{ "site": "Dead-People.com", "feed_type": "deaths_on_date", "date": "2026-03-30", "timezone": "+01:00", "generated_at": "2026-07-09T15:16:26+01:00", "canonical_html_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/30-march-2026", "permanent_archive_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/tag/30-march-2026", "items": [ { "name": "Carlos Westendorp Spanish diplomat and politician, minister of foreign affairs, high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and MEP dead at age 89", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/carlos-westendorp", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 89, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Carlos Westendorp, the Spanish diplomat and politician who served as minister of foreign affairs and later as high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, died on March 30, 2026, in Madrid, Spain, at the age of 89. 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Cherubini was born on 28 February 1974 and played for four seasons in Serie A with A.C. Reggiana 1919 and A.S. Roma. In 2006, he suffered a cerebral aneurysm during a game for Giulianova against Novara, raising fears for his life. 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He gained prominence for playing Mauladad in Amjad Islam Amjad’s television drama Waris and also appeared in the 1979 film Khaak Aur Khoon. His later credits included Wadda Khan and Do Ziddi, both released in 1983. He received the Pride of Performance Award in 1994.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shujaat_Hashmi" }, { "name": "Deborah Dultzin Mexican astrophysicist dead at age 80", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/deborah-dultzin", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 80, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Mexico" ], "description": "Deborah Dultzin, a Mexican astrophysicist and professor and researcher at the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), died on March 30, 2026. Born in Monterrey on October 9, 1945, Dultzin Kessler, also published as Deborah Dultzin-Hacyan, specialized in quasars, blazars, active galactic nuclei and supermassive black holes. She completed a degree in physics and later continued her studies in the Soviet Union with support from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs. She was the daughter of Arieh Dulzin and Fredzia Kessler.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Dultzin" }, { "name": "Claudio Bordignon Italian geneticist dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/claudio-bordignon", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Italy" ], "description": "Claudio Bordignon, an Italian geneticist, died on March 30, 2026. In 1992, while working at Vita-Salute San Raffaele University in Milan, he carried out the first gene therapy procedure using hematopoietic stem cells as vectors to deliver genes intended to correct hereditary diseases. The effort was a world first, although it did not achieve sustained correction of the hematopoietic stem cells. 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Kreische scored 25 goals in 50 appearances for East Germany, was the national side’s top scorer in 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1976, and was named player of the year in 1973. He was part of the 1974 World Cup squad and won an Olympic bronze medal in 1972.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Hans-J_rgen_Kreische.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-J%C3%BCrgen_Kreische" }, { "name": "Kees Kuijs public figure dead at age 94", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/kees-kuijs", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 94, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands" ], "description": "Kees Kuijs, a Dutch footballer who played as a left-back, died on March 30, 2026, at the age of 94. Born Cornelis Johannes Kuijs on 4 October 1931, he made 43 appearances for the Netherlands national team from 1955 to 1962. At the time of his death, he was the oldest surviving former international for the Netherlands national team.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Kees_Kuijs.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kees_Kuijs" }, { "name": "Víctor Cabrera public figure dead at age 68", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/victor-cabrera-chilean-footballer", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 68, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes" ], "nationality": [ "Chile" ], "description": "Víctor Hugo Cabrera Sánchez, a Chilean footballer known as a forward, died on March 30, 2026. Better known by his nickname Pititore, he was one of the most prolific goalscorers in Chilean football history. Cabrera was part of Chile’s Selección Joven, coached by Luis Santibáñez, as the team prepared for the 1982 FIFA World Cup.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%ADctor_Cabrera_(Chilean_footballer)" }, { "name": "Juan Maeso Spanish anaesthetist and convicted criminal dead at age 84", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/juan-maeso", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 84, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "criminals" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Juan Maeso, a Spanish anaesthetist and convicted criminal, died on March 30, 2026. He was sentenced to 1,933 years in prison for infecting hundreds of patients with hepatitis C after using the same needles to give both himself and patients opioids. According to the case summary, he infected 275 people between 1988 and 1997. Under Spanish law, the maximum sentence he could serve was 20 years. He was ordered to pay 500,000 euros to each victim or their survivors, and was released from prison in 2023 after 15 years of imprisonment because of his medical condition.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Maeso" }, { "name": "Mykola Pinchuk public figure dead at age 79", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/mykola-pinchuk", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 79, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "athletes", "lawyers" ], "nationality": [ "Russia", "Ukraine" ], "description": "Mykola Pinchuk, a Ukrainian and Soviet footballer who played as a defender, died on March 30, 2026, at the age of 79. Born Mykola Ivanovych Pinchuk on July 25, 1946, he played his only match for the USSR on June 29, 1972, in a friendly against Uruguay. He was also associated with Zorya Luhansk.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykola_Pinchuk" }, { "name": "Selemani Bungara Tanzanian politician, MP, kidney failure dead at age 64", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/selemani-bungara", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 64, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Tanzania" ], "description": "Selemani Bungara, a Tanzanian politician and Member of Parliament, died on March 30, 2026, from kidney failure. Born on November 18, 1961, in Tanganyika Territory, he represented Kilwa South constituency in Parliament from 2005 to 2020. In 2020, he joined ACT Wazalendo before losing his seat to Kassinge Ally. Bungara died in Dar es Salaam at the age of 64.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selemani_Bungara", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Kidney failure", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-kidney-failure" } }, { "name": "Coral Springs, Florida American politician, vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, shot dead at age 38", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/coral-springs-florida", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 38, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Coral Springs, Florida, an American politician and vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, died on March 30, 2026, after being shot. Coral Springs is a city in Broward County, Florida, about 20 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale and a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area in South Florida. The city, chartered in 1963 and master-planned in its early development, grew rapidly over subsequent decades and is known for its strict building codes, low crime rate, and family-friendly orientation.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Metayer_Bowen", "cause_of_death": { "label": "shot", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-shot" } }, { "name": "Melvin Edwards Sculpture dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/melvin-edwards", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "sculpture", "artists", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Melvin Edwards, an American sculptor, died on March 30, 2026, at age 88. Melvin Eugene Edwards Jr. was an American abstract sculptor, printmaker, and arts educator. Raised in segregated communities in Texas and an integrated community in Ohio, he moved to California in 1955 and began his professional art career while still an undergraduate student. Originally trained as a painter, he began exploring sculpture and welding techniques in Los Angeles in the early 1960s before moving to New York in 1967. He was best known for his Lynch Fragments sculptures, as well as later works including minimalist environments built with barbed wire and chain, Rockers sculptures, and monumental outdoor sculptures.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Melvin_Edwards.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Edwards" }, { "name": "Parliament of Andalusia Spanish politician, member of the Parliament of Andalusia and senator dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/parliament-of-andalusia", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "Spain" ], "description": "Parliament of Andalusia, a Spanish politician and member of the Parliament of Andalusia from 1990 to 2004 and senator from 1996 to 2015, died on March 30, 2026. 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Known during his career as \"The Emperor,\" he was a member of the FIBA European Selection team in 1974. He was also named MVP of the 1973 FIBA EuroBasket Qualification Tournament while representing the senior Greek national team. In June 1987, after announcing that the 1987–88 season would be his final one as a player, he was honored by FIBA with a retirement farewell celebration at the FIBA Europe All-Star Game.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilis_Goumas" }, { "name": "Jean M. Doerge American politician, Louisiana House of Representatives dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/jean-m-doerge", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Jean M. Doerge, an American politician and educator who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, died on March 30, 2026. She represented District 10, covering Webster Parish and Minden, from 1998 to 2012. Doerge also served as director of the Germantown Colony and Museum in Webster Parish. During her time in the House, she was vice chair of the Commerce Committee from 2001 to 2006, was appointed to the House Appropriations Committee in 2007, and served as vice chair of the Retirement Committee from 2008 to 2012.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Jean_M._Doerge.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_M._Doerge" }, { "name": "Christopher Haskins public figure dead at age 88", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/christopher-haskins", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 88, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "other" ], "nationality": [ "Britain", "Ireland" ], "description": "Christopher Haskins, the Irish-born businessman and life peer known as Baron Haskins, died on March 30, 2026, aged 88. Born in Dublin on May 30, 1937, he was a member of the British House of Lords from 1998 to 2020. He attended St Columba's College, Dublin, and Trinity College, Dublin, where he was known as a student radical and member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. After graduating with an honours degree in modern history, he joined De La Rue before entering the family business, Northern Dairies, in 1962. He later turned the company into Northern Foods.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Christopher_Haskins.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Haskins" }, { "name": "Dennis J. O’Callaghan American virologist, cancer dead at age 85", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/dennis-j-ocallaghan", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 85, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "doctors" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Dennis J. O'Callaghan, an American virologist, immunologist and biochemist, died on March 30, 2026. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 26, 1940, and earned a B.S. in biology from Loyola University New Orleans in 1962 and a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 1968. O'Callaghan was an internationally recognized expert on the molecular biology of the equine herpesviruses. He served on the editorial boards of Virus Research, Virology, Recent Research Developments in Virology and the Journal of Virology, and in the early 1990s patented an antibody protective against EHV-1.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_J._O%27Callaghan" }, { "name": "Abu Taher Nadwi Bangladeshi Islamic scholar dead at age 65", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/abu-taher-nadwi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 65, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "journalists", "politicians", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Bangladesh" ], "description": "Abu Taher Nadwi, a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educator, died on March 30, 2026. He served as Director-General of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, also known as Patiya Madrasa, from February 2024, and became chairman of Anjuman-e-Ittihadul Madaris Bangladesh in October 2025. He also was vice-president of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and editor-in-chief of Monthly At-Tawhid, a religious periodical published in Chittagong. Born in 1960 in Uttar Nichintapur, Fatikchhari Upazila, Chittagong District, he studied at Jamia Islamia Obaidia Nanupur, Jamia Yunusia, and Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya, where he completed the Dawra-e-Hadith in 1980 and the Ifta program in 1981.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Abu_Taher_Nadwi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Taher_Nadwi" }, { "name": "Charles E. Scott American philosopher dead at age 90", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/charles-e-scott", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 90, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Charles E. Scott, an American philosopher, died on March 30, 2026, at age 90. He was Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Research Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Earlier, he served as Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. Scott was born in 1935.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Scott" }, { "name": "Christopher North American keyboardist, throat cancer dead at age 75", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/christopher-north-ambrosia", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 75, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "musicians" ], "nationality": [ "America" ], "description": "Christopher North, the American keyboardist who was the founding keyboardist of the band Ambrosia, died on March 30, 2026, at age 75. Born Christopher Reed North in San Francisco on January 26, 1951, he grew up in San Pedro, California, and played in several bands during junior high and high school. He later formed Blue Toad Flax in 1968 and co-founded Ambrosia in 1970 with David Pack, Joe Puerta and Burleigh Drummond. North was active as a musician from 1964 to 2026 and played Hammond organ, keyboards, synthesizers and glockenspiel.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Christopher_North_Ambrosia.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_North_(Ambrosia)", "cause_of_death": { "label": "Cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } }, { "name": "Chan Santokhi Surinamese politician, president, minister of justice, and twice MNA dead at age 67", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/chan-santokhi", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 67, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "lawyers", "politicians" ], "nationality": [ "the Netherlands", "Suriname" ], "description": "Chan Santokhi, the Surinamese politician who served as president of Suriname from 2020 to 2025, died on March 30, 2026. He was also minister of justice from 2005 to 2010 and served twice as an MNA. Santokhi was elected president after the 2020 elections, when he was the sole nominee and was chosen by acclamation in an uncontested vote. He was inaugurated on July 16, 2020.", "image_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/static/people/images/thumbnails/2026/03/Chan_Santokhi.jpg", "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Santokhi" }, { "name": "Rezvi Sheriff Co-founder of Sri Lanka’s first kidney transplant programme and dialysis unit, Medical research dead at age 77", "person_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/rezvi-sheriff", "verification_status": "reported", "sources": [], "age": 77, "death_date": "2026-03-30", "reported_date": "2026-03-30", "published_at": "2026-03-30T12:00:00+01:00", "occupation": [ "co-founder of sri lanka's first kidney transplant programme and dialysis unit", "medical research", "doctors", "scientists" ], "nationality": [ "Sri Lanka" ], "description": "Rezvi Sheriff, a Sri Lankan nephrologist and physician, died on March 30, 2026. 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He was dismissed from Key 103 in June 2005 after numerous warnings and a history of run-ins with regulator Ofcom, and later hosted an online radio show. Stannage also worked at Piccadilly Radio in the mid-1970s and had earlier been an amateur actor and secondary school teacher.", "image_url": null, "wikidata_id": null, "wikipedia_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stannage", "cause_of_death": { "label": "cancer", "status": "reported", "cause_url": "https://www.dead-people.com/Deaths-From-cancer-cause" } } ], "fallback_items": [], "page": 1, "per_page": 100, "total": 25, "total_pages": 1, "count": 25 }