Elza Goeva, died aged 97
Bulgarian painter Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Deaths on March 16
This archive lists notable deaths associated with March 16 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on March 16, 2026.
Sergey Maksimenko died at age 71
Belarusian physicist Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Mercedes Ribera death at age 111
Spanish dancer Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Wolfredo Wildpret dies at 92
Spanish botanist Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Valeri Kirss passes away at age 80
Estonian media personality and lawyer Died on Tuesday March 17th 2026
Francine Descarries, died aged 83
Francine Descarries, a Canadian sociologist and professor of sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal, died on March 16, 2026, at age 84. Born in Montreal in 1942, she…
Kiki Shepard obituary: died at age 74
Kiki Shepard, the American television host best known as co-host of Showtime at the Apollo, died on March 16, 2026. Born Chiquita Renee Shepard on July 15, 1951, in Tyler,…
Buddy Childers dead at age 87
Eugene Milton "Buddy" Childers, an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Rome, Georgia, on…
Michel Hulin passes away at age 90
Michel Hulin, a French philosopher who specialized in Indian philosophy, died on March 16, 2026. Born on Jan. 31, 1936, he was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure and…
Jean Delas has died at age 86
Jean Delas, a French publisher, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 86. He was born on August 31, 1939, and was a recipient of the Legion of…
Marcelo Araujo death at age 78
Marcelo Araujo, an Argentine sports journalist and commentator, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born Lázaro Jaime Zilberman on June 12, 1947, he worked from 1989…
Obituary: James N. Hardin Jr., dead at age 87
James N. Hardin Jr., an American Germanist, died on March 16, 2026, at age 87. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, on February 17, 1939, he earned a BA in German from…
Eugenio Viale, died aged 86
Eugenio Viale, an Italian politician, died on March 16, 2026. Born on March 6, 1939, he graduated in law and worked as a businessman in the food sector. In the…
Eric Overmyer dies at 74
Eric Overmyer, an American television writer and producer known for his work on Bosch, Law & Order and The Wire, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Boulder, Colorado, on…
Daniel Aweyue Syme dies at -1
Daniel Aweyue Syme, a Ghanaian politician, died on March 16, 2026. Daniel Aweyue Syme (died 16 March 2026) was a Ghanaian politician and the deputy Upper East Regional Minister of…
E. Grady Jolly has died at age 88
E. Grady Jolly, an American judge and United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, died March 16, 2026, at age 88. Born in…
Death of Bob Tullius at age 95
Bob Tullius, an American racing driver and racing team owner, died on March 16, 2026. Born Robert Charles Tullius in Rochester, New York, on December 7, 1930, he was active…
Patrick Trémège, died aged 71
Patrick Trémège, a French politician, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 71. He was a member of the Union for French Democracy, the Union for a Popular…
Doug Camilli dead at age 89
Doug Camilli, an American baseball player and coach who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington Senators, died on March 16, 2026. He was 89. Camilli played in Major…
Dolores Keane obituary: died at age 72
Dolores Keane, an Irish folk singer and founding member of De Dannan, died on March 16, 2026. Born on 26 September 1953 in Sylane, County Galway, she was raised from…
Bettina Köster dies at 66
Bettina Köster, a German singer, musician and composer, died on March 16, 2026. Born on June 15, 1959, in Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany, she was also a saxophonist, songwriter…
Jorie Lueloff Friedman passed away at age 85
Jorie Lueloff Friedman, an American broadcast journalist and the first female reporter and first female news anchor at WMAQ Channel 5 in Chicago, died on March 16, 2026. Born in…
Rainelle Krause death at age 37
Rainelle Krause, an American soprano and opera singer, died on March 16, 2026, at age 38 in Fort Worth, Texas. Born in Tampa, Florida, on December 14, 1987, she grew…
Vladimír Stránský has died at age 78
Vladimír Stránský, a Czech professional ice hockey player, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 78. Born in Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, on June 7, 1947, he played in the…
Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska, died aged 85
Aleksandra Kurczab-Pomianowska, a Polish actress and translator, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Lviv on May 7, 1940, she was the daughter of writer Jan Kurczab and Janina née…
Bernt Mæland dies at age 67
Bernt Mæland, a Norwegian footballer, died on March 16, 2026. He played as a forward in the Norwegian top league for Bryne and Viking in the 1980s. Originally from Bømlo,…
Gene Derfler passed away at age 101
Gene Derfler, an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon State Senate, died on March 16, 2026, at age 101. Born in Portland, Oregon, on…
Obituary: Andriy Serdyuk, dead at age 87
Andriy Serdyuk, a Ukrainian medical scientist and politician, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 87. Born in Dnipropetrovsk on December 24, 1938, he served as Minister of…
Orion Samuelson dies at 91
Orion Samuelson, an American agriculture broadcaster, died on March 16, 2026. He was known for his broadcasts on agriculture and for explaining agribusiness and food production in an understandable way.…
Ong Kok Hai obituary: died at age 80
Ong Kok Hai, a Malaysian microbiologist and Professor of Microbiology at the International Medical University, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Penang on 12 November 1945, he was one…
Ernő Mészáros has died at age 90
Ernő Mészáros, a Hungarian air chemist and meteorologist, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 90. Born in Budapest on April 12, 1935, he was a member of…
Slava Racheva, died aged 87
Slava Racheva, a Bulgarian actress and puppeteer, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Sofia on April 23, 1938, she studied drama acting at the Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for…
Tony Balsamo obituary: died at age 89
Tony Balsamo, an American baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs, died on March 16, 2026. Balsamo, whose full name was Anthony Alred Balsamo, was 89. He attended Fordham…
Obituary: Alfred J. Noll, dead at age 66
Alfred J. Noll, an Austrian lawyer, politician and writer, died on March 16, 2026. Born in Salzburg on January 30, 1960, he earned his law degree from the University of…
Larry Stahl dies at 84
Larry Stahl, an American baseball player who appeared for the Kansas City Athletics, New York Mets and San Diego Padres, died on March 16, 2026. Larry Floyd Stahl, born June…
Marina Yusoff dies at 84
Marina Yusoff, a Malaysian politician, lawyer and businesswoman, died on March 16, 2026. Born on Dec. 7, 1941, she began her political career as an Umno activist and served as…
Obituary: Jamie Blanks, dead at age 54
Jamie Blanks, the Australian film director and composer behind Urban Legend and Valentine, died on March 16, 2026, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Born in Melbourne on November 29, 1971, Blanks…
Navnindra Behl, died aged 76
Navnindra Behl, an Indian theatre and television director, writer and actor, died on March 16, 2026, at age 76. Born in Delhi on October 30, 1949, she began stage acting…
Yves Chevallard passed away at age 79
Yves Chevallard, a French mathematician and academic, died on March 16, 2026, at the age of 79. Born in Tunis on May 1, 1946, he studied at the Lycée Thiers…
David Steven died at age 58
American television writer (Courage the Cowardly Dog Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Lenny Schultz obituary: died at age 91
American stand-up comedian Died on Monday March 17th 2025
John Hemingway dead at age 105
Irish RAF pilot (Battle of Britain) Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Obituary: Bernie Fedderly, dead at age 76
Canadian racing crew chief Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Jesse Colin, died aged 83
American singer (The Youngbloods) and songwriter Died on Monday March 17th 2025
James Murphy passed away at age 88
American soccer player (St. Louis Kutis Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Thomas Cahir dies at 72
American politician Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Abu Ishaq dies at 68
Egyptian Muslim preacher Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Thomas V. dead at age 88
American politician Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Billie Jean obituary: died at age 95
American politician Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Obituary: Manfred Schukowski, dead at age 97
German academic teacher and author of works on astronomical clocks Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Branislava Peruničić death at age 88
88-89 Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Obituary: Tomáš Klouček, dead at age 45
Czech ice hockey player (New York Rangers Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Death of Mat Solar at age 62
Indonesian actor and comedian (Tukang Bubur Naik Haji) Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Gheorghe Vărzaru has died at age 64
64 Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Obituary: Anthony R., dead at age 77
American journalist and political speechwriter Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Obituary: Armando Aguirre, dead at age 92
Catalan actor (El Cor de la Ciutat) Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Death of Colin McFadyean at age 82
English rugby union player (national team) Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Antoine Kerbaj dead at age 89
Lebanese actor Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Jonathan Durham has died at age 59
English footballer (Torquay United Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Naseer Soomro has died at age 55
Pakistani giant Died on Monday March 17th 2025
AnNa R. obituary: died at age 55
German singer (Rosenstolz Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Rob de obituary: died at age 82
Dutch singer and actor Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Milorad Komrakov dies at age 69
Serbian journalist Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Mankombu Gopalakrishnan, died aged 77
Indian lyricist Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Death of Lee Shau-kee at age 97
Hong Kong businessman (Henderson Land Development) Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Ayumi Ishida death at age 76
Japanese actress and singer Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Pavel Androsov died at age 70
Russian military officer Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Lawrence L. has died at age 85
American jurist Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Death of Peter Bichsel at age 89
Swiss writer and journalist Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Andrej Lazarov passes away at age 25
Macedonian football player (GFK Tikvesh Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Miljenko Domijan dies at age 78
Croatian historian and photographer Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Debendra Pradhan death at age 83
Indian politician Died on Monday March 17th 2025
Obituary: Raili Riuttala, dead at age 90
Finnish Olympic swimmer (1952) Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
André Van died at age 86
Belgian football player (Kortrijk) and manager (Mouscron Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Ernest Bryll, died aged 89
Polish poet Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Frank Darcel passes away at age 65
French guitarist Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Emmanuëlle dead at age 81
Canadian singer Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Suzy Platiel obituary: died at age 93
Algerian-born French ethnolinguist and Africanist Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Jean-Pierre Marty dies at age 91
French pianist and conductor Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Byron Janis, died aged 95
American classical pianist Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
David Seidler dead at age 86
British-American screenwriter (The King's Speech Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Marwan Issa, died aged 58
Palestinian Islamic militant (Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades) Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Ernesto Bergamasco death at age 74
Italian boxer Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Death of Abul Kashem at age 82
Bangladeshi politician Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Emmet Stagg has died at age 79
Irish politician Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Costas Soukoulis, died aged 73
Greek optical physicist (Ames National Laboratory Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Steve Harley dies at 73
British singer and songwriter (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel) Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Roger Pfund passed away at age 80
Swiss graphic artist Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Hennadiy Moskal death at age 73
Ukrainian politician Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Barbara Hillyer obituary: died at age 90
American academic and feminist activist Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Pinu Khan dies at -1
Bangladeshi politician Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Kathy Goldman, died aged 92
American anti-poverty activist Died on Sunday March 17th 2024
Victor de died at age 71
Filipino Roman Catholic prelate Died on Friday March 17th 2023
Obituary: Lance Reddick, dead at age 60
American actor (The Wire Died on Friday March 17th 2023
Jorge Edwards, died aged 91
Chilean novelist and diplomat Died on Friday March 17th 2023
Jean-Bernard Ndongo has died at age -1
Cameroonian politician Died on Friday March 17th 2023
Laura Valenzuela passes away at age 92
Spanish television presenter and actress Died on Friday March 17th 2023
Adri Duivesteijn death at age 72
Dutch politician Died on Friday March 17th 2023