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Grady Jolly American judge dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/e-grady-jolly", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "E. Grady Jolly, an American judge and United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, died March 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in Louisville, Mississippi, on October 3, 1937, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Mississippi in 1959 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Mississippi Law School in 1962. Jolly worked as a trial attorney for the National Labor Relations Board, an assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and later served on the Fifth Circuit after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1982. 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She made her stage debut at the National Puppet Theatre at age 17, later known as Sofia Puppet Theatre. Her performances in Max and Moritz, Winnie the Pooh, Peter Rabbit in Rabbit School and The Little Princess were among those remembered in Bulgarian children's entertainment. She was also active in radio and television.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slava_Racheva" }, { "name": "Dolores Keane Singer dead at age 72", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dolores-keane", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 72, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "singer", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Ireland" ], "description": "Dolores Keane, an Irish folk singer and founding member of De Dannan, died on March 16, 2026. Born on 26 September 1953 in Sylane, County Galway, she was raised from the age of four by her aunts Rita and Sarah Keane, both sean-nós singers, and began singing at a young age. She made her first recording for Radio Éireann in 1958, at the age of five. In 1975, she co-founded De Dannan, whose debut album, Dé Danann, was released that year. 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Signed by the Athletics in 1960 as an amateur free agent, he made his major league debut on September 11, 1964, and collected his first hit on September 19 at Yankee Stadium. He also played for the Cincinnati Reds.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Stahl" }, { "name": "Jorie Lueloff Friedman American broadcast journalist dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jorie-lueloff-friedman", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jorie Lueloff Friedman, an American broadcast journalist and the first female reporter and first female news anchor at WMAQ Channel 5 in Chicago, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Milwaukee on May 31, 1940, she grew up in several Milwaukee suburbs. Friedman earned a bachelor’s degree in 1962 from Mills College in Oakland, California. In 1972, she testified before Congress about credit discrimination after being prohibited from having credit cards in her own name following her 1970 marriage.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorie_Lueloff_Friedman" }, { "name": "Jamie Blanks Australian film director and composer dead at age 54", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jamie-blanks", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 54, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Jamie Blanks, the Australian film director and composer behind Urban Legend and Valentine, died on March 16, 2026, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Born in Melbourne on November 29, 1971, Blanks studied at Swinburne Film School, later part of the Victorian College of the Arts, and was active from 1993 to 2026. He directed the cult slasher films Urban Legend (1998) and Valentine (2001), and later the horror films Storm Warning (2007) and Long Weekend (2008).", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Blanks" }, { "name": "Vladimír Stránský Czech ice hockey player", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/vladimir-stransky", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Czechia" ], "description": "Vladimír Stránský, a Czech professional ice hockey player, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, on June 7, 1947, he played in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League between 1977 and 1981 with HC Vítkovice and HC Zlín. Stránský won the national title with HC Vítkovice in 1981.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladim%C3%ADr_Str%C3%A1nsk%C3%BD" }, { "name": "Yves Chevallard French mathematician dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/yves-chevallard", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Yves Chevallard, a French mathematician and academic, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Tunis on May 1, 1946, he studied at the Lycée Thiers and the École normale supérieure, where he earned an agrégation de mathématiques. He later became a professor of mathematics at Aix-Marseille University and specialized in the didactic method. Inspired by sociologist Michel Verret, Chevallard wrote several texts on the didactic method. He died in Marseille.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Yves_Chevallard.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yves_Chevallard" }, { "name": "Bernt Mæland Norwegian footballer", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bernt-maeland", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Norway" ], "description": "Bernt Mæland, a Norwegian footballer, died on March 16, 2026. He played as a forward in the Norwegian top league for Bryne and Viking in the 1980s. Originally from Bømlo, he played for Bremnes before joining Bryne in 1979. Mæland spent seven seasons with Bryne and was part of the team that finished second in the Norwegian league in 1980 and 1982. He was Bryne's top scorer in 1982 with nine goals and scored the equalizer in a 1–1 draw against Anderlecht in the 1983–84 UEFA Cup. After the 1985 season, he joined Viking, where injuries limited him to 25 league matches over two seasons.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt_M%C3%A6land" }, { "name": "Buddy Childers American politician, members of the Georgia House of Representatives dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/buddy-childers-politician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Eugene Milton \"Buddy\" Childers, an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Rome, Georgia, on October 17, 1938, Childers served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve and graduated from Model High School in Rome. He later owned a telecommunications company. A Democrat, he represented Georgia’s 15th district in the state House from 1974 to 2004.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Childers_(politician)" }, { "name": "Gene Derfler American politician dead at age 101", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gene-derfler", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 101, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Gene Derfler, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate, died on March 16, 2026, at age 101. Born in Portland, Oregon, on May 24, 1924, he graduated from Western Washington College of Education and the Pensacola Naval Aviator School. During World War II, he served as a Navy lieutenant from 1943 to 1946, flying PBY Catalina bombers over the Atlantic Ocean in the Battle of the Atlantic. Derfler was elected to the Oregon House in 1988, won re-election in 1990 and 1992, and moved to the Oregon Senate after his 1994 election, serving until 2001. He was the last Republican to serve as Senate president.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Gene_Derfler.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Derfler" }, { "name": "Jean Delas Publisher dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jean-delas", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "publisher", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Jean Delas, a French publisher, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was born on August 31, 1939, and was a recipient of the Legion of Honour in 2015.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Jean_Delas.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Delas" }, { "name": "Andriy Serdyuk 87 dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/andriy-serdyuk", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctors", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Ukraine" ], "description": "Andriy Serdyuk, a Ukrainian medical scientist and politician, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Dnipropetrovsk on December 24, 1938, he served as Minister of Healthcare from 1996 to 1999. Serdyuk was identified in Ukrainian as Andriy Mykhailovych Serdyuk.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andriy_Serdyuk" }, { "name": "Orion Samuelson Radio journalist dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/orion-samuelson", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "radio journalist", "journalists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Orion Samuelson, an American agriculture broadcaster, died on March 16, 2026. He was known for his broadcasts on agriculture and for explaining agribusiness and food production in an understandable way. Samuelson was born on March 31, 1934, on a dairy farm near Ontario, Wisconsin. He worked as a radio journalist from 1960 to 2020 and was heard on WGN radio in Chicago for 60 years as the station’s head agriculture broadcaster. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2003. Samuelson died in Huntley, Illinois, at age 91.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Orion_Samuelson.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Samuelson" }, { "name": "James N. Hardin Jr. Germanist dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/james-n-hardin-jr", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "germanist", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Germany" ], "description": "James N. Hardin Jr., an American Germanist, died on March 16, 2026, at age 87. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 17, 1939, he earned a BA in German from Washington and Lee University in 1960. He received a Fulbright scholarship that same year to attend the Free University of Berlin, and later earned an MA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1964 and a PhD in 1967. Hardin taught in the department of Germanic, Slavic, oriental languages and literatures at the University of South Carolina from 1969 to 1999, and was named a distinguished professor in 1999.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/James_N._Hardin_Jr..jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_N._Hardin_Jr." }, { "name": "Ong Kok Hai Malaysian microbiologist dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/ong-kok-hai", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Malaysia" ], "description": "Ong Kok Hai, a Malaysian microbiologist and Professor of Microbiology at the International Medical University, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Penang on 12 November 1945, he was one of the founders of the International Medical University in 1992 and played a major role in establishing the medical schools at the University of Science, Malaysia, in 1979 and at the National University of Malaysia. He lectured at the National University of Malaysia from 1977 before joining the University of Science to help start its medical school. Ong was involved in typhoid research and, in 1995, co-founded Malaysian Bio-Diagnostics Research Sdn Bhd, which developed a rapid diagnostic test for typhoid fever used in many endemic countries.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong_Kok_Hai" }, { "name": "Ernő Mészáros Hungarian air chemist and meteorologist dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/erno-meszaros", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Hungary" ], "description": "Ernő Mészáros, a Hungarian air chemist and meteorologist, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Budapest on April 12, 1935, he was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and received the Hungarian Middle Cross of Merit in 2005.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Ern_M_sz_ros.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern%C5%91_M%C3%A9sz%C3%A1ros" }, { "name": "Eric Overmyer American television writer and producer dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eric-overmyer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Eric Overmyer, an American television writer and producer known for his work on Bosch, Law & Order and The Wire, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Boulder, Colorado, on September 25, 1951, and raised in Seattle, he graduated from Reed College in 1973 with a theater degree. Overmyer wrote and/or produced a range of television series, including St. Elsewhere, Homicide: Life on the Street, New Amsterdam, Treme and The Man in the High Castle.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Eric_Overmyer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Overmyer" }, { "name": "Tony Balsamo American baseball player dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tony-balsamo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Tony Balsamo, an American baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs, died on March 16, 2026. Balsamo, whose full name was Anthony Alred Balsamo, was 89. He attended Fordham University, where he pitched on the baseball team. In 1959, the Chicago Cubs signed him as a free agent, and he was called up by the club on April 14, 1962. He appeared in one major league season, pitching 29 1/3 innings and finishing with a 0-1 record and a 6.44 earned run average. He died in Holbrook, New York, on March 12, 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Balsamo" }, { "name": "Alfred J. Noll Lawyer, writer dead at age 66", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alfred-j-noll", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyer", "writer", "lawyers", "politicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Austria" ], "description": "Alfred J. 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In 2016, he received the Austrian State Prize in the category Cultural Journalism.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Alfred_J._Noll.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_J._Noll" }, { "name": "Bob Tullius American racing driver dead at age 95", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bob-tullius", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 95, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Bob Tullius, an American racing driver and racing team owner, died on March 16, 2026. Born Robert Charles Tullius in Rochester, New York, on December 7, 1930, he was active in racing from 1961 to 1986. Before his racing career, he considered teaching after high school, served in the U.S. Air Force, and later worked in sales with Kodak in Rochester and Alexandria, Virginia. He died in Port Orange, Florida, at age 95.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Tullius" }, { "name": "Marina Yusoff Malaysian politician dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/marina-yusoff", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Malaysia" ], "description": "Marina Yusoff, a Malaysian politician, lawyer and businesswoman, died on March 16, 2026. Born on Dec. 7, 1941, she began her political career as an Umno activist and served as deputy chief of Wanita Umno from 1972 to 1974. In 1987, she co-founded Parti Melayu Semangat 46 with Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah after an internal crisis in Umno. After Semangat 46 merged back into Umno following the 1995 elections, she returned to the party, but later quit after the sacking of deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. In 1999, she became vice-president of Parti Keadilan Nasional.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Yusoff" }, { "name": "Doug Camilli American baseball player dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/doug-camilli", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Doug Camilli, an American baseball player and coach who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators, died on March 16, 2026. He was 89. Camilli played in Major League Baseball from 1960 to 1967 and again in 1969, serving as a catcher. He threw and batted right-handed and was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 195 pounds during his active career. The son of All-Star slugger and first baseman Dolph Camilli and his first wife, Ruth, he was born in Philadelphia while his father was with the Philadelphia Phillies. Camilli graduated from Santa Rosa High School, attended Stanford University and signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Doug_Camilli.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Camilli" }, { "name": "Navnindra Behl Indian actress", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/navnindra-behl", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Navnindra Behl, an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor, died on March 16, 2026, at age 76. Born in Delhi on October 30, 1949, she began stage acting at the age of three and later took part in school and college plays and amateur theatre in Patiala. After completing postgraduate studies in Punjabi literature, she joined the Drama Department of Punjabi University, Patiala, as a lecturer. Over a 37-year career as lecturer, reader, professor and head of department, she wrote and directed stage plays and trained many stage, television and film artists.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Navnindra_Behl.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navnindra_Behl" }, { "name": "Bettina Köster German singer, musician and composer dead at age 66", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bettina-koster", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 66, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Germany" ], "description": "Bettina Köster, a German singer, musician and composer, died on March 16, 2026. Born on June 15, 1959, in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, she was also a saxophonist, songwriter and record producer. Köster was active from 1979 to 2026 and was formerly associated with the band Mania D. Her work spanned avant-garde and dark ambient music, and she played vocals, saxophone and guitar.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Bettina_K_ster.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bettina_K%C3%B6ster" }, { "name": "Francine Descarries 83–84 dead at age 83", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/francine-descarries", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 83, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Francine Descarries, a Canadian sociologist and professor of sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, died on March 16, 2026, at age 84. Born in Montreal in 1942, she was considered a leading figure in feminist studies in Quebec. At 16, after her father’s death, she left school to help her family afford her brother’s medical training. She later worked as a legal secretary and travel agent, then returned to school at 27 after the birth of her second child. In 1980, she published \"L'École rose… et les cols roses,\" based on her master’s research on the sexual division of labour and social reproduction in Quebec workplaces and schools.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Descarries" }, { "name": "Kiki Shepard American television host dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kiki-shepard", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Kiki Shepard, the American television host best known as co-host of Showtime at the Apollo, died on March 16, 2026. Born Chiquita Renee Shepard on July 15, 1951, in Tyler, Texas, she was also an actress and dancer. Shepard was a longtime fixture on television, serving as co-host of Showtime at the Apollo from 1987 to 2002. Her career in entertainment spanned from 1971 to 2026. She died in Los Angeles at age 74.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Kiki_Shepard.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki_Shepard" }, { "name": "Rainelle Krause American soprano dead at age 37", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rainelle-krause", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 37, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Denmark", "England", "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Rainelle Krause, an American soprano and opera singer, died on March 16, 2026, at age 38 in Fort Worth, Texas. Born in Tampa, Florida, on December 14, 1987, she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana and earned both a Bachelor of Music and a Master of Music in vocal performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University in Bloomington. Known for combining coloratura soprano singing with aerial silks performance, she appeared in opera houses including English National Opera, Berlin State Opera, Dutch National Opera, Royal Danish Theatre and Theater Basel. Her signature piece was the Queen of the Night aria from Mozart's The Magic Flute.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Rainelle_Krause.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainelle_Krause" }, { "name": "Michel Hulin French philosopher dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/michel-hulin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "France", "India" ], "description": "Michel Hulin, a French philosopher who specialized in Indian philosophy, died on March 16, 2026. Born on Jan. 31, 1936, he was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure and received his doctorate in philosophy from Paris-Sorbonne University in 1977 with a dissertation on the Vedic concept of ahamkara. He taught as professor of Indian and comparative philosophy at Paris-Sorbonne from 1981 to 1998. His research focused on classical Indian philosophy, including the nondualism in Vedanta, Tantric-inspired texts in Shaivism, and the confrontations between European and Asian traditions of thought.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Hulin" }, { "name": "Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska Polish actress and translator dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/aleksandra-kurczab-pomianowska", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska, a Polish actress and translator, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Lviv on May 7, 1940, she was the daughter of writer Jan Kurczab and Janina née Liebling. She worked as an actress from 1957 to 1960, mainly at the Municipal Rhapsodic Theatre in Krakow. In 1968, she immigrated to Italy, where she graduated in directing from the Accademia Nazionale D'Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico in Rome and later served as an assistant to Kazimierz Dejmek at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandra_Kurczab-Pomianowska" }, { "name": "Marcelo Araujo Argentine sports journalist and commentator dead at age 78", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/marcelo-araujo", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 78, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Argentina" ], "description": "Marcelo Araujo, an Argentine sports journalist and commentator, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Lázaro Jaime Zilberman on June 12, 1947, he worked from 1989 to 2004 on Fútbol de Primera. He also served as a play-by-play narrator for the Gillette Prestobarba Excel Open Tournament on TyC Max and for TyC Sports tape-delay matches. Araujo was noted for a distinctive style that included the use of swear words in his stories.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo_Araujo" }, { "name": "Eugenio Viale Italian politician dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/eugenio-viale", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-16", "reported_date": "2026-03-16", "published_at": "2026-03-16T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Eugenio Viale, an Italian politician, died on March 16, 2026. Born on March 6, 1939, he graduated in law and worked as a businessman in the food sector. In the 2001 political elections, he was elected deputy with the Abolition of the spin-off list linked to Forza Italia. From 2001 to 2006, he served as a member and secretary of the VI Parliamentary Finance Commission, and from 2002 to 2006 he was also a member of the IX Public and Private Employment Commission.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Viale" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 39, "total_pages": 1, "count": 39 }