Deaths in March 2014 facts for kids

This article lists notable people who passed away in March 2014. It includes their name, age, country, what they were known for, and how they died.

People We Remember from March 2014

Alejandro Zaffaroni (1923-2014) was a chemist and business leader.

Ryhor Baradulin (1935-2014) was a famous poet from Belarus.

William R. Pogue (1930-2014) was an astronaut and Air Force pilot.

Sheila MacRae (1921-2014) was an English actress.

Mohammed Fahim (1957-2014) was an Afghan politician.

Věra Chytilová (1929-2014) was a Czech movie director.

Reubin Askew (1928-2014) served as Governor of Florida.

Ahmad Tejan Kabbah (1932-2014) was the President of Sierra Leone.

Tony Benn (1925-2014) was a well-known British politician.

Robert Schwarz Strauss (1918-2014) was an American politician and diplomat.

Fred Phelps (1929-2014) was an American pastor.

Hilderaldo Bellini (1930-2014) was a Brazilian football star.

James Rebhorn (1948-2014) was an American actor.

Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1933-2014) was a religious leader.

Adolfo Suárez (1932-2014) was a former Prime Minister of Spain.

Jerry Roberts (1920-2014) was a British codebreaker.

James R. Schlesinger (1929-2014) was a US Secretary of Defense.

Jeremiah Denton (1924-2014) was a US Senator and Navy officer.

March 1

• Werner Uebelmann, 92, Swiss entrepreneur and writer.
• Zdeněk Hajný, 72, Czech painter and psychologist.
• Alejandro Zaffaroni, 91, Uruguayan-American chemist and business leader, due to dementia complications.
• Bangaru Laxman, 74, Indian politician, from a heart attack.
• Alain Resnais, 91, French movie director.
• Nancy Charest, 55, Canadian politician.
• Eckart Höfling, 77, German Catholic priest.

March 2

• Ryhor Baradulin, 79, Belarusian poet, from heart failure.
• Molly Bobak, 95, Canadian war artist, the last surviving World War II artist, from natural causes.
• Peter Bares, 78, German organist and composer.

March 3

• Stan Rickaby, 89, English footballer, from natural causes.
• Aino-Maija Tikkanen, 86, Finnish actress, from natural causes.
• Xu Chongde, 85, Chinese political scientist and professor.
• Curtis McClarin, 44, American actor, from a brain aneurysm.

March 4

• Wu Tianming, 74, Chinese movie director and producer, from a heart attack.
• Mark Freidkin, 60, Russian poet, writer and singer.
• William R. Pogue, 84, American astronaut and Air Force pilot, from natural causes.
• Jack Kinzler, 94, American aeronautical engineer at NASA, who helped save Skylab, from natural causes.
• Boris Pustyntsev, 78, Russian human rights activist.
• Richard W. Burkhardt, 95, American academic and former President of Ball State University, from natural causes.

March 5

• Luis Villoro, 91, Spanish-born Mexican philosopher and writer, from respiratory failure.
• Geoff Edwards, 83, American game show host and actor, from pneumonia.
• Leopoldo María Panero, 65, Spanish poet.

March 6

• Rafael Aburto, 100, Spanish architect, from natural causes.
• Sérgio Guerra, 66, Brazilian economist and politician, from lung cancer.
• Manlio Sgalambro, 89, Italian philosopher and writer.
• Maurice Faure, 92, French politician and diplomat.
• Martin Nesbitt, 67, American politician, from stomach cancer.
• Frank Jobe, 88, American orthopedic surgeon.
• Sheila MacRae, 92, English actress.
• Ron Murphy, 80, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Alemayehu Atomsa, 45, Ethiopian politician, from typhoid fever.

March 7

• Tamás Nádas, 44, Hungarian aerobatics pilot and world champion air racer, in a plane crash.
• Heiko Bellmann, 63, German biologist, writer and photographer.
• Uwe Timm, 82, German writer and anarchist.
• Hal Douglas, 89, American voice actor and announcer, from pancreatic cancer.
• Ned O'Gorman, 84, American poet, from pancreatic cancer.

March 8

• William Guarnere, 90, American World War II veteran and author, from natural causes.
• Victor Shem-Tov, 99, Bulgarian-born Israeli politician, from natural causes.
• Wendy Hughes, Australian actress, from cancer.

March 9

• Leo Bretholz, 93, Austrian-born American Holocaust survivor, activist and writer.
• Gerard Mortier, 70, Belgian opera director, from pancreatic cancer.
• Glenn McDuffie, 86, American World War II sailor, from a heart attack.
• Mohammed Fahim, Afghan politician and military commander, from a heart attack.
• William Clay Ford, Sr., 88, American businessman, from pneumonia.
• Carlos Moreno, 75, Argentine actor and director, from a heart attack.
• Tonie Nathan, 91, American politician, from Alzheimer's disease.

March 10

• Joe McGinniss, 71, American author and political journalist, from prostate cancer.
• Cynthia Lynn, 76, Latvian-born American actress, from multiple organ failure.

March 11

• Bob Crow, 52, British trade union leader, from a heart attack.
• Marga Spiegel, 101, German writer and Holocaust survivor, from natural causes.
• Nils Horner, 51, Swedish-British journalist, who was shot.
• Brett Borgen, 79, Norwegian writer.

March 12

• Věra Chytilová, 85, Czech movie director.
• Jackie Gaughan, 93, American casino owner and gambler.
• Richard Coogan, 99, American actor.
• Jean Vallée, 72, Belgian songwriter and performer.
• David Sive, 91, American environmental lawyer.
• Ola L. Mize, 82, American army officer and Medal of Honor recipient.
• Paul C. Donnelly, 90, American aerospace pioneer.
• Kjell Nupen, 58, Norwegian artist, from cancer.

March 13

• Reubin Askew, 85, American politician and former Governor of Florida, from a stroke.
• Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, 82, Sierra Leonean politician and former President.
• Icchokas Mera, 79, Lithuanian writer and screenwriter.
• Henk Weerink, 77, Dutch association football referee.
• Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr., 80, American real estate developer, from natural causes.

March 14

• Tony Benn, 88, British politician and diarist.
• Otakar Brousek, Sr., 89, Czech actor.
• Meir Har-Zion, 80, Israeli military commando, from natural causes.
• Ken Utsui, 82, Japanese actor, from natural causes.
• Werner Rackwitz, 84, German opera director and politician.
• Sam Lacey, 66, American basketball player, from natural causes.

March 15

• David Brenner, 78, American comedian, from cancer.
• Everett L. Fullam, 82, American Episcopalian scholar.
• Howard H. Callaway, 86, American politician, from a brain hemorrhage.
• Clarissa Dickson Wright, 66, British celebrity chef.
• Cees Veerman, 70, Dutch musician.
• Jürgen Kurbjuhn, 73, German footballer.
• Paddy Cronin, 88, Irish fiddler.

March 16

• Gary Bettenhausen, 72, American race car driver.
• Markus Brüderlin, 55, Swiss art historian and curator.
• Alexander Pochinok, 56, Russian economist and politician, from cardiac arrest.
• Donald Crothers, 77, American academic and educator, from cancer.
• Lapiro de Mbanga, 56, Cameroonian musician and activist, from cancer.

March 17

• Mareike Carrière, 59, German actress, from cancer.
• Marek Galiński, 39, Polish cyclist, in a traffic collision.
• Oswald Morris, 98, British cinematographer.
• Antoni Opolski, 101, Polish physicist, from natural causes.
• Mercy Edirisinghe, 68, Sri Lankan actress and singer.

March 18

• Jorge Arvizu, 81, Mexican actor, from heart failure.
• Kaiser Kalambo, 60, Zambian association football player and coach, from prostate cancer.
• Lucius Shepard, 70, American science fiction writer.
• Ben Staartjes, 85, Dutch Olympic sailor.

March 19

• Fred Phelps, 84, American pastor, from congestive heart failure.
• Robert Schwarz Strauss, 95, American politician and diplomat, from natural causes.
• Ernest Mühlen, Luxembourgish politician.
• Lawrence Walsh, 102, American lawyer and judge, from natural causes.
• Patrick Joseph McGovern, 76, American technology executive.

March 20

• Khushwant Singh, 99, Indian journalist and writer, from natural causes.
• Hilderaldo Bellini, 83, Brazilian footballer and two-time World Cup winner, from cardiac arrest.
• Iñaki Azkuna, 71, Spanish politician and Mayor of Bilbao, from prostate cancer.
• Marc-Adélard Tremblay, 91, Canadian anthropologist.
• Gerhard Bondzin, 83, German painter and graphic artist.

March 21

• James Rebhorn, 65, American actor.
• Dennis Jackson, 82, English footballer.
• Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, 80, Iraqi religious leader and Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
• André Lavagne, 100, French composer.

March 22

• Mickey Duff, 84, Polish-English boxing promoter and manager, from natural causes.
• Patrice Wymore, 87, American actress and philanthropist, from natural causes.
• Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, 85, Indian author.
• Yngve A. A. Larsson, 97, Swedish medicine professor, from natural causes.
• Riina Gerretz, 74, Estonian pianist.

March 23

• Adolfo Suárez, 81, Spanish politician and former Prime Minister, from a respiratory infection.
• Jaroslav Šerých, 86, Czech painter, printmaker and illustrator.
• Miroslav Štěpán, 68, Czechoslovakian politician, from complications from cancer.
• Dave Brockie, 50, Canadian-American musician.
• Peter Oakley, 86, British Internet vlogger, from cancer.
• Jürg Neuenschwander, 67, Swiss organist and composer.
• David Henshaw, 74, New Zealand cartoonist.

March 24

• Robert F. Coleman, 59, American mathematician.
• Paulo Schroeber, 40, Brazilian guitarist, from heart failure after surgery.
• Rodney Wilkes, 89, Trinidadian Olympic medal-winning weightlifter.

March 25

• Nanda, 75, Indian actress, from a heart attack.
• Ralph Wilson, 95, American businessman and owner of the Buffalo Bills.
• Jerry Roberts, 93, British wartime codebreaker.
• Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi, 89, Iranian historian and writer.
• Jonathan Schell, 70, American writer, journalist and anti-war activist, from cancer.
• Sonny Ruberto, 68, American baseball player, from cancer.

March 26

• Dick Guidry, 84, American politician.
• George Bookasta, 96, American child actor and television director, from pneumonia.

March 27

• James R. Schlesinger, 85, American politician and former Secretary of Defense, from pneumonia.
• Jeffery Dench, 85, British actor.
• Per Lillo-Stenberg, 85, Norwegian actor.
• Richard Nelson Frye, 94, American orientalist and historian.
• Derek Martinus, 82, British television director, from Alzheimer's disease.
• Edwin Kagin, 73, American lawyer, from heart disease.

March 28

• Jeremiah Denton, 89, American politician and rear admiral, from heart failure.
• Lorenzo Semple, Jr., 91, American screenwriter and creator of Batman, from natural causes.

March 29

• Karl Spillman Forester, 73, American judge.
• Yosef Hamadani Cohen, 98, Iranian Jewish leader and Chief Rabbi of Iran.
• Marc Platt, 100, American dancer and actor, from natural causes.
• Hobart Alter, 80, American surfer and boat designer.

March 30

• Phuntsok Wangyal, 91, Chinese Tibetan politician and military leader, from lung failure.
• Kate O'Mara, 74, English actress.
• Birgitta Valberg, 97, Swedish actress.
• Dane Witherspoon, 56, American actor.
• Jan de Graaff, 70, Dutch television journalist.

March 31

• Irene Fernandez, 67, Malaysian human rights activist, from heart failure.
• Frankie Knuckles, 59, American disc jockey and record producer, from diabetes complications.
• Gonzalo Anes, 82, Spanish economist, professor and historian.
• Charles Keating, 90, American banker.
• David Hannay, 74, Australian movie producer, from cancer.
• Ferdinand Masset, 93, Swiss politician, from natural causes.
• Władysław Filipowiak, 87, Polish archaeologist and historian.

See more months

• Deaths in January 2014
• Deaths in February 2014
• Deaths in April 2014
• Deaths in May 2014
• Deaths in June 2014
• Deaths in July 2014
• Deaths in August 2014
• Deaths in September 2014
• Deaths in October 2014
• Deaths in November 2014
• Deaths in December 2014

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Fallecidos en marzo de 2014 para niños