Deaths in March 2016
The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2016. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference. March 2016 1 Coca Crystal, 68, American television personality and political activist, respiratory failure. Adam Dziewonski, 79, Polish-born American geophysicist. Ítalo Estupiñán, 64, Ecuadorian footballer (Toluca), cardiac arrest. Ilir Hoti, 58, Albanian economist and banker, melanoma. Gary Hutzel, 60, American visual effects supervisor (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Defiance), heart attack. Nestori Kaasalainen, 101, Finnish politician. Reijo Kanerva, 72, Finnish footballer. Jim Kimsey, 76, American technology executive, co-founder and CEO of AOL, melanoma. Martin Legassick, 75, South African historian and activist, cancer. Peter Mathias, 88, British economic historian. Gayle McCormick, 67, American singer (Smith), cancer. Jean Miotte, 90, French abstract painter. Stack Pierce, 82, American actor. Louise Plowright, 59, British actress (Mamma Mia!, EastEnders, Families), pancreatic cancer. Lee Reherman, 49, American actor (American Gladiators, Star Trek Into Darkness, Last Action Hero). Frank Terpil, 76, American CIA agent and arms dealer. Georgios Tsakanikas, 81, Greek Olympic shot putter (1956, 1960, 1964). Tony Warren, 79, English television screenwriter and producer (Coronation Street). Martha Wright, 92, American actress (South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Goodyear Television Playhouse) and singer. 2 Janusz Bolonek, 77, Polish Roman Catholic prelate and diplomat, Apostolic nuncio (1989–2013). Chandra Ranaraja, 77, Sri Lankan politician. Robert Del Tufo, 82, American attorney, New Jersey Attorney General (1990–1993), lung cancer. Noémia Delgado, 82, Portuguese television and film director. Tony Dyson, 68, British film prop designer (R2-D2). James Anthony Gaffney, 87, British civil engineer. Roger Hickman, 61, Australian yachtsman, winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race (Handicap, 2014), brain cancer. Rosemary Hinkfuss, 84, American politician, member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1988–1994). Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, 83, German royal and art historian. Dick Hudson, 75, American football player (Buffalo Bills). Marion Patrick Jones, 85, Trinidadian writer. Arthur Keily, 94, British Olympic marathon runner (1960). Benoît Lacroix, 100, Canadian Dominican priest and historian. Ghais Malik, 85, Egyptian Anglican prelate, Bishop of Egypt (1984–2000). Aubrey McClendon, 56, American energy and basketball executive, CEO of Chesapeake Energy, part-owner of the Oklahoma City Thunder, traffic collision. James Barrett McNulty, 71, American politician, Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania (1982–1986), cancer and cardiac disorder. Allan Michaelsen, 68, Danish football player and coach, brain cancer. Sergio Ricossa, 88, Italian economist. Reid Scott, 89, Canadian politician and judge. Kalidas Shrestha, 93, Nepali artist and academic, pneumonia as a complication from a kidney infection. Don Walsh, 81, Australian football player (Collingwood). Paul Webley, 62, British educator, president of SOAS, University of London (2006–2015), cancer. Władysław Wojtakajtis, 67, Polish Olympic swimmer. R. Tom Zuidema, 88, American anthropologist. 3 Ralph Baruch, 92, German-born American media mogul (Viacom). Per Beskow, 89, Swedish biblical scholar. Lord James Blears, 92, British professional wrestler. Rooney L. Bowen, 82, American politician. Jack Buckalew, 83, American politician, member of the West Virginia Senate (1995–1998). Berta Cáceres, 42,