Deaths in March - 2023

Novelist Christopher Fowler died March 2 at the age of 69. His books include Full Dark House and The Water Room.

Actor Tom Sizemore died March 3 at the age of 61. He wrote By Some Miracle I Made it Out of There: A Memoir.

Architect Rafael Vinoly died March 3 at the age of 78. He wrote Rafael Viñoly and Vinoly- The Making of Public Space.

Printmaker Lou Stovall died March 3 at the age of 86. His work can be seen in Lou Stovall The Art of Silkscreen Printmaking and Vertical Views - Slikscreen Monoprint Collage.

Disability rights advocate Judith E. Heumann died March 4 at the age of 75. She wrote Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist and Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel .

Cartoonist Wally Fawkes aka Trog died March 1 at the age of 98. His works include Flook, Trog-Shots: A Cartoonarama, and The World of Trog.

Biologist Francisco Ayala died March 5 at the age of 88. His books include Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion, Darwin and Intelligent Design, and Am I a Monkey?: Six Big Questions about Evolution.

The first female head of the US census Barbara Everitt Bryant died March 3 at the age of 96. She wrote American women today & tomorrow and Moving Power and Money: The Politics of Census Taking.

First trans member of the New Zealand parliament Georgina Beyer died March 6 at the age of 65. She wrote Change for the Better: The Georgina Beyer Story.

Attorney and politician David W. Marston died March 2 at the age of 80. He wrote Malice Aforethought: How Lawyers Use Our Secret Rules to Get Rich, Get Sex, Get Even...and Get Awaywith It.

Illustrator, stage designer, and New Yorker cartoonist Ian Falconer died March 7 at the age of 63. His books include Olivia, Olivia . . . and the Missing Toy, and Olivia Saves the Circus.

Famed for his role as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, actor Chaim Topol died March 8 at the age of 87. His books include A Treasury of Jewish Wit, Wisdom and Humour and Topol.

Architect A. Eugene Kohn died March 9 at the age of 92. His books include Building Type Basics for Office Buildings (Building Type Basics Series), and The World by Design: The Story of a Global Architecture Firm.

Actor Robert Blake died March 9 at the age of 89. He wrote Tales of a Rascal: What I did for Love.

NFL football coach Bud Grant died March 11 at the age of 95. He wrote Did It My Way: A Remarkable Journey to the Hall of Fame.

Ballet instructor and choreographer Lynn Seymour died March 7 at the age of 83. She wrote Lynn: The Autobiography of Lynn Seymour.

>8 varielle: The news and obituaries here refer to Lynn Seymour as a ballet dancer (or ballerina) - she became a principal within the Royal Ballet and also appeared on film. She "retired" as a dancer in 1981 but continued as a choreographer/director - and I assume that dancers then took up teaching roles.

Novelist Kenzaburo Oe died March 3 at the age of 88. His books include A Personal Matter, Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids, The Silent Cry, and Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels.

>10 varielle: Oe was also the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature. The first thing I read of his was his Nip the buds, shoot the kids which is pretty good. To me he's one of the better Nobel laureates. A recurring motif also in much of his work is his son Hikari who was born disabled, autistic and epileptic. Hikari is interesting too in that with all those issues he became a very successful composer. A lot of that became possible because of the love and support of his Mom and Dad.

Entrepreneur Masatoshi Ito died March 10 at the age of 98. He wrote The Heart of Doing Business: Memoirs of an Entrepreneur.

Baseball player Joe Pepitone died March 13 at the age of 82. He wrote Joe, you coulda made us proud.

Politician Patricia Schroeder died March 13 at the age of 82. She wrote 24 Years of Housework...and the Place Is Still a Mess: My Life in Politics and Champion of the Great American Family.

Historical novelist John Jakes died March 11 at the age of 90. His many books include North and South and Love and War.

Disney designer Rolly Crump died March 12 at the age of 93. His books include It's Kind of a Cute Story and More Cute Stories Vol. 1: Disneyland History.

British author Eileen Ramsay, whose 20 books included The G.I. Bride, A Schoolmistress at War and A Pinch of Salt, died March 3. She was 82.

(Author touchstones are working for me but not title touchstones.)

Episcopal priest Frank T. Griswold died March 3 at the age of 85. His books include Going Home: an Invitation to Jubilee and Praying Our Days: A Guide and Companion.

Novelist Isabel Colegate died March 12 at the age of 91. Her books include The Shooting Party, A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses, and Winter Journey.

Michael Gruenbaum, the Holocaust survivor who in his 80s wrote the memoir Somewhere There Is Still a Sun, about his experience in the Terezin concentration camp, died of heart failure earlier this week. He was 92.

Poet David Bottoms died March 10 at the age of 73. His work includes Morrow Anthology of Younger American Poets (Editor) and Armored Hearts: Selected & New Poems.

Feminist studies scholar Francoise Basch died March 6 at the age of 92. Her work includes Relative Creatures: Victorian Women in Society and The Novel and Victor Basch ou La passion de la justice: de l'affaire Dreyfus.

Novelist Claire Etcherelli died March 5 at the age of 89. Her books include Elise or the Real Life, A propos de Clémence, Un arbre voyageur, and Élise o la vida de verdad.

Publisher Rupert Heath, founder of reprint publisher Dean Street Press including the wonderfully named Furrowed Middlebrow imprint, has died suddenly of a heart attack at just 54, on 6 March.

Croatian writer Dubravka Ugrešić, author of books including Baba Yaga Laid an Egg and The Museum of Unconditional Surrender died on 17 March aged 73.

Business executive Jacqueline Gold died March 16 at the age of 62. Her books include A Woman's Courage: The Inspirational Story of the Woman Behind Ann Summers, Good Vibrations: The True Story of Ann Summers, and Please Let It Stop: The True Story of My Abused Childhood.

Food historian Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra died March 8 at the age of 67. He wrote Eating Puerto Rico: A History of Food, Culture, and Identity.

Cartoonist and illustrator Bill Tidy died March 11 at the age of 89. His work includes Ancient Obscenities: Or Things You Shouldn't Know and THAT'S LIFE.

Dancer and choreographer Stuart Hodes died March 15 at the age of 98. He wrote Onstage with Martha Graham, A Map of Making Dances, and Part Real, Part Dream: Dancing with Martha Graham.

Basketball player Willis Reed died March 21 at the age of 80. He wrote A view from the rim: Willis Reed on basketball and A Will to Win: The Comeback Year.

Historian Patrick French died March 16 at the age of 56. His books include The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul and Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land.

Journalist Warren Boroson died March 12 at the age of 88. His books include Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds (Barron's Business Keys), J. K. Lasser's Pick Stocks Like Warren Buffett, and The Home Buyer's Inspection Guide : Everything You Need to Know to Save $$.

Computer scientist William A. Wulf died March 10 at the age of 83. His books include Fundamental Structures of Computer Science and The Design of an Optimizing Compiler.

Cannabis researcher Raphael Mechoulam died March 9 at the age of 92. He wrote Cannabinoids as Therapeutics and Marijuana : chemistry, pharmacology, metabolism and clinical effects.

Naval historian James Goldrick died March 17 at the age of 64. His books include The King's Ships Were at Sea: The War in the North Sea, August 1914 to February 1915 and After Jutland: The Naval War in North European Waters, June 1916-November 1918.

British author Eric Brown, who published more than 50 novels, children's books and short story collections, died March 21. He was 62. His first of more than 20 novels was Meridian Days (1992), set on a distant planet. His series included the Bengal Station trilogy--Necropath, Xenopath and Cosmopath (from 2009 to 2010).

Journalist Melanie McFadyean died March 16 at the age of 72. Her books include Only the Rivers Run Free: Northern Ireland - The Women's War and Thatcher's Reign.

Glaciologist Claude Lorius died March 21 at the age of 91. His books include Antarctique désert de glace, Glaces de l'Antarctique: Une mémoire, des passions (OJ.SCIENCES), and La glace et le ciel.

The world’s oldest working drag Queen Walter Cole died March 23 at the age of 92. He wrote Just Call me Darcelle.

>27 varielle: Not the world's oldest drag queen but the world's oldest working drag queen. Darcelle most recently performed a couple of months ago.

(I think that the drag queen is Darcelle XV; she was the character performed by Walter Cole.)

Photographer Dorothy Bohm died March 16 at the age of 98. Her works include Egypt, Venice, and Inside London.

Journalist Bill Zehme died March 26 at the age of 64. His books include The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' and Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman.

Attorney and lobbyist Randall Robinson died March 24 at the age of 81. His books include The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks, An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, from Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President, and Quitting America: The Departure of a Black Man from His Native Land.

Writer Dubravka Ugresic died March 17 at the age of 73. Her books include Baba Yaga Laid an Egg, The Ministry of Pain, and The Museum of Unconditional Surrender.

Paul O'Grady, comedian, former drag queen, TV/radio presenter and author of four volumes of memoirs, starting with At My Mother's Knee.... and Other Low Joints and two children's books, and ambassador for Battersea Dogs' and Cats' Home, has died on 28 March at the age of 67.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/mar/29/paul-ogrady-presenter-and-c...

Educator Margot Stern Strom died March 28 at the age of 81. She wrote Facing History and Ourselves: Holocaust and Human Behavior.

DM Thomas novelist died 26th March 2023 aged 88. The White Hotel was one of his best known.

YA author Julie Anne Peters died March 21 at the age of 71. Her books include Luna, Keeping You a Secret, and Define "Normal".

Theatre director Keith Johnstone died March 11 at the age of 90. His books include Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre and Impro for Storytellers (Theatre Arts (Routledge Paperback).

Interior designer Suzanne Rheinstein died March 20 at the age of 77. Her books include At Home: A Style for Today with Things from the Past and Rooms for Living: A Style for Today with Things from the Past.

Former president of the Navajo Nation Peterson Zah died March 7 at the age of 85. He wrote We Will Secure Our Future: Empowering the Navajo Nation.

Advocate for the disabled Lady Masham of Ilton Susan Cunliffe-Lister died March 12 at the age of 79. She wrote Days of yore : a history of Masham and district and The making of a new Elizabethan garden.

Journalist, author, one of the co-founders of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) and co-editor of the April 1963 manifesto, Pierre Schneider (2) died 28 March. After a long career in newspaper journalism Pierre Schneider made his debut as an author by publishing a memoir entitled "Boum baby boom : la véritable histoire de Bozo-les-culottes. Other works: a collection of his poetry, Survivance (https://www.librarything.com/work/28192376) and, his last, La République assassinée de Daniel Johnson.

Chef and food writer Raghavan Iyer died March 31 at the age of 61. His books include 660 Curries, Indian Cooking Unfolded: A Master Class in Indian Cooking, and Smashed, Mashed, Boiled, and Baked--and Fried, Too!: A Celebration.

Fitness resort founder Mel Zuckerman died March 18 at the age of 94. He wrote Mel's Tips for Healthy Living and The Restless Visionary.

Psychologist and Holocaust survivor Edith Velmans died March 10 at the age of 97. She wrote Edith's Story: The True Story of a Young Girl's Courage and Survival During WWII.

Author Maria Kodama ( widow of Jorge Luis Borges) died March 27 at the age of 86. Her works include Atlas, Homenaje a Borges, and Borges y La Ciencia (Coleccion Cea).

Baroness Myriam Ullens was murdered on March 29 at the age of 70. She wrote the novel Distant Starless Nights.

Advocate for physician assisted death Dr. Sidney Wanzer died March 28 at the age of 93. He wrote To Die Well: Your Right to Comfort, Calm, and Choice in the Last Days of Life.

Artist Vivan Sundaram died March 29 at the age of 79. His books include Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings, Re-take of Amrita, and Bhupen Khakhar : you can't please all (Contributor).

Publisher Peter Usborne died March 30 at the age of. 85.He was behind The Seashore - Macdonald Starters Series and In the Wild West (Zero Books).

Author Helen Barolini died March 29 at the age of 97. Her books include Aldus & His Dream Book, Umbertina: A Novel, The Dream Book: An Anthology of Writing by Italian American Women, and Festa: Recipes and Recollections of Italian Holidays.

Historian Donald Hinds died March 13 at the age of 89. His books include Journey to an Illusion: The West Indian in Britain and Black Peoples of the Americas, 1500-1990's (Collins Living History) .

Journalist Jeremy Gordin died March 31 at the age of 70. His books include Zuma: A Biography and A Long Night’s Damage.

Museum director James Harithas died March 23 at the age of 90. His work includes Made in Palestine: Station Museum, Houston, Texas, May-October, 2003, Norman Bluhm, and The Drawings of John Singer Sargent (Master Draughtsman Series) .

Maritime artist John Stobart died March 2 at the age of 93. His work can be seen in American Maritime Paintings of John Stobart and The Pleasures of Painting Outdoors With John Stobart.

David Elliott, a bookseller, died March 16th 2023 aged79. He wrote A Trade of Charms.

Historian Wolfgang Schivelbusch diedMarch 26 at the age of 81. His many books include Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants, The Railway Journey: The Industrialization of Time and Space, and The Culture of Defeat: On National Trauma, Mourning, and Recovery.

Comedian Bill Saluga died March 28 at the age of 85. He wrote Bill Saluga's Name Game Book.

Mathematician and marathon runner Tom Osler died March 6 at the age of 82. His books include Serious runner's handbook : answers to hundreds of your running questions and Ultramarathoning: The Next Challenge.

Horticulturalist Peter Valder died March 2 at the age of 94. His books include The Garden Plants of China and Wisterias: A Comprehensive Guide.

Professor Chris Sutton, gynaecologist, died March 25th 2023.

European federalist Christopher Layton died March 12 at the age of 93. His books include Europe and the Global Crisis: A First Exploration of Europe's Potential, Ten innovations: An international study on technological development, and The Atlantic papers: economic studies (University Press of Cambridge.