{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-03-05", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-08T22:00:26+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/05-march-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/05-march-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Bernard Lafayette Activism in the Civil Rights Movement dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bernard-lafayette", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "activism in the civil rights movement", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bernard Lafayette, American civil rights activist, died on March 5, 2026, at age 85. Also known as Bernard LaFayette Jr., he was a civil rights organizer and Baptist minister who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. 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Alexander, an American politician and lobbyist who served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1963 to 1979, died on March 5, 2026. He was a Democratic member of the House and served one term as Speaker. Alexander later worked as a lobbyist and served as chair of the Arkansas Racing Commission.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_L._Alexander" }, { "name": "Sandy Wernick American film and television producer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/sandy-wernick", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Sandy Wernick, an American film and television producer, died on March 5, 2026. Born Sanford Wernick on March 22, 1939, in the Bronx, New York, he was a graduate of New York University and a partner at Brillstein Entertainment Partners. He produced ALF, Happy Gilmore, Def Comedy Jam and The Wedding Singer. Wernick also worked as a talent manager for figures including Lorne Michaels, Tim Herlihy and Rob Schneider, and was best known as the longtime manager of Adam Sandler.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Sandy_Wernick.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Wernick" }, { "name": "Yonehiko Kitagawa Voice actor dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yonehiko-kitagawa", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "voice actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Yonehiko Kitagawa, a Japanese voice actor known for work on Kinnikuman, Tiger Mask and Sally the Witch, died on March 5, 2026, of pneumonia. He was 94. Born Kunihiko Takeda in Tokyo on June 9, 1931, he was also credited as Kunihiko Kitagawa. Kitagawa was represented by Aoni Production and was a graduate of Hosei University. His career in voice acting spanned from 1951 to 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonehiko_Kitagawa", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Pneumonia", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-pneumonia" } }, { "name": "Eddie Germano American cartoonist dead at age 101", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eddie-germano", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 101, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Eddie Germano, an American cartoonist best known for his sports cartoons, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 15, 1924, he began working at an office of The Boston Post at age 16. After serving in the Army, he landed his first full-time position as a cartoonist in 1948. Germano later worked at several Massachusetts and Florida newspapers, and in 1963 joined the staff of the Brockton Enterprise to create sports and editorial cartoons.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Germano" }, { "name": "Jacques Michel Singer-songwriter dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jacques-michel", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "singer-songwriter", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Jacques Michel, the Canadian singer-songwriter known professionally as Jacques Michel, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Jacques Rodrigue in Sainte-Agnès-de-Bellecombe, Quebec, Canada, on June 27, 1941, he was the recipient of the Grand Prix de Festival de Spa in 1970.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Michel" }, { "name": "V. R. Muthu – dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/v-r-muthu", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "V. R. Muthu, an Indian businessman and chief executive officer of Idhayam oil, died on March 5, 2026. He was born on October 6, 1953, and grew up in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. Muthu attended K.V.S. Higher Secondary School and St. Joseph College, and later earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from M.M.K. College in Mumbai. His father, V. V. V. Rajendran, founded Idhayam oil in 1986.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._R._Muthu" }, { "name": "Bobby Cummines Executive at Unlock, reformed criminal dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bobby-cummines", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "executive at unlock", "reformed criminal", "criminals" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Bobby Cummines, an English rehabilitated business crime leader and former chief executive of Unlock, The National Association of Reformed Offenders, died on March 5, 2026, aged 74. Born Robert Cummines in Islington, London, on November 23, 1951, he worked at Unlock from April 1999 until March 2012. Described in some media as a gangster, he rejected that label, saying he never considered himself one and instead called himself a businessman whose business was crime. He was known as an armed robber, protection racketeer and criminal enforcer.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Bobby_Cummines.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Cummines" }, { "name": "Russell W. Meyer Jr. American aviation executive dead at age 93", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/russell-w-meyer-jr", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 93, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Russell W. Meyer Jr., an American aviation executive who led the Cessna Aircraft Company for three decades and later served as president of Textron’s Aviation Sector, died on March 5, 2026. Meyer transformed American Aviation Corporation into Grumman American before becoming chairman and chief executive of Cessna. His work included expanding the Grumman American line of light aircraft, enlarging Cessna’s Citation business jet line, and helping salvage Bell Helicopter’s V-22 Osprey program. He also chaired the General Aviation Manufacturers Association for three terms and served on presidential national aviation commissions.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_W._Meyer_Jr." }, { "name": "Masaru Urata Flight cadet dead at age 100", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/masaru-urata", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 100, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "flight cadet", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Japan" ], "description": "Masaru Urata, a Japanese politician, died on March 5, 2026. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he served in the House of Councillors from 1983 to 1989 and again from 1992 to 1998. Urata was born on June 20, 1925, and died in Tamana at the age of 100.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Urata" }, { "name": "António Lobo Antunes Portuguese novelist", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/antonio-lobo-antunes", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Austria", "Portugal" ], "description": "António Lobo Antunes, the Portuguese novelist and medical doctor, died on March 5, 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal, at age 83. Born in Lisbon on September 1, 1942, he studied at the University of Lisbon and graduated as a medical doctor in 1969, later specializing in psychiatry. He was the author of The Land at the End of the World and received the 2000 Austrian State Prize, the 2003 Ovid Prize, the 2005 Jerusalem Prize, the 2007 Camões Prize and the 2008 Juan Rulfo Prize. He was also repeatedly nominated as a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Lobo_Antunes" }, { "name": "Jerzy Józefiak Agricultural engineer dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jerzy-jozefiak", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "agricultural engineer", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Jerzy Józefiak, a Polish politician, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born Jerzy Marian Józefiak on December 1, 1937, in Bydgoszcz, Poland, he was a member of the Polish Social Democratic Union and served in the Sejm from 1989 to 1991. He was also an agricultural engineer.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_J%C3%B3zefiak" }, { "name": "Marguerite Lamour French politician dead at age 69", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/marguerite-lamour", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 69, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Marguerite Lamour, French politician and former mayor of Ploudalmézeau, died on March 5, 2026. Born Marguerite Arzel on June 12, 1956, she served as mayor of Ploudalmézeau from 2001 until her resignation in 2025. She was a member of the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2012, representing the Finistère department as a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. She was named a Knight of the French National Order of Merit in 2012.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Lamour" }, { "name": "Eigra Lewis Roberts Welsh writer dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eigra-lewis-roberts", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Wales" ], "description": "Eigra Lewis Roberts, a Welsh-language author and writer, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 86. Born in Blaenau Ffestiniog on 7 August 1939, she wrote about 30 plays, short stories, children's books and novels. Roberts won several awards at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. She attended Ffestiniog County School, studied at University College of North Wales in Bangor, taught in Holyhead and Llanrwst, and lived in Dolwyddelan. She also held an honorary MA from the University of Wales.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eigra_Lewis_Roberts" }, { "name": "András Katona Hungarian water polo player dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/andras-katona", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Hungary" ], "description": "András Katona, a Hungarian water polo player, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 88. Born in Budapest on February 20, 1938, he competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics. In the Olympic tournament that year, he was a member of the Hungarian team that won the bronze medal.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Andr_s_Katona.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s_Katona" }, { "name": "Joan Leitzel Mathematician dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/joan-leitzel", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "mathematician", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Joan Leitzel, an American mathematician and university administrator, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. She served as interim chancellor of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for six months before becoming president of the University of New Hampshire, a post she held from 1996 to 2002. In 2002, she received the Charles Holmes Pettee Medal for her contributions to the university. Leitzel was born Joan Ruth Phillips on July 2, 1936, in Valparaiso, Indiana, and earned degrees from Hanover College, Brown University and Indiana University Bloomington.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Leitzel" }, { "name": "Chris Wheeler English chef dead at age -1", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chris-wheeler-chef", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": -1, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "nationality": [ "Britain", "England" ], "description": "Chris Wheeler, an English chef, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Swanage, Dorset, in 1973, he began his career at the Domaine De Bassible Hotel and Michelin-starred restaurant in the French town of Segos. He worked with Jean-Christophe Novelli for 10 years and became the youngest sous chef in a Michelin-starred restaurant. Wheeler later became group head chef with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts in Park Lane, Le Provence, Lymington, Maison Novelli and Les Save… In 2003, he joined Stoke Park Country Club, Spa and Hotel and was head chef at Humphrey's three-AA Rosette restaurant.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wheeler_(chef)" }, { "name": "Corey Parker American actor", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/corey-parker-actor", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 60, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Corey Parker, an American actor and acting coach, died on March 5, 2026, in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 60. Born in New York City on July 8, 1965, he committed to acting full time after high school and was a member of the Actors Studio and the Ensemble Studio Theater. Parker appeared in films including Biloxi Blues, Willy/Milly, White Palace, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning and How I Got into College. His television credits included Thirtysomething, Broadway Bound, Blue Skies and Love Boat: The Next Wave, and he co-starred with Téa Leoni in the 1992-93 Fox sitcom Flying Blind. He also performed onstage at the 61st Academy Awards in 1989.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Corey_Parker_actor.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Parker_(actor)" }, { "name": "Lubomír Šik Czech regional historian dead at age 98", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/lubomir-sik", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 98, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Czechia" ], "description": "Lubomír Šik, a Czech regional historian, died on March 5, 2026. Born in Litovel on February 2, 1928, he graduated from the industrial school in Šumperk in 1949 after World War II. He later worked in the Křižík turntable production company in Litovel, and in addition to his job he devoted himself to theatre. After retiring at the beginning of 1989, he published his first book, dedicated to the history of his former employer, Tesla Litovel. His publication, History of Gramophone Production in Litovel, appeared on the occasion of the company’s 40th anniversary in a very limited first edition.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubom%C3%ADr_%C5%A0ik" }, { "name": "Eli Shamir pumping lemma dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eli-shamir", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "pumping lemma", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Israel" ], "description": "Eli Shamir, an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 91. He was the Jean and Helene Alfassa Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Born Eliahu Shamir in Jerusalem on July 1, 1934, he studied at the Tachkemoni School and Hebrew University Secondary School before attending the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also served as the first operations research officer in the Israeli Air Force as part of the Atuda program. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, he volunteered to prepare defenses in Jerusalem.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Shamir" }, { "name": "Reinaldo Aleluia Brazilian footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/reinaldo-aleluia", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Brazil" ], "description": "Reinaldo Aleluia, a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward, died on March 5, 2026, in Salvador at the age of 53 after cardiorespiratory arrest complicated by kidney disease. Reinaldo de Aleluia Silva was born on January 31, 1973, and played for several teams, especially in Brazil’s northeast region. He was noted in particular for his time in Ceará, where he was part of the team that won the 2006 Campeonato Cearense.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinaldo_Aleluia", "cause_of_death": { "label": "cardiorespiratory arrest", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cardiorespiratory-arrest" } }, { "name": "Tony Hoare Quicksort, Quickselect, Hoare logic, Null reference, Communicating sequential processes, Structured programming, ALGOL dead at age 92", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tony-hoare", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 92, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "quicksort", "quickselect", "hoare logic", "null reference", "communicating sequential processes", "structured programming", "algol", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain" ], "description": "Tony Hoare, the British computer scientist known for his work on Quicksort, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 92. Also known as Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare, he made foundational contributions to programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, formal verification and concurrent computing. He developed Quicksort in 1959-60 and Hoare logic, an axiomatic basis for verifying program correctness. He also introduced communicating sequential processes, or CSP, for specifying interactions of concurrent processes. His work earned him the 1980 ACM Turing Award.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare" }, { "name": "László Vincze Hungarian politician dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/laszlo-vincze-politician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Hungary" ], "description": "László Vincze, a Hungarian educator and politician, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born on February 19, 1952, in Csongrád, Hungary, Vincze served as a member of the National Assembly for Csongrád (Csongrád County Constituency IV) from 1998 to 2014. He joined the Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party in 1989, later serving as organizing secretary and, from 1996, as president of the party’s Csongrád branch.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Vincze_(politician)" }, { "name": "Jane Lapotaire Actress dead at age 81", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jane-lapotaire", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 81, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actress", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Jane Lapotaire, the English actress, died on March 5, 2026, aged 81. Born Jane Elizabeth Marie Burgess in Ipswich, Suffolk, on December 26, 1944, she was from Suffolk and worked as an actress from 1965 to 2026. Her performance in the title role of Marie Curie in 1977 first brought her to wide attention. In 1978, she played the title role in Pam Gems’s Piaf for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and in London, and later on Broadway, where she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. Lapotaire also wrote three memoirs and was married twice, latterly to director Roland Joffé; their son is the screenwriter and director Rowan Joffé.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Lapotaire" }, { "name": "Bob Rosenfarb American television producer and writer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bob-rosenfarb", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bob Rosenfarb, an American television producer and writer known for Step by Step, died on March 5, 2026. He was 74. Born Robert Martin Rosenfarb on September 16, 1951, in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University and moved to Los Angeles in 1978. He later became a writer and producer, with credits including Who's the Boss? and Head of the Class.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rosenfarb" }, { "name": "Maurice J. Freedman Librarian dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/maurice-j-freedman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "librarian", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Maurice J. Freedman, an American librarian and former president of the American Library Association, died on March 5, 2026, at age 86. Known as Mitch Freedman, he was recognized for his advocacy for socially responsible cataloging and library technologies, and for championing intellectual freedom. Born in Newark, New Jersey, on November 14, 1939, he earned a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in 1961, a Master of Library Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1965, and a Ph.D. in Library and Information Studies from Rutgers in 1983.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_J._Freedman" }, { "name": "Jānis Streičs Latvian film director", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/janis-streics", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "artists", "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Latvia" ], "description": "Jānis Streičs, a Latvian film director and screenwriter, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Preiļi, Latvia, he was also an artist. His 1991 comedy film The Child of Man was Latvia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, though it did not make the shortlist. The film later finished as runner-up for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival Rights of the Child Award in 1994. In 1978, Theater, in 1981 A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve, and in 1991 The Child of Man received the Latvian Film Prize as the best film of the year.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Strei%C4%8Ds" }, { "name": "Joaquín Palacín Marketing manager dead at age 51", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/joaquin-palacin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 51, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "marketing manager", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Joaquín Palacín, a Spanish politician, died on March 5, 2026, following a long illness in Aínsa, Spain, at the age of 51. Palacín, a leader of the Chunta Aragonesista, served in the Cortes of Aragon from 2011 to 2026. Born in Huesca on July 5, 1974, he was also described as a marketing manager.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Palac%C3%ADn", "cause_of_death": { "label": "long illness", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-long-illness" } }, { "name": "Pedro Friedeberg Italian-born Mexican artist dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pedro-friedeberg", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "artists" ], "nationality": [ "Italy", "Mexico" ], "description": "Pedro Friedeberg, the Italian-born Mexican artist and designer known for his surrealist work, died on March 5, 2026. He was best known for the “Hand-Chair,” a sculpture-chair designed for people to sit on the palm, with the fingers serving as back and arm rests. Friedeberg began studying architecture but did not complete his studies, instead drawing designs that challenged conventional forms in the 1950s. His work drew the attention of artist Mathias Goeritz, who encouraged him to continue as an artist. He became part of a group of surrealist artists in Mexico that included Leonora Carrington and Alice Rahon.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Friedeberg" }, { "name": "Gyula Gobby Fehér public figure dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gyula-gobby-feher", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "politicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Serbia" ], "description": "Gyula Gobby Fehér, a Serbian writer, died on March 5, 2026. He was born in Bácsfeketehegy on April 11, 1943, to László Fehér and Julianna Vranyó. From 1974 to 1983, he served as deputy editor-in-chief of Novi Sad Television, and from 1983 to 1986 he was its program director. Between 1986 and 1990, he worked as Deputy Minister of Culture and Public Education in Vojvodina. He later returned to Novi Sad Television as editor from 1990 to 1994 and again from 1995, and from 1993 to 1995 he was CEO of Forum Lap- és Könyvkiadó.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula_Gobby_Feh%C3%A9r" }, { "name": "Bob Harlan American football executive dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bob-harlan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bob Harlan, the American football executive who served as president of the Green Bay Packers for 19 years, died on March 5, 2026, at age 89. Harlan also held the titles of chairman of the board and chief executive officer for the Packers. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he was a graduate of Marquette University, where he later served as sports information director for six years. He then worked for the St. Louis Cardinals in community and public relations for five years before joining the Packers in 1971 as assistant general manager.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Harlan" }, { "name": "Pasquale Fiore Italian footballer dead at age 72", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pasquale-fiore-2", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-03-05", "reported_date": "2026-03-05", "published_at": "2026-03-05T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Pasquale Fiore, an Italian footballer who played for Napoli and Udinese, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 72. He was Napoli’s second goalkeeper from 1977 to 1984 and made 13 appearances across six seasons, serving as the deputy to Luciano Castellino. Fiore was part of the squad that won two trophies and, in 1975, belonged to Napoli’s Primavera team coached by Rosario Rivellino, which won the Viareggio International Tournament. He later worked at Heliconia Park.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Fiore" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 32, "total_pages": 1, "count": 32 }