{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-03-24", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-08-03T12:28:52+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/24-march-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/24-march-2026", "items": [ { "name": "The Bridewell Taxis English singer dead at age 57", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/the-bridewell-taxis", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 57, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "The Bridewell Taxis, an English singer and Leeds-based indie rock group associated with the Madchester scene, died on March 24, 2026. The band, later known as The Bridewells, was active from 1987 to 1993. Formed in Leeds in 1987, it was originally called Morality Play and gave its first public performances at an Unemployed Music project in the city. Its first gig was in 1988 at the Royal Park, and its first release was the free blue flexi-disc \"Lies\" c/w \"Just Good Friends\", issued with a local fanzine.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Mick_Roberts_singer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Roberts_(singer)" }, { "name": "Geoff Vowden English footballer dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/geoff-vowden", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America", "England" ], "description": "Geoff Vowden, the English footballer who played for Birmingham City, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, died on March 24, 2026. Born Geoffrey Alan Vowden on 27 April 1941 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, he was raised in Jersey before moving to England at 18 to join Nottingham Forest. He signed professional forms there at Christmas 1959 and scored 40 goals in 90 League games for the club. He later joined Birmingham City for £25,000 in October 1964, spent nearly seven seasons with the side, and finished as their leading scorer three seasons running from 1964-65 to 1966-67. In September 1968, he became the first substitute to score a hat-trick in a Football League fixture.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Geoff_Vowden.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Vowden" }, { "name": "Theodore L. Brown American scientist and author dead at age 97", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/theodore-l-brown", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 97, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Theodore L. Brown, an American scientist and author, died on March 24, 2026. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on October 15, 1928, he was known for research, teaching, and writing in physical inorganic chemistry, as well as for his work as a university administrator and philosopher of science. Brown was a professor emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he served as vice chancellor for research and dean of the graduate college from 1980 to 1986. He also was the founding director emeritus of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. His textbooks on general chemistry and science communication were published in multiple languages and used in multiple countries.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_L._Brown" }, { "name": "Biruté Galdikas Study of orangutans, conservation dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/birute-galdikas", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "study of orangutans", "conservation", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Biruté Galdikas, the Canadian primatologist, conservationist and author known for her work with orangutans and as founder of the Orangutan Foundation International, died on March 24, 2026. She was 79. Galdikas, a professor at Simon Fraser University, was recognized as a leading authority on orangutans and helped advance scientific understanding of the species through her field study. She was also known as one of The Trimates.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Birut_Galdikas.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birut%C3%A9_Galdikas", "cause_of_death": { "label": "lung cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-lung-cancer" } }, { "name": "Larry Kennedy Family physician / Politician dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/larry-kennedy-politician", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "family physician", "politician", "doctors", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Larry Ronald Kennedy, a Canadian politician and family physician, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 76. Born in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, on November 8, 1949, he studied at the University of New Brunswick and earned a Bachelor of Science before receiving his Doctor of Medicine degree from Dalhousie University. Kennedy served as a village councillor for Perth-Andover and was chairman of the District 31 School Board. In his medical career, he was chief and president of the medical staff at Hotel-Dieu Saint-Joseph and a director of the New Brunswick Medical Society. He represented the province as an MLA from 1987 to 2010.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kennedy_(politician)" }, { "name": "Tracy Kidder American writer, Pulitzer Prize winner, lung cancer dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tracy-kidder", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctors", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Tracy Kidder, the American writer whose nonfiction books included The Soul of a New Machine and Mountains Beyond Mountains, died March 24, 2026, of lung cancer. He was 80. Kidder won the Pulitzer Prize for The Soul of a New Machine in 1982 for his account of the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation. He also received praise and awards for Mountains Beyond Mountains, his 2003 biography of physician and anthropologist Paul Farmer, founder of Partners in Health.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Tracy_Kidder.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Kidder", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Lung cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-lung-cancer" } }, { "name": "Chime Rinpoche Tibetan lama and teacher dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chime-rinpoche", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Britain" ], "description": "Chime Rinpoche, a Tibetan lama and teacher, died on March 24, 2026, in London, England, at the age of 84. Born near Jyekundo, Kham, Tibet, on October 8, 1941, he fled Tibet in 1959 after the annexation and reached India via Bhutan. He later gained British citizenship in 1965, taught extensively throughout Europe and established Marpa House, the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre in England. Among his students were the American author and Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön, as well as musicians Mary Hopkin, David Bowie and Tony Visconti.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chime_Rinpoche" }, { "name": "Bob Rossell American racing driver dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bob-rossell", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Egypt" ], "description": "Bob Rossell, an American racing driver and pioneering driver of modified stock cars, died on March 24, 2026, at age 89. Born in Wrightstown, New Jersey, he began his career in 1958 at what is now New Egypt Speedway with an old Chevy coupe and a junkyard engine. Rossell later became a sought-after car builder and fabricator, with many top drivers finding success in Rossell racers known for their signature square tubing. He competed at tracks including Flemington Speedway, Old Bridge Speedway, Langhorne Speedway, Nazareth Speedway, Orange County Fair Speedway and Marlboro Motor Raceway. He won NASCAR's Battle of Bull Run at Old Dominion Speedway in 1963 and twice captured the Garden State Classic at Wall Stadium.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Rossell" }, { "name": "Mel Schilling Australian television presenter, colon cancer dead at age 53", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mel-schilling", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 53, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "journalists", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Australia" ], "description": "Mel Schilling, the Australian television presenter and psychologist best known for appearing as one of the dating experts on Married at First Sight, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 53. Schilling, born Melanie Jane Schilling in Melbourne on April 20, 1972, also worked as a relationship coach and had a career in organizational psychology that spanned more than two decades. She appeared on the Nine Network reality series from 2016 until her death.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Mel_Schilling.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Schilling", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Gino Paoli Italian singer-songwriter, deputy dead at age 91", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/gino-paoli", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 91, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Gino Paoli, the Italian singer-songwriter behind \"Il cielo in una stanza,\" \"Senza fine\" and \"Sapore di sale,\" died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 91. Born in Monfalcone on September 23, 1934, he moved to Genoa as a child and spent his life there. Paoli’s work included songs such as \"Che cosa c'è\" and \"Quattro amici,\" and he was active from 1959 to 2026. He also served as a deputy from 1987 to 1992.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Gino_Paoli.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gino_Paoli" }, { "name": "Esteri Tebandeke Ugandan filmmaker, actress, and visual artist dead at age 41", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/esteri-tebandeke", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 41, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "artists" ], "description": "Esteri Tebandeke, a Ugandan filmmaker, actress and visual artist, died on March 24, 2026. Born Esther Brenda Apolot in Kampala on May 16, 1984, she was also a dancer and a graduate of the Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art at Makerere University. Tebandeke worked in film from 2008 to 2026 and appeared in Sins of the Parents, Master on Duty, and Queen of Katwe. Her Broken Shadow, released in 2016, marked her first work in science fiction.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Esteri_Tebandeke.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteri_Tebandeke" }, { "name": "Jerome Dhas Varuvel Indian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kuzhithurai, complications from dementia and Parkinson’s disease dead at age 74", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jerome-dhas-varuvel", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 74, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Jerome Dhas Varuvel, Indian Roman Catholic prelate and bishop of Kuzhithurai from 2014 to 2020, died on March 24, 2026, from complications of dementia and Parkinson's disease. He was born on October 21, 1951, in Paduvoor, Madras State, India. Varuvel served the Diocese of Kuzhithurai during his tenure as bishop and died in Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, at age 74.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Jerome_Dhas_Varuvel.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Dhas_Varuvel", "cause_of_death": { "label": "dementia and Parkinson's disease", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-dementia-and-parkinsons-disease" } }, { "name": "Western Dreamer American Standardbred racehorse, Pacing Triple Crown winner dead at age 32", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/western-dreamer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 32, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Western Dreamer, an American Standardbred racehorse and 1997 Pacing Triple Crown winner, died on March 24, 2026. Foaled in Georgetown, Kentucky, he won the U.S. Pacing Triple Crown in 1997. Driven by Michel Lachance, his winning time of 1:51 1/5 in the Little Brown Jug was then the fastest ever recorded for the race. Western Dreamer was the only gelding of any breed to win a Pacing Triple Crown and later lived in the Hall of Champions at the Kentucky Horse Park.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Western_Dreamer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Dreamer" }, { "name": "Manuel Estella Spanish politician, president of the Cortes of Castile and León dead at age 86", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/manuel-estella", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 86, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Manuel Estella, a Spanish politician and president of the Cortes of Castile and León from 1991 to 2003, died on March 24, 2026. Estella Hoyos was a deputy in the Cortes of Castile and León from 1983 to 2003. A member of the People's Alliance and later the People's Party, he entered politics in 1982 and led the party in the Province of Salamanca from 1984 to 1992. Born in Salamanca on 19 August 1939, he graduated in law from the University of Salamanca and worked as a state lawyer before becoming speaker of the regional legislature in 1991.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Estella" }, { "name": "Pavlo Fedorenko Ukrainian academic and mining engineer dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/pavlo-fedorenko", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Ukraine" ], "description": "Pavlo Fedorenko, a Ukrainian academic and mining engineer, died on March 24, 2026. He was born on October 8, 1936, in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, then in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Fedorenko received the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology in 1997. He died in Kryvyi Rih at the age of 89.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Pavlo_Fedorenko.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlo_Fedorenko" }, { "name": "Janusz Jasiński Polish historian dead at age 97", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/janusz-jasinski", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 97, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Janusz Jasiński, a Polish historian, died on March 24, 2026. Born in Wołomin on September 4, 1928, he completed an undergraduate degree in history at the Catholic University of Lublin in 1954. He earned a PhD from the University of Warsaw in 1964 under the supervision of Stefan Kieniewicz, with a dissertation on agrarian reforms in Warmia at the turn of the 19th century. He was habilitated in 1982 and later served as professor extraordinarius at the Historical Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences from 1993 and professor ordinarius from 1996. Between 1969 and 1980, he edited Komunikaty Mazursko-Warmińskie.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_Jasi%C5%84ski" }, { "name": "Toumba Diakité Guinean politician and convicted criminal, peritonitis dead at age 57", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/toumba-diakite", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 57, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals", "politicians" ], "description": "Toumba Diakité, a Guinean politician and convicted criminal, died on March 24, 2026, of peritonitis. Also known as Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité, he served as aide-de-camp to President Moussa Dadis Camara from 2008 to 2009 and headed the presidential guard during that period. He later founded the Democratic Party for Change (PDC) and became its president on September 21, 2024. In July 2024, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for crimes against humanity.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toumba_Diakité", "cause_of_death": { "label": "peritonitis", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-peritonitis" } }, { "name": "Peter Messent Academic dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/peter-messent", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "academic", "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "America", "Britain" ], "description": "Peter Messent, a British academic and professor of American Studies at the University of Nottingham, died on March 24, 2026, aged 79. Born in Wimbledon, London, he attended Wimbledon College before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from the University of Manchester in 1969 and a Master of Philosophy degree on humour in American fiction in 1971. He was the author of several books of literary studies about Mark Twain and worked as an academic from 1971 to 2011.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Messent" }, { "name": "Makarios Djan Ghanaian Olympic sprinter dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/makarios-djan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Ghana" ], "description": "Makarios Djan, a Ghanaian sprinter and Olympic competitor, died on March 24, 2026, at the age of 70. Born on June 3, 1955, he competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makarios_Djan" }, { "name": "Loana Petrucciani public figure dead at age 48", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/loana-petrucciani", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 48, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "France" ], "description": "Loana Petrucciani, a French reality television personality known for her work on the television series Loft Story, died on March 24, 2026. She was 48. Petrucciani was born on 30 August 1977 and became known through her appearance on the television series Loft Story. She died in March 2026.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loana_Petrucciani" }, { "name": "José Maria Ricciardi Portuguese banker dead at age 71", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jose-maria-ricciardi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 71, "death_date": "2026-03-24", "reported_date": "2026-03-24", "published_at": "2026-03-24T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Portugal" ], "description": "José Maria Ricciardi, a Portuguese banker, died on March 24, 2026. He was a Portuguese economist and banker who earned a degree in Sciences Economiques Appliqués from the Institute of Business Administration of the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, graduating with honors. His final thesis was on \"La Banque et la Prise de Décision d'Octroi de Crédits d'Investissement.\" He spent much of his professional career in banking, joining Banco Inter-Atlântico, SA in Rio de Janeiro in the late 1970s, and later serving as financial controller at the European headquarters of the Espírito Santo Group from 1981 to 1983.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Maria_Ricciardi" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 21, "total_pages": 1, "count": 21 }