The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2017.
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 2017 1 P. J. Bradley, 76, Northern Irish politician, MLA (1998–2011).Former SDLP MLA PJ Bradley dies - tributes paid to 'gentleman and fearless peace advocate' Tania Dalton, 45, New Zealand netball player (national team), brain aneurysm.Tania Dalton, former Silver Ferns netball player, dies aged 45 Dai Morgan Evans, 73, British archaeologist, cancer.Dai Morgan Evans obituary Paula Fox, 93, American writer (The Slave Dancer, Desperate Characters).Paula Fox, prize winning author, dead at 93 Pierre Guénin, 90, French journalist, magazine publisher and gay rights activist.Pierre Guénin, figure de la presse gay, est mort John Hampshire, 76, English cricketer (Yorkshire, national team).John Hampshire: Yorkshire president dies at the age of 76 Raajesh Johri, 64, Indian singer-songwriter, cardiac arrest.The wonder years Hiroshi Kamayatsu, 78, Japanese singer and guitarist (The Spiders), pancreatic cancer.‘Monsieur’ Kamayatsu, ex-member of ’60s rock band Spiders, dies at 78 Richard Karron, 82, American actor (The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, Ready to Rumble, History of the World, Part I).Richard Karron (1934 - 2017) Shiv K. Kumar, 95, Indian English poet, playwright, novelist, and short story writer.Prof Shiv K Kumar no more Yasuyuki Kuwahara, 74, Japanese footballer, Olympic bronze medalist (1968), pneumonia.桑原楽之氏死去（サッカー・メキシコ五輪日本代表） Johannes Lahti, 64, Finnish Olympic decathlete (1976, 1980).Suomen mestari Johannes Lahti on kuollut Tarak Mehta, 87, Indian playwright and humorist.Famous writer Taarak Mehta passes away at 87 Gustav Metzger, 90, German-born stateless auto-destructive artist.Gustav Metzger, pioneer of auto-destructive art, dies aged 90 Alicia Morel, 95, Chilean author.Muere Alicia Morel, precursora de la literatura infantil chilena Pamela Neville-Sington, 57, American literary biographer, pancreatic cancer.PAMELA NEVILLE-SINGTON Shirley Palesh, 87, American baseball player (AAGPBL).Shirley E. Palesh Michael M. Ryan, 87, American actor (Another World, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Tootsie).Longtime 'Another World' Star Michael M. Ryan Dead at 87 Jins Shamsuddin, 81, Malaysian actor (Bidasari), director and politician, member of the Dewan Negara (2004–2008), choked.Legendary Malaysian actor Jins Shamsuddin's death a 'huge loss' to country Alejandra Soler, 103, Spanish activist and school teacher.Fallece a los 103 años la maestra republicana Alejandra Soler Tomaso Staiti di Cuddia delle Chiuse, 84, Italian politician and journalist.Tomaso Staiti di Cuddia è morto: è stato il "Barone nero" della destra radicale Vladimir Tadej, 91, Croatian filmmaker.Umro Vladimir Tadej Otišao je čuveni redatelj naših brojnih filmova za djecu i doajen hrvatske i jugoslavenske filmske scenografije Joseph Vũ Duy Thống, 64, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Phan Thiết (since 2009).Bishop Joseph Vu Duy Thông Ioannis Tsintsaris, 55, Greek Olympic weightlifter.«Έφυγε» ο τέταρτος Ολυμπιονίκης του Λος Άντζελες στην άρση βαρών Γιάννης Τσιντσάρης
2 Usayd al-Adani, Yemeni Al-Qaeda leader, airstrike. Jerry Baker, 85, American author.Gerald Fay Baker Jr. Tarcisio Catanese, 49, Italian football player and manager, heart attack.Addio a Tarcisio Catanese Édouard Close, 87, Belgian politician, Burgemeester of Liège (1976–1991).Edouard Close, ancien bourgmestre de Liège, est décédé Tommy Gemmell, 73, Scottish football player (Celtic, Dundee, national team) and manager.Tommy Gemmell: Former Celtic defender and 'Lisbon Lion' dies aged 73 LaRue Harrington, 59, American football player (San Diego Chargers), heart attack.Former Norfolk State star, Chargers running back dead at 59 Simon Hobday, 76, South African golfer.Golf's greatest character Simon Hobday dies Andrés Ocaña, 62, Spanish politician, Mayor of Córdoba (2009–2011).Muere el ex alcalde de Córdoba Andrés Ocaña tras sufrir un infarto Wally Pikal, 90, American musician.Legendary musician Wally Pikal dies at 90 David Rubinger, 92, Austrian-born Israeli photographer.David Rubinger, 92, Photographer Who Chronicled Israeli History, Dies Howard Schmidt, 67, American cybersecurity advisor, cancer.Muskego resident, former Obama cyber security chief Schmidt dies at 67 John D. Schneider, 80, American state legislator and attorney, member of the Missouri Senate (1971–2002).John Schneider, longtime state senator from Florissant, dies at 80 Josef Schnyder, 94, Swiss Olympic cross-country skier.Sepp Schnyder Mohamed Tahar, 36–37, Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detention camp prisoner, airstrike.Yemen Strike Kills Al Qaeda Bombmaker, Officials Say
3 Steve Adams, 57, English footballer (Boston United).Beloved Sheffield football coach passes away aged 57 A. J. Baker, 94, Australian philosopher.Allan James BAKER Ray T. Chesbro, 91, American politician.Ray T. Chesbro Míriam Colón, 80, Puerto Rican-American actress (Scarface, Goal!, All the Pretty Horses), pulmonary infection.Miriam Colón, 80, Actress and Founder of Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, Dies Bernardo Cortés, 83, Spanish humorist, street singer-songwriter and writer.Muere Bernardo Cortés, el popular ‘Palomino’ Bramwell Cook, 81, New Zealand gastroenterologist.Herbert (Bram) Cook Death Notice Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam, 76, Mongolian Olympic speed skater (1964, 1968, 1972).Luvsanlkhagvyn Dashnyam Alice Louise Davison, 76, American linguist.Alice Louise Davison Jim Fuller, 69, American guitarist (The Surfaris).Jim Fuller, ‘Wipe Out’ Guitarist with Surfaris, Dies Dame Anne Griffiths, 84, British librarian and archivist. Nathan George, 80, American actor (Klute. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Short Eyes). Frances Hargreaves, 62, South African-born Australian actress (Number 96).Vale: Frances Hargreaves Raymond Kopa, 85, French footballer (Real Madrid, national team).Former France great Kopa dies aged 85 Misha Mengelberg, 81, Ukrainian-born Dutch jazz pianist and composer.Jazzpianist Misha Mengelberg (81), groot dwarsdenker van de Nederlandse muziek, overleden Michael P. Mitchell, 91, American politician.Michael P. Mitchell Cyprian Ojwang Omollo, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2013).Former Uriri Member of Parliament Cyprian Omollo is dead Basil O'Rourke, 87, Australian rules footballer (Richmond).O'Rouke, Basil Joseph Tommy Page, 46, American singer-songwriter ("I'll Be Your Everything") and music industry executive (Reprise Records, Billboard), suicide.Tommy Page, Singer and Former Billboard Publisher, Dies at 46 Mary Parry, 87, British figure skater, European championship bronze medalist (1960). Jack Petoskey, 95, American football player and coach.Ernest Jack Petoskey Obituary René Préval, 74, Haitian politician, Prime Minister (1991), President (1996–2001, 2006–2011).Rene Preval, two-time president of Haiti, dead at 74 Henriette Rasmussen, 66, Greenlandic Inuit educator, women's right activist and politician.Asii: Henriette var en lysende stjerne Lyle Ritz, 87, American bassist and ukulelist.Lyle Ritz, Wrecking Crew Bassist, Dies at 87 Joe Rogers, 97, American businessman, co-founder of Waffle House.Waffle House co-founder dies at 97 Stephen Ross, 73, American economist.Professor Stephen Ross, inventor of arbitrage pricing theory, dies at 73 Aquinas Ryan, 84, Canadian politician, leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island (1972–1979).Former community, school, NDP leader Aquinas Ryan dies Danny Spooner, 80, English folk singer.Daniel "Danny" Spooner Anthony Steels, 57, American football player (San Diego Chargers, Buffalo Bills).William Anthony Steels Anne Kristin Sydnes, 60, Norwegian politician, Minister of International Development (2000–2001), cancer.Tidligere Ap-statsråd Anne Kristin Sydnes er død Gordon Thomas, 84, Welsh investigative journalist and author. Thor Tjøntveit, 80, Norwegian aviator.Nekrolog: Thor Kristen Tjøntveit
4 Jean-Christophe Averty, 88, French television and radio director.L'auteur et réalisateur Jean-Christophe Averty est mort Roy Blake Sr., 88, American politician.Roy Morris Blake Bonnie Burnard, 72, Canadian novelist (A Good House).Bonnie Burnard, award-winning Canadian author, dies at 72 Valerie Carter, 64, American singer-songwriter (Howdy Moon, Just a Stone's Throw Away), heart attack.Valerie Carter, St. Petersburg recording artist and backup singer, dies at 64 Mahlon E. Doyle, 92, American cryptologist.Mahlon E. Doyle Edi Fitzroy, 62, Jamaican reggae singer.Singer Edi Fitzroy Has Died Roger Hau'ofa, 73, Tongan-born Papua New Guinean radio broadcaster, kidney failure.'Voice of PNG' Roger Hau'ofa passes away Doug Hogland, 85, American football player (San Francisco 49ers, Chicago Cardinals, Detroit Lions).Doug Hogland John Holliman, 72, British Anglican priest, Archdeacon of the Army (1996-1999).Deaths Lawrence Holofcener, 91, American-British sculptor.Young Will sculptor dies Irena Homola-Skąpska, 88, Polish historian.Irena Homola Skąpska Stefan Ingvarsson, 70, Swedish Olympic racewalker.Stefan Ingvarsson Takashi Inoue, 56, Japanese actor, cancer.俳優の井之上隆志さん死去 56歳 『ドクターX』『相棒』などに出演 Eugene N. Kozloff, 96, American marine biologist and botanist.Eugene Nicholas Kozloff (1920 – 2017) Péter Kozma, 57, Hungarian politician and MP.In memoriam Kozma Péter Bob Lee, 81, American football player (Boston Patriots).Robert E. Lee Helen M. Marshall, 87, American politician, Borough President of Queens (2002–2013), member of the New York State Assembly (1983–1991).Helen Marshall, first black Queens borough president, dies Giovanni Palamara, 78, Italian politician, Mayor of Reggio Calabria (1984–1985).Reggio Calabria: a Palazzo San Giorgio camera ardente per l’ex Sindaco Giovanni Palamara Thomas Collier Platt Jr., 91, American jurist, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York (since 1974).Thomas Platt, 91, Dies: Fined Air Traffic Controllers $100,000 an Hour Edna Rose Ritchings, 92, Canadian-American religious leader (International Peace Mission movement).Mother Divine, leader of the International Peace Mission, dies at 92 Margaret Roberts, 79–80, South African herbalist. Syed Shahabuddin, 82, Indian diplomat and politician, MP (1979–1996).Ex-diplomat and former MP Syed Shahabuddin passes away Thomas Starzl, 90, American physician and medical researcher.Thomas Starzl, father of organ transplantation, dies at 90 Lazar Stojanović, 73, Serbian film director and activist.Preminuo reditelj Lazar Stojanović Ron Van Ryswyk, 86, American football coach.Ronald L. Van Ryswyk Alberto Villalta, 69, Salvadoran Olympic footballer (1968).Falleció el mundialista salvadoreño Alberto "Pechuga" Villalta Clayton Yeutter, 86, American politician, Trade Representative (1985–1989) and Secretary of Agriculture (1989–1991), colorectal cancer.Former US Ag Secretary, Nebraska native Clayton Yeutter dies
5 Sydney Ball, 83, Australian painter.Sydney Ball, prolific abstract painter, dies aged 83 Anthony Beilenson, 84, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 23rd and 24th congressional districts (1977–1997), heart attack.Anthony Beilenson, 10-term congressman who championed Santa Monica Mountains, dies at 84 Fiora Contino, 91, American opera conductor.Fiora Corradetti Contino Gérard Corboud, 91, Swiss art collector and philanthropist.Kunstsammler Gérard Corboud mit 91 Jahren gestorben George Davidson, 91, American basketball player and coach.George E. Davidson Burke Day, 62, American politician, member of Georgia House of Representatives (1995–2011). Joseph Charles Doumba, 81, Cameroonian politician.Cameroun : Joseph Charles Doumba n'est plus Antal Hajba, 79, Hungarian Olympic sprint canoeist (1964).„Lottóötössel is edző lettem volna"