki, 79, Soviet fighter and test pilot.
* Vasily Margelov, 81, Soviet general.
* Heinz Schnackertz, 78, German cinematographer.
* Harry Worthington, 98, American Olympic track and field athlete (1912).

### 5

* Albano, 67, Portuguese footballer.
* Edmund Conen, 75, German football player.
* Mala, 47, Pakistani singer.
* Timothy Mason, 50, English marxist historian of Nazi Germany, suicide.
* Gary Merrill, 74, American actor (All About Eve), lung cancer.
* Hans Christian Nielsen, 61, Danish footballer.
* Gina Pane, 50, French artist.
* Gloria Carter Spann, 63, American motorcyclist, sister of Jimmy Carter, pancreatic cancer.
* Peter Adolf Thiessen, 90, German chemist.
* Karel Thijs, 71, Belgian racing cyclist.
* William Appleman Williams, 68, American historian.

### 6

* Friedrich Hielscher, 87, German theologian.
* Taro Kagawa, 67, Japanese footballer.
* E. T. Klassen, 81, United States Postmaster General.
* Egill Knutzen, 75, Norwegian Olympic fencer (1936, 1948, 1952).
* Adam Papée, 94, Polish fencer and Olympic medalist.
* William Raborn, 84, American intelligence officer, Director of Central Intelligence (1965–1966).
* Joe Sewell, 91, American baseball player.
* Julian Spence, 60, American football player.
* Earl T. Wagner, 81, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1951).

### 7

* Claude Arrieu, 86, French composer.
* Shuddhananda Bharati, 92, Indian religious philosopher.
* Shenork I Kaloustian of Constantinople, 76, Soviet Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople (since 1963).
* Pancho Córdova, 73, Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director.
* Çetin Emeç, 54–55, Turkish journalist, shot.
* Ruth Glass, 77, German-British sociologist and urban planner.
* Mordecai Gorelik, 90, Russian-American theatrical designer, cancer.
* Jay Lovestone, 92, Russian-American political activist.
* Luís Carlos Prestes, 92, Brazilian politician, heart attack.
* Jacobus Gideon Nel Strauss, 89, South African politician.
* Salvatore Tripoli, 85, American boxer and Olympic medalist.
* Mihály Tóth, 63, Hungarian football player.
* Carl A. Wirtanen, 79, American astronomer.

### 8

* Erkki Aaltonen, 79, Finnish composer.
* Erich Hohagen, 75, German general and flying ace during World War II.
* Karin Kavli, 83, Swedish actress.
* Charles Krüger, 93, Luxembourgian football player.
* Jack Lindsay, 89, Australian-British writer.
* John Ben Shepperd, 74, American politician, cancer.
* Hein van Breenen, 60, Dutch racing cyclist.

### 9

* Georgios Costakis, 76, Soviet collector of Russian art.
* Abraham Solomon Halkin, 86, Russian-American-Israeli historian, pneumonia.
* Giorgos Joannides, 67, Greek-born American intelligence officer.
* Martial Singher, 85, French opera singer.
* Lou Vedder, 92, American football player.

### 10

* Tseng Kwong Chi, 39, Hong Kong-American photographer, AIDS.
* B. R. Deodhar, 88, Indian singer.
* Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, 83, British politician.
* Pat McDonald, 68, Australian actress, pancreatic cancer.
* Harro Ran, 52, Dutch water polo player.
* Otto Schuhart, 80, German U-boat commander during War II.
* Darbara Singh, 74, Indian politician.
* Lance Tingay, 74, British sports journalist, heart attack.
* Reg Wright, 84, Australian politician.

### 11

* Dan Archibong, 46, Nigerian soldier and politician, traffic collision.
* Muriel Dickson, 86, Scottish soprano.
* Pratul Chandra Gupta, 80, Indian historian.
* Dean Horrix, 28, English footballer, traffic collision.
* Edward Grady Partin, 66, American trade unionist.
* Oronzo Pugliese, 79, Italian football manager.
* Roy Schalk, 81, American baseball player.

### 12

* Bruce Barnes, 80, American tennis player.
* Rie de Balbian Verster-Bolderheij, 100, Dutch painter.
* Wallace Breem, 63, British author.
* Lamberto Cesari, 79, Italian-American mathematician.
* Jane Grigson, 61, English cookbook writer, cervical cancer.
* Eugene V. Klein, 69, American businessman.
* Rosamond Lehmann, 89, English novelist.
* Walter Orr Roberts, 74, American atmospheric scientist and astronomer, cancer.
* Alf Sherwood, 66, Welsh footballer, heart attack.
* Philippe Soupault, 92, French writer.
* Harry South, 60, English musician.

### 13

* Bruno Bettelheim, 86, Austrian-American psychologist, suicide by asphyxiation.
* Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley, 70, British hereditary peer.
* Albert De Cleyn, 72, Belgian football player.
* Ernst Goldenbaum, 91, German politician.
* Graham Martin, 77, American diplomat.
* Karl Münchinger, 74, German conductor.
* Irina Aleksandrovna Ovtchinnikova, 85, Russian-British anthropologist.
* Gottfried Weimann, 82, German Olympic javelin thrower (1932, 1936).

### 14

* Robert H. Bahmer, 85, American archivist.
* Wilhelm Baumann, 77, German handball player.
* Pete Close, 52, American Olympic runner (1960).
* Richard Cooper, 44, English cricketer.
* Harold Medina, 102, American judge.
* Yuri Sokolov, 29, Soviet Olympic judoka (1988) and criminal, killed.
* Aubrey Wisberg, 80, British-American filmmaker, cancer.

### 15

* Farzad Bazoft, 31, Iranian-British journalist and alleged spy, execution by hanging.
* José Antonio Bottiroli, 70, Argentine composer.
* Jim Ede, 94, British art collector.
* Loleta Fyan, 95, American librarian.
* Tom Harmon, 70, American football player.
* Mykola Makhynia, 77, Soviet and Ukrainian football player and coach.

### 16

* Ernst Bacon, 91, American composer.
* Wolfgang Clemen, 81, German literary scholar.
* Fritz Ewert, 53, German footballer.
* James Frank Gilliam, 75, American classical scholar.
* Angus Scott, 62, British track and field athlete and Olympian.

### 17

* Capucine, 62, French model and actress (The Pink Panther, What's New Pussycat?), suicide by jumping.
* Samuel H. Friedman, 93, American journalist and labor union activist, pneumonia.
* Ric Grech, 44, British musician, liver failure.
* Nanette Guilford, 86, American opera singer, gastroenteritis.
* Mohamed Latif, 80, Egyptian football player.
* Jack Noren, 60, American drummer.
* Rose Marie Pangborn, 57–58, American food scientist, cancer.
* Carmelo Samonà, 64, Italian academic.

### 18

* Robin Harris, 36, American comedian and actor, heart attack.
* Bob Katter, Sr., 71, Australian politician.
* Charles Phelps Smyth, 95, American chemist.
* Eileen Soper, 84, English artist.
* Zacarias, 56, Brazilian actor.

### 19

* Oyinkan Abayomi, 93, Nigerian activist.
* Tiny Brauer, 80, American actor.
* James H. R. Cromwell, 93, American diplomat.
* Wilhelm Flügge, 86, German engineer.
* Leopold Neumer, 71, Austrian football player.
* Oulaya, 53, Tunisian singer and actress.
* Andrew Wood, 24, American singer, heroin overdose.

### 20

* Jason Boe, 61, American politician.
* Maurice Cloche, 82, French filmmaker, Parkinson's disease.
* Kenneth Mather, 78, British geneticist, heart attack.
* Wilhelm Neef, 74, German conductor.
* Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild, 79, British banker and intelligence officer.
* Lev Yashin, 60, Soviet footballer, stomach cancer.

### 21

* Dessie Cullinane, 70, Irish footballer.
* Allan Roberts, 46, British politician, cancer.
* Mohammad Shahiduddin, 67, Bangladeshi freedom fighter and politician.
* Edward Wojda, 48, Polish wrestler and Olympian.
* Rayburn Wright, 67, American trombonist, composer, and conductor, cancer.

### 22

* Gerald Bull, 62, Canadian military engineer, shot.
* Maurice Fleuret, 57, French composer.
* Robert Karplus, 63, Austrian-American theoretical physicist.
* Bernardo Jaramillo Ossa, 33, Colombian communist politician, homicide.
* Geoffrey Ostergaard, 63, British political scientist, leukemia.
* Cornelius A. Pickett, 87, American politician.

### 23

* John Dexter, 64, English theatre director.
* René Enríquez, 56, Nicaraguan-American actor, AIDS.
* John Jardine, 54, American gridiron football player, heart condition.
* Al Sears, 80, American saxophonist.
* Leongino Unzaim, 64, Paraguayan football player.

### 24

* Ray Goulding, 68, American comedian, kidney failure.
* Jennie Lee, 61, American stripteaser, cancer.
* John Louis Morkovsky, 80, American Roman Catholic prelate, stroke.
* Alice Sapritch, 73, French actress, cancer.
* An Wang, 70, Chinese-American computer engineer, cancer.

### 25

* Len Astill, 73, English footballer.
* Karl Brown, 93, American filmmaker.
* George Clayden, 86, Australian footballer.
* Carl Emmermann, 75, German U-boat commander during World War II.
* David Evans, 56, English cricket player.
* Bertil Linde, 83, Swedish ice hockey player and Olympic medalist.
* Charles Lucet, 79, French diplomat.

### 26

* Chet Brewer, 83, American baseball player.
* Tris Coffin, 80, American actor, lung cancer.
* Halston, 57, American fashion designer, AIDS.
* Brūno Kalniņš, 90, Russian-Swedish politician.
* Michel Mirowski, 65, Polish-born American physician, multiple myeloma.
* Maniben Patel, 86, Indian independence activist and politician.
* Alan Solem, 58, American malacologist.

### 27

* Percy Beard, 82, American track and field athlete and Olympic medalist.
* Václav Bubník, 64, Czechoslovak ice hockey player.
* Marilyn Buferd, 65, American actress, pancreatic cancer.
* Alfred Earle, 82, British RAF officer.
* Colin Jamieson, 66, Australian politician.
* František Kopečný, 80, Czechoslovak linguist.
* Ray Kuka, 68, American basketball player.
* Lester James Maitland, 91, American aviator.

### 28

* George Arthur, 65, Australian football player.
* Gino Cappello, 69, Italian footballer.
* Thomas Cree, 75, Australian Olympic rower (1936).
* Henry Hecksher, 79, American intelligence officer, Parkinson's disease.
* Johnny Neun, 89, American baseball player, pancreatic cancer.
* Kurt Scharf, 87, German Lutheran prelate.
* Helene Whitney, 75, American actress, pneumonia.

### 29

* Adoor Bhasi, 63, Indian actor and film director, diabetes.
* Barbara Baer Capitman, 69, American community activist, heart failure.
* Joseph Hilger, 86–87, Luxembourgian Olympic runner (1924).
* Phil Masi, 74, American baseball player.
* Alain Oulman, 61, Portuguese songwriter.
* Archie Strimel, 71, American football player.

### 30

* Thea Bowman, 52, American Roman Catholic evangelist, cancer.
* Harry Bridges, 88, Australian-American unionist.
* Edvin Hansen, 70, Danish footballer.
* Joseph O. Hirschfelder, 78, American nuclear physicist.
* Eberhard Klagemann, 85, German film producer.
* Vladimir Stolnikov, 56, Soviet boxer.

### 31

* Piera Aulagnier, 66, French psychologist, cancer.
* Pierre Destailles, 80, French film, stage and television actor.
* John Hawkes, 90, Australian tennis player.
* Horace Hazell, 80, English cricket player.
* Knut Ansgar Nelson, 83, Danish-Swedish Roman Catholic prelate.
* Heinz-Günter Wittmann, 63, German biochemist.
