Deaths Tag: 2026-03-13
Matt Gallagher
English rugby union player (Coventry R.F.C.) · 13 March 2026 · March 2026 · March 13
Patrice Jeener French artist and copper engraver dead at age 81
Patrice Jeener, a French artist and copper engraver who specialised in work of a mathematical nature, died on March 13, 2026. Born on July 31, 1944, he studied at the Lycée Janson de Sailly and later, in 1963, at the… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Doug Shively American football coach (New Orleans Saints dead at age 88
Douglas Armstead Shively, an American football coach and player, died on March 13, 2026, at age 88. Shively was head coach of the Arizona Wranglers of the United States Football League in 1983, when he compiled a 4-14 record. He… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Lloyd Jones (Welsh writer) Welsh novelist dead at age 74
Lloyd Jones, the Welsh novelist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 74. He was also a poet and photographer. Born at Bryn Clochydd, Gwytherin, near Llanrwst, he lived at Abergwyngregyn. Jones had worked on a farm, as… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Ann Gluckman First female principal of a state co-educational secondary school in New Zealand dead…
Ann Gluckman, a New Zealand educator, writer and historian, died on March 13, 2026, aged 98. Born Ann Jocelyn Klippel in London in 1927, she was appointed principal of Ngā Tapuwae College in 1975, becoming the first woman in New… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
John M. Perkins American christian minister dead at age 95
John M. Perkins, an American Christian minister, died on March 13, 2026, at age 95. He was also a civil rights activist and author. Born in New Hebron, Mississippi, on June 16, 1930, Perkins was the founder and president of… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Eili Sild Actress dead at age 83
Eili Sild, an Estonian stage, film, television and radio actress, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Tallinn on October 26, 1942, she began her career on the theatre stage in the early 1960s and worked as an actress from… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Billy Campbell (Northern Irish footballer) Northern Irish footballer (Dundee dead at age 81
Billy Campbell, the Northern Irish footballer, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 81. He played as a right winger for Sunderland, Dundee, Motherwell, Hamilton Academical and Northern Ireland. Campbell was also player-manager of Linfield. · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Zsigmond Ritoók Classical philologist dead at age 96
Zsigmond Ritoók, a Hungarian classical philologist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 96. Born in Budapest on September 28, 1929, he was a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Amy Carr English footballer (Arsenal dead at age 34
Amy Carr, an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper, died on March 13, 2026. Born on April 27, 1991, she began her youth career in Arsenal’s academy in 2005 before moving to Chelsea’s academy in 2006, where she won… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Jens Blauert German scientist dead at age 87
Jens Blauert, a German scientist known for his work in psychoacoustics, died on March 13, 2026. He was an emeritus professor at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, where he founded the Institute of Communication Acoustics. Blauert’s major fields of interest included spatial… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Envoi Allen French thoroughbred racehorse dead at age 12
Envoi Allen, a French thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt racing, died on March 13, 2026, aged 12. The bay gelding was bred in France and first raced in Ireland in a point to point at Ballinaboola, where he… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026 · Other
Odd Holten Norwegian politician, MP dead at age 85
Odd Holten, a Norwegian politician and member of parliament from 1989 to 2005, died on March 13, 2026. He was born in Øre on 28 August 1940 and represented the Christian Democratic Party. Holten was elected to the Norwegian Parliament… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Billy McCullough Northern Irish footballer (Arsenal dead at age 90
Billy McCullough, the Northern Irish footballer who made more than 250 appearances for Arsenal and was capped 10 times for Northern Ireland, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Carrickfergus, he first played for Portadown before joining Arsenal in 1958… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Nick Baker (Kentucky politician) American politician, member of the Kentucky Senate dead at age 88
Nick Baker, an American politician and member of the Kentucky Senate from 1970 to 1978, died on March 13, 2026. Born Henry Nicholas Baker in Hazard, Kentucky, on April 10, 1937, he was first elected to the Senate in 1969,… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson Icelandic composer dead at age 73
Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson, an Icelandic composer, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 73. He was also a music theorist, rector and pianist, and was considered among the leading Icelandic composers of his generation. Ragnarsson contributed to Icelandic… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
John A. Shaud American Air Force general, chief of staff of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers…
John A. Shaud, an American Air Force general who served as chief of staff of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe from 1988 to 1991, died on March 13, 2026, from complications of a stroke. He was 92. Shaud was… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Ralf Friberg Finnish journalist and politician dead at age 89
Ralf Friberg, a Finnish journalist, diplomat and politician, died on March 13, 2026. He served as a Social Democratic MP and worked in journalism at Västra Nyland, Östra Nyland and Vasabladet in the late 1950s. Friberg was also Parliamentary and… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Phil Wise (American football) public figure dead at age 76
Phil Wise, an American football defensive back in the National Football League, died on March 13, 2026, at age 76. He was selected by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 1971 NFL draft and played nine… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Gary Wagner (baseball) American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies dead at age 85
Gary Wagner, an American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox, died on March 13, 2026. Gary Edward Wagner was born June 28, 1940, and was a native of Bridgeport, Illinois. He graduated… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Jacques Revel French historian dead at age 83
Jacques Revel, a French historian and emeritus director of studies and president of the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 83. He was born on July 25, 1942. Revel… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Hugh Winsor Canadian journalist, stroke dead at age 87
Hugh Winsor, a Canadian journalist with The Globe and Mail, died on March 13, 2026, after a stroke. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, on April 18, 1938, he was noted for his work with The Globe and Mail and… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Sultan Ali Keshtmand Afghan politician dead at age 90
Sultan Ali Keshtmand, an Afghan politician, died on March 13, 2026. He was a member of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan and served twice as Chairman of the Council of Ministers in the Democratic Republic… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Cameron Ontko American football player dead at age 33
Cameron Ontko, an American professional football player who played for the BC Lions, died on March 13, 2026. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 23, 1992. Ontko played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers before transferring to California… · Canada · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Bruno Contrada Italian police officer dead at age 94
Bruno Contrada, the Italian police officer and intelligence official who served as police chief of Palermo and deputy director of the civil intelligence service SISDE, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Naples on 2 September 1931, he joined the… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Phil Campbell (musician) Musician dead at age 64
Phil Campbell, Welsh guitarist and musician, died on March 13, 2026, aged 64. Born Philip Anthony Campbell in Pontypridd on May 7, 1961, he was best known as the guitarist in Motörhead from 1984 until the band’s disbandment in 2015… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Enric Reyna Spanish businessman dead at age 85
Enric Reyna, a Spanish businessman and former president of FC Barcelona, died on March 13, 2026. Born in Barcelona on May 15, 1940, he joined the Catalan club’s management in 2000 during Joan Gaspart’s presidency. He became vice president in… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
Siti Norma Yaakob First woman to become Chief Judge of Malaya dead at age 85
Siti Norma Yaakob, a Malaysian lawyer and judge who became the first woman to serve as Chief Judge of Malaya, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on 6 July 1940 in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, she… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
İlber Ortaylı History of the Ottoman EmpireHistory of TurkeySeljuk Empire dead at age 78
İlber Ortaylı, a Turkish historian and professor of history, died on March 13, 2026. He was 78. Born on 21 May 1947 in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Allied-occupied Austria, to Crimean Tatar parents, he taught at Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
John Alford (actor) British actor (Grange Hill dead at age 54
John Alford, the British actor best known for playing Robbie Wright in the BBC series Grange Hill, died on March 13, 2026, aged 54. Born John James Shannon in Glasgow, he also appeared as Billy Ray in ITV’s London's Burning… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026
H. J. Dora Indian police officer dead at age 83
H. J. Dora, an Indian police officer and former Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, died on March 13, 2026, in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, at the age of 83. A 1965 batch Indian Police Service officer of the Andhra Pradesh… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026 · Dóra
Paul R. Ehrlich The Population Bomb 1968 Simon–Ehrlich wager dead at age 93
Paul R. Ehrlich, an American biologist, author, and environmentalist, died on March 13, 2026, at the age of 93. He was known for his warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion, and for the 1968… · 13 March 2026 · March 2026