{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-03-29", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-09T20:34:49+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/29-march-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/29-march-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Wiesław Myśliwski Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli 2006 Widnokrąg 1996 Kamień na kamieniu 1984 dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/wieslaw-mysliwski", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "traktat o łuskaniu fasoli 2006 widnokrąg 1996 kamień na kamieniu 1984", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Poland" ], "description": "Wiesław Myśliwski, a Polish novelist and playwright, died on March 29, 2026. He was 94. Born on March 25, 1932, in Dwikozy, Poland, he was raised in Ćmielów and later studied philology at the Catholic University of Lublin, graduating in 1956. Myśliwski worked on the editorial staff of the Ludowa Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza from 1956 to 1976. He was a two-time recipient of the Nike Award, Poland's most important literary prize, and was known for works including Kamień na kamieniu, Widnokrąg and Traktat o łuskaniu fasoli.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Wies_aw_My_liwski.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wies%C5%82aw_My%C5%9Bliwski" }, { "name": "Ádám Nádasdy Hungarian linguist and poet dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/adam-nadasdy", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Hungary" ], "description": "Ádám Nádasdy, a Hungarian linguist, teacher and poet, died on March 29, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Budapest on February 15, 1947, he taught linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities of Eötvös Loránd University from 1972 to 2018 and was named professor in 2012. He was also a translator and essayist, and was regarded as one of the most prominent Hungarian translators of Shakespeare. His translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy also brought him recognition.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/d_m_N_dasdy.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81d%C3%A1m_N%C3%A1dasdy" }, { "name": "Villen Novak Film director dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/villen-novak", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "film director", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Ukraine" ], "description": "Villen Novak, a Ukrainian film director, died on March 29, 2026, at the age of 88. Villen Zakharovych Novak was born on January 3, 1938, in Hlezno, Zhytomyr Oblast, in the Ukrainian SSR, then part of the Soviet Union. He was identified in available information as a film director and was known for \"Tuning Fork.\"", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villen_Novak" }, { "name": "Bill Riley Canadian ice hockey player and coach, cancer dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/bill-riley-ice-hockey-born-1950", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Canada" ], "description": "Bill Riley, a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, died on March 29, 2026, of cancer. Born in Amherst, Nova Scotia, on September 20, 1950, he played 139 NHL games for the Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets between 1974 and 1980. Riley was the third black player and the first of African Nova Scotian descent in the NHL. His career, which ran from 1974 to 1989, was otherwise spent in the minor leagues, and he also coached the Moncton Wildcats.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Bill_Riley_ice_hockey_born_1950.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Riley_(ice_hockey,_born_1950)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "David Riondino Italian singer-songwriter, actor and writer dead at age 73", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/david-riondino", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 73, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "musicians", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "David Riondino, the Italian singer-songwriter, actor and writer, died on March 29, 2026, at age 73. Born in Florence on June 10, 1952, he began his career in the mid-1970s as a member of the musical ensemble Collettivo Victor Jara. He made his solo debut in 1979 with the album \"David Riondino\" and later appeared as an actor in films including The Night of the Shooting Stars, Cavalli si nasce and Ilona Arrives with the Rain. Riondino was also active as a comedian, playwright, screenwriter, director and composer.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/David_Riondino.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Riondino" }, { "name": "Neil Cossons public figure dead at age 87", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/neil-cossons", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 87, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "England" ], "description": "Sir Neil Cossons OBE FSA FMA, a British historian and museum administrator, died on March 29, 2026, aged 87. Born in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, on January 15, 1939, he studied at the University of Liverpool. He was the first director of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust from 1971, then served at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich from 1983. From 1986 to 2000, he was director of the Science Museum in London. He was also an English Heritage commissioner from 1989 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2000, and later served as pro-provost and chairman of council at the Royal College of Art from 2007.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Neil_Cossons.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Cossons" }, { "name": "Jay Robinson American Hall of Fame wrestler and coach dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jay-robinson-wrestler", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jay Paul Robinson, an American Hall of Fame wrestler and coach, died on March 29, 2026. Known as J Robinson, he competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics as a middleweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He also finished fourth at the 1970 World Championships in Edmonton and fifth at the 1971 World Championships in Sofia. Robinson later served as head wrestling coach at the University of Minnesota for 30 years, until his termination in 2016 following an investigation into a prescription drug scandal involving the Golden Gophers wrestling program.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Robinson_(wrestler)" }, { "name": "Tony Godden English footballer dead at age 70", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tony-godden", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 70, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Tony Godden, the English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Chelsea, Peterborough United and West Bromwich Albion, died on March 29, 2026. Born Anthony Leonard Godden on 2 August 1955, he began his career with Ashford Town before joining West Bromwich Albion in 1977. He made 267 league appearances for the club and also had spells with Luton Town, Walsall, Birmingham City and Bury, before later moving to Peterborough United and then into non-league football.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Godden" }, { "name": "The Marcels American singer dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/the-marcels", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "The Marcels, the American doo-wop group known for turning popular songs into rock and roll, died on March 29, 2026. Formed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1959, the group signed to Colpix Records with lead Cornelius Harp, bass Fred Johnson, Gene Bricker, Ron Mundy, and Richard Knauss. Named for the marcel wave hairstyle, the group is best known for its 1961 cover of \"Blue Moon,\" which sold more than one million copies, earned a gold disc, and reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. Their later recordings \"Heartaches\" and \"My Melancholy Baby\" were also released in the United States.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Walt_Maddox_singer.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Maddox_(singer)" }, { "name": "Rasim Balayev Actor dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rasim-balayev", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actor", "actors" ], "nationality": [ "Azerbaijan" ], "description": "Rasim Balayev, an Azerbaijani actor known for roles in Nesimi, Babek and Dada Gorgud, died on March 29, 2026, of complications from diabetes and lung cancer. He was 77. Balayev was an Azerbaijani film and stage actor whose career ran from 1970 to 2026, and he starred in leading roles in more than 60 Azerbaijani films.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Rasim_Balayev.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasim_Balayev", "cause_of_death": { "label": "diabetes and lung cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-diabetes-and-lung-cancer" } }, { "name": "Rahul Banerjee Indian actor, drowned dead at age 42", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rahul-banerjee-actor", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 42, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "writers" ], "nationality": [ "India" ], "description": "Rahul Banerjee, an Indian actor and writer, died on March 29, 2026, after drowning. He worked primarily in Bengali films and television series and was known for roles in Chirodini Tumi Je Amar, Pati Parameshwar and Zulfiqar. Born Arunoday Banerjee in Calcutta on October 16, 1983, he made his first stage appearance at age three in Raj Darshan, a production by his father Biswanath Banerjee’s theatre group, Bijoygarh Atmaprakash. He later performed in nearly 450 stage productions and also appeared in television series including Tumi Asbe Bole and Khela.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Rahul_Banerjee_actor.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Banerjee_(actor)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Drowning", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-drowning" } }, { "name": "Glen Baxter Draughtsman, artist dead at age 82", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/glen-baxter-artist", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 82, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "draughtsman", "artist", "artists" ], "nationality": [ "England" ], "description": "Glen Baxter, the English artist and draughtsman known for his absurdist drawings, died on March 29, 2026. He was 82. Born in Leeds on March 4, 1944, Baxter trained at Leeds College of Art from 1960 to 1965 and taught at the V&A from 1967 to 1974. His first solo exhibition was held at New York’s Gotham Book Mart Gallery, and his work appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and The Independent on Sunday. He lived and worked in London and exhibited with Flowers Gallery in shows including \"Furtive Loomings,\" \"Tofu Walk With Me\" and \"Glen Baxter: The Soul in Torment, Parts I & II.\"", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Glen_Baxter_artist.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen_Baxter_(artist)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Kim Bukhantsov Russian Olympic discus thrower dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kim-bukhantsov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Russia" ], "description": "Kim Bukhantsov, a Soviet athlete and Russian Olympic discus thrower, died on March 29, 2026, at the age of 94. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Olympics. Bukhantsov later coached Faina Melnik and Ehsan Hadadi.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Bukhantsov" }, { "name": "Alberto Coutinho American politician, member of the New Jersey General Assembly, traffic collision dead at age 56", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/alberto-coutinho", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 56, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Alberto Coutinho, an American politician and member of the New Jersey General Assembly, died on March 29, 2026, in Newark, New Jersey, at age 56. A Democrat, he represented the 29th Legislative District in the Assembly from May 1997 to January 1998 and again from January 8, 2008, until his resignation on September 11, 2013. Coutinho was born in Newark on June 16, 1969, and also served on the city’s planning and zoning boards and as an Essex County Utilities Authority commissioner.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Coutinho", "cause_of_death": { "label": "traffic collision", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-traffic-collision" } }, { "name": "Jeffrey Paul Cutlip American serial killer and rapist dead at age 76", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jeffrey-paul-cutlip", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 76, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jeffrey Paul Cutlip, an American serial killer and rapist, died on March 29, 2026. Also known as Jesse Andre D'Breeze, he was convicted after confessing in 2012 to the murders of two women and a teenage girl in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon between 1975 and 1993. He was sentenced to life imprisonment the following year.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Jeffrey_Paul_Cutlip.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Paul_Cutlip" }, { "name": "Greg Elmore Drummer dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/greg-elmore", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "drummer", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Greg Elmore, an American drummer who played with Quicksilver Messenger Service and The Brogues, died on March 29, 2026, at age 79. Born Gregory Dale Elmore in Coronado, California, on September 4, 1946, he was a member of the San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service and also played regularly with Terry and the Pirates from 1981 to 1989. His years active in music were listed as 1964 to 1979.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Greg_Elmore.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Elmore" }, { "name": "Volodymyr Komarov Ukrainian comedian, actor and musician dead at age 62", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/volodymyr-komarov", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 62, "death_date": "2026-03-29", "reported_date": "2026-03-29", "published_at": "2026-03-29T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "actors", "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "Ukraine" ], "description": "Volodymyr Komarov, a Ukrainian comedian, actor and musician, died on March 29, 2026. He was known as Volodymyr Valentynovych Komarov and was 62. Born around 1963 or 1964, he worked in the fields of acting, comedy and music. His death was announced without a stated cause.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Komarov" } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 17, "total_pages": 1, "count": 17 }