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MARCH 2019
02/07: EDWARD O’BRIEN, 85 (undisclosed), father of NBC/CNN TV news journalist Soledad O’Brien – not publicized until March 2019
02/21: ANTONIA REY, 92 (undisclosed), Cuban-born stage/screen character actress (Hair, as George Berger’s mother) – not publicized until March 2019
03/02: JANICE FREEMAN, 33 (blood clot), singer/TV contestant, The Voice (2017)
03/02: ALBERT “AL” HAZAN, 84 (undisclosed), pianist, 1960s instrumental group B. Bumble and the Stingers (Nut Rocker)
03/03: HARRY "TACO" BOWMAN, 69 (undisclosed; in custody), Detroit-area motorcycle gang leader (Outlaws Motorcycle Club); convicted murderer
03/04: KING KONG BUNDY (nė Christopher Pallies), 61 (undisclosed), World Wrestling Foundation/Entertainer pro wrestler; sometimes actor (Married … with Children)
03/04: ROBERT DePROSPERO, 80 (complications of amyloidosis), Secret Service agent present at 1981 President Reagan assassination attempt
03/04: KEITH FLINT, 49 (suicide/hanging), British front man, 1990s dance band The Prodigy
03/04: MICHAEL A. GRAY, 87 (undisclosed), film publicist/marketing executive (creator of EPKs/electric press kits); mentor to director Jonathan Demme
03/04: EDDIE LAMBERT, 76 (cancer), music industry executive/producer (Hall and Oates; The Four Tops; The Righteous Brothers)
03/04: LUKE PERRY, 52 (massive stroke), TV actor (Beverly Hills 90210; Riverdale)
03/06: RACHEL INGALLS, 78 (multiple myeloma), novelist (Mrs. Caliban)
03/06: GERRY STICKELLS, 76 (complications of brain tumor), British tour manager (The Jimi Hendrix Experience; Queen)
03/07: WILLIAM CREBER, 87 (complications of pneumonia), film art director/production designer (Planet of the Apes series; The Poseidon Adventure; The Towering Inferno; The Greatest Story Ever Told)
03/07: MIKE GROSE, 70s (undisclosed), original bassist, early 1970s pre-fame British rock group Queen
03/07: Representative RALPH HALL, 90 (undisclosed), US Congressman (Democratic-Texas/4th District, 1981-2004; Republican-Texas/4th District, 2004-2015); oldest US congressman in history
03/07: DAN JENKINS, 89 (undisclosed), sportswriter; sports-themed novelist (film-adapted "Semi-Tough”)
03/07: CARMINE "THE SNAKE" PERSICO, 85 (complications of diabetes; in custody), convicted racketeer/murderer; reported one-time boss of the New York City Colombo crime family
03/07: SID SHEINBERG, 84 (undisclosed), 1960s/1970s studio executive, Universal/MCA-TV (protégé of studio boss Lew Wasserman; mentor to young director Steven Spielberg)
03/08: MARSHALL BRODIEN, 84 (complications of Alzheimer’s disease), magician/actor (WGN-TV/Chicago’s The Bozo Show, as “Wizzo, the Wizard”); 1970s TV pitchman (TV Magic Cards)
03/08: STEPHEN DUSHECK, age available (complications of pneumonia), magician
03/08: New York Assemblyman MEL MILLER, 79 (lung cancer), New Yprk Assemblyman (D, 44th District/Brooklyn, 1971-91); Speaker (1987-1991)
03/08: GEORGE MORFOGEN, 86 (undisclosed), Broadway/screen actor (V; Oz; eight films for director Peter Bogdanovich, including What’s Up, Doc?)
03/09: JED ALLAN, 84 (undisclosed), TV soap opera actor (Days of Our Lives; Secret Storm; Santa Barbara; General Hospital); TV host (Celebrity Bowling)
03/09: FREEDA FOREMAN, 42 (suicide/hanging; asphyxiation), daughter pf pugilist George Foreman
03/09: JULIA RUTH STEVENS, 102 (brief illness), last surviving daughter/child of baseball player Babe Ruth
03/09: JOHNNY THOMPSON, 84 (undisclosed), Las Vegas-based magician "The Great Tomsoni”
03/10: ASA BREBNER, 65 (undisclosed), 1970s/1980s guitarist/singer/songwriter (The Modern Lovers; Robin Lane and the Chartbusters)
03/10: KATHRYN “SUGAR” KANE, 100 (undisclosed), 1930s/1940s ingénue film actress (That Hagen Girl)
03/10: AL SILVERMAN, 92 (undisclosed), sports journalist/sports-themed author (co-author, I Am Third with football player Gale Sayers – basis for TV-film Brian’s Song)
03/11: HAL BLAINE, 92 (undisclosed), rock music session drummer, The Wrecking Crew (chart hits for Elvis Presley; The Monkees; Nancy Sinatra; Sam Cooke; Gary Lewis and the Playboys; The Ronettes; The Beach Boys; Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass; Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel; The Mama’s and the Papa’s; The Fifth Dimension; Paul Revere and the Raiders; Connie Francis; Sonny and Cher; Cher; America; Roy Orbison; The Association; Frank Sinatra; The Carpenters; Glen Campbell; Bob Lind; The Captain and Tennille; The Shirelles; The Crystals; Neil Diamond; Johnny Rivers; The Righteous Brothers; Kenny Rogers and the First Edition; Petulia Clark; Barbra Streisand; Richard Harris; The T-Bones; Dean Martin; Barry McGuire; The Cascades; Jan and Dean; Lorne Greene; Henry Mancini; The Grass Roots; Shelley Fabares; Tommy Roe; Diana Ross – solo; The Supremes; John Denver; The Marketts; The Partridge Family; TV theme songs for Batman; The Monkees; The Brady Bunch; Three’s Company)
03/11: DANNY KUSTOW, 69 (double pneumonia; liver infection), British guitarist, 1970s punk group TRB/Tom Robinson Band (2-4-6-8 Motorway; Glad to Be Gay)
03/11: Dr. JIM RAMAN, 42 (undisclosed), orthodontist; reality TV contestant (The Amazing Race, 2014)
03/12: Sir JOHN RICHARDSON, 95 (undisclosed), British-born/US-based art historian; author, four-volume biographer of artist Pablo Picasso
03/12: MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT, 90 (respiratory failure), children’s literature author (130 books including Nate, the Great series)
03/13: FRANCESCO “FRANKY BOY” CALI, 53 (non-mob connected gun violence), reported mobster/head of the Gambino crime family
03/13: Governor HARRY HUGHES, 92 (pneumonia), Governor of Maryland (D, 1979-1987)
03/13: CHARLES SANNA, 101 (undisclosed), inventor, Swiss Miss (the first hot cocoa mix)
03/14: Senator BIRCH BAYH, 91 (pneumonia), US Senator (Democrat-Indiana, 1963-81); 1976 Democratic presidential candidate; father of Indiana Senator/Governor Evan Bayh; author, Title IX and 26th Amendment legislation
03/15: LARRY DiTILLIO, 71 (undisclosed), animation/episodic TV screenwriter (Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe; Murder, She Wrote; Babylon 5; The Hitchhiker)
03/15: TOM K. RYAN, 92 (undisclosed), syndicated comic strip author/artist/co-creator, Tumbleweeds
03/15: W.S. (WILLIAM STANLEY) MERWIN, 91 (in his sleep), Pulitzer Price-winning poet (1971, 2009)
03/15: TOMMY TRIPPLEHORN, 75 (undisclosed). session/touring guitarist (The Wrecking Crew, Gary Lewis and the Playboys); father of actress Jeannie Tripplehorn
03/16: DICK DALE, 81 (heart failure), 1960s surf guitarist (Miserlou); “King of the Surf Guitar”
03/16: RICHARD ERDMAN, 93 (undisclosed), film/TV character actor (The Men; Stalag 17: Tora! Tora! Tora!; The Twilight Zone: A Kind of Stopwatch)
03/16: TOM HATTEN, 92, (undisclosed), TV actor (Gomer Pyle – USMC); Los Angeles TV announcer/children’s show host (Popeye and His Friends, 1960s-1980s, KTLA/5); Los Angeles radio host (KNX/1070 AM)
03/16: DAVID WHITE, 79 (lung cancer; throat cancer), 1950s/1960s singer, Danny &/the Juniors, the Spokesmen (Dawn of Correction); songwriter (Danny &/the Juniors: At the Hop; Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Here to Stay; Len Barry: 1-2-3; Lesley Gore: You Don't Own Me)
03/17: SYDNEY AIELLO, 19 (suicide/post-traumatic stress disorder), schoolgirl survivor, 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting
03/17: KEN BALD, 98 (undisclosed), syndicated cartoonist (Judd Saxon; Dr. Kildare; Dark Shadows); comic book artist (1950s Timely/Marvel: Millie the Model; 1940s Fawcett: Captain Marvel, Bulletman, Spy Smasher; comic book adaptations: Captain Midnight The Shadow, Doc Savage, Mandrake the Magician)
03/17: BERNIE TORMÉ, 66 (pneumonia), Irish-born hard rock guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne; Ian Gillin)
03/17: ZEPHIRE "ANDRE" WILLIAMS, 82 (colon cancer), R&B singer “Mr. Rhythm”; producer (for Motown); songwriter (Shake a Tail Feather/The Five Du-Tones)
03/18: JOHN CARL BUECHLER, 66 (prostate cancer), horror film director (Troll); visual effects artist (Ghoulies)
03/18: LOUISE ERICKSON, 91 (undisclosed), 1940s/1950s ingénue radio actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; A Date with Judy; Meet Corliss Archer; The Great Gildersleeve; The Life of Riley; The Alan Young Show; Granby’s Green Acres); one-time wife of actor Ben Gazzara
03/18: ESTELA O’BRIEN, 80s, (undisclosed), Cuban-born mother of NBC/CNN TV news journalist Soledad O’Brien
03/18: KEN JACOBSON, 60 (unexpectedly), 1980s Broadway actor (Torch Song Trilogy); talent manager (Hillary Swank; James Franco)
03/19: MARLEN KHUTSIEV, 93 (brief illness/internal bleeding), Georgian-born Russian film director/auteur
03/20: EUNETTA T. BOONE, 63 (undisclosed), TV sitcom writer (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Roc; The Parent 'Hood; The Hughleys)
03/20: JOYCE ANN FLINT, 83 (cancer), 1940s MGM dress designer (Esther Williams); widow of Mitch Flint (1948 war veteran; co-founder of the Israeli Air Force)
03/20: RANSOM “RANDY” JACKSON, 93 (brief illness), 1950s baseball player (Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers); last Brooklyn Dodger to hit a home run (1957)
03/21: JUSTIN CARTER, 35 (accidentally shot during music video filming), country singer
03/21: CHRIS CORLEY, 55 (pancreatic cancer), voice-over artist (Fox News; Nickelodeon; Discovery; movie trailers; New York City pop radio: WPLJ/95.5FM; WKTU/92.3FM; WHTZ/Z-100/100.3FM)
03/22: JUNE HARDING, 81 (in hospice), 1960s ingénue actress (The Trouble with Angels; The Richard Boone Show)
03/22: SCOTT WALKER (ne Noel Scott Engel), 76 (undisclosed), US-born singer/songwriter, British non-brothers group The Walker Bros. (The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More; Make It Easy on Yourself)
03/23: LARRY COHEN, 76 (undisclosed), 1960s TV writer/show creator (Branded; The Invaders), low-budget film screenwriter/director (Return of the Magnificent Seven; It’s Alive; Hell Up in Harlem; Q; The Stuff)
03/23: CALVIN DESIR, 16 (suicide), high school student/survivor, 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting
03/23: DENISE DuBARRY (HAY), 63 (fungal infection), 1970s screen actress (Being There; CHiPS; Black Sheep Squadron: Days of Our Lives); one-time wife of actor Gary Lockwood
03/23: RAFI EITAN, 92 (undisclosed), Israeli Mossad agent (1960 Adolf Eichmann abduction); statesman (2000s Member of Knesset)
03/24: NOAH KEEN, 98 (undisclosed), episodic TV character actor (Naked City; The Twilight Zone; Perry Mason; The Fugitive; Hawaii Five-O; Mission: Impossible; The FBI; Insight; The Six Million Dollar Man; Cagney & Lacey; many others)
03/24: JULIA LOCKWOOD, 77 (pneumonia), 77, 1950s/60s British juvenile actress; daughter of British actress Margaret Lockwood
03/24: MICHAEL LYNNE, 77 (undisclosed), studio executive/film producer, New Line Cinema (The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Nightmare on Elm Street series)
03/24: JOSEPH PILATO, 70 (undisclosed), horror/cult movie actor (Day of the Dead; Dawn of the Dead; Pulp Fiction)
03/24: BOB SLADE (ne Robert McCants), 70s (kidney disease), New York City radio personality (WXLO (99X)/WRKS (Kiss-FM)/98.7FM; WBLS/107.5FM)
03/25: Dr. JEREMY RICHMAN, 49 (suicide), neuropharmacologist; father of six-year old 2012 Sandy Hook/Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting victim Avielle Richman
03/26: MICHEL BACOS, 95 (undisclosed), French pilot hijacked in 1976 Raid on Entebbe incident
03/26: ANTHONY "BRONCO" McLOUGHLIN, 80 (in his sleep), Irish stuntman (Star Wars; Superman; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Total Recall: The Wicker Man; A View to a Kill; The Living Daylights)
03/26: RANKING ROGER (ne Roger Charlery), 56 (cancer), British singer/front man, 1970s/1980s ska-infused punk bands (The Beat/English Beat; General Public)
03/27: HENRY STERN, 84 (complications of Parkinson’s disease), Commissioner, New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation (1983–1990, 1994–2000)
03/28: JOE FLANNERY, 87 (declining health), British booking manager, pre-fame early 1960s The Beatles; memoirist (Standing in the Wings: The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Me, 2013)
03/28: MAURY LAWS, 95 (peacefully), animation composer primarily for Videocraft/Rankin Bass Productions (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; The Daydreamer; The King Kong Show; Mad Monster Party; The Little Drummer Boy; Frosty, the Snowman; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Tomfoolery; The Year Without a Santa Claus; The Hobbit)
03/29: ALLAN COLE, 75 (cancer), TV screenwriter (The Incredible Hulk; Magnum, PI; Quincy ME; The A-Team; Hunter; Walker, Texas Ranger); science fiction author (“Sten” series)
03/29: The Honorable KENNETH A. GIBSON, 86 (lengthy illness), first African-American Mayor of Newark, New Jersey (1970-1986); convicted felon (tax evasion)
03/29: SHANE RIMMER, 78 (undisclosed), Canadian-born British actor/voice-over artist (Gerry Anderson Productions; James Bond/007: three entries; Doctor Who – Hartnell; The Saint; Star Wars; Superman)
03/29: AGNÈS VARDA, 90 (complications of cancer), Belgian-born French “New Wave” film director
03/30: BILLY ADAMS, 79 (undisclosed), 1950s rockabilly singer/songwriter
03/30: KITTY TUCKER, 75 (complications of cardiac infection), civil rights/anti-nuclear activist; player, Karen Silkwood whistle-blowing/disappearance case
03/31: NIPSEY HUSSLE (nė Ermias Ashgedom), 33 (gun violence), rap performer
A-Z CROSS-REFERENCE – MARCH 2019
BILLY ADAMS, 79, 1950s rockabilly singer/songwriter, 03/30
SYDNEY AIELLO, 19, survivor, 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting – suicide, 03/17
JED ALLAN, 84, TV soap opera actor; TV host, 03/09
MICHEL BACOS, 95, French pilot hijacked in 1976 Raid on Entebbe incident, 03/26
KEN BALD, 98, 1950s-1970s syndicated cartoonist; 1940s/1950s superhero comic book artist, 03/17
Senator BIRCH BAYH, 91, US Senator (Democrat-Indiana, 1963-81); 1976 Democratic presidential candidate, 03/14
HAL BLAINE, 92, rock music session drummer, The Wrecking Crew, 03/11
EUNETTA T. BOONE, 63, TV sitcom writer, 03/20
HARRY "TACO" BOWMAN, motorcycle gang leader; convicted murderer – in custody, 03/03
ASA BREBNER, 65, 1970s/1980s guitarist/singer/songwriter. 03/10
MARSHALL BRODIEN, 84, TV magician/actor/pitchman, 03/08
JOHN CARL BUECHLER, 66, horror film director/visual effects artist, 03/18
KING KONG BUNDY, 61, pro wrestler/actor, 03/04
JUSTIN CARTER, 35, country singer – accidentally shot during music video filming, 03/21
LARRY COHEN, 76, low-budget film screenwriter/director, 03/23
ALLAN COLE, 75, TV screenwriter; science fiction author, 03/29
CHRIS CORLEY, 55, TV/radio voice-over artist, 03/21
WILLIAM CREBER, 87, film art director/production designer, 03/07
FRANCESCO “FRANKY BOY” CALI, 53, reported New York City mobster/crime boss – gun violence, 03/13
DICK DALE, 81, 1960s surf guitarist, 03/16
ROBERT DePROSPERO, 80, Secret Service agent present at 1981 Reagan shooting, 03/04
CALVIN DESIR, 16, student/survivor, 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting – suicide, 03/23
LARRY DiTILLIO, 71, animation/episodic TV screenwriter, 03/15
DENISE DuBARRY (HAY), 63, 1970s screen actress, 03/23
STEPHEN DUSHECK, age available, magician, 03/08
RAFI EITAN, 92, Israeli Mossad agent (1960 Adolf Eichmann abduction), 03/23
RICHARD ERDMAN, 93, film/TV character actor, 03/16
LOUISE ERICKSON, 91, 1940s/1950s ingénue radio actress, 03/18
JOE FLANNERY, 87, British booking manager, pre-fame The Beatles, 03/28
JOYCE ANN FLINT, 83, 1940s MGM dress designer, 03/20
KEITH FLINT, 49, British front man, 1990s dance band The Prodigy – suicide by hanging, 03/04
FREEDA FOREMAN, 42, daughter of pugilist George Foreman – suicide by hanging, 03/09
JANICE FREEMAN, 33, singer/TV talent show contestant, 03/02
MICHAEL A. GRAY, 87, film publicist/marketing executive; mentor to director Jonathan Demme, 03/04
KENNETH GIBSON, 86, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey (1970-1986), 03/29
MIKE GROSE, 70s, original bassist, early 1970s pre-fame British rock group Queen, 03/06
Representative RALPH HALL, 90, US Congressman (Democrat turned Republican, Texas/4th District, 1981-2015); oldest US congressman in history, 03/07
JUNE HARDING, 81, 1960s ingénue actress, 03/22
TOM HATTEN, 92, TV sitcom actor; 1950s/1960s Los Angeles TV/radio announcer/children’s show host, 03/16
ALBERT “AL” HAZAN, 84, pianist, B. Bumble and the Stingers, 03/02
Governor HARRY HUGHES, 92, Governor of Maryland (D, 1979-1987), 03/13
NIPSEY HUSSLE, 33, rap performer – gun violence, 03/31
RACHEL INGALLS, 78, novelist (Mrs. Caliban), 03/06
RANSOM “RANDY” JACKSON, 93, last Brooklyn Dodger to hit a home run (1957), 03/20
KEN JACOBSON, 60, 1980s Broadway actor; talent manager, 03/19
DAN JENKINS, 89, sportswriter; sports-themed novelist, 03/07
KATHRYN “SUGAR” KANE, 100, 1930s/1940s ingénue film actress, 03/10
NOAH KEEN, 98, episodic TV character actor, 03/24
MARLEN KHUTSIEV, 93, Georgian-born Russian film director/auteur, 03/19
DANNY KUSTOW, 69, British guitarist, 1970s punk group TRB/Tom Robinson Band, 03/11
EDDIE LAMBERT, 76, music industry executive/producer (Hall and Oates; The Four Tops; The Righteous Brothers), 03/04
MAURY LAWS, 95, animation composer (primarily Rankin-Bass Christmas-themed TV specials), 03/28
JULIA LOCKWOOD, 77, 1950s/60s British juvenile actress, 03/24
MICHAEL LYNNE, 77, studio executive/film producer, 03/24
ANTHONY "BRONCO" McLOUGHLIN, 80, Irish film stuntman, 1970s/1980s blockbusters, 03/26
W.S. (WILLIAM STANLEY) MERWIN, 91, poet, 03/15
MEL MILLER, 79, New York Assemblyman/Speaker (D, 44th District/Brooklyn, 1971-91), 03/08
GEORGE MORFOGEN, 86, Broadway/screen actor, 03/15
EDWARD O’BRIEN, 85, father of NBC/CNN TV news journalist Soledad O’Brien, 02/07 (not publicized until March 2019)
ESTELA O’BRIEN, 80s, Cuban-born mother of NBC/CNN TV news journalist Soledad O’Brien, 03/18
LUKE PERRY, 52, TV actor, 03/04
CARMINE "THE SNAKE" PERSICO, 85, reported New York City mobster/crime boss – in custody, 03/07
JOSEPH PILATO, 70, horror/cult movie actor, 03/24
Dr. JIM RAMAN, 42, reality TV contestant, 03/11
RANKING ROGER, 56, British singer/front man, 1970s/1980s ska-infused punk bands, 03/26
ANTONIA REY, 92, Cuban-born stage/screen character actress, 02/21 (not publicized until March 2019)
Sir JOHN RICHARDSON, 95, British-born/US-based art historian/Picasso biographer, 03/12
Dr. JEREMY RICHMAN, 49, father of 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting victim – suicide, 03/25
SHANE RIMMER, 78, Canadian-born British actor/voice-over artist, 03/29
TOM K. RYAN, 92, Tumbleweeds cartoonist, 03/15
CHARLES SANNA, 101, Swiss Miss hot cocoa mix inventor, 03/13
BOB SLADE, 70s, New York City radio personality, 03/24
MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT, 90, prolific children’s literature author, 03/12
SID SHEINBERG, 84, studio executive, mentor to young director Steven Spielberg, 03/07
AL SILVERMAN, 92, sports journalist/sports-themed author, 03/10
HENRY STERN, 84, 1980s/1990s Commissioner, New York City Parks and Recreation, 03/27
JULIA RUTH STEVENS, 102, last surviving daughter/child of baseball player Babe Ruth, 03/09
GERRY STICKELLS, 76, British tour manager (Jimi Hendrix; Queen), 03/06
JOHNNY THOMPSON, 84, magician, 03/09
BERNIE TORMÉ, 66, Irish-born hard rock guitarist, 03/17
TOMMY TRIPPLEHORN, 75, “Wrecking Crew” session/touring, 03/15
KITTY TUCKER, 75, civil rights/anti-nuclear activist; colleague of activist Karen Silkwood, 03/30
AGNÈS VARDA, 90, French “New Wave” film director, 03/29
SCOTT WALKER, 76, US-born singer/songwriter, British non-brothers group The Walker Bros., 03/22
DAVID WHITE, 79, 1950s/1960s singer (Danny & the Juniors); songwriter, 03/16
ZEPHIRE "ANDRE" WILLIAMS, 82, R&B singer “Mr. Rhythm”/Motown producer/songwriter, 03/17
02/07: EDWARD O’BRIEN, 85 (undisclosed), father of NBC/CNN TV news journalist Soledad O’Brien – not publicized until March 2019
02/21: ANTONIA REY, 92 (undisclosed), Cuban-born stage/screen character actress (Hair, as George Berger’s mother) – not publicized until March 2019
03/02: JANICE FREEMAN, 33 (blood clot), singer/TV contestant, The Voice (2017)
03/02: ALBERT “AL” HAZAN, 84 (undisclosed), pianist, 1960s instrumental group B. Bumble and the Stingers (Nut Rocker)
03/03: HARRY "TACO" BOWMAN, 69 (undisclosed; in custody), Detroit-area motorcycle gang leader (Outlaws Motorcycle Club); convicted murderer
03/04: KING KONG BUNDY (nė Christopher Pallies), 61 (undisclosed), World Wrestling Foundation/Entertainer pro wrestler; sometimes actor (Married … with Children)
03/04: ROBERT DePROSPERO, 80 (complications of amyloidosis), Secret Service agent present at 1981 President Reagan assassination attempt
03/04: KEITH FLINT, 49 (suicide/hanging), British front man, 1990s dance band The Prodigy
03/04: MICHAEL A. GRAY, 87 (undisclosed), film publicist/marketing executive (creator of EPKs/electric press kits); mentor to director Jonathan Demme
03/04: EDDIE LAMBERT, 76 (cancer), music industry executive/producer (Hall and Oates; The Four Tops; The Righteous Brothers)
03/04: LUKE PERRY, 52 (massive stroke), TV actor (Beverly Hills 90210; Riverdale)
03/06: RACHEL INGALLS, 78 (multiple myeloma), novelist (Mrs. Caliban)
03/06: GERRY STICKELLS, 76 (complications of brain tumor), British tour manager (The Jimi Hendrix Experience; Queen)
03/07: WILLIAM CREBER, 87 (complications of pneumonia), film art director/production designer (Planet of the Apes series; The Poseidon Adventure; The Towering Inferno; The Greatest Story Ever Told)
03/07: MIKE GROSE, 70s (undisclosed), original bassist, early 1970s pre-fame British rock group Queen
03/07: Representative RALPH HALL, 90 (undisclosed), US Congressman (Democratic-Texas/4th District, 1981-2004; Republican-Texas/4th District, 2004-2015); oldest US congressman in history
03/07: DAN JENKINS, 89 (undisclosed), sportswriter; sports-themed novelist (film-adapted "Semi-Tough”)
03/07: CARMINE "THE SNAKE" PERSICO, 85 (complications of diabetes; in custody), convicted racketeer/murderer; reported one-time boss of the New York City Colombo crime family
03/07: SID SHEINBERG, 84 (undisclosed), 1960s/1970s studio executive, Universal/MCA-TV (protégé of studio boss Lew Wasserman; mentor to young director Steven Spielberg)
03/08: MARSHALL BRODIEN, 84 (complications of Alzheimer’s disease), magician/actor (WGN-TV/Chicago’s The Bozo Show, as “Wizzo, the Wizard”); 1970s TV pitchman (TV Magic Cards)
03/08: STEPHEN DUSHECK, age available (complications of pneumonia), magician
03/08: New York Assemblyman MEL MILLER, 79 (lung cancer), New Yprk Assemblyman (D, 44th District/Brooklyn, 1971-91); Speaker (1987-1991)
03/08: GEORGE MORFOGEN, 86 (undisclosed), Broadway/screen actor (V; Oz; eight films for director Peter Bogdanovich, including What’s Up, Doc?)
03/09: JED ALLAN, 84 (undisclosed), TV soap opera actor (Days of Our Lives; Secret Storm; Santa Barbara; General Hospital); TV host (Celebrity Bowling)
03/09: FREEDA FOREMAN, 42 (suicide/hanging; asphyxiation), daughter pf pugilist George Foreman
03/09: JULIA RUTH STEVENS, 102 (brief illness), last surviving daughter/child of baseball player Babe Ruth
03/09: JOHNNY THOMPSON, 84 (undisclosed), Las Vegas-based magician "The Great Tomsoni”
03/10: ASA BREBNER, 65 (undisclosed), 1970s/1980s guitarist/singer/songwriter (The Modern Lovers; Robin Lane and the Chartbusters)
03/10: KATHRYN “SUGAR” KANE, 100 (undisclosed), 1930s/1940s ingénue film actress (That Hagen Girl)
03/10: AL SILVERMAN, 92 (undisclosed), sports journalist/sports-themed author (co-author, I Am Third with football player Gale Sayers – basis for TV-film Brian’s Song)
03/11: HAL BLAINE, 92 (undisclosed), rock music session drummer, The Wrecking Crew (chart hits for Elvis Presley; The Monkees; Nancy Sinatra; Sam Cooke; Gary Lewis and the Playboys; The Ronettes; The Beach Boys; Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass; Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel; The Mama’s and the Papa’s; The Fifth Dimension; Paul Revere and the Raiders; Connie Francis; Sonny and Cher; Cher; America; Roy Orbison; The Association; Frank Sinatra; The Carpenters; Glen Campbell; Bob Lind; The Captain and Tennille; The Shirelles; The Crystals; Neil Diamond; Johnny Rivers; The Righteous Brothers; Kenny Rogers and the First Edition; Petulia Clark; Barbra Streisand; Richard Harris; The T-Bones; Dean Martin; Barry McGuire; The Cascades; Jan and Dean; Lorne Greene; Henry Mancini; The Grass Roots; Shelley Fabares; Tommy Roe; Diana Ross – solo; The Supremes; John Denver; The Marketts; The Partridge Family; TV theme songs for Batman; The Monkees; The Brady Bunch; Three’s Company)
03/11: DANNY KUSTOW, 69 (double pneumonia; liver infection), British guitarist, 1970s punk group TRB/Tom Robinson Band (2-4-6-8 Motorway; Glad to Be Gay)
03/11: Dr. JIM RAMAN, 42 (undisclosed), orthodontist; reality TV contestant (The Amazing Race, 2014)
03/12: Sir JOHN RICHARDSON, 95 (undisclosed), British-born/US-based art historian; author, four-volume biographer of artist Pablo Picasso
03/12: MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT, 90 (respiratory failure), children’s literature author (130 books including Nate, the Great series)
03/13: FRANCESCO “FRANKY BOY” CALI, 53 (non-mob connected gun violence), reported mobster/head of the Gambino crime family
03/13: Governor HARRY HUGHES, 92 (pneumonia), Governor of Maryland (D, 1979-1987)
03/13: CHARLES SANNA, 101 (undisclosed), inventor, Swiss Miss (the first hot cocoa mix)
03/14: Senator BIRCH BAYH, 91 (pneumonia), US Senator (Democrat-Indiana, 1963-81); 1976 Democratic presidential candidate; father of Indiana Senator/Governor Evan Bayh; author, Title IX and 26th Amendment legislation
03/15: LARRY DiTILLIO, 71 (undisclosed), animation/episodic TV screenwriter (Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids; He-Man and the Masters of the Universe; Murder, She Wrote; Babylon 5; The Hitchhiker)
03/15: TOM K. RYAN, 92 (undisclosed), syndicated comic strip author/artist/co-creator, Tumbleweeds
03/15: W.S. (WILLIAM STANLEY) MERWIN, 91 (in his sleep), Pulitzer Price-winning poet (1971, 2009)
03/15: TOMMY TRIPPLEHORN, 75 (undisclosed). session/touring guitarist (The Wrecking Crew, Gary Lewis and the Playboys); father of actress Jeannie Tripplehorn
03/16: DICK DALE, 81 (heart failure), 1960s surf guitarist (Miserlou); “King of the Surf Guitar”
03/16: RICHARD ERDMAN, 93 (undisclosed), film/TV character actor (The Men; Stalag 17: Tora! Tora! Tora!; The Twilight Zone: A Kind of Stopwatch)
03/16: TOM HATTEN, 92, (undisclosed), TV actor (Gomer Pyle – USMC); Los Angeles TV announcer/children’s show host (Popeye and His Friends, 1960s-1980s, KTLA/5); Los Angeles radio host (KNX/1070 AM)
03/16: DAVID WHITE, 79 (lung cancer; throat cancer), 1950s/1960s singer, Danny &/the Juniors, the Spokesmen (Dawn of Correction); songwriter (Danny &/the Juniors: At the Hop; Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Here to Stay; Len Barry: 1-2-3; Lesley Gore: You Don't Own Me)
03/17: SYDNEY AIELLO, 19 (suicide/post-traumatic stress disorder), schoolgirl survivor, 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting
03/17: KEN BALD, 98 (undisclosed), syndicated cartoonist (Judd Saxon; Dr. Kildare; Dark Shadows); comic book artist (1950s Timely/Marvel: Millie the Model; 1940s Fawcett: Captain Marvel, Bulletman, Spy Smasher; comic book adaptations: Captain Midnight The Shadow, Doc Savage, Mandrake the Magician)
03/17: BERNIE TORMÉ, 66 (pneumonia), Irish-born hard rock guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne; Ian Gillin)
03/17: ZEPHIRE "ANDRE" WILLIAMS, 82 (colon cancer), R&B singer “Mr. Rhythm”; producer (for Motown); songwriter (Shake a Tail Feather/The Five Du-Tones)
03/18: JOHN CARL BUECHLER, 66 (prostate cancer), horror film director (Troll); visual effects artist (Ghoulies)
03/18: LOUISE ERICKSON, 91 (undisclosed), 1940s/1950s ingénue radio actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; A Date with Judy; Meet Corliss Archer; The Great Gildersleeve; The Life of Riley; The Alan Young Show; Granby’s Green Acres); one-time wife of actor Ben Gazzara
03/18: ESTELA O’BRIEN, 80s, (undisclosed), Cuban-born mother of NBC/CNN TV news journalist Soledad O’Brien
03/18: KEN JACOBSON, 60 (unexpectedly), 1980s Broadway actor (Torch Song Trilogy); talent manager (Hillary Swank; James Franco)
03/19: MARLEN KHUTSIEV, 93 (brief illness/internal bleeding), Georgian-born Russian film director/auteur
03/20: EUNETTA T. BOONE, 63 (undisclosed), TV sitcom writer (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; Roc; The Parent 'Hood; The Hughleys)
03/20: JOYCE ANN FLINT, 83 (cancer), 1940s MGM dress designer (Esther Williams); widow of Mitch Flint (1948 war veteran; co-founder of the Israeli Air Force)
03/20: RANSOM “RANDY” JACKSON, 93 (brief illness), 1950s baseball player (Chicago Cubs; Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers); last Brooklyn Dodger to hit a home run (1957)
03/21: JUSTIN CARTER, 35 (accidentally shot during music video filming), country singer
03/21: CHRIS CORLEY, 55 (pancreatic cancer), voice-over artist (Fox News; Nickelodeon; Discovery; movie trailers; New York City pop radio: WPLJ/95.5FM; WKTU/92.3FM; WHTZ/Z-100/100.3FM)
03/22: JUNE HARDING, 81 (in hospice), 1960s ingénue actress (The Trouble with Angels; The Richard Boone Show)
03/22: SCOTT WALKER (ne Noel Scott Engel), 76 (undisclosed), US-born singer/songwriter, British non-brothers group The Walker Bros. (The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Any More; Make It Easy on Yourself)
03/23: LARRY COHEN, 76 (undisclosed), 1960s TV writer/show creator (Branded; The Invaders), low-budget film screenwriter/director (Return of the Magnificent Seven; It’s Alive; Hell Up in Harlem; Q; The Stuff)
03/23: CALVIN DESIR, 16 (suicide), high school student/survivor, 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting
03/23: DENISE DuBARRY (HAY), 63 (fungal infection), 1970s screen actress (Being There; CHiPS; Black Sheep Squadron: Days of Our Lives); one-time wife of actor Gary Lockwood
03/23: RAFI EITAN, 92 (undisclosed), Israeli Mossad agent (1960 Adolf Eichmann abduction); statesman (2000s Member of Knesset)
03/24: NOAH KEEN, 98 (undisclosed), episodic TV character actor (Naked City; The Twilight Zone; Perry Mason; The Fugitive; Hawaii Five-O; Mission: Impossible; The FBI; Insight; The Six Million Dollar Man; Cagney & Lacey; many others)
03/24: JULIA LOCKWOOD, 77 (pneumonia), 77, 1950s/60s British juvenile actress; daughter of British actress Margaret Lockwood
03/24: MICHAEL LYNNE, 77 (undisclosed), studio executive/film producer, New Line Cinema (The Lord of the Rings trilogy; Nightmare on Elm Street series)
03/24: JOSEPH PILATO, 70 (undisclosed), horror/cult movie actor (Day of the Dead; Dawn of the Dead; Pulp Fiction)
03/24: BOB SLADE (ne Robert McCants), 70s (kidney disease), New York City radio personality (WXLO (99X)/WRKS (Kiss-FM)/98.7FM; WBLS/107.5FM)
03/25: Dr. JEREMY RICHMAN, 49 (suicide), neuropharmacologist; father of six-year old 2012 Sandy Hook/Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting victim Avielle Richman
03/26: MICHEL BACOS, 95 (undisclosed), French pilot hijacked in 1976 Raid on Entebbe incident
03/26: ANTHONY "BRONCO" McLOUGHLIN, 80 (in his sleep), Irish stuntman (Star Wars; Superman; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Total Recall: The Wicker Man; A View to a Kill; The Living Daylights)
03/26: RANKING ROGER (ne Roger Charlery), 56 (cancer), British singer/front man, 1970s/1980s ska-infused punk bands (The Beat/English Beat; General Public)
03/27: HENRY STERN, 84 (complications of Parkinson’s disease), Commissioner, New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation (1983–1990, 1994–2000)
03/28: JOE FLANNERY, 87 (declining health), British booking manager, pre-fame early 1960s The Beatles; memoirist (Standing in the Wings: The Beatles, Brian Epstein and Me, 2013)
03/28: MAURY LAWS, 95 (peacefully), animation composer primarily for Videocraft/Rankin Bass Productions (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; The Daydreamer; The King Kong Show; Mad Monster Party; The Little Drummer Boy; Frosty, the Snowman; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town; Tomfoolery; The Year Without a Santa Claus; The Hobbit)
03/29: ALLAN COLE, 75 (cancer), TV screenwriter (The Incredible Hulk; Magnum, PI; Quincy ME; The A-Team; Hunter; Walker, Texas Ranger); science fiction author (“Sten” series)
03/29: The Honorable KENNETH A. GIBSON, 86 (lengthy illness), first African-American Mayor of Newark, New Jersey (1970-1986); convicted felon (tax evasion)
03/29: SHANE RIMMER, 78 (undisclosed), Canadian-born British actor/voice-over artist (Gerry Anderson Productions; James Bond/007: three entries; Doctor Who – Hartnell; The Saint; Star Wars; Superman)
03/29: AGNÈS VARDA, 90 (complications of cancer), Belgian-born French “New Wave” film director
03/30: BILLY ADAMS, 79 (undisclosed), 1950s rockabilly singer/songwriter
03/30: KITTY TUCKER, 75 (complications of cardiac infection), civil rights/anti-nuclear activist; player, Karen Silkwood whistle-blowing/disappearance case
03/31: NIPSEY HUSSLE (nė Ermias Ashgedom), 33 (gun violence), rap performer
A-Z CROSS-REFERENCE – MARCH 2019
BILLY ADAMS, 79, 1950s rockabilly singer/songwriter, 03/30
SYDNEY AIELLO, 19, survivor, 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting – suicide, 03/17
JED ALLAN, 84, TV soap opera actor; TV host, 03/09
MICHEL BACOS, 95, French pilot hijacked in 1976 Raid on Entebbe incident, 03/26
KEN BALD, 98, 1950s-1970s syndicated cartoonist; 1940s/1950s superhero comic book artist, 03/17
Senator BIRCH BAYH, 91, US Senator (Democrat-Indiana, 1963-81); 1976 Democratic presidential candidate, 03/14
HAL BLAINE, 92, rock music session drummer, The Wrecking Crew, 03/11
EUNETTA T. BOONE, 63, TV sitcom writer, 03/20
HARRY "TACO" BOWMAN, motorcycle gang leader; convicted murderer – in custody, 03/03
ASA BREBNER, 65, 1970s/1980s guitarist/singer/songwriter. 03/10
MARSHALL BRODIEN, 84, TV magician/actor/pitchman, 03/08
JOHN CARL BUECHLER, 66, horror film director/visual effects artist, 03/18
KING KONG BUNDY, 61, pro wrestler/actor, 03/04
JUSTIN CARTER, 35, country singer – accidentally shot during music video filming, 03/21
LARRY COHEN, 76, low-budget film screenwriter/director, 03/23
ALLAN COLE, 75, TV screenwriter; science fiction author, 03/29
CHRIS CORLEY, 55, TV/radio voice-over artist, 03/21
WILLIAM CREBER, 87, film art director/production designer, 03/07
FRANCESCO “FRANKY BOY” CALI, 53, reported New York City mobster/crime boss – gun violence, 03/13
DICK DALE, 81, 1960s surf guitarist, 03/16
ROBERT DePROSPERO, 80, Secret Service agent present at 1981 Reagan shooting, 03/04
CALVIN DESIR, 16, student/survivor, 2018 Parkland, Florida, high school shooting – suicide, 03/23
LARRY DiTILLIO, 71, animation/episodic TV screenwriter, 03/15
DENISE DuBARRY (HAY), 63, 1970s screen actress, 03/23
STEPHEN DUSHECK, age available, magician, 03/08
RAFI EITAN, 92, Israeli Mossad agent (1960 Adolf Eichmann abduction), 03/23
RICHARD ERDMAN, 93, film/TV character actor, 03/16
LOUISE ERICKSON, 91, 1940s/1950s ingénue radio actress, 03/18
JOE FLANNERY, 87, British booking manager, pre-fame The Beatles, 03/28
JOYCE ANN FLINT, 83, 1940s MGM dress designer, 03/20
KEITH FLINT, 49, British front man, 1990s dance band The Prodigy – suicide by hanging, 03/04
FREEDA FOREMAN, 42, daughter of pugilist George Foreman – suicide by hanging, 03/09
JANICE FREEMAN, 33, singer/TV talent show contestant, 03/02
MICHAEL A. GRAY, 87, film publicist/marketing executive; mentor to director Jonathan Demme, 03/04
KENNETH GIBSON, 86, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey (1970-1986), 03/29
MIKE GROSE, 70s, original bassist, early 1970s pre-fame British rock group Queen, 03/06
Representative RALPH HALL, 90, US Congressman (Democrat turned Republican, Texas/4th District, 1981-2015); oldest US congressman in history, 03/07
JUNE HARDING, 81, 1960s ingénue actress, 03/22
TOM HATTEN, 92, TV sitcom actor; 1950s/1960s Los Angeles TV/radio announcer/children’s show host, 03/16
ALBERT “AL” HAZAN, 84, pianist, B. Bumble and the Stingers, 03/02
Governor HARRY HUGHES, 92, Governor of Maryland (D, 1979-1987), 03/13
NIPSEY HUSSLE, 33, rap performer – gun violence, 03/31
RACHEL INGALLS, 78, novelist (Mrs. Caliban), 03/06
RANSOM “RANDY” JACKSON, 93, last Brooklyn Dodger to hit a home run (1957), 03/20
KEN JACOBSON, 60, 1980s Broadway actor; talent manager, 03/19
DAN JENKINS, 89, sportswriter; sports-themed novelist, 03/07
KATHRYN “SUGAR” KANE, 100, 1930s/1940s ingénue film actress, 03/10
NOAH KEEN, 98, episodic TV character actor, 03/24
MARLEN KHUTSIEV, 93, Georgian-born Russian film director/auteur, 03/19
DANNY KUSTOW, 69, British guitarist, 1970s punk group TRB/Tom Robinson Band, 03/11
EDDIE LAMBERT, 76, music industry executive/producer (Hall and Oates; The Four Tops; The Righteous Brothers), 03/04
MAURY LAWS, 95, animation composer (primarily Rankin-Bass Christmas-themed TV specials), 03/28
JULIA LOCKWOOD, 77, 1950s/60s British juvenile actress, 03/24
MICHAEL LYNNE, 77, studio executive/film producer, 03/24
ANTHONY "BRONCO" McLOUGHLIN, 80, Irish film stuntman, 1970s/1980s blockbusters, 03/26
W.S. (WILLIAM STANLEY) MERWIN, 91, poet, 03/15
MEL MILLER, 79, New York Assemblyman/Speaker (D, 44th District/Brooklyn, 1971-91), 03/08
GEORGE MORFOGEN, 86, Broadway/screen actor, 03/15
EDWARD O’BRIEN, 85, father of NBC/CNN TV news journalist Soledad O’Brien, 02/07 (not publicized until March 2019)
ESTELA O’BRIEN, 80s, Cuban-born mother of NBC/CNN TV news journalist Soledad O’Brien, 03/18
LUKE PERRY, 52, TV actor, 03/04
CARMINE "THE SNAKE" PERSICO, 85, reported New York City mobster/crime boss – in custody, 03/07
JOSEPH PILATO, 70, horror/cult movie actor, 03/24
Dr. JIM RAMAN, 42, reality TV contestant, 03/11
RANKING ROGER, 56, British singer/front man, 1970s/1980s ska-infused punk bands, 03/26
ANTONIA REY, 92, Cuban-born stage/screen character actress, 02/21 (not publicized until March 2019)
Sir JOHN RICHARDSON, 95, British-born/US-based art historian/Picasso biographer, 03/12
Dr. JEREMY RICHMAN, 49, father of 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting victim – suicide, 03/25
SHANE RIMMER, 78, Canadian-born British actor/voice-over artist, 03/29
TOM K. RYAN, 92, Tumbleweeds cartoonist, 03/15
CHARLES SANNA, 101, Swiss Miss hot cocoa mix inventor, 03/13
BOB SLADE, 70s, New York City radio personality, 03/24
MARJORIE WEINMAN SHARMAT, 90, prolific children’s literature author, 03/12
SID SHEINBERG, 84, studio executive, mentor to young director Steven Spielberg, 03/07
AL SILVERMAN, 92, sports journalist/sports-themed author, 03/10
HENRY STERN, 84, 1980s/1990s Commissioner, New York City Parks and Recreation, 03/27
JULIA RUTH STEVENS, 102, last surviving daughter/child of baseball player Babe Ruth, 03/09
GERRY STICKELLS, 76, British tour manager (Jimi Hendrix; Queen), 03/06
JOHNNY THOMPSON, 84, magician, 03/09
BERNIE TORMÉ, 66, Irish-born hard rock guitarist, 03/17
TOMMY TRIPPLEHORN, 75, “Wrecking Crew” session/touring, 03/15
KITTY TUCKER, 75, civil rights/anti-nuclear activist; colleague of activist Karen Silkwood, 03/30
AGNÈS VARDA, 90, French “New Wave” film director, 03/29
SCOTT WALKER, 76, US-born singer/songwriter, British non-brothers group The Walker Bros., 03/22
DAVID WHITE, 79, 1950s/1960s singer (Danny & the Juniors); songwriter, 03/16
ZEPHIRE "ANDRE" WILLIAMS, 82, R&B singer “Mr. Rhythm”/Motown producer/songwriter, 03/17
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