Deaths in March 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2010.

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 2010

1 Tadur Bala Goud, 78, Indian politician.Bala Goud mourned Mary Barr, 84, first female aviator in the US Forest Service. Perry Brooks, 55, American football player (Washington Redskins). Robert Clarkson, 62, American tax protestor. Kristian Digby, 32, British television presenter and director (To Buy or Not to Buy), accidental suffocation. Tatyana Dmitrieva, 58, Russian psychiatrist and politician, minister of health (1996–1998).Умерла главный психиатр РФ Татьяна Дмитриева Clifton Forbes, 64, Jamaican Olympic athlete. Emil Forselius, 35, Swedish actor, suicide. Slavko Fras, 81, Slovenian journalist and editor.Journalist Slavko Fras Dies Barry Hannah, 67, American novelist and short story writer, heart attack. Vladimir Ilyushin, 82, Russian test pilot. *Paul Kim Ok-kyun, 84, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Girba (1985–2001). Ruth Kligman, 80, American abstract painter, muse of Jackson Pollock.

2 Francisco Ada, 75, Northern Mariana Islands politician, first Lieutenant Governor (1978–1982). Syed Ali, 67, Indian Olympic gold medal-winning (1964) field hockey player. Alexander Tikhomirov, 28, Russian/Islamist militant leader, ideologue leader of the Islamist rebels, killed by Russian troops. Judith Bumpus, 70, British arts radio producer. Winston Churchill, 69, British politician, MP for Stretford (1970–1983) and Davyhulme (1983–1997), prostate cancer. Paul Drayton, 70, American athlete, 1964 Olympic gold and silver medalist, cancer. Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson, 82, Icelandic scholar. Don Kent, 92, American meteorologist (WBZ-TV), natural causes. Miloslav Loos, 96, Czech Olympic cyclist. Ibragim Khasanov, 72, Russian Olympic sprint canoer. Charles B. Moore, 89, American physicist, engineer and meteorologist. Eric Morse, 91, Australian cricketer. Geoff Myburgh, 81, South African Olympic sailor. Joseph Hernández Ochoa, 26, Honduran journalist, shot. Omar Pound, 83, American writer and translator. Horst Urban, 73, Czech Olympic luger.Horst Urban Bio, Stats, and Results

3 Keith Alexander, 53, British footballer (Saint Lucia) and manager, brain aneurysm. Johnny Allen, 76, American football player (Washington Redskins), Alzheimer's disease. Frank Bertaina, 65, American Major League Baseball player, heart attack.Frank Bertaina's Obituary in the San Francisco Chronicle Mariya Dolina, 87, Ukrainian dive bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union.3 березня 2010 року на 88-му році пішла з життя Герой Радянського Союзу легендарна льотчиця — ДОЛІНА Марія Іванівна Franz Eibler, 85, Austrian Olympic weightlifter.Franz Eibler Bio, Stats, and Results Michael Foot, 96, British politician, Leader of the Labour Party (1980–1983). Marie-Christine Gessinger, 17, Austrian fashion model, car accident. Momo Kapor, 72, Serbian writer and painter. Big Tiny Little, 79, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show). Yuri Stepanov, 42, Russian actor, car accident. John Strohmeyer, 85, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, heart failure. Oleg Tyurin, 72, Russian rower, 1964 Olympic gold medalist.

4 Raimund Abraham, 76, Austrian-born American architect (Austrian Cultural Forum New York), car accident. Johnny Alf, 80, Brazilian singer and composer, prostate cancer. Vladislav Ardzinba, 64, Georgian politician, separatist President of Abkhazia (1994–2005). Big Truck, app. 5, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. André Bouchard, 64, Canadian ecologist and environmentalist, heart attack. Etta Cameron, 70, Bahamian-born Danish gospel singer, cancer.Gospel great Etta Cameron dies *Hilario Chávez Joya, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (1977–2004). Amalie Christie, 96, Norwegian pianist. Samuel J. Eldersveld, 92, American political scientist and politician. Joaquim Fiúza, 102, Portuguese sailor, 1952 Olympic bronze medalist.Joaquim Fiúza Bio, Stats, and Results Tetsuo Kondo, 80, Japanese politician, Minister of Labour (1991–1992). Nan Martin, 82, American actress (The Drew Carey Show, Cast Away, Shallow Hal), emphysema. Roger Newman, 69, British-born American actor and television writer (Guiding Light, Passions), cancer. Angelo Poffo, 84, American professional wrestler. Tony Richards, 76, English footballer (Walsall).Tony Richards – Greatest Walsall FC Player Joanne Simpson, 86, American meteorologist, first woman to earn a doctorate in meteorology. Lolly Vegas, 70, American singer (Redbone), lung cancer. Fred Wedlock, 67, British folk musician, complications from pneumonia.

5 Obaidullah Akhund, Afghan Taliban leader, heart disease. Aminah Assilmi, 64-65, American Muslim lecturer, writer and women's rights activist, car accident. Donald N. Frey, 87, American product planning manager, co-creator of Ford Mustang, stroke. Aleksandr Grave, 89, Russian actor. Herta Haas, 96, Slovenian-born Yugoslav Partisan, second wife of Josip Broz Tito. Philip Langridge, 70, British tenor, colorectal cancer. Andrée Peel, 105, French patriot, World War II Resistance member. Charles B. Pierce, 71, American film director (The Legend of Boggy Creek). Alberto Ronchey, 83, Italian politician and journalist.Addio ad Alberto Ronchey un giornalista indipendente Wolfgang Schenck, 97, German airman, Luftwaffe flying ace. Richard Stapley, 86, British-born American actor (The Three Musketeers), renal failure. Hal Trumble, 83, American ice hockey administrator and referee. Edgar Wayburn, 103, American environmentalist and conservationist. Jan Wilson, 70, Australian politician, Victorian MLA for Dandenong North (1985–1999).

6 Mansour Amirasefi, 76, Iranian Olympic footballer, cancer. *Cho Gyeong-chul, 80, South Korean astronomer, heart attack. Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, 88, British aristocrat. Bruce Graham, 84, American architect (Willis Tower, John Hancock Center), Alzheimer's disease. Endurance Idahor, 25, Nigerian footballer, heart attack. H.M. Koutoukas, 72, American playwright (Medea in the Laundromat), complications of diabetes. Mark Linkous, 47, American singer-songwriter (Sparklehorse), suicide by gunshot. Carol Marsh, 83, British actress. Ifedayo Oladapo, 77, Nigerian engineer.Goodnight, Prof. Ifedayo Oladapo Ronald Pettersson, 74, Swedish ice hockey player. Jim Roland, 67, American Major League Baseball player. Syd Tierney, 86, British politician, MP for Birmingham Yardley (1974–1979). Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown, 93, British diplomat.

7 Sir Kenneth Dover, 89, British classicist, President of the British Academy (1978–1981). Ken Dyer, 63, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals).Bengals mourn passing of Ken Dyer Newton Kulundu, 61, Kenyan politician, Minister of Labour (2006–2008), after long illness. Sergo Mikoyan, 80, Russian historian, specialist on Latin America, leukemia. Carlos Moratorio, 80, Argentine Olympic silver medal-winning (1964) equestrian. Ida Bagus Oka, 74, Indonesian politician, Governor of Bali (1988–1993), heart disease. Richard Stites, 78, American historian and author, complications from cancer. Tom Thurber, 75, Canadian politician. Patrick Topaloff, 65, French actor and humorist, heart attack.L'humoriste Patrick Topaloff Est Mort À 66 Ans Ben Westlund, 60, American politician, Oregon State Treasurer (2009–2010), lung cancer. William Proctor Wilson, 88, American businessman and philanthropist.

8 Albert P. Clark, 96, American Air Force officer. Tony Imi, 72, British cinematographer (Enemy Mine, Buster, The Sea Wolves). David Kimche, 82, Israeli diplomat, Mossad spy (1953–1980), brain cancer. Vit Klemes, 77, Czech-born Canadian hydrologist. Guy Lapébie, 93, French road bicycle racer. Benjamin Rubin, 93, American microbiologist, inventor of the bifurcated vaccination needle. Gale Thomson, 90, American First Lady of New Hampshire (1973–1979), wife of Meldrim Thomson, Jr., heart failure.Gale Thomson, 90, widow of former N.H. governor Mahama Johnson Traoré, 68, Senegalese film director, after long illness.Senegalese filmmaker, festival founder Mahama Johnson Traore dies after long illness Georgy Zatsepin, 92, Russian astrophysicist.

9 Antoine Choueiri, 70, Lebanese businessman and media magnate, after long illness. Paul Collier, 46, Australian disability advocate, brain haemorrhage. Gheorghe Constantin, 77, Romanian footballer and manager. Lionel Cox, 80, Australian road bicycle racer, pneumonia. Willie Davis, 69, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), natural causes. Dulmatin, 39, Indonesian terrorist, 2002 Bali bombings planner, shot. Elizabeth Farrow, 83, American baseball player (AAGPBL). Teresa Gutiérrez, 81, Colombian actress, natural causes. Doris Haddock, 100, American political activist, complications of respiratory disease."Granny D," Political Activist, Dies Catherine Itzin, 65, American feminist academic, honorary research fellow (University of Bradford), duodenal cancer. Jean Kerebel, 91, French Olympic silver (1948) medal-winning athlete. Bernard Narokobi, 67, Papua New Guinean politician, diplomat, lawyer and philosopher, after short illness. Wilfy Rebimbus, 67, Indian musician, lung cancer. Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo, 83, Santomean poet. Ricardo Vidal, 79, Chilean Olympic runner.Ricardo Vidal Bio, Stats, and Results Henry Wittenberg, 91, American wrestler, 1948 Olympic gold medalist.

10 Nate Beasley, 56, American football player. Truddi Chase, 74, American autobiographical author. Leeann Chin, 77, Chinese-born American restaurateur, founder of Leeann Chin restaurants, after long illness. Evelyn Dall, 92, American singer and actress, after long illness. Björn von der Esch, 80, Swedish politician. Bill Fisher, 84, Australian judge, President of the New South Wales Industrial Commission (1981–1998). Corey Haim, 38, Canadian actor (Lucas, The Lost Boys, License to Drive), pneumonia. Tim Holland, 79, American backgammon player, emphysema. Dorothy Janis, 98, American silent film actress. Vincent Mensah, 85, Beninese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto Novo (1970–2000). Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, 81, Egyptian Muslim cleric, Grand Imam (Al-Azhar Mosque), heart attack. Ricardo Vidal, 79, Chilean long-distance runner. George Webb, 92, British traditional jazz musician

11 Walter Aronsson, 92, Swedish Olympic bobsledder. Paul Dunlap, 90, American film composer. John Hill, 68, Canadian professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease. Louis Holmes, 99, British-born Canadian ice hockey player and coach. Matilde Elena López, 91, Salvadoran poet, essayist and playwright. Willie MacFarlane, 79, Scottish footballer and manager. David Meza, 51, Honduran journalist, shot. Hans van Mierlo, 78, Dutch politician, Minister of Defence (1981–1982), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994–1998), Deputy Prime Minister (1994–1998). Charles Moore, 79, American photographer.Charles Moore, Photographer of the Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 79 Bernard Novak, 90, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1969–1980).Obituary: Bernard R. Novak, Longtime union chief and state legislator Merlin Olsen, 69, American football player (Los Angeles Rams), member of Pro Football Hall of Fame, and actor (Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy), mesothelioma. Arnall Patz, 89, American ophthalmologist, heart disease. Leena Peltonen-Palotie, 57, Finnish geneticist, bone cancer.Leena Peltonen-Palotie Sandy Scott, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, pancreatic cancer. Turhan Selçuk, 87, Turkish cartoonist.Turhan Selçuk, 1922–2010 Elena Shvarts, 61, Russian poet. Elisabeth de Stroumillo, 83, British journalist, scooter accident. Colin Wells, 76, British historian and archaeologist.

12 David Ahenakew, 76, Canadian First Nations leader and politician, cancer.