The following is a list of notable deaths in March 1980.
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 1980
1 Emmett Ashford, 65, American baseball umpire, heart attack.Major league's 1st black ump, Ashford, dies André Camel, 75, French rugby player. Wilhelmina Cooper, 40, Dutch-American model and modeling agent (Wilhelmina Models), lung cancer.Wilhelmina, High-Fashion Model And Agency Owner, Is Dead at 40; Rival of Ford Agency Dixie Dean, 73, English footballer, heart attack.Dixie dies Dick Dillin, 51, American comic book artist, heart attack. Lucien Emerson, 89, American college sports coach. Arndt Jorgens, 74, Norwegian-born American baseball player. Daniil Khrabrovitsky, 56, Soviet filmmaker. Walter C. Klein, 75, American Episcopal prelate, cancer. John Jacob Niles, 87, American ballad composer and singer.JOHN JACOB NILES; FOLK SINGER WAS 87 Eric Oliver, 68, English racing cyclist. Henry Owl, 84, American historian and Native American activist. Dorothy Phillips, 90, American actress, pneumonia. William W. Stickney, 80, American general, heart failure.William W. Stickney Dies Anna Ticho, 85, Czech-born Israeli artist. Johnny Watwood, 74, American baseball player.
2 Pierre Capdeville, 71–72, French entomologist. Ugo Capocchini, 79, Italian artist. Anne Cornwall, 83, American actress and singer, heart failure. Eddie Dunn, 64, American football and baseball coach. Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, 86, Polish poet and essayist.Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, 86, Dies; Was a Leading Writer in Poland Joshua Kunitz, 83, Russian-American journalist and literary scholar.Dr. Joshua Kunitz Is Dead at 84; Authority on Russian Literature Arlie Schardt, 84, American Olympic runner (1920).Arlie Schardt, America's oldest Olympic gold medalist Wilhelm Weber, 61, German Nazi official. Winfield Welch, 80, American baseball player and manager.
3 Roger Davis, 96, American actor, cancer. Forrest C. Donnell, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1945–1951), governor of Missouri (1941–1945).F. C. Donnell, GOP Missouri Senator in 1940s, Dies Sir Michael Duff, 3rd Baronet, 72, British socialite and hereditary peer. Royes Fernandez, 50, American ballet dancer, cancer.ROYES FERNANDEZ, DANCER, 50, IS DEAD; Ballet Theater Principal Known for Lyricism, Style and Virtuosity --Praised for Siegfried Lauded by Critics Manuel Garriga, 54, Algerian-born French footballer, blunt force trauma. Roger Hawkins, 64, Rhodesian politician. Wade Marlette, 80, American college sports coach. Roy Norman, 83, Australian Olympic sprinter (1924). Jerry Priddy, 60, American baseball player, heart attack. Avraham Rakanti, 91–92, Greek-Israeli politician, MK (1949–1951). Tayfur Sökmen, 87–88, Turkish politician, president of Hatay (1938–1939).
4 Vakhtang Ananyan, 74, Soviet Armenian writer and journalist. Johannes Martin Bijvoet, 88, Dutch chemist and crystallographer. Colin Bishop, 76, English rugby player. Eric Kerfoot, 55, English footballer. J. F. A. McManus, 68, Canadian pathologist. Luis Piazzini, 74, Argentine chess player. Alfred Plé, 92, French Olympic rower (1920). Baptist Reinmann, 76, German footballer. David Howard Saunders, 89, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1945–1951). Alva Sibbetts, 79, Canadian ice hockey player. Alex Vetchinsky, 77, British art director and production designer.
5 Amy Douglass, 77, American actress.Character Actress Spanned 4 Decades Les Fleming, 64, American baseball player. Jack Gallagher, 60, English historian, heart and kidney failure. Wilhelm Hoegner, 92, German politician.Wilhelm Hoegner Marc Edmund Jones, 91, American writer and astrologer. Ujitoshi Konomi, 67, Japanese Olympic sports shooter (1956). Michael Parker, 79, British Anglican prelate. William L. Patterson, 88, American political activist.William Patterson dies, Communist Party activist John Raven, 65, English classical scholar. Abdullah Rimawi, 59–60, Jordanian politician. Stig Reuterswärd, 73, Swedish Olympic runner (1924). Sir Alfred Savage, 76, British colonial administrator. Jay Silverheels, 67, Canadian-American actor (The Lone Ranger), stroke.Jay Silverheels, Tonto in "Lone Ranger", dies at 62 John Skeaping, 78, English sculptor.John Skeaping Winifred Wagner, 82, English-born German opera manager.Now Bayreuth lady's breathed her last Sir Douglas Waring, 75, British businessman. Albert Züblin, 74, Swiss soldier and lawyer.
6 Hikmet Bayur, 88–89, Turkish politician. Harry Becker, 87, British politician, MP (1922–1924). Otto Busse, 78, German World War II resistance member and humanitarian. Noel Croucher, 88, British businessman and philanthropist. Willem de Vries Lentsch, 93, Dutch Olympic sailor (1928, 1936). James Dickson, 80, Swedish politician. Bobby Jones, 51, American jazz saxophonist, emphysema. Jim Moodie, 74, Australian footballer. Norman Preston, 76, English sports journalist. James C. Shannon, 83, American politician, governor (1948–1949) and lieutenant governor of Connecticut (1947–1948).James Shannon, 83; A Connecticut Judge And an Ex-Governor; Appointed by Governor Lodge E. A. Underwood, 80, Scottish physician and public health official. Robert Wilson, 57, English cricketer.
7 Gladys Calthrop, 85, British stage designer. Sara Christian, 61, American racing driver. John Illingworth, 76, English yacht designer.Yachtsman dies August Kasvand, 89, Soviet Estonian mathematician. Marcel Mazeyrat, 73, French racing cyclist. Eugene Condell Leonard Parkinson, 74, Jamaican politician. Jack Sack, 78, American football player and coach.Jack Sack, Ex-Pitt Star Athlete Rudolf Schmidt, 85, Austrian sculptor. Vaughn Waddell, 69, Canadian-born American basketball player. John Watson, 69, English cricketer.
8 Caroline Lexow Babcock, 98, American suffragist and activist. Graham Dadds, 68, British Olympic field hockey player (1952). Fernand Gillet, 97, French-American oboist. Ben T. Gunter Jr., 77, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (1944–1952). Eileen Guppy, 76, British geologist. Friedrich Hecht, 76, Austrian chemist. Josef Kroll, 90, German philologist. Frank McDonald, 80, American film and television director. Max Miedinger, 69, Swiss typeface designer (Helvetica). J. Irving Whalley, 77, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1960–1973), heart attack.John Irving Whalley, 77, Ex-GOP Representative
9 Tom Baker, 45, American baseball player. Nikolay Bogolyubov, 80, Soviet actor. Olga Chekhova, 82, Russian-German actress.Olga Chekhova Noël Dorion, 75, Canadian politician, MP (1958–1962).Noel Dorian left footnotes on history Don Floyd, 41, American football player, heart attack.Former Grid Star Dies at 41 Heinz Linge, 66, German Nazi official, valet for Adolf Hitler, heart failure.Hitler's butler dies in Hamburg hospital Giuseppe Mojoli, 74, Italian Roman Catholic prelate. Shinzō Ōya, 85, Japanese politician.
10 José Américo de Almeida, 93, Brazilian politician.Paraiba de luto enterra Jose Americo hoje as 10h Emeel S. Betros, 48, American politician and lawyer, lung cancer.E.S. Betros, Member Of the Assembly Who Won Ban on Smoking; Had Private Law Practice Frank Callaghan, 88, New Zealand agriculturalist. Melville Henry Cane, 100, American poet and lawyer. Werner Coninx, 68, Swiss artist and art collector. Euan Dickson, 87, British-born New Zealand flying ace. Lutz Gerresheim, 21, German footballer. Subodh Ghosh, 70, Indian author. Sheldon Glueck, 83, Polish-born American criminologist.Sheldon Glueck of Harvard Dies; Studied the Roots of Delinquency Alexander S. Gross, 63, American rabbi. James M. Hare, 69, American politician, Michigan secretary of state (1955–1970). Francis Kelly, 86, Australian politician. William Kroll, 79, American violinist and composer.William Kroll, Violinist Walter Lock, 72, English cricketer. Adrien Pouliot, 84, Canadian mathematician.Quebec's Adrien Pouliot dies at 84 Herman Tarnower, 69, American cardiologist, shot.Tarnower Was a Busy Physician, Too; Sportsman and Dinner Host A Veteran of World War II Zhang Fakui, 83, Chinese general.
11 Simone Chapoteau, 77, Haitian-born French athlete. Julio de Caro, 80, Argentine composer and bandleader.Fallecio el compositor Julio de Caro Jack Evans, 74, American football player. Chandra Bhanu Gupta, 77, Indian politician. Yūnosuke Itō, 60, Japanese actor. Mikhail Kaufman, 82–83, Soviet cinematographer. Stan Klopp, 69, American baseball player. Maud Hart Lovelace, 87, American author. Saad Nadim, 60, Egyptian documentarian. Phillip Rahoi, 83, American politician, member of the Michigan Senate (1955–1966). Koshiro Ueki, 80, Japanese politician.
12 Jay Anson, 58, American author (The Amityville Horror), complications from heart surgery.Jay Anson, 58, Writer Of 'Amityville Horror,' Is Dead on West Coast; Introduced to the Lutzes Had Journalistic Background Gerritdina Benders-Letteboer, 70, Dutch humanitarian and World War II resistance member. Renée Brock, 67, Belgian writer, heart attack. Ernő Gerő, 81, Hungarian politician, heart attack.Erno Gero of Hungary; Was Overthrown in '56 Latif Imanov, 57, Soviet Azerbaijani physicist. Gustav Laabs, 77, German Nazi official and war criminal. Renée Lamberet, 78, French historian and anarchist activist. Eugeniu Ștefănescu-Est, 98, Romanian poet and lawyer. Sir Roland Theodore Symonette, 81, Bahamian politician, premier (1964–1967).Roland Symonette
13 René Bernatchez, 66, Canadian politician. Burton Howard Camp, 99, American mathematician.BURTON HOWARD CAMP Jean Davey, 70, Canadian physician. Norman DePoe, 62, American-born Canadian news broadcaster.Norman DePoe dies E. Urner Goodman, 88, American scouting leader, pneumonia.E. Urner Goodman Is Dead at 88; Official of Boy Scouts of America Sir William Mallalieu, 71, British politician, MP (1945–1979). Paul Molyneux, 74, English cricketer. Lillian Ngoyi, 68, South African anti-Apartheid activist and politician.Lillian Ngoyi Tauno Pylkkänen, 61, Finnish composer. Frank Spilling, 67, Australian footballer. Harlan Warde, 62, American actor. Alonzo L. Waters, 86, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1949–1965).Alonzo Waters, Retired Publisher
14 Corrado Ardizzoni, 64, Italian Olympic racing cyclist (1936). Henri Bellivier, 89, French Olympic racing cyclist (1920). Henk Blomvliet, 69, Dutch footballer. Win Brockmeyer, 72, American football coach. Manlio Brosio, 82, Italian politician and diplomat, secretary general of NATO (1964–1971).Manlio Brosio, Ex-Chief of NATO; Mettle Tested in Cyprus Crisis Guest of Groups in U.S. Bob Davis, 65, American football player. Robert Dennison, 78, American naval admiral, pulmonary embolism.Adm. Robert Lee Dennison Dies; Was Atlantic Fleet's Commander; Naval Aide to Truman Ray Ednie, 52, Australian footballer. Mohammad Hatta, 77, Indonesian politician, prime minister (1948–1950) and vice president (1945–1956).Mohammad Hatta Gustavus Kelly, 78, Irish cricketer. Allard K. Lowenstein, 51, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1969–1971), shot.EX-REP. LOWENSTEIN KILLED BY A GUNMAN; Antiwar Leader Shot at Law Office Gerhard W. Menzel, 58, German writer. Eddie Mosscrop, 87, English footballer. Dudley Maurice Newitt, 85, British chemical engineer. Eric Orr, 70, Australian footballer. Peter Renzulli, 84, American soccer player. Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, 52, Spanish naturalist and broadcaster, plane crash.Movie crew dies in air crash David Sheehama, 46, Namibian businessman and philanthropist, shot. Gladys Guggenheim Straus, 84, American nutritionist.GLADYS G. STRAUS, 84, A NUTRITION EXPERT; Guggenheim Family Member Was Also Occupied With Medical and Foundation Affairs Vere Temple, 82, British artist. Al Wickland, 92, American baseball player.Wickland