Deaths in March - 2021

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Deaths in March - 2021

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Bewerkt: mrt 2, 2021, 5:48 pm

Civil rights leader Vernon Jordan died March 1 at the age of 85. He wrote Vernon Can Read and Make it Plain: Standing Up and Speaking out.

Soccer player and coach Ian St John died March 1 at the age of 82. His books include The Saint: My Autobiography, Ian St.John’s Book of Soccer lists and Football is a Funny Game.

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Musician Chris Barber died March 2 at the age of 90. He wrote Jazz Me Blues: The Autobiography of Chris Barber.

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mrt 3, 2021, 10:35 pm

Polish theatre and Shakespeare scholar Jerzy Limon died of Covid-19 March 3 in Gdansk at the age of 70. His books include Gentlemen of a Company: English Players in Central and Eastern Europe and Dangerous Matter: English Drama and Politics 1623-1624.

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Architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen died March 4 at the age of 91. He wrote Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Architecture and The Architecture of Washington, D.C..

Actress Nicola Pagett died March 3 at the age of 75. Her memoir was called Diamonds Behind My Eyes.

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mrt 5, 2021, 5:33 pm

Humorist Tony Hendra died March 4 at the age of 79. His books include Father Joe and The Messiah of Morris Avenue.

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Hockey star Walter Gretzky (father of Wayne) died March 4 at the age of 82. He wrote Walter Gretzky: On Family, Hockey and Healing and Gretzky from the Backyard Rink.

Art historian Sir Alan Bowness died March 1 at the age of 93. His work includes The Tate Gallery and Modern European Art.

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Art collector Wilhelmina Cole Holladay died March 6 at the age 98. She wrote A Museum of Their Own.

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The engineer who tried to stop the Challenger launch Allan J. McDonald died March 6 at the age of 83. He wrote Truth, Lies and O-Rings.

Author Norman Juster died March 8 at the age of 91. His books include The Phantom Tollbooth and the Hello, Goodbye Window.

Television news anchor Roger Mudd died March 9 at the age of 93. He wrote The Place to Be and Learning in america.

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Musician and artist Barbara Ess died March 6 at the age of 76. Her work includes I am not this Body, Thought Objects and Just Another Asshole.

Historian Walter LeFeber died March 9 at the age of 87. His books include Inevitable Revolutions, The New Empire and The American Age.

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Filmmaker Leon Gast died March 8 at the age of 84. He wrote Smash his Camera.

Ballet dancer Patrick DuPond died March 5 at the age of 61. He wrote Etoile.

Evangelist Luis Palau died March 8 at the age of 86. His books include God is Relevant and A Friendly Dialogue Between an Atheist and a Christian.

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Oenologist Steven Spurrier died March 9 at the age of 81. His books include Academie du Vin Guide to French Wines, Academie du Vin Wine Course, and How to Buy Fine Wines.

Artist Duggie Fields died March 7 at the age of 75. He wrote Just Around the Corner. Duggie Fields.

Car racing commentator Murray Walker died March 13 at the age of 97. His books include Unless I’m very Much Mistaken and Murray Walker’s Formula One Heroes.

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Social justice warrior Sister Janice McLaughlin died March 7 at the age of 79. Her books include Ostriches, Dung Beetles: and Other Spiritual Masters, Disabled Childhoods and Families Raising Disabled Children.

Known for pushing his disabled son through marathons Dick Hoyt died March 17 at the age of 80. He wrote Devoted: A Father’s Love for his Son.

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Children’s magazine editor Marianne Carus died March 3 at the age of 92. Her books include 13 Scary Stories, Celebrate Cricket and 911: The Book of Help.

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Underwater archaeologist George F. Bass died March 2 at the age of 88. His books include A History of Seafaring and Ships and Shipwrecks of The Americas.

Illustrator Joan Walsh Anglund died March 9 at the age of 95. Her books include A Friend is Someone Who Likes You, Love Is a Special Way of Feeling and A Child's Year .

Historic preservationist Richard H. Driehaus died March 9 at the age of 78. His books include The Richard H. Driehaus Museum and Timeless Architecture.

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Jewelry designer Elsa Peretti died March 18 at the age of 80. Her work can be seen in Fifteen of my Fifty.

Egyptian women’s advocate Nawal el-Saadawi died March 21 at the age of 89. Her many books include Woman at point Zero, The Hidden Face of Eve and God Dies by the Nile.

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Soccer player Peter Lorimer died March 20 at the age of 74. He wrote Peter Lorimer: Leeds and Scotland Hero.

Historian Jonathan Steinberg died March 4 at the age of 86. His books include Bismarck: A Life and Why Switzerland?

Basketball star Elgin Baylor died March 21 at the age of 86. He wrote Hang Time: My Life in Basketball.

Journalist Emrys Bryson has died at the age of 93. He wrote Portrait of Nottingham.

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Journalist Charles Lewis “Chuck” has died at the age of 80. His books include 935 Lies and The Buying of the President.

Photographer David McCabe died March 17 at the age of 80. He wrote A Year in the Life of Andy Warhol.

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NASA flight director Glynn S. Lunney died March 19 at the age of 84. He wrote Highways Into Space and Project Mercury: Methods and Pertinent Data.
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Shoemaker Alan Raddon has died at the age of 75. He wrote How to make Rope-Soled Footwear.

Mathematics professor John Haigh died March 9 at the age of 79. His books include Probability: A Short Introduction and Taking Chances: Winning with Probability.

Poet Adam Zagajewski died March 21 at the age of 75. His books include Without End: New and Selected Poems, Mysticism for Beginners, Another Beauty and A Defense of Ardor: Essays.

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Journalist and editor Martin Woolacott died March 24 at the age of 81. His works include After Suez: Adrift in the American Century and The Guardian Year 2004 .

Film director Bertrand Tavernier died March 25 at the age of 79. His works include 50 años de cine norteamericano, Amis Américains, La Guerre sans nom : Les appelés d'Algérie (1954-1962) and Le cinéma dans le sang.

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Oh no! Author Larry McMurtry died March 25 at the age of 84. Some of his best known works are Lonesome Dove, The Streets of Laredo and The Last Picture Show.

Children’s author Beverly Cleary died March 25 at the age of 104. Her books include The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Ramona Quimby and Henry Huggins.
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mrt 27, 2021, 7:35 am

Critic and historian Morris Dickstein died March 23 at the age of 81. His books include Dancing in the Dark and Gates of Eden.

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mrt 27, 2021, 11:59 am

Professor John Vincent, historian died March 9th 2021 after a fall. He was 83. According to the Times obituary he was an early victim of what we now call 'cancel culture' after lectures at Bristol University in 1986 aroused the ire of radical student snowflakes although it seems this may have been a result of his work as a columnist for 2 newspapers.

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mrt 27, 2021, 6:33 pm

Football coach Howard Schnellenberger died March 27 at the age of 87. He wrote Passing the Torch: Building Winning Football Programs.

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mrt 29, 2021, 12:19 am

Speech coach Leila B. Alson died March 13 at the age of 92. She wrote Say it Again!

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Table tennis champion Chester Barnes died March 17 at the age of 74. He wrote Table Tennis and Advanced Table Tennis Techniques.

Journalist Monty Meth died March 16 at the age of 95. He wrote Brothers to all Men?

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Poet Robert Hershon died March 20 at the age of 84. His books include Into a Punchline and When we Were Countries.

Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy died March 30 at the age of 90. His books include The Monkey Handlers and Will.

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School principal and trailblazing educator Nina Honemond Clarke died March 3 at the age of 103. She wrote History of Black Churches in Maryland and History of the Black Schools of Montgomery County Maryland.

Zookeeper Sharon Matola died March 21 at the age of 66. She wrote Hoodwink the Owl.

Historian Andrew Porter died March 4 at the age of 75. His books include Religion Versus Empire? and The Origins of the South African War.

Politician Tony Greaves died March 21 at the age of 78. He wrote Twenty five Years of Black Prince and co-wrote Merger - the Inside Story.

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Artist Winfred Rembert died March 31 at the age of 75. His books include Don't Hold Me Back and Winfred Rembert: Memories of my Youth.

Art restorer Gianluigi Colalucci died March 28 at the age of 92. He wrote Michelangelo and I.

Political analyst Lewis Minkin died March 9 at the age of 84. His books include Labour Party Conference: A Study and The Contentious Alliance.

California legislator James R. Mills died March 27 at the age of 93. He wrote A Disorderly House.

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apr 8, 2021, 10:06 am

Lyn Macdonald died 1st March 2021 aged 91. She wrote books on World War I.

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apr 10, 2021, 12:29 pm

Art dealer Martina Batan died March 26 at the age of 62. She co-authored American Dream.

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apr 11, 2021, 8:06 pm

Poet Harry Guest died March 20 at the age of 88. His work includes Post-War Japanese Poetry And A Puzzling Harvest.

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apr 14, 2021, 7:47 am

Rev. Canon John Polkinghorne died 9th March 2021 aged 90. Although a theoretical physicist he wrote a number of books touching on both quantum physics and Christian belief.

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Tongva leader Julia Bogany died March 28 at the age of 72. She wrote Now You’re Speaking our Language and Tongva Women Inspiring the Future.

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Publisher Giancarlo DiTrapano died March 30 at the age of 47. His work includes Solip and New York Tyrant.

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Founder of Keston College Michael Bourdeaux died March 29 at the age of 87. His books include Risen Indeed: Lessons in Faith from the USSR and The Evidence that Convicted Aida Skripnikova.

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apr 18, 2021, 5:52 pm

Museum curator David M. Boston died March 13 at the age of 90. He wrote Pre-Columbian Pottery of the Americas.

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Break through pharmaceutical chemist John C. Martin died March 29 following a fall. He was 69. He wrote Nucleotide Analogues as Antiviral Agents.

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apr 29, 2021, 7:14 am

John Hopkins, diarist, who captured life in post-war Tangiers, died March 25th 2021 aged 82.

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apr 30, 2021, 2:32 pm

Architect Frank Schlesinger died March 4 at the age of 95. He wrote The Architecture of Frank Schlesinger.

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mei 11, 2021, 6:52 pm

Author Iona McGregor died March 14 at the age of 92. Her books include The Popinjay, An Edinburgh Reel and The Tree of Liberty.

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mei 28, 2021, 7:38 pm

Poet, writer and lexicographer Fraser Sutherland died March 28 at Toronto, Canada, at the age of 74.

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jun 18, 2021, 10:11 pm

Psychologist Averil Stedeford died in March at the age of 89. She wrote Facing Death.

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aug 26, 2021, 9:43 pm

Marguerite Dorian, author of many children's books including The Alligator's Toothache died March 1 at the age of 97.

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sep 1, 2021, 5:43 pm

Historian Robert Middlekauff died March 10 at the age of 91. His books include Washington’s Revolution, The Glorious Cause and Benjamin Franklin and his Enemies.

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