Famous Deaths on March 30 ·

20 Jun 2024, 00:00

March 30 Calendar

English dandy famous for his fashion style of simplicity and elegance, dies of syphilis at 61

1842 Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (b. 1755)
1864 Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinetist and composer, dies 52
1871 Louise, Dutch-born Queen of Sweden and Norway, dies at 42
1872 John Morrison Oliver, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), and lawyer, dies at 43
1873 Benedict Augustin Morel, Austrian-French psychologist (dementia praecox), dies at 63
1875 Marie Moke Pleyel, Belgian composer, dies at 63
1879 David van der Kellen, Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
1879 Thomas Couture, French painter/author, dies at 63
1884 Hans Hampel, Czech composer, dies at 61
1886 Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, French Canadian politician (b. 1838)
1896 Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician (Prime Minister of Greece for 7 times from 1875-1895), dies at 63
1903 William Hicks "Red" Jackson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 67
1906 Betsy Perk [Christina Elizabeth], Dutch journalist, writer and pioneer of the Dutch women's movement, dies at 73
1911 Ellen Henrietta Richards, American chemist (Amer Home Economics Association-1st Pres), dies at 68
1912 Karl May, German writer (Winnetou, Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austrian-born spiritualist and philosopher (founder of doctrine of anthroposophy), dies at 64
1935 Romanos Melik'yan, Armenian composer, dies at 51
1936 Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer, dies at 40
1942 Alfred Coville, French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies at 81
1943 Jan Bytnar, Polish activist (b. 1921)
1943 Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (b. 1920)
1945 Karel Moor, Czech composer and conductor, dies at 71
1946 John Vereker, British-Irish aristocrat (6th Viscount Gort), decorated military officer (WWI, WW2), and administrator (Governor of Malta, 1942-44; High Commissioner of British Mandate of Palestine, 1944-45), dies of liver cancerat 59
1949 Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 3 dismissals; Bombay), dies at 40
1949 Friedrich Bergius, German chemist (benzine from brown coal, Nobel Prize 1931), dies at 64

French politician, Prime Minister of France (People's Front Government), dies at 77

1953 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, Austrian composer, dies at 75
1959 Daniil Andreev, Russian writer, poet and Christian mystic, dies at 52
1959 Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875)
1960 Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor and painter, dies at 90
1960 Joseph Haas, German late romantic opera composer (Tobias Wunderlich; Totenmesse), dies at 81
1961 Philibert Melotte, British astronomer (discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae), dies at 81
1962 Jack Purvis, American jazz trumpet player and composer, dies at 55
1963 Alexander Gauk, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 69
1964 Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen [Nellie Walker], African-American Harlem Renaissance novelist (Quicksand, Passing), dies at 72
1964 Willem Andriessen, Dutch composer and pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76
1965 Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, (Nobel Prize 1950 for cortisone), dies at 69
1966 Erwin Piscator, German theater and film director (Nathan the Wise; Revolt of the Fishermen), dies at 72
1966 Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator, dies at 95
1966 Newbold Morris, American politician, dies at 64
1967 Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
1968 Bobby Driscoll, American Academy Juvenile Award-winning actor (Song Of The South; The Window), dies of heart failure at 31 [date reflects discovery of his body in a deserted NYC tenement]
1969 Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 1968), dies during Le Mans testing accident at 34
1970 Heinrich Brüning, German politician and Chancellor of Germany (1930-32), dies at 84
1971 Selmer Jackson, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82
1972 Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on "There's good news tonight", dies of pneumonia at 81
1972 Peter Whitney, American actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
1974 Lodewijk Rogier, Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies at 79
1975 Peter Bamm, German physician and writer, dies at 87
1976 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
1976 Reuben "Rube" Bloom, American pianist, arranger, bandleader (The Bayou Boys), songwriter ("Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"; "Give Me the Simple Life"), dies at 73
1977 Abdel Halim Hafez [Shabana], Egyptian singer and actor, dies of liver failure due to schistosomiasis (parasitic flatworm infection) at 47
1977 Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer, music editor and pedagogue, dies at 88
1978 George Paine, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 17 wickets; Warwickshire CCC), dies at 69
1978 Harold Gimblett, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; 265 career FC sixes; Somerset CCC), dies from an overdose at 63
1978 Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin], American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity), dies from several untreated illnesses, including pneumonia, at 37
1979 Airey Neave, British MP (Conservative), killed in a car bomb by the Irish National Liberation Army at 63
1981 DeWitt Wallace, American publisher who founded Readers Digest, dies at 91
1981 Noel Harford, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests, 2 x 50; Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, Franklin), dies at 50
1984 Gaëtan Dugas, French Canadian flight attendant and HIV patient erroneously vilified as "Patient Zero", dies of AIDS related kidney failure at 32 [1]
1984 Peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman (weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies
1985 Harold Peary, American actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of a heart attack at 76

American actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 86

1986 John Ciardi, American poet and interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
1987 Efrain Jonckheer, Premier of the Dutch Antilles, dies at 69
1988 Edgar Faure, Prime Minister of France (1952, 52-56) and writer, dies at 79
1988 Taneli Kuusisto, Finnish organist and composer (Suomalainen rukous - Finnish Prayer), dies at 82
1991 Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
1992 Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
1992 Luigi De Laurentiis, Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies at 75
1992 Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist who discovered ancient royal Macedonian tombs in northern Greece, dies at 72
1993 Andrée Bunet, French figure skater (Olympic gold pairs 1928, 32; World C'ship gold pairs 1926, 28, 30, 32), dies at 91
1993 Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70
1994 Sid Weiss, American jazz bassist, dies at 79
1995 Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer (Janis Joplin - Pearl), dies at 59
1995 Rozelle Claxton, American jazz pianist and arranger, dies at 82
1995 Tony Lock, English cricket spin bowler (49 Tests, 174 wickets, BB 7/35, 2 x 50; Surrey CCC, Western Australia, Leicestershire CCC), dies from cancer at 65
1996 Hugh Falkus, British filmmaker and naturalist, dies at 78
1996 Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman (Daishowa Paper Manufacturing), dies at 79
1997 Jon Stone, American director and co-creator of Sesame Street, dies at 64
1998 Ramsay Ames [Phillips], American actress, model and dancer (The Mummy's Ghost; Ali Baba & the 40 Thieves), dies of lung cancer at 79
1999 Gary Morton [Morton Goldaper], American comedian, television producer, studio executive (Desilu), and second husband of Lucille Ball, dies of lung cancer at 74
1999 Terry Wilson, American actor (Wagon Train; Escape to Witch Mountain), dies at 75
2000 Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), dies at 84
2002 Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and lyricist, dies of multiple organ failure at 72

British consort of King George VI and Queen Mother after his death, dies at 101

2003 Michael Jeter, American Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor (The Fisher King; Evening Shade; Assassins), dies epileptic seizure complications at 50
2003 Valentin Pavlov, Russian politician and Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (1991), dies at 65
2004 (Rosemary) "Timi" Yuro, American singer ("Hurt"), dies at 63
2004 Alistair Cooke, British-American TV host (Masterpiece Theatre), dies at 95
2004 Frances Schreuder, American socialite convicted of murder, dies at 65
2004 Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b. 1914)

2005 Derrick Plourde, American punk rock drummer, takes his own life at 33
2005 Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)
2005 Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b. 1919)
2005 Milton Green, American athlete (WR 45-yard high hurdles 5.8s 1935; WR 60m high hurdles 7.5s 1936), dies at 91
2005 O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist (b. 1930)
2005 Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
2006 Red Hickey, American football coach (HC SF 49ers 1959-63; devised shotgun formation), dies at 89
2008 Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie "The Killing Fields", dies of pancreatic cancer at 65
2009 Andrea Mead-Lawrence, American alpine skier (Olympic gold slalom, giant slalom 1952), dies of leiomyosarcoma at 76
2009 Herman Franks, American baseball manager (SF Giants 1965–68, Chicago Cubs 1977–79) and coach (World Series 1954 NY Giants), dies at 95
2010 Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-born American high school teacher at Garfield High School (b. 1930)
2010 John Bunch, American jazz pianist (New York Swing Trio), dies of melanoma at 88
2010 Martin Sandberger, German military officer (b. 1911)
2012 Ron Gaunt, Australian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 3/53; WA, Victoria), dies at 78
2012 Viktor Kosichkin, Russian speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000m, silver 10,000m 1960), dies at 74
2013 Bob Turley, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1956, 58 [MVP] New York Yankees; 3 x MLB All-Star; Cy Young Award 1958), dies from liver cancer at 82
2013 Phil Ramone [Rabinowitz], American 14-time Grammy Award-winning music producer (Burt Bacharach; Paul Simon; Billy Joel; Tony Bennett), and studio owner (co-founded A&R Recording), dies from an aortic aneurysm at 79
2014 Kate O'Mara, English actress (Dynasty) and writer, dies at 74
2016 Bram Beekman, Dutch organist, composer and teacher (Brabants Conservatory, 1980-2012), dies at 66
2016 Gianmaria Testa, Italian singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 57
2016 Howard Cable, Canadian conductor, arranger, and composer, dies at 95
2016 Mike Gibbons, American rocker (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - "Billy Don't Be A Hero"), dies at 69
2017 Donald Harvey, American serial killer, healthcare worker who killed at least 37 patients, dies after being attacked in prison at 64
2017 Rosalie “Rosie” Hamlin, American singer-songwriter (Rosie and The Originals – “Angel Baby”), dies at 71
2018 Bill Maynard [Walter Williams], English actor (Greengrass-Heartbeat) and comedian, dies at 89

American singer-songwriter and rhythm & blues musician ("Ain't No Sunshine"; "Lean on Me"; "Just The Two Of Us"), dies of heart complications at 81

2020 Frank Maloney, American football coach (Syracuse University 1974-1980), dies from brain cancer at 79
2020 Manolis Glezos, Greek politician, writer and resistance hero (took down Nazi flag from Acropolis), dies at 97
2021 G. Gordon Liddy, American Watergate felon and radio host, dies at 90
2022 Yanick Étienne, Haitian singer (Roxy Music - "Avalon"; Bryan Ferry), dies of cancer at 64
2023 Mark Russell, American political satirist, song parody writer, and pianist (Real People), dies at 90 [1]
2023 Michael Rudman, American theater director and producer working in the UK (Death of the Salesman, Donkeys' Years), dies at 84 [1]
2023 Ray Shulman, Scottish progressive rock bassist, songwriter (Gentle Giant), and record producer (The Sugarcubes), dies at 73
2024 Casey Benjamin, American R&B and hip-hop saxophonist, vocoder wizard, and songwriter (The Robert Glasper Experiment), dies at 45 [1]

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Famous Deaths on March 30

English dandy famous for his fashion style of simplicity and elegance, dies of syphilis at 61 French politician, Prime Minister of France (People's Front Government), dies at 77 American actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 86

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