{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-03-02", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-09T17:18:24+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/02-march-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/02-march-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Friedhelm Ptok", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/friedhelm-ptok", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-03-03", "reported_date": "2026-03-03", "published_at": "2026-03-03T09:30:03+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "German actor", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedhelm_Ptok" }, { "name": "Jahanara Arzu Bangladeshi poet dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jahanara-arzu", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Bangladesh" ], "description": "Jahanara Arzu, a Bangladeshi poet, died on March 2, 2026. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1987 by the Government of Bangladesh for her contribution to Bengali literature. Arzu and Sufia Kamal were the founding editors of Sultana, the first women's weekly published from East Bengal on January 14, 1949.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Jahanara_Arzu.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahanara_Arzu" }, { "name": "Terry Tobacco Canadian Olympic runner dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/terry-tobacco", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "Canada" ], "description": "Terry Tobacco, a Canadian Olympic runner who competed in the 1956 and 1960 Games, died on March 2, 2026, at age 90. Born Charles Terence Tobacco in Cumberland, British Columbia, on March 2, 1936, he first drew attention at 15 after winning both the 100- and 220-yard races at the Island high school championships. He made the national team at 17 for the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, where he won a bronze medal in the 440-yard race and a silver in the 4x440-yard relay.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Tobacco" }, { "name": "Timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict Hezbollah’s intelligence chief dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/timeline-of-the-israel-hezbollah-conflict-27-november-2024-26-february-2026", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "description": "Hezbollah's intelligence chief died on March 2, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussain_Makled" }, { "name": "Pockets Warhol Animal artist dead at age 33", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pockets-warhol", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 33, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "animal artist painter", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Pockets Warhol, a Canadian capuchin monkey artist, died on March 2, 2026, at age 33. He lived at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary near Sunderland, Ontario, Canada, and first came to media attention in 2011 when the sanctuary held a fundraiser featuring 40 paintings made by the monkey. According to the sanctuary, Pockets was born on April 1, 1992, in British Columbia and lived his early life as a pet there before being brought to Ontario in 2009.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pockets_Warhol" }, { "name": "David Kirch English art collector and philanthropist dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-kirch", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Britain", "England" ], "description": "David Kirch, an English art collector and philanthropist, died on March 2, 2026. Sir David Roderick Kirch, KBE, was a British businessman, collector and philanthropist. Over his lifetime, he built up and later sold what was probably the world’s largest collection of Zeppelin memorabilia, and assembled a notable collection of provincial bank notes described as the most extensive of its kind. In later years, he sold items from his various collections and donated the proceeds to his charitable trust.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kirch" }, { "name": "Sidney Dorsey American sheriff and convicted murderer dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sidney-dorsey", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Sidney Dorsey, an American sheriff and convicted murderer, died on March 2, 2026, at age 86. He served as the first African American sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia, from 1996 to 2000. After losing a 2000 runoff election to challenger Derwin Brown, Dorsey arranged to have Brown murdered. He was later sentenced to life in prison for the killing.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Dorsey", "cause_of_death": { "label": "murder", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-murder" } }, { "name": "Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh Iranian spouse of the president dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mansoureh-khojasteh-bagherzadeh", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh, Iranian spouse of the president from 1981 to 1989, died on March 2, 2026. Born around 1947 in Mashhad, Iran, she was the widow of Ali Khamenei, whom she married in 1964. The couple had six children. She maintained a largely private public profile despite her husband’s political role.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansoureh_Khojasteh_Bagherzadeh" }, { "name": "Andrew Gunn Film producer dead at age 58", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/andrew-gunn-film-producer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 58, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "film producer", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Andrew Gunn, a Canadian film producer, died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 58. Born in Toronto, Ontario, on July 15, 1967, he founded Gunn Films in 2001 and was one of the founders of Solstice Studios in Los Angeles. He worked with Walt Disney Pictures to produce films including Freaky Friday (2003) and Sky High (2005).", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Andrew_Gunn_film_producer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gunn_(film_producer)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "ALS", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-als" } }, { "name": "Kevin Ashcroft English rugby player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kevin-ashcroft", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Kevin Ashcroft, the English professional rugby league footballer and coach, died on March 2, 2026, aged 81. He played in the 1960s and 1970s and coached in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. As a hooker, he played at representative level for Great Britain and Lancashire, and at club level for the Rochdale Hornets, Dewsbury, Leigh, Warrington and Salford. He coached Leigh in two spells and Salford, and was an inductee of the Warrington Hall of Fame.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Ashcroft" }, { "name": "Kohei Otsuka Japanese politician dead at age 66", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kohei-otsuka", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Kohei Otsuka, a Japanese politician and former leader of the Democratic Party for the People and the Democratic Party, died on March 2, 2026. A native of Nagoya, Aichi, he attended Waseda University and received a Ph.D. in fiscal and monetary policies and reforms. He worked at the Bank of Japan from 1983 to 2000 before being elected to the House of Councillors in 2001. He later succeeded Seiji Maehara as president of the Democratic Party in 2017 and helped lead the party’s merger with Kibō no Tō in 2018, becoming co-leader of the new Democratic Party for the People.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohei_Otsuka" }, { "name": "Mike Vernon English music executive studio owner and record producer dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mike-vernon-producer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "England" ], "description": "Mike Vernon, the English music executive, studio owner and record producer known for his work on British blues recordings, died on March 2, 2026, aged 81. Born Michael William Hugh Vernon in Harrow, Middlesex, on November 20, 1944, he worked at Decca Records from 1963 and became best known as the founder of the blues label Blue Horizon. He produced albums for acts including the Bluesbreakers, David Bowie, Duster Bennett, Savoy Brown, Chicken Shack, Climax Blues Band, Eric Clapton, Focus, Fleetwood Mac, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John Mayall, Christine McVie and Ten Years After. In 1971, he and his brother Richard opened Chipping Norton Recording Studios, which later operated as a commercial enterprise until 1999.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Mike_Vernon_producer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Vernon_(producer)" }, { "name": "Hélène Mouchard-Zay French academic and writer dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/helene-mouchard-zay", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Hélène Mouchard-Zay, a French academic and writer, died on March 2, 2026, at age 85. Born in Rabat on August 27, 1940, she was the daughter of Madeleine and Jean Zay. Her father was imprisoned by the Vichy regime and murdered in 1944. Mouchard-Zay earned an Agrégation de Lettres classiques and worked as a secondary schoolteacher before joining the University of Orléans as a professor. From 1989 to 2001, she also took part in municipal politics in Orléans, serving on the municipal council. She was married to poet Claude Mouchard, and they had two sons, Jean and Daniel.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_Mouchard-Zay" }, { "name": "Rainbow Brite Latvian-born American artist dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rainbow-brite", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Latvia" ], "description": "Rainbow Brite, a Latvian-born American artist, died on March 2, 2026. Rainbow Brite was introduced by Hallmark Cards in 1984 as an American media franchise and became the subject of an animated television series that first aired the same year. Hallmark licensed the property to Mattel for dolls and other merchandise in 1984, and Warner Bros. released the feature film Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer in 1985. The franchise was rebooted in 2014 with a three-part mini-series on Hallmark's streaming service, Feeln, followed by new merchandise in 2015.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._G._Santiago" }, { "name": "Fredric Kroll American-German composer dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/fredric-kroll", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Germany" ], "description": "Fredric Kroll, an American-German composer and writer, died on March 2, 2026. Born Fredric Joseph Kroll on February 7, 1945, in Brooklyn, New York, he was the only child of Alexander Kroll and Sarah Kroll. Kroll began composing at age 11, including a cycle of 30 piano pieces in all tonalities, and later wrote a Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor in 1958. His early vocal writing included the ballad “Ulalume,” after Edgar Allan Poe, in 1959.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Kroll" }, { "name": "Natale Amodeo Clerk dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/natale-amodeo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "clerk", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Natale Amodeo, an Italian politician, died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 92. Born in Pozzallo, Italy, on June 1, 1933, he was a member of the Italian Socialist Party and served in the Chamber of Deputies from 1979 to 1992. Amodeo died in Pozzallo.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natale_Amodeo" }, { "name": "Try Sutrisno Politician, army officer dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/try-sutrisno", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politician", "army officer", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Indonesia", "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Try Sutrisno, an Indonesian politician and army general who served as the sixth vice president of Indonesia, died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies, on November 15, 1935, he graduated from the Army Technical Academy in 1959. During his career, Sutrisno served as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army from 1986 to 1988 and as Commander of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia from 1988 to 1993. He held the vice presidency from 1993 to 1998.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Try_Sutrisno" }, { "name": "John Resman American politician dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-resman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "John Resman, an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives for the 121st district from 2017 to 2026, died March 2, 2026, in Olathe, Kansas, at the age of 70. Born in Passaic, New Jersey, on April 4, 1955, he attended high school and college in New Jersey before joining the United States Army in 1976. During his military service, he was stationed at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, as a military policeman and corrections specialist. After active duty, he worked as a correctional officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth and later spent 28 years with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, retiring as a captain in 2010.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Resman" }, { "name": "Ivan Hall Architectural historian dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ivan-hall", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "architectural historian", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Ivan Hall, the British architectural historian, died on March 2, 2026, aged 93. Hall specialised in the architecture of John Carr and had lifelong interests in neoclassical architecture, the conservation of historic buildings, particularly in Beverley and Hull, and the furniture of Thomas Chippendale. Born in Manchester on February 13, 1933, he studied at Manchester University and later worked in adult education at Hull University until 1984. He then moved to London to work for English Heritage, with advisory work focused on the City of London. Hall was also involved in teaching architectural students on conservation architecture at the Royal Institute of British Architects.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Hall" }, { "name": "Mohammad Raad Lebanese politican dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mohammad-raad", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Lebanon" ], "description": "Mohammad Raad, a Lebanese politician, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Beirut on August 22, 1955, he was a member of parliament representing the Nabatieh District and led Hezbollah's political wing, the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, in the Lebanese parliament. Raad was one of Hezbollah's leading figures, a member of its executive committee, and a former chair of its political council. He was sanctioned by the United States in 2019 under an order targeting terrorists and those providing support to terrorism.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Raad" }, { "name": "2026 Iran war intelligence officer dead at age 53", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/2026-iran-war", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Iran" ], "description": "2026 Iran war, an intelligence officer, died on March 2, 2026. The conflict began on February 28, 2026, when the United States and Israel launched surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials and causing civilian casualties. Iran responded with missile and drone strikes against Israel, US bases, and US-allied countries in the Middle East, and closed the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global trade. Subsequent attacks damaged military bases, government facilities, schools, hospitals, and cultural heritage sites.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/2026_Iran_conflict.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_conflict", "cause_of_death": { "label": "war", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-war" } }, { "name": "Billy Rafter American stock car driver dead at age 96", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/billy-rafter", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 96, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Billy Rafter, an American stock car driver, died on March 2, 2026, at age 96. Rafter, born William F. Rafter in Clarence Center, New York, was a champion stock car driver and a pioneer of the sport. He began racing in 1948 at Buffalo’s Civic Stadium and was later hired by car dealer John Moran to drive a highly modified 1937 Ford coupe. He made 35 starts in the NASCAR Grand National Series, first competing in 1949, the inaugural year of the Cup division, and also raced extensively in the Late Model Sportsman and Modified divisions at tracks in the Northeast.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Rafter" }, { "name": "Nikolay Kolyada Russian playwright dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/nikolay-kolyada", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Nikolay Kolyada, a Russian playwright, theatre director, actor and teacher, died on March 2, 2026. He was 68. Born on December 4, 1957, in Presnogor'kovka in the Kostanay Region of the Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union, he studied theater in Sverdlovsk and writing at the Gorky Literary Institute in Moscow. Kolyada worked as an actor with the Sverdlovsk Academic Theatre of Drama and later gained international repute for his play \"Slingshot.\" Theatre critic John Freedman named him among dramatists and directors who helped shape Russia's contemporary theatre movement, and The New York Times said his work made Yekaterinburg a center of modern drama.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Nikolay_Kolyada.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay_Kolyada" }, { "name": "Max Webster Canadian musician dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/max-webster", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Max Webster, the Canadian rock band formed in Toronto in 1972, died on March 2, 2026. The group was relatively successful in Canada, releasing several best-selling albums and earning some minor success in the United Kingdom before dissolving in 1981. Founded by Kim Mitchell, the band was later inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2023. Its work spanned hard rock and progressive rock, and the lineup changed several times during its years of activity.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Terry_Watkinson.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Watkinson" }, { "name": "Stephen Hibbert American actor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/stephen-hibbert", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Britain" ], "description": "Stephen Hibbert, the British-American actor and television writer known for portraying the masked character the Gimp in \"Pulp Fiction,\" died on March 2, 2026. He also wrote for \"Late Night with David Letterman,\" \"MADtv\" and \"Boy Meets World,\" and co-wrote the comedy film \"It's Pat: The Movie\" (1994). Hibbert worked in film and television from 1984 to 2026.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Stephen_Hibbert.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hibbert" }, { "name": "Janardan Waghmare Author, Educationist/Professor, Social Worker, Social Reformer dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/janardan-waghmare", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "author", "educationist", "professor", "social worker", "social reformer", "politicians", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Janardan Waghmare, an Indian educationist and politician, died on March 2, 2026. He was 91. Waghmare served as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra and was also president of the Latur Municipal Council. He was the founder vice chancellor of Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, and principal of Rajarshi Shahu College, Latur. He was known for the Latur Pattern style that helped students from Marathwada rank highly in competitive exams. In 2022, he received the Shahu Award for his work in education.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janardan_Waghmare" }, { "name": "Lynda Hale 71–72 dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lynda-hale", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Lynda Hale, a footballer who played as a winger and represented England at senior international level, died on March 2, 2026, aged 71–72. She spent most of her career at Southampton Women's F.C., where she made her debut in a 9–0 victory over Ipswich at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Netley. Hale won the Women's FA Cup seven times with Southampton and appeared in nine consecutive finals, including the first in 1971 against Stewarton Thistle. She scored in the 1973 and 1975 finals. Hale also played in England's first women's international, against Scotland at Ravenscraig Stadium, Greenock, on November 18, 1972, and scored in a 3–2 win.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Hale" }, { "name": "Jack Chambers Linguistic variation dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jack-chambers-linguist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "linguistic variation", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "Canada", "England" ], "description": "Jack Chambers, a Canadian linguist and expert on language variation and change, died on March 2, 2026, at age 87. Born John Kenneth Chambers in Grimsby, Ontario, he played an important role in research on Canadian English beginning in the 1980s. He coined the terms “Canadian Raising” and “Canadian Dainty,” the latter describing Canadian speech that mimics British speech and was popular until the mid-20th century. Chambers was a professor of linguistics at the University of Toronto after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta in 1970.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Chambers_(linguist)" }, { "name": "Kazumasa Nagai Japanese printmaker and graphic designer dead at age 96", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kazumasa-nagai", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 96, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Kazumasa Nagai, a Japanese printmaker and graphic designer, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Osaka on April 20, 1929, he attended the Tokyo University of the Arts to study sculpture before withdrawing because of health problems. He was a founding member of the Nippon Design Center, established in 1959, and later served as its president. Nagai’s early work was abstract, and in the 1980s he shifted to handmade designs of animals and plants. Some of his work appeared on the cover of LIFE.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazumasa_Nagai" }, { "name": "Benedetto Santapaola Italian gangster dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/benedetto-santapaola", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Benedetto Santapaola, the Italian gangster better known as Nitto, died on March 2, 2026, in Milan, Italy, aged 87. He was an Italian Mafia boss from Catania, on Sicily’s east coast, and was considered one of the most powerful and bloodthirsty bosses in Cosa Nostra until his arrest in 1993. Born in Catania on June 4, 1938, he was also known by the nickname il Cacciatore, or “The Hunter.”", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Benedetto_Santapaola.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Santapaola" }, { "name": "Timothy D. Leonard American politician and jurist dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/timothy-d-leonard", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Timothy D. Leonard, an American politician and jurist who served as a United States district judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, died on March 2, 2026, at age 86. Born in Beaver, Oklahoma, on January 22, 1940, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1962 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1965. He served in the United States Navy as a lieutenant commander in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1965 to 1968 and as a United States Naval Reserve lieutenant from 1968 to 1972. Leonard was nominated to the federal bench by President George H. W. Bush in 1991, confirmed by the Senate in 1992, and assumed senior status in 2006.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_D._Leonard" }, { "name": "Edwin G. Corr American diplomat dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/edwin-g-corr", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Edwin G. Corr, an American diplomat, died on March 2, 2026. Corr was born on August 6, 1934, in Norman, Oklahoma. He received a B.A. from the University of Oklahoma in 1957 and an M.A. from the same university in 1961. He served in the Marine Corps from 1957 to 1960, joined the Foreign Service in 1961, and later served as a United States ambassador to several Latin-American nations.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_G._Corr" }, { "name": "John Markie Scottish footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/john-markie", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "lawyers" ], "nationality": [ "Scotland" ], "description": "John Markie, a Scottish footballer with Falkirk, died on March 2, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Markie" }, { "name": "Alice Chien Chang Taiwanese molecular biologist and neuroscientist dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alice-chien-chang", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Taiwan" ], "description": "Alice Chien Chang, a Taiwanese molecular biologist and neuroscientist, died on March 2, 2026. She taught at National Yang-Ming Medical College, National Yang-Ming University, and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. In 1976, she and her collaborators published research on the purification of a DNA polymerase from the extreme thermophile Thermus aquaticus, work later regarded as one of the key technical foundations enabling the high-temperature cycling, automation, and commercialization of the polymerase chain reaction. She served as director of the Institute of Neuroscience, director of the Neuroscience Research Center, and university librarian before retiring in 2013.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Chien_Chang" }, { "name": "Umar Dzhabrailov Russian political advisor dead at age 67", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/umar-dzhabrailov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "russian political advisor", "artists", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Umar Dzhabrailov, a Russian businessman and politician, died on March 2, 2026, at the age of 67. Of Chechen descent, he served as the representative to the Federation Council of Russia from the executive body of the Chechen Republic from 2004 to 2009. He also served as vice-president of the Artists Union of Russia, was a member of the Russian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and advised Sergei Prikhodko, the Assistant to the President of Russia. Born in Grozny in 1958, Dzhabrailov studied at the Rospotrebsoyuz College in Moscow, later attended the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, and was a candidate in the 2000 Russian presidential election.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Umar_Dzhabrailov.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Dzhabrailov" }, { "name": "Yanar Mohammed Director of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq dead at age 65", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yanar-mohammed", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 65, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "director of the organization of women's freedom in iraq", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "Iraq" ], "description": "Yanar Mohammed, Iraqi women's rights activist and co-founder and director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, died on March 2, 2026. She was also the editor of the newspaper Al-Mousawat (Equality). Mohammed started the first shelters for women in Iraq in 2003, created to protect women from honor killing and sex trafficking. The network expanded to 11 houses in five cities by 2018, and her shelters served more than 800 women between 2003 and 2019.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Yanar_Mohammed.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanar_Mohammed", "cause_of_death": { "label": "shot dead", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-shot-dead" } }, { "name": "Carol Kitman American photographer dead at age 96", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/carol-kitman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 96, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Carol Kitman was an American photographer who died on March 2, 2026. She followed the lives of twin brothers Alexander and Eugene Vindman in a decades-long documentary project. Kitman, whose full name was Carolyne Kitman, died in The Bronx at the age of 96, according to the information provided.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Kitman" }, { "name": "Len Garry Musician dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/len-garry", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musician", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Len Garry, an English musician best known for his work with the Quarrymen, died on March 2, 2026, aged 84. Born Leonard Charles Garry in Wavertree, Liverpool, on January 6, 1942, he was a musician active from 1957 to 2026, playing tea-chest bass, guitar and vocals in skiffle and rock. He joined the Quarrymen in 1956 after the band's original tea-chest bassist, Bill Smith, stopped attending rehearsals. The Quarrymen later evolved into the Beatles.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Garry" }, { "name": "Morlocks Swedish singer and musician dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/morlocks-swedish-band", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Sweden" ], "description": "Morlocks, the Swedish alternative and industrial rock band formed in Gothenburg in the early 1990s, died on March 2, 2026. The group was founded by Johann Strauss and Н.М.Д. and released its first demo cassette, They're Not Human, in 1991. Morlocks disbanded in 1993, later re-formed in 1997 with a different lineup, and issued the demo Through the Waking World in 1998. That release led to a record deal with Nangijala Records, and the debut album ...For Your Pleasure? followed in 2001.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/J._Strauss.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Strauss" }, { "name": "Klaus Müller German Marxian economist and academic dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/klaus-muller-economist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Klaus Müller, a German Marxian economist and academic, died on March 2, 2026. Born on August 10, 1944, in Ursprung, now part of Lugau in Saxony, he studied financial and international economics at the Hochschule für Ökonomie Berlin. In 1973, he earned a doctorate there on the economic evaluation of long-term development variants in the energy sector. Müller taught at the economics department of Technische Hochschule Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1972 to 1991, becoming professor of political economy in 1984. He later worked as a freelance lecturer and, from 1997 to 2016, as an external lecturer at Chemnitz University of Technology. His research and writings focused on Marxist money theory.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_M%C3%BCller_(economist)" }, { "name": "Jacopo Camagni Italian illustrator and comics artist dead at age 48", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jacopo-camagni", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 48, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Jacopo Camagni, an Italian illustrator and comics artist, died on March 2, 2026. He was born in Bologna on December 21, 1977, and began working in the comic book industry in Italy in 1998 as an artist on Lupin III Millennium, an official project of the Lupin the Third franchise in collaboration with its creator, Monkey Punch. He later gained international notice after winning Marvel Comics’ ChesterQuest talent search at the 2008 New York Comic Con. He began working for Marvel in 2009 and contributed to titles including Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe, Deadpool, Hawkeye and Generation X-23.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacopo_Camagni" }, { "name": "Chase Pistone American racing driver dead at age 42", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chase-pistone", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 42, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Chase Pistone, an American racing driver, died on March 2, 2026, at age 42. He competed in the NASCAR Xfinity, Truck and ARCA Series and was the grandson of two-time NASCAR Cup Series race winner \"Tiger\" Tom Pistone. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Pistone began racing at age 6 and won the Summer Shootout Championship Legends four times as a driver between 1999 and 2005. He also had more than 80 feature event wins in Legends, Late Model and USAR competition and worked as a car builder of Legends Cars and Super Late Models. He died in Mooresville, North Carolina.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Pistone" }, { "name": "Bernard Launois French film director dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bernard-launois", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-03-02", "reported_date": "2026-03-02", "published_at": "2026-03-02T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "journalists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Bernard Launois, a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for Devil Story, died on March 2, 2026. Born in Mézières, France, on April 8, 1930, he studied pharmacology for two years before turning to film work. He began as a trainee editor and assistant director, later joined Paramount’s programming department in Paris in 1953, and worked for several film distribution and production companies in the 1960s, including Parafrance and Les Films Copernic. In 1979, he founded Lancaster Film to finance the films he wrote and directed. He also edited film trailers and appeared in minor acting roles, sometimes under the pseudonym Bob Gary.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Launois" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 43, "total_pages": 1, "count": 43 }