Aleksandr Karin
Russian actor and stuntman (Peter the Great)
Died on Friday March 13th 2026
Deaths on March 12
This archive lists notable deaths associated with March 12 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on March 12, 2026.
Hari Murali
Indian actor (Rasikan
Died on Friday March 13th 2026
Enrica Bonaccorti Italian television presenter and actress
Enrica Bonaccorti, the Italian television presenter, actress and song lyricist known for Non è la Rai and Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, died…
Ernie Anastos American news anchor and talk show host dead at age 82
Ernie Anastos, an American news anchor and talk show host,
died on March 12, 2026, at age 82. An Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, he hosted WABC’s Positively Ernie, a program focused…
Ron Roberts English footballer, cancer dead at age 83
Ron Roberts, a Welsh footballer who played as a winger for Wrexham and Tranmere Rovers in the Football League,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 83. He…
Andrei Socaci Romanian weightlifter dead at age 59
Andrei Socaci, a Romanian weightlifter,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 59. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics as a lightweight before moving up…
Blood Duster Australian drummer dead at age 53
Blood Duster, an Australian drummer with the Melbourne grindcore and stoner rock band Blood Duster,
died on March 12, 2026. The band was formed in 1991 by Jason Fuller, Anthony…
David Sage Actor dead at age 85
David Sage, an American actor known for The Birdcage, Campus Cops and Highway to Heaven,
died on March 12, 2026, at age 85. Born David Rohan Sage in Syracuse, New…
Joachim Wanke German Roman Catholic prelate dead at age 84
Joachim Wanke, a German Roman Catholic prelate,
died on March 12, 2026. He was 84. Wanke served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Erfurt after its re-establishment following…
Antonio Puddu Italian boxer dead at age 81
Antonio Puddu, the Italian boxer also known as Tonino Puddu,
died on March 12, 2026. Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, on 8 May 1944, he won bronze at the 1963 Italian…
Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo 88-89 dead at age 88
Marcelino Miyares Sotolongo, a Cuban-American marketing executive and president of the Christian Democratic Party of Cuba,
died on March 12, 2026. Born in 1937, he became president of the party…
Chaos UK British guitarist dead at age -1
Chaos UK, the British guitarist associated with the punk band Chaos UK,
died on March 12, 2026. Chaos UK was an English punk rock band formed in 1979 in Portishead,…
Peeter Simm Estonian film director
Peeter Simm
died on March 12, 2026. He was an Estonian film director. Peeter Simm (24 February 1953 – 12 March 2026) was an Estonian film director. Tags Actors, 12…
Trevor McMahon New Zealand test cricketer dead at age 96
Trevor McMahon, a New Zealand Test cricketer and wicket-keeper,
died on March 12, 2026, aged 96. Born in Wellington on November 8, 1929, he played five Test matches for New…
Rolf Birkhölzer German footballer
Rolf Birkhölzer, a German professional footballer and goalkeeper,
died on March 12, 2026. Born on 29 September 1949, he began playing football at the age of nineteen with 1. FC…
Boubacar Ould Messaoud Mauritanian human rights activist dead at age 80
Boubacar Ould Messaoud, a Mauritanian human rights activist,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 80. Born on May 15, 1945, in Rosso, Mauritania, he fought against slavery…
Holograf Romanian singer dead at age 70
Holograf, the Romanian pop rock band from Bucharest,
died on March 12, 2026. Formed in 1978, the band released 18 albums and became known for songs including "Banii vorbesc," "Dincolo…
Donald Liao Hong Kong civil servant and architect dead at age 96
Donald Liao, a Hong Kong civil servant and architect,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 96. Taiwanese-born and known also as a landscape architect, he played an…
Gordon Wallace Scottish football player and manager dead at age 82
Gordon Wallace, the Scottish football player and manager,
died on March 12, 2026. A forward, he began his career with Montrose in 1961 before playing for Raith Rovers, Dundee and…
Hans-Georg Backhaus 96–97 dead at age 96
Hans-Georg Backhaus, a German Marxian economist and philosopher,
died on March 12, 2026, in Frankfurt. He was 96 or 97. Backhaus was one of the main authors of the Neue…
Daniel Amey Application engineer dead at age 84
Daniel Amey, an American application engineer,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 84. Born Daniel Irwin Amey Jr. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 25, 1941, he attended…
Harimurali Indian actor
Harimurali, an Indian Malayalam actor,
died on March 12, 2026. Born in 1998 in Annoor, Payyannur, in Kerala’s Kannur district, he began acting as a child and appeared in Rasikan…
Kevin Kiely Irish politician dead at age -1
Kevin Kiely, Irish politician and Mayor of Limerick from 2009 to 2010,
died on March 12, 2026, aged 64. He was a member of Fine Gael and was first elected…
Tom Brown American Hall of Fame football player dead at age 89
Tom Brown, an American professional football player and guard for the BC Lions,
died on March 12, 2026, at age 89. Brown played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers…
Asim Bukhari Pakistani actor dead at age 76
Asim Bukhari, a Pakistani television and film actor,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 76. Bukhari began his acting career with Pakistan Television in 1965 and appeared…
John Fisher Burns Journalist dead at age 81
John Fisher Burns, a British journalist and longtime London bureau chief for The New York Times,
died on March 12, 2026. He was 81. Burns won two Pulitzer Prizes during…
Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie British life peer, member of the House of Lords dead at age 83
Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, a British life peer and member of the House of Lords from 2005 to 2024,
died on March 12, 2026. Born Irene Tordoff Fennell on April…
2026 Lebanon war Iranian commander in Lebanon dead at age -1
The 2026 Lebanon war, described as an Iranian commander in Lebanon,
died on March 12, 2026, during the ongoing conflict in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. Since March 2, 2026,…
Anastasios Gonis Jurist dead at age 99
Anastasios Gonis, a Greek politician and member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1993 to 1996,
died on March 12, 2026. He was a member of New Democracy. Gonis, who was…
Mark Bittner American writer dead at age 74
Mark Bittner, an American writer and author of The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill,
died on March 12, 2026. Born in Vancouver, Washington, on November 29, 1951, he wrote the…
Brian Doherty Author, editor dead at age 57
Brian Doherty, an American journalist and author who was a senior editor at Reason magazine,
died on March 12, 2026. Born Brian Michael Doherty in Queens, New York, on June…
Petro Hasiuk School administrator dead at age 75
Petro Hasiuk, a Ukrainian politician and former member of parliament,
died on March 12, 2026. He was 75. Hasiuk, a member of Batkivshchyna, served in the Verkhovna Rada from 2006…
Patricia Clarke Australian writer dead at age 99
Patricia Clarke, an Australian writer and historian,
died on March 12, 2026. Born Mary Patricia Clarke in Alphington, Melbourne, on July 30, 1926, she was educated in Melbourne, later in…
Patrick Lemasle French politician dead at age 73
Patrick Lemasle, a French politician,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 73. He served in the National Assembly of France from 2002 to 2017, representing the 7th…
Margareta Magnusson Swedish artist and essayist, advocator of Swedish death cleaning dead at age 91
Margareta Magnusson, a Swedish painter and essayist,
died on March 12, 2026, in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the age of 91. Born Margareta Elisabeth Bothén in Gothenburg on December 31, 1934,…
Antón Louro Academic dead at age 73
Antón Louro, a Spanish politician,
died on March 12, 2026, in Pontevedra, Spain, at the age of 73. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, he served in the…
Guillaume Houphouët-Boigny Banker dead at age 88
Guillaume Houphouët-Boigny, an Ivorian banker,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 88. He served as secretary-general of the Ivorian Bank Company during the administration of President Félix…
Jenni Murray English journalist and broadcaster dead at age 75
Jenni Murray, the English journalist and broadcaster best known for presenting BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour,
died on March 12, 2026, aged 75. Born Jennifer Susan Bailey in Barnsley on…
Phil Summerill English footballer
Phil Summerill, the English footballer who played as a striker for Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Millwall and Wimbledon,
died on March 12, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Philip…
Kendall Myers FSI official dead at age 88
Kendall Myers, an American convicted spy and former U.S. State Department employee,
died on March 12, 2026. He was arrested with his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, on June 4, 2009,…
Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said 81-82 dead at age 81
Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said, Omani politician and Deputy Prime Minister for the Council of Ministers,
died on March 12, 2026. He served in that post from May 22, 1979,…
William Norvel Administrator, pastor, liturgist, author dead at age 90
William Norvel, an American Catholic priest,
died on March 12, 2026. Born William Leonard Norvel Jr. on October 1, 1935, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, he was ordained to the priesthood in…
Robert Trivers Evolutionary biology, Animal behavior, Sociobiology dead at age 83
Robert Trivers, an American evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist,
died on March 12, 2026, at age 83. He was known for proposing the theories of reciprocal altruism, parental investment, facultative sex…
Ron Nessen
American government official and journalist
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Brûni Heinke
Dutch actress (Goede tijden
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Raúl Grijalva
American politician
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Sven Coomer
Australian Olympic pentathlete (1956) and ski boot designer
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Miguel Macedo
Portuguese politician
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
John Feinstein
American sportswriter
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
AAMS Arefin Siddique
Bangladeshi academico administrator
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Richard Fortey
British palaeontologist
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Larry Buendorf
American security officer (United States Olympic Committee) and Secret Service agent (attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento)
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Michael Armacost
American diplomat
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Wally Ursuliak
Canadian curler
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Eduardo Nonato Joson
Filipino politician
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Michel Arrignon
French clarinetist
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Walter Schwimmer
Austrian politician and diplomat
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Khalid Anwer
Pakistani lawyer and jurist
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Claude Verret
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Radiša Ilić
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Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Stephen Custer
American cellist
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Edgar Oehler
Swiss politician
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Sofia Gubaidulina
Russian composer
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Sandra Harding
American philosopher
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Anthony Phelphs
Haitian-born Canadian writer
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Stedman Pearson
British singer (Five Star)
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Blanca Castilla de Cortázar Larrea
Spanish philosopher and anthropologist
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Emilio Cárdenas
80-81
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
K. K. Kochu
Indian writer and social activist
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Billy Joyce
Irish Gaelic footballer (Killererin
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Renata Kodadová
Czech harpist (Czech Philharmonic) and academic
Died on Thursday March 13th 2025
Kari Juhani Sorri
Finnish chess player
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Robyn Bernard
American actress (General Hospital)
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Dorie Ladner
American civil rights activist
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Gottfried Feurstein
Austrian economist and politician
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Neophyte of Bulgaria
head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Gottfriend Feurstein
Austrian economist and politician
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Ernie Fields Jr.
American baritone saxophonist and session musician
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
György Gát
Hungarian television director and producer
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Paola Roldán
Ecuadorian businesswoman and philanthropist
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Bernard L. Schwartz
American businessman
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Wiesław Kondracki
Polish engineer
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
A. K. Dewdney
Canadian mathematician
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Juhani Sorri
Finnish chess player
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Zhu Nenghong
Chineseastronomical optical telescope specialist
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Stéphane Rosse
French cartoonist
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Jacques Tasso
French rally racer
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Connie Eaves
Canadian biologist
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Monique Journod
French painter and lithographer
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Leah Smith
TikTok Star
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Mohammed Barakat
Palestinian footballer (national team)
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Bill Plummer
American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds) and coach (Seattle Mariners
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Sadi Mohammad
Bangladeshi singer and composer
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Marcello Gandini
Italian car designer (Lamborghini Miura
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Atie Voorbij
Dutch Olympic swimmer (1960)
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024
Philippe de Gaulle
French admiral and politician
Died on Wednesday March 13th 2024