{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-03-01", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-08T00:12:27+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/01-march-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/01-march-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Dominiq Ponder", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dominiq-ponder", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 23, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T04:20:03+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "American football player (University of Colorado) Automobile crash", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominiq_Ponder" }, { "name": "Majid Mousavi 60–61 dead at age 60", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/majid-mousavi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 60, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Majid Mousavi, an Iranian military commander, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 60–61. He was identified in the provided information as Sayyid Hossein Mousavi Eftekhari, born on 17 February 1965 in Tehran, Iran. Mousavi served as commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force from June 14, 2025, after previously serving as its deputy commander from 2009 until his appointment to the top post. His appointment followed the death of his predecessor, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, in an Israeli airstrike on June 13, 2025.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majid_Mousavi" }, { "name": "Arnaud Nguefack Journalist dead at age 38", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/arnaud-nguefack", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 38, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalist", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Cameroon" ], "description": "Arnaud Nguefack, a Cameroonian journalist, died on March 1, 2026. He was 38. Nguefack was best known for his work on Canal 2 International, where he covered Cameroonian news and conducted investigative reports. He died in Yaoundé, Cameroon.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_Nguefack" }, { "name": "José Luis Álvarez Chilean footballer, complications from liver cancer dead at age 65", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jose-luis-alvarez-footballer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 65, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Chile" ], "description": "José Luis Álvarez Núñez, a Chilean professional footballer who played as a forward, died on March 1, 2026, from complications from liver cancer. Born on 8 December 1960, he came through the Deportes La Serena youth system and was promoted to the first team by coach Alfonso Sepúlveda. He later moved to Colo-Colo in 1981, where he scored 18 goals in official matches. Álvarez also played in Chile for O'Higgins, Unión La Calera, Magallanes, Deportes Arica, Cobreandino, Deportes Melipilla and Municipal Talagante, and appeared for clubs in Brazil, Peru and Bolivia.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_%C3%81lvarez_(footballer)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Adeeb Naser 87–86 dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/adeeb-naser", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Palestine" ], "description": "Adeeb Naser, a Palestinian poet, died on March 1, 2026. Born on 28 June 1939, he joined the American University in Cairo in 1959 and the American University of Beirut in 1965. He worked in radio in Ramallah, Amman, Cairo, Jeddah, Beirut and Baghdad. Naser was president of the Palestinian Writers and Journalists Union in Iraq and was a member of the General Union of Arab Writers, the Jordanian Writers Association and the Iraqi Journalists Syndicate.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adeeb_Naser" }, { "name": "Jeelani Bano Novel, short story dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jeelani-bano", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "novel", "short story", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Jeelani Bano, an Indian writer and novelist, died on March 1, 2026. Born on July 14, 1936, in Budaun, she wrote in Urdu, Hindi, Gujarati and Telugu. Bano began writing at an early age and published her first story, \"Ek Nazar Idhar Bhi,\" in 1952. She was credited with 22 books, including anthologies, novels, an autobiography, and a collection of correspondence with other writers. In 2001, she received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeelani_Bano" }, { "name": "Atelier Kempe Thill Dutch architect dead at age 55", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/atelier-kempe-thill", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 55, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Germany", "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Atelier Kempe Thill, the Rotterdam-based Dutch architectural firm founded in 2000 by German architects André Kempe and Oliver Thill, died on March 1, 2026. Both founders were born in East Germany and graduated in architecture from the Technical University of Dresden. The practice was known for its minimalist design approach, careful material detailing, and work exploring affordable high-quality architecture within constrained budgets.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Thill" }, { "name": "Gerhard A. Meinl German businessman and politician dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gerhard-a-meinl", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Gerhard A. Meinl, a German businessman and politician, died on March 1, 2026. Born Gerhard Anton Meinl on September 5, 1957, in Kempfenhausen, Upper Bavaria, he lived in Geretsried from childhood and later studied law and philosophy in Munich and Fribourg. After completing both German state law examinations, he trained as a brass instrument maker and trumpet player before joining the family firm in 1984. A member of the seventh generation of his family to work in musical instrument making, he later helped found the TA Musik group in 1991 and opened a brass-instrument factory in Markneukirchen in 1994.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_A._Meinl" }, { "name": "Davíð Oddsson Icelandic politician dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-oddsson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iceland" ], "description": "Davíð Oddsson, Icelandic politician and the longest-serving prime minister of Iceland, died on March 1, 2026, at age 78. He served as prime minister from 1991 to 2004, as foreign minister from 2004 to 2005, and as chairman of the Independence Party from 1991 to 2005. He was mayor of Reykjavík from 1982 to 1991 and chaired the board of governors of the Central Bank of Iceland from 2005 to 2009. In September 2009, he was hired as editor of Morgunblaðið. He later ran for president of Iceland in 2016 and finished fourth with 13.7% of the vote.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dav%C3%AD%C3%B0_Oddsson" }, { "name": "Diamond Dave Whitaker American poet and activist dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/diamond-dave-whitaker", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Diamond Dave Whitaker, an American poet and activist, died on March 1, 2026. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 12, 1937, Whitaker was associated with several generations of San Francisco counterculture, including the Beat movement, the hippie era, punk subculture, community radio and grassroots political activism. He hosted the open-mic radio program Common Thread Collective on Mutiny Radio and its predecessor, Pirate Cat Radio, and organized poetry events and political activism in San Francisco for more than six decades. He also had an early connection to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, whom he met in Minnesota in the early 1960s.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%22Diamond_Dave%22_Whitaker" }, { "name": "Lidia Erokhina Russian economist dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lidia-erokhina", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Lidia Erokhina, a Russian economist, died on March 1, 2026. Born on December 13, 1955, in Penza Oblast, she was a member of the Komsomol. In 1978, she graduated with honors from the Moscow Institute of Technology with a degree in engineer-economist. After postgraduate studies and work assigned through the district committee of the Komsomol, she joined the Togliatti branch of the institute, where she served from 1982 as an assistant, teacher, head of department, and vice-rector for academic work.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidia_Erokhina" }, { "name": "Vyacheslav Klepikov Ukrainian nuclear physicist dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vyacheslav-klepikov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctors", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Ukraine" ], "description": "Vyacheslav Klepikov, a Ukrainian nuclear physicist, died on March 1, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, at the age of 76. He was also a professor and a doctor of physical and mathematical sciences. Born in Kharkiv on July 13, 1949, Klepikov graduated from Kharkiv State University in 1972 with a degree in physics and technology. He worked at the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, now the National Scientific Center, and later served as an advisor to the director of the Technical Center for Electrophysical Processing and the Institute of Electrophysics and Radiation Technologies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine until 2021.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Klepikov" }, { "name": "Kermit Gosnell American serial killer dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kermit-gosnell", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals", "doctors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Kermit Gosnell, an American serial killer and abortion doctor, died on March 1, 2026, at age 85. He was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after drugs were used to induce labor, the manslaughter of a woman who died of an anesthetic overdose during an abortion procedure, and several other abortion- and drug-related crimes. Gosnell operated the Women's Medical Society Clinic in West Philadelphia, where authorities said he provided illegal and unsafe late-term abortions, committed post-labor infanticide, and ran a prescription pill mill that drew federal attention.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Kermit_Gosnell.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Gosnell" }, { "name": "Giuseppe Albertini Italian politician dead at age 73", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/giuseppe-albertini", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 73, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Giuseppe Albertini, an Italian politician and former mayor of Cento and member of the Chamber of Deputies, died on March 1, 2026. Born in Cento on March 29, 1952, he worked as a civil servant before entering national politics through the Italian Socialist Party. He served as mayor of Cento from 1978 to 1989 and later was undersecretary of state for transport and navigation in the Prodi I Cabinet. After the dissolution of the Italian Socialist Party, he remained active in successor organisations, including the Italian Democratic Socialists, and later rejoined the reconstituted party.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Albertini" }, { "name": "Käthe Menzel-Jordan German architect dead at age 109", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kathe-menzel-jordan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 109, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Käthe Menzel-Jordan, a German architect and preservationist, died on March 1, 2026. Born Käthe Hertel in Erfurt on September 7, 1916, she worked mainly on restoring historic buildings in Erfurt and the surrounding region after the destruction of World War II. Her projects included the Goethe House in Weimar and the Augustinerkloster and Schloss Molsdorf in Erfurt. She studied architecture and art history at the Technische Hochschule Dresden in the 1930s and later turned to business and technical administration during the war.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/K_the_Menzel-Jordan.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A4the_Menzel-Jordan" }, { "name": "Mike Smith Scottish cricketer dead at age 59", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mike-smith-scottish-cricketer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [ { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Albuquerque Journal", "url": "https://www.abqjournal.com/sports/why-not-mike-smith-looks-to-set-record-at-kentucky-derby/3032744", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "‘Why not?’: Mike Smith looks to set record at Kentucky Derby" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Roanoke Times", "url": "https://roanoke.com/news/state-regional/texas/article_50d7ed77-40ee-5679-a496-b99d6b59f3f7.html", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Kentucky Derby jockey Mike Smith set to race in 29th Run for the Roses" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Sporting News", "url": "https://www.sportingnews.com/us/horse-racing/news/oldest-jockeys-win-kentucky-derby-mike-smith-history-2026/0f8f75e0665b98f3b7e2b54c", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Oldest jockeys to win Kentucky Derby: How So Happy's Mike Smith can make Churchill Downs history in 2026" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "Dailymail.com", "url": "https://www.dailymail.com/sport/cricket/article-15828095/england-cricketer-mike-smith-dies-aged-92.html", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "England's second-oldest Test cricketer and former captain dies aged 92 - hailed a 'servant of the game' and the last to represent England in both cricket AND rugby union" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "BBC News", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c759vn5nx71o?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Former England cricket captain Smith dies aged 92" }, { "source_type": "news_confirmation", "publisher": "BBC News", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/articles/c759vn5nx71o", "relationship": "confirms death", "title": "Former England cricket captain Smith dies aged 92" } ], "age": 59, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Ireland", "Scotland" ], "description": "Michael Jonathon Smith, the Scottish cricketer, died on March 1, 2026, aged 59. Born in Edinburgh on March 30, 1966, he was a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler who made his Scotland debut in 1987 against Ireland, scoring 79 in the first innings. After being dropped in 1990, he returned to the side in 1994 and made his top score of 100 that year. Smith appeared in the ICC Trophy in 1997 and was part of Scotland’s 1999 Cricket World Cup squad. He also played senior-level rugby and later worked as a sales representative.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Smith_(Scottish_cricketer)" }, { "name": "Margaret Aliyatul Maimunah Indonesian women activist dead at age 46", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/margaret-aliyatul-maimunah", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 46, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Indonesia" ], "description": "Margaret Aliyatul Maimunah, an Indonesian women's rights activist, died on March 1, 2026. She was born in Jombang, East Java, on May 11, 1978. Maimunah served as the General Chairperson of Fatayat Nahdlatul Ulama and was elected chairman of Fatayat NU for the 2022–2027 period at the organization’s XVI Congress in Palembang, South Sumatra. She died in Jakarta at the age of 47.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Aliyatul_Maimunah" }, { "name": "Christine Johnson McPhail American academic administrator dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/christine-johnson-mcphail", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Christine Johnson McPhail, an American academic administrator and the thirteenth president of St. Augustine's University, died on March 1, 2026, at age 80. Born in Tyler, Texas, on February 1, 1946, she was the daughter of Mary and Otis Johnson. She attended Emmett Scott High School, graduated from Fresno City College, and earned a bachelor's degree in social work from Fresno State University. McPhail worked for the Economic Opportunities Commission, began a doctoral program at the University of California, Berkeley while serving as a counselor at Contra Costa College, and later held administrative posts at College of Alameda before transferring to a part-time D.Ed. program in higher education at the University of Southern California.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Johnson_McPhail" }, { "name": "Konstantin Bogdanov Russian anthropologist and philologist dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/konstantin-bogdanov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Konstantin Bogdanov, a Russian anthropologist and philologist, died on March 1, 2026. He was born on March 30, 1963, in Leningrad, USSR, later Saint Petersburg, Russia. Bogdanov studied classical philology and Russian language and literature at Saint Petersburg State University. He became a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, completed his PhD in 1992 with a dissertation on magic spelling in Russian folklore, and that same year became a leading researcher at the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His work focused on Russian culture, including folklore, rhetoric, the history of science and humanities, and the history of social thought in 18th- to 20th-century Russia.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Bogdanov" }, { "name": "Clément Oubrerie Aya de Yopougon dead at age 59", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/clement-oubrerie", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 59, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "aya de yopougon", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Clément Oubrerie, a French comics artist and illustrator best known for Aya de Yopougon, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 59. Born in Paris on December 23, 1966, he studied fine arts in Grenoble and spent two years in the United States after his studies. During that period, he published his first children's books. After returning to France, he illustrated many books, including the award-winning Les Mille mots de l’info, published by Gallimard. In 2005, Gallimard published the first volume of Aya de Yopougon.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Cl_ment_Oubrerie.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_Oubrerie" }, { "name": "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad politician dead at age 69", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mahmoud-ahmadinejad", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 69, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an Iranian politician who served as president of Iran from 2005 to 2013, died on March 1, 2026. He also served as mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005 and was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Ideologically a principlist and nationalist, he was the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran and a strong supporter of Iran’s nuclear program. During his presidency, Ahmadinejad was a controversial figure in Iran and abroad.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad" }, { "name": "Suzanne Gunzburger Broward County commissioner, social worker, teacher dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/suzanne-gunzburger", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "broward county commissioner", "social worker", "teacher", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Suzanne N. \"Sue\" Gunzburger, an American activist and long-term elected official in Broward County, Florida, died on March 1, 2026. She was 86. Gunzburger served as a Broward County commissioner and worked as a social worker and teacher. She was known for supporting environmental preservation, social services, public funding of the arts, LGBT equality, and the adoption of the Broward County Ethics Code. Born in Buffalo, New York, she earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Wayne State University and a Master of Social Work degree from Barry University. She was also appointed by President Jimmy Carter as a delegate to the White House Conference on Families in 1980.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Gunzburger" }, { "name": "Yuri Korolev State Committee for Sports and Physical Education, All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports, Ice Hockey Federation of Russia, International Ice Hockey Federation dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yuri-korolev-ice-hockey", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "state committee for sports and physical education", "all-union council on physical culture and sports", "ice hockey federation of russia", "international ice hockey federation", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Yuri Vasilyevich Korolev, a Russian ice hockey administrator, coach and civil servant, died on March 1, 2026, at age 91. Born in Moscow on June 6, 1934, he worked for the State Committee for Sports and Physical Education and the All-Union Council on Physical Culture and Sports, where he educated athletes and coaches. Korolev led the Soviet Union national ice hockey team research group for 28 years, during which the team won 17 Ice Hockey World Championships and seven Winter Olympic Games gold medals. He later served as an executive with the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and the International Ice Hockey Federation. He was recognized with the Order of Friendship, induction into the Russian Hockey Hall of Fame and the Paul Loicq Award.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Korolev_(ice_hockey)" }, { "name": "Bob Power American record producer and music engineer dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bob-power", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "musicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bob Power, an American record producer and music engineer, died on March 1, 2026, at age 73. Born Robert Power in Chicago on April 5, 1952, he was also an audio engineer, composer, arranger, performer and music educator. His engineering credits included A Tribe Called Quest’s \"The Low End Theory,\" De La Soul’s \"De La Soul Is Dead,\" Erykah Badu’s \"Baduizm\" and D’Angelo’s \"Brown Sugar.\" Power played guitar, keyboards, bass guitar and drums, and his career ran from 1975 to 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Power" }, { "name": "Vadim Zelichenok Russian track and field coach dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vadim-zelichenok", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Vadim Zelichenok, a Russian track and field coach and athletics administrator, died on March 1, 2026. Born Vadim Borisovich Zelichenok on January 14, 1956, he graduated from SCOLIPE in 1977. From 1977 to 1983, he was a coach and senior coach of the Athletics Department of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports under the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union. He later served as senior coach of the USSR junior national athletics team from 1983 to 1990, held dual roles as head coach of the USSR national athletics teams and vice president of the USSR Athletics Federation in 1990 and 1991, was head coach of the Combined Team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, and then served as head coach of the Russian national team from 1992 to 1998.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Zelichenok" }, { "name": "Kenith Trodd British television producer dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kenith-trodd", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Kenith Trodd, a British film and television producer best known for his association with playwright Dennis Potter, died on March 1, 2026, aged 90. Born Kenneth George Trodd on May 28, 1935, in Southampton, Hampshire, he was raised in the Christian fundamentalist Plymouth Brethren and graduated from Oxford University. He later worked as a university teacher in West Africa before joining television in 1964 as an assistant to Roger Smith, script editor of The Wednesday Play. That year he changed his given name from Kenneth to Kenith, taking the name from its association with \"zenith\".", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenith_Trodd" }, { "name": "Eugènia Balcells Visual artist dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eugenia-balcells", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "visual artist", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Eugènia Balcells, a Spanish-Catalan visual artist, died on March 1, 2026, in Barcelona at the age of 82. Born in Barcelona on May 12, 1943, she graduated in technical architecture from the University of Barcelona and began presenting her work publicly in the 1970s. She specialized in video and visual art, including work with Eulàlia Grau in the United States. Her later works were acquired by the Generalitat de Catalunya.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8nia_Balcells", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Gary Walker Musician dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gary-walker-musician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musician", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Gary Walker, an American musician and drummer and vocalist with The Standells and The Walker Brothers, died on March 1, 2026, at age 83. Born Gary Leeds on March 9, 1942, in Glendale, California, he began his professional career in 1962 when he was recruited to join The Standells, touring with the group until 1964. He also toured with P. J. Proby that year before joining The Walker Brothers and taking the stage name Gary Walker. He was credited with helping bring the group to the UK in 1965.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Walker_(musician)" }, { "name": "Slavcho Krumov Construction contractor dead at age 50", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/slavcho-krumov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 50, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "construction contractor", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Bulgaria" ], "description": "Slavcho Krumov, a Bulgarian politician, died on March 1, 2026, in Sofia at the age of 50. Born on October 8, 1975, in Sofia, he was a member of Revival and served in the National Assembly from 2023 to 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavcho_Krumov" }, { "name": "Neville Peat Author, photographer dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/neville-peat", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "author", "photographer", "artists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "New Zealand" ], "description": "Neville Peat, New Zealand natural history writer and photographer, died on March 1, 2026, aged 78. Born in Dunedin in 1947, he was based at Broad Bay on the Otago Peninsula and specialised in natural history, particularly the south of New Zealand and the country’s subantarctic islands. He wrote more than 40 titles from the late 1970s and worked full-time as a writer from 1986. Peat was elected to the Otago Regional Council in 1998 and served as deputy chairperson from 2004 to 2007. In 2013, he was elected to the Dunedin City Council and served one term.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Peat" }, { "name": "Rino Marchesi Italian footballer dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rino-marchesi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Rino Marchesi, an Italian footballer and manager, died on March 1, 2026. Born on June 11, 1937, he played as a midfielder and was from San Giuliano Milanese. He began his career with Fanfulla in 1955 and went on to play for five Italian club sides, spending most of his time with Atalanta, Fiorentina and Lazio, where he won several titles. Marchesi ended his playing career after two seasons with Prato in 1973. While with Fiorentina, he made two appearances for Italy and made his international debut in a 4–1 victory over Argentina on June 15, 1961.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rino_Marchesi" }, { "name": "Dagfinn Føllesdal Norwegian-born American academic and philosopher dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dagfinn-follesdal", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Norway" ], "description": "Dagfinn Føllesdal, a Norwegian-born American academic and philosopher, died on March 1, 2026. He was the Clarence Irving Lewis Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Stanford University and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo. Born Dagfinn Kåre Føllesdal in Askim, Norway, on June 22, 1932, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Oslo, then studied at Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1961 under Willard Van Orman Quine. He taught at Harvard from 1961 to 1964 and began teaching at Stanford in 1968. In 2009, he was appointed Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagfinn_F%C3%B8llesdal" }, { "name": "Georgi Velinov Bulgarian footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/georgi-velinov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Bulgaria" ], "description": "Georgi Velinov, a Bulgarian footballer and manager, died on March 1, 2026. Nicknamed Johnny, he was a goalkeeper who was named Bulgarian Footballer of the Year in 1981. Velinov played for Dunav Ruse, Cherno More and CSKA Sofia, where he spent much of his career from 1978 to 1987. With CSKA, he won five A PFG titles and four Bulgarian Cups. He later played in Portugal for Braga, Atlético CP and O Elvas, and also had spells with Slavia Sofia, PFC Sliven and Botev Novi Pazar. His career included 338 A PFG matches and 33 senior appearances for Bulgaria.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Velinov" }, { "name": "Alexander Tzonis Greek-French architect dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alexander-tzonis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "France", "Greece" ], "description": "Alexander Tzonis, a Greek-French architect, author and researcher, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Athens on November 8, 1937, he made contributions to architectural theory, history and design cognition, bringing together scientific and humanistic approaches in his work. From 1975, he collaborated on most projects with Liane Lefaivre. In 1985, he founded and directed Design Knowledge Systems, a multidisciplinary research institute at TU Delft focused on architectural theory and design thinking tools. He was known for work on the classical canon, the emergence and development of modern architectural thinking, creative design by analogy and the idea of critical regionalism.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Tzonis" }, { "name": "Josep Perarnau Priest dead at age 97", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/josep-perarnau", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 97, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "priest", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Josep Perarnau, a Spanish theologian, died on March 1, 2026, at the age of 97. Born in Avinyó, Catalonia, Spain, on July 8, 1928, he was a Catalan priest, theologian and historian. Perarnau studied theology at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, the Sapienza University of Rome and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He became a priest in Barcelona and later served as director of the seminary of theology at the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia. He was a member of the Institute of Catalan Studies and directed the Arxiu de textos catalans antics, where he carried out historical research on medieval manuscripts and unpublished works by authors including Ramon Llull and Arnau de Vilanova.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep_Perarnau" }, { "name": "Wong Kiew-kit Malaysian martial artist dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/wong-kiew-kit", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-03-01", "reported_date": "2026-03-01", "published_at": "2026-03-01T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Malaysia" ], "description": "Wong Kiew-kit, a Malaysian martial artist, died on March 1, 2026, aged 81. Born in 1944, he was the grandmaster in the tradition of the mythical Southern Shaolin Monastery in China, distinct from the more commonly known Shaolin Monastery in Henan Province. He founded the Shaolin Wahnam Institute in 1982 to teach Shaolin arts to the public. Wong began learning Shaolin Kungfu at age 10 from Lai Chin-wah and later taught Shaolin Cosmos qigong, Shaolin kung fu, tai chi, Zen and Lion dance worldwide for more than 25 years. He received the Qigong Master of the Year award at the Second World Congress on Qigong in San Francisco in 1997.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/02/Wong_Kiew-kit.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wong_Kiew-kit" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 36, "total_pages": 1, "count": 36 }