Deaths in March 1985

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11
• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15
• 16
• 17
• 18
• 19
• 20
• 21
• 22
• 23
• 24
• 25
• 26
• 27
• 28
• 29
• 30
• 31

← February

March

April →

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 1985.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

March 1985

1

• George Banks, 46, American baseball player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Henry Butters, 86, Scottish civil servant.
• Charlotte Delbo, 71, French memoirist ( Auschwitz and After ), lung cancer.
• Oscar C. Eliason, 83, Swedish-born American evangelist.
• Han Xianglin, 78-79, Chinese humanitarian.
• Abdul Kadir, 67-68, Turkish poet.
• Daniel Richard Lascelles, 76, British barrister.
• Eugene List, 66, American pianist, fall.
• Buck MacDonald, 90, American football player.
• Bob Parsons, 69, American basketball player.
• Alf Pope, 80, English racewalker.
• Marcelle Rumeau, 72, French politician.
• Alfred Martyn Williams, 87, British politician, MP (1924–1929).
• Ralph Williams, 79, Welsh footballer.
• Olgivanna Lloyd Wright, 86, Montenegrin-American dancer. ^[1]
• Alfred Zeisler, 87, American-born German filmmaker.

2

• Carl Bacchus, 80, American football player.
• Edgar Behr, 74, German Olympic sailor (1932).
• Arthur Champion, Baron Champion, 87, British politician, MP (1945–1959).
• Mercury Ghilarov, 72, Soviet soil scientist.
• Jackson Graham, 69, American general.
• Leslie Green, 71, American baseball player.
• Lauri Hakulinen, 85, Finnish linguist.
• Omer Huyse, 86, Belgian racing cyclist.
• Jack Kelly Jr., 57, American Olympic rower (1956) and politician, heart attack. ^[2]
• Robert Bruce Lindsay, 85, American physicist.
• Tim Robb, 60, Australian footballer.
• Wilhelm Rothmayer, 74, Austrian Olympic runner (1936).
• Runme Shaw, 84, Singaporean businessman (Shaw Organisation).
• William Stringfellow, 56, American theologian, lawyer, and activist, diabetes. ^[3]
• Gyula Szepes, 85, Hungarian Olympic skier (1928).
• Julie Vlasto, 81, French tennis player.
• Alexander Watt, 92, Scottish botanist.

3

• Alan Beaney, 80, British politician, MP (1959–1974).
• Sarah Gibson Blanding, 86, American academic administrator. ^[4]
• Kyril Bonfiglioli, 56, British novelist ( Mortdecai ) and art dealer, cirrhosis.
• Jack Boyd, 63, Australian politician.
• Krešimir Friedrich, 86, Yugoslav Croatian tennis player.
• Thomas F. Gallagher, 87, American judge. ^[5]
• Connie Gilchrist, 89, American actress.
• Jean Nickels, 68, Luxembourgish Olympic canoeist (1948).
• F. S. Northedge, 66, British political scientist.
• Howard Okey, 79, Australian footballer.
• Noel Purcell, 84, Irish actor.
• Hermann Roßmann, 83, German writer.
• Sándor Scheiber, 71, Hungarian rabbi, cancer. ^[6]
• Iosif Shklovsky, 68, Soviet astrophysicist and astronomer. ^[7]

4

• Pete Karpuk, 58, Canadian football player, heart attack.
• Julia Southard Lee, 87, American textile chemist.
• Odd Rasdal, 73, Norwegian Olympic runner (1936).
• Rod Smylie, 89, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Vera Brown Starr, 60, American politician.
• Lukas Strachan, 77, South African rugby player.
• Sverre Strandli, 59, Norwegian Olympic hammer thrower (1952, 1956, 1960).
• Wolfgang Weber, 82, German photojournalist and film producer.

5

• William Dawnay-Mould, 83, English-born Australian politician.
• John Finlay, 66, English footballer.
• Sven-Olov Lawesson, 58, Swedish chemist.
• Thomas Little, 98, American set decorator.
• Dave McGrath, 85, Australian footballer.
• Oskar Ritter, 83, German footballer.
• Pat Ryan, 34, New Zealand rugby player, cancer.
• Eric Sloane, 80, American artist, heart attack. ^[8]
• Cyril Stiles, 80, New Zealand Olympic rower (1932).
• Willard Stone, 69, American woodcarver.
• Ruben Tagalog, 62, Filipino actor and musician.
• Alter Tsypkin, 94, Soviet lawyer and legal scholar.
• Brenda Ueland, 93, American journalist and author.

6

• Martin Begley, 81, American actor and talent scout.
• Klemens Biniakowski, 82, Polish Olympic sprinter (1928).
• Hans Brunke, 80, German footballer.
• Russell Cunningham, 79, Canadian politician.
• Martha Dix, 89, German goldsmith and silversmith.
• Elise Harmon, 75, American chemist, biologist and inventor.
• Sebastian Huber, 83, German Olympic bobsledder (1928, 1932).
• Kenneth McFarland, 78, American educator and political commentator.
• Marisa Mori, 84, Italian painter.
• Marion Nicoll, 75, Canadian painter.
• Denzil Peiris, 67, Sri Lankan journalist.
• Anthony Russo, 65, American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives (1967–1972).

7

• Danny Blair, 80, Scottish footballer.
• Wilfred Brown, Baron Brown, 76, British businessman and politician.
• Frank Catrone, 78, American horse racing jockey.
• Max Cross, 50, Australian footballer.
• Victorio Edades, 89, Filipino painter.
• Victor Farris, 75, American businessman and inventor. ^[9]
• Arkady Fiedler, 90, Polish journalist and traveler.
• Raúl Lacabanne, 70, Argentine politician.
• Sir Ralph Morton, 88, Zimbabwean judge.
• Clara Winsome Muirhead, 69, Scottish botanist.
• Alan Muntz, 85, British aeronautical engineer.
• Jessie Oonark, 79, Canadian artist.
• George Schick, 76, Czech-American conductor and music educator. ^[10]
• Robert W. Woodruff, 95, American businessman (The Coca-Cola Company) and philanthropist. ^[11]

8

• G. Allana, 78, Pakistani author and poet.
• Edward Andrews, 70, American actor, heart attack. ^[12]
• Bertram L. Baker, 87, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1949–1970). ^[13]
• Bull Curry, 71, American professional wrestler, liver disease.
• Edgar Dale, 84, American educator.
• George A. Doole Jr., 75, American Air Force pilot.
• Gladys Egan, 84, American actress.
• Lorenzo Elizaga, 81, Mexican Olympic bobsledder (1928).
• Reuben Goodstein, 72, English mathematician.
• Laura Guggenbühl, 83, American mathematician.
• LeRoy R. Hafen, 91, American historian.
• Ralph Ingersoll, 84, American publisher. ^[14]
• Kim Yong-sik, 74, South Korean footballer.
• Charles Guy Parsloe, 84, British historian and politician.
• Paul Ramdohr, 95, German mineralogist.
• Margaretta Salinger, 77, American art historian. ^[15]
• Runor Sandström, 75, Swedish Olympic water polo player (1936).
• Lon Stiner, 81, American football player and coach. ^[16]
• Al Todd, 83, American baseball player, manager and scout.
• Donald M. Weller, 76, American general. ^[17]
• James Roger Whelan, 70, Canadian RAF pilot.

9

• Robert Blackwell, 66, American record producer and bandleader, pneumonia. ^[18]
• Harry Catterick, 65, English footballer.
• William Fisher, 94, American painter.
• Chan Gurney, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1939–1951). ^[19]
• Edmund Henry Hambly, 80, British politician, linguist and surgeon.
• Campbell Hoy, 92, British flying ace.
• Percy Hunt, 62, Australian footballer.
• William E. Jenner, 76, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1944–1945, 1947–1959), respiratory disease. ^[20]
• John Tudor Jones, 81, Welsh journalist, poet and translator.
• Richard Oetzel, 83, German politician.
• Isaac Phills, 89, Canadian steelworker.
• K. Rajalingam, 75, Sri Lankan politician.
• Annar Ryen, 75, Norwegian skier.
• Göran Widenfelt, 56, Swedish Olympic athlete (1948, 1952).

10

• Alan Barber, 79, English cricketer.
• Gustavo Capanema, 84, Brazilian politician.
• Konstantin Chernenko, 73, Soviet politician, general secretary (since 1984), emphysema. ^[21]
• Bill Cooper, 70, American baseball player.
• Salawati Daud, 75, Indonesian politician.
• James Frazier, 44, American conductor.
• Victor Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol, 69, British businessman and hereditary peer.
• Wally Hull, 78, English speedway racer.
• Angelo Raffaele Jervolino, 94, Italian politician.
• Eddie Lang, 49, American R&B singer.
• Bob Nieman, 58, American baseball player, heart attack. ^[22]
• Israel Regardie, 77, English-American magician and occultist, heart attack.
• Leslie Nelson Shaw, 62, American postmaster.
• Joan Shorenstein, 38, American journalist, breast cancer.
• C. B. van Niel, 87, Dutch-American microbiologist. ^[23]

11

• Tom Adams, 53, Barbadian politician, prime minister (since 1976), heart attack. ^[24]
• Nazem Akkari, 82-83, Lebanese politician, prime minister (1952).
• William Bailey, 66, British-Portuguese naval commander.
• Ernest W. Barrett, 62, American politician.
• Mitter Bedi, 59, Indian photographer, heart failure.
• Laurent Boillat, 73, Swiss sculptor.
• Constant Bucher, 85, Swiss Olympic athlete (1920, 1924).
• Brigitte Gros, 59, French politician and journalist.
• Lee Shepherd, 40, American racing driver, racing crash. ^[25]
• Indumati Chimanlal Sheth, 78, Indian politician and independence activist.

12

• Earle Clements, 88, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1945–1948) and Senate (1950–1957), governor of Kentucky (1947–1950). ^[26]
• José de Rivera, 80, American sculptor, complications from a stroke. ^[27]
• Alfred Eluère, 91, French rugby player.
• Ronald Gibbs, 84, American football player and coach.
• Harry Gideonse, 83, Dutch-born American economist. ^[28]
• Ragnvald Marensius Gundersen, 77, Norwegian politician.
• Sig Herzig, 87, American screenwriter and playwright.
• Hugh Hibbert, 73, English cricketer.
• Stjepan Horvat, 89, Yugoslav Croatian geodesist and academic administrator.
• Harras Kyttä, 72, Finnish politician, MP (1951–1964).
• George L. Leech, 94, American Roman Catholic prelate.
• Alastair Mars, 70, English submarine commander and author.
• Eugene Ormandy, 85, Hungarian-born American violinist and conductor, pneumonia. ^[29]
• Juan Sordo Madaleno, 68, Mexican architect.
• Yang Kui, 78, Taiwanese writer and activist.

13

• Mabel Alvarez, 93, American painter.
• Elmer A. Benson, 89, American politician, governor of Minnesota (1937–1939), member of the U.S. Senate (1935–1936). ^[30]
• Louise Holland Coe, 90, American politician, member of the New Mexico Senate (1925–1941).
• Dinesh Das, 71, Indian poet and political activist.
• Hans Eckstein, 76, German Olympic water polo player (1932).
• Hossein Gol-e-Golab, 89-90, Iranian scholar and lyricist ("Ey Iran").
• Jules Gregory, 64, American architect. ^[31]
• Annette Hanshaw, 83, American singer, cancer. ^[32]
• Henry Hunt, 61, Canadian woodcarver.
• Stephen Morin, 34, American convicted serial killer, execution by lethal injection. ^[33]
• Bernard Nanga, 50, Cameroonian philosopher and sociologist.
• Narla Venkateswara Rao, 76, Indian journalist and politician.
• Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd, 39, American socialite, lung cancer. ^[34]
• Evald Segerström, 82, Swedish Olympic racewalker (1936).
• Bob Shad, 65, American record producer, heart attack. ^[35]
• Jesús Silva Herzog, 92, Mexican economist and historian.
• James D. Williams, 42, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1981).

14

• Norma Elizabeth Boyd, 96, American educator.
• Joe Brown, 75, American sculptor. ^[36]
• Hélio Lourenço de Oliveira, 67, Brazilian physician.
• Wilf Humble, 48, English footballer.
• Kathleen Lemass, 86, Irish socialite, spouse of the Taoiseach (1959–1966).
• Sir Arthur Nevill, 85, New Zealand military aviator.
• Jock O'Brien, 76, Australian footballer.
• František Patočka, 80, Czechoslovak microbiologist.
• Karel Zouhar, 68, Czechoslovak military aviator.

15

• George Abramson, 81, American football player.
• Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew, 72, American botanist.
• Oscar J. Brittingham Jr., 78, American politician.
• Radha Krishna Choudhary, 64, Indian historian, cardiac arrest.
• Morry Davis, 90, British politician.
• Alan A. Freeman, 64, English record producer.
• Helge Haavind, 68, Norwegian barrister.
• Ian Lapraik, 69, British soldier.
• Aroj Ali Matubbar, 84, Bangladeshi philosopher.
• Kazimierz Polus, 55, Polish convicted serial killer, execution by hanging.

16

• Mehdi Bakeri, 30, Iranian soldier, killed in action.
• Marius Cayouette, 80, Canadian organist and composer.
• Musuri Krishnamurthy, 55, Indian actor and filmmaker.
• Archibald Lamont, 77, Scottish paleontologist and geologist.
• Frédéric Langrenay, 85, French Olympic runner (1920).
• Jean Purdy, 39, British embryologist, melanoma.
• Edwin J. Roland, 80, American Coast Guard admiral. ^[37]
• Bert Röling, 78, Dutch jurist.
• G. B. Senanayake, 71, Sri Lankan novelist.
• Roger Sessions, 88, American composer and music educator.
• Eddie Shore, 82, Canadian ice hockey player. ^[38]
• Ernst Tillich, 74, German theologian.

17

• Anita Boyer, 69, American singer.
• Nikolai Gusarov, 79, Soviet Byelorussian politician.
• Frank Lock, 63, English footballer.
• Bongi Makeba, 34, South African singer, complications from childbirth.
• Eva Morrison, 74, American long-distance swimmer.
• Ike Pearson, 68, American baseball player.
• Dattu Phadkar, 59, Indian cricketer.
• Ali-Akbar Shahnazi, 87, Iranian tar musician.
• Athole Shearer, 84, Canadian-American actress and socialite.
• Kelly Tarlton, 47, New Zealand marine archaeologist.

18

• Ernest Cassutto, 65, Dutch-American memoirist.
• Myrtle Cook, 83, Canadian Olympic runner (1928).
• Charlie Healy, 85, Australian footballer.
• Walter T. McCarthy, 86-87, American judge.
• Pang Xunqin, 78, Chinese artist.
• Victor Staley, 85, English footballer.
• Merrill C. Tenney, 80, American Biblical scholar and theologian. ^[39]
• L. R. G. Treloar, 78, British polymer scientist.
• Dudley Williams, 75-76, Australian public servant.
• Eddie Younger, 62, American basketball player.

19

• Cairo Dixon, 74, Australian footballer.
• Oliver Dolan, 91, English rugby player.
• Giuseppe Ercolani, 83, Italian racing cyclist.
• Michał Górski, 73, Polish Olympic skier (1936).
• Thomas J. Hatem, 59, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1955–1958), leukemia.
• Anthony Nelson Keys, 73, British film producer.
• Everett Newcomb, 89, Canadian politician.
• Erik Palmén, 86, Finnish meteorologist.
• Jesús Reyes Heroles, 63, Mexican politician, lung cancer.
• Leopold Tyrmand, 64, Polish-American writer and novelist, heart attack. ^[40]
• Harue Yamashita, 83, Japanese politician.

20

• Victor Capesius, 78, German pharmacist and concentration camp official.
• W. L. Cook, 90, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1949–1963).
• John B. Lis, 69, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1954–1972), cancer. ^[41]
• Margarete Rosenberg, 74, German train conductor and Holocaust survivor.
• Robert Young, 93, British politician, MP (1929–1931).

21

• Bjørn Benterud, 84, Norwegian sports official.
• Tito Davison, 72, Chilean-born Mexican filmmaker.
• Stevan Jakuš, 63, Yugoslav footballer.
• Hossein Khalatbari, 35, Iranian fighter pilot, shootdown.
• Billy Lynch, 75, Australian footballer.
• Stefan Matuszewski, 79, Polish politician and educator.
• Hassan Qraytim, 65-66, Lebanese politician.
• Sir Michael Redgrave, 77, English actor ( Mourning Becomes Electra , Time Without Pity , The Browning Version ), Parkinson's disease. ^[42]
• Stanisław Rembek, 83, Polish novelist.
• Joseph Tezanos, 64, American Coast Guard officer.
• Michael Trubshawe, 79, British actor.
• Donald Wright, 78, American judge. ^[43]

22

• Arthur Allyn Jr., 71, American baseball executive. ^[44]
• Hamoud Al-Jaifi, 67, Yemeni politician, prime minister (1964–1965).
• Ben Jannif, 76, Fijian politician.
• Albin Jansson, 87, Swedish ice hockey player.
• Salomon Klass, 77, Finnish soldier.
• Grégoire Laurent, 79, Luxembourgish Olympic boxer (1924).
• Károly Olt, 80, Hungarian politician.
• Frank Sancet, 77, American baseball player.
• Raoul Ubac, 74, French artist.
• Spyros Vassiliou, 81, Greek artist.
• Marvin Yancy, 34, American gospel singer, heart attack. ^[45]

23

• Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching, 71, British railway executive.
• Peter Charanis, 76, Greek-born American historian. ^[46]
• Anton Constandse, 85, Dutch author and journalist.
• Ben Hardwick, 3, British child, country's youngest liver transplant patient, complications from surgery.
• Patricia Roberts Harris, 60, American politician and diplomat, HUD secretary (1977–1979) and HHS secretary (1979–1981), breast cancer. ^[47]
• Reginald Hyde, 72, New Zealand flying ace.
• Asao Koike, 54, Japanese actor.
• Joseph-Armand Landry, 66, Canadian politician, MP (1957–1958).
• José Alberto Medrano, 67, Salvadoran general, shot.
• Lefty Mellix, 88, American baseball player.
• Joseph Novales, 47, Spanish-born French racing cyclist.
• Zoot Sims, 59, American jazz saxophonist, lung cancer. ^[48]

24

• Arthur Blake, 71, American actor and drag queen, heart attack.
• Johnny Curran, 60, Scottish footballer.
• Dorothy Gordon, 94, Australian actress and journalist.
• Dick Kinney, 68, American comic book writer and animator.
• Malcolm Laney, 74-75, American college sports coach.
• George London, 64, American opera singer, heart attack. ^[49]
• José Luis Munguía, 25, Salvadoran footballer, traffic collision.
• Arthur D. Nicholson, 37, American soldier, shot. ^[50]
• Colm O'Brien, 37, Irish Olympic fencer (1968).
• Sandër Prosi, 65, Albanian actor.
• Elwyn B. Robinson, 79, American historian.
• Dorothy Roe, 80, American journalist.
• Gertrud Schubart-Fikentscher, 88, German legal scholar.
• Ed Stege, 71, American basketball player.

25

• Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, 75, Danish actor.
• Curt Barclay, 53, American baseball player, cancer.
• Horace Birks, 87, British general.
• William Clyde, 72, British flying ace.
• Victor Herman, 69, American parachute jumper and Soviet prisoner. ^[51]
• Thelma Kench, 71, New Zealand Olympic sprinter (1932).
• Zvee Scooler, 85, Russian-born American actor and radio commentator. ^[52]
• Joe Wood, 65, American baseball player, house fire.

26

• Mort Hoppenfeld, 56, American urban planner, heart attack. ^[53]
• Norton Hughes-Hallett, 89, British cricketer.
• Žarko Jovanović, 59, Yugoslav Serbian musician.
• Kamraj Kesari, 62, Indian cricketer.
• Delmas H. Nucker, 77, American politician and government official, heart attack. ^[54]
• Irene Savidge, 79, British factory worker and police interrogation subject.
• John Ward-Harrison, 66-67, British general.
• Henry J. Wilson, 80, British soldier and farmer.

27

• Pierino Baffi, 54, Italian racing cyclist.
• Hugh Farquharson, 73, Canadian ice hockey player.
• Mae Glover, 78, American blues singer. ^[55]
• Lydia Manley Henry, 93, British-Canadian medical practitioner.
• Ingeborg Hoffmann, 63, German actress, pulmonary embolism.
• Ben Ramsey, 81, American politician, lieutenant governor of Texas (1951–1961).
• Edgar Preston Richardson, 82, American museum director and art historian, complications from a stroke. ^[56]
• Don Rico, 72, American comic book writer and artist, co-creator of Black Widow, cancer. ^[57]
• Robert Shaw, 80, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1967–1972).
• Ellen S. Spinden, 87, American archaeologist.
• Péter Szervánszky, 71, Hungarian violinist.
• Einar Tufte-Johnsen, 69, Norwegian aviation officer.
• Christopher Vokes, 80, Canadian general.

28

• Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria, 63, German royal.
• Louis-Philippe Beaubien, 82, Canadian politician.
• J. Seelye Bixler, 90, American academic administrator, pneumonia.
• Ana Rosa Chacón, 95-96, Costa Rican educator and social activist.
• Marc Chagall, 97, Russian-French artist. ^[58]
• Ray Dodge, 84, American Olympic runner (1924).
• József Györe, 82, Hungarian politician.
• Henry Hansen, 83, Danish racing cyclist.
• Eduard Neumann, 81, German philologist.
• Marcus Nikkanen, 81, Finnish Olympic figure skater (1928, 1932, 1936).
• Jackie Parr, 64, English footballer.
• Edward Rosen, 78, American historian, heart failure. ^[59]
• Sandford Lad, 14, British Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Odie Spears, 60, American basketball player.
• C. Clifton Virts, 75, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1947–1978).
• George Lavan Weissman, 68, American communist activist and journalist.

29

• Roald Amundsen, 71, Norwegian footballer.
• Sir Ken Anderson, 75, Australian politician, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Ed Bagdonas, 47, American Olympic hammer thrower (1960).
• Rudolph Charles, 46, Trinidadian steelpan musician.
• Sir Fife Clark, 77, British journalist.
• Hermann Herbold, 78, German Olympic rower (1928).
• Rae Jenkins, 81, Welsh violinist.
• George Murdock, 87, American anthropologist.
• Louis A. Perrotta, 84, Italian-born American surgeon.
• Jorge Reyes, 78, Argentine-Mexican actor.
• The Singing Nun, 51, Belgian Roman Catholic nun and singer ("Dominique"), suicide by drug overdose.
• Gerhard Stöck, 73, German Olympic athlete (1936) and Nazi officer.
• Joseph Symonds, 85, British politician, MP (1959–1970).
• Luther Terry, 73, American physician and public health official, surgeon general (1961–1965), heart attack. ^[60]
• Bob Wilson, 58, Scottish rugby player.

30

• George Cox Jr, 73, English cricketer.
• J. V. Cunningham, 73, American poet and literary critic, heart failure. ^[61]
• Innokenti Gerasimov, 79, Soviet geographer.
• John Jolliffe, 55, British librarian and academic.
• Shizuko Kasagi, 70, Japanese singer and actress, ovarian cancer.
• Stefan Maria Kuczyński, 80, Polish historian.
• Bobby Main, 76, Scottish footballer.
• Yaeko Nogami, 99, Japanese novelist.
• Kenkichi Oshima, 76, Japanese Olympic jumper (1932).
• Harold Peary, 76, American actor and comedian ( The Great Gildersleeve ), heart attack. ^[62]
• Harry Pringle, 81, Australian radio and television producer.
• Martin Roseveare, 86, English mathematician.
• Valter Schytt, 65, Swedish glaciologist.
• Marek Żuławski, 76, Polish painter and historian.

31

• Erik Burman, 87, Swedish ice hockey player.
• Guillermo Carnero Hoke, 67, Peruvian writer and indigenous rights activist, stroke.
• Joseph Elsberry, 63, American Air Force officer (Tuskegee Airmen), heart attack.
• Michel Georges-Michel, 101, French writer, translator and artist.
• T. C. Kelly, 67, Irish composer.
• Richard McKeon, 84, American philosopher. ^[63]
• João Moojen, 80, Brazilian zoologist.
• David James Nielson, 72, British soldier and businessman.
• Joseph Rogatchewsky, 93, Russian-born French singer.

References

1. OLGIVANNA LLOYD WRIGHT, WIFE OF THE ARCHITECT, IS DEAD AT 85
2. JOHN B. KELLY JR. DEAD AT 57; OLYMPIC COMMITTEE LEADER
3. Lawyer and activist, William Stringfellow, dies at age 56
4. SARAH G. BLANDING, VASSAR'S 6TH CHIEF
5. Thomas F. Gallagher obituary
6. Sandor Scheiber, a Hebraist And Rabbi, Dies in Budapest
7. IOSIF S. SHKLOVOSKY, ASTRONOMER, DIES
8. ERIC SLOANE, WHO CELEBRATED EARLY AMERICANA IN PAINTINGS
9. Victor W. Farris, 75; Industrialist-Inventor
10. George Schick, 76, Is Dead; President of Music School
11. ROBERT WOODRUFF DIES; BUILT COCA-COLA EMPIRE
12. Edward Andrews, 70, Actor In Broadway Plays and Films
13. BERTRAM BAKER, 87, IS DEAD; EX-BROOKLYN ASSEMBLYMAN
14. RALPH INGERSOLL, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
15. MARGARETTA SALINGER, A CURATOR EMERITUS AT THE MET MUSEUM
16. Services set for NU grad Stiner
17. Donald McPherrin Weller, 76, a retired Marine ... (subscription required)
18. Rock Music’s Robert Blackwell, 66, Dies (subscription required)
19. Former Sen. Chan Gurney dies in Yankton at age 88
20. WILLIAM E. JENNER, EX-SENATOR, DEAD
21. President Konstantin Chernenko, who took power 13 months ago,...
22. Former Major Leaguer Bob Nieman, 58, Dies (subscription required)
23. Cornelius van Niel, Pioneer In Microbiology, Dies at 87
24. TOM ADAMS, PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, DIES AT AGE 53
25. Drag Racer Shepherd Dies in Crash (subscription required)
26. Earle Clements, Ex-Ky. Senator, Governor, Dies (subscription required)
27. JOSE DE RIVERA IS DEAD AT 80; KNOWN FOR METAL SCULPTURES
28. DR. HARRY D. GIDEONSE DEAD; EX-HEAD OF BROOKLYN COLLEGE
29. EUGENE ORMANDY IS DEAD AT 85 IN PHILADELPHIA
30. Elmer A. Benson, former governor and anti-capitalist, dies
31. Jules Gregory of Lambertville; renowned architect, planner
32. Annette Hanshaw Dies at 74; Singer in 1920's and 1930's
33. MURDERER OF THREE WOMEN IS EXECUTED IN TEXAS
34. Janet Rutherfurd Dies at 39; Half-Sister of Mrs. Onassis
35. Robert Shad Dies at 65; Veteran Record Producer (subscription required)
36. JOSEPH BROWN
37. ADM. EDWIN J. ROLAND, 80, DIES; EX-COMMANDANT OF COAST GUARD
38. EDDIE SHORE OF BOSTON BRUINS, 82
39. MERRILL C. TENNEY, 80, WHEATON THEOLOGY PROF (subscription required)
40. Leopold Tyrmand, 64, Editor Who Emigrated From Poland
41. JOHN B. LIS
42. SIR MICHAEL REDGRAVE DEAD; HEAD OF ACTING CLAN WAS 77
43. Ex-Chief Justice Wright, Foe of Death Penalty, Dies (subscription required)
44. ARTHUR ALLYN; ONCE OWNED WHITE SOX (subscription required)
45. Natalie Cole’s Ex-Husband Dies (subscription required)
46. Dr. Peter Charanis Dies at 76; Retired Professor at Rutgers
47. PATRICIA R. HARRIS, CARTER AIDE, DIES
48. ZOOT SIMS, 59, SAXOPHONIST RENOWNED IN JAZZ
49. GEORGE LONDON IS DEAD AT 64; MET SINGER KNOWN FOR 'BORIS'
50. Maj. Arthur Donald Nicholson Jr., killed by a Soviet...
51. VICTOR HERMAN, EXILE IN SOVIET
52. ZVEE SCOOLER DEAD; ACTED IN FILM, PLAYS AND YIDDISH RADIO
53. Morton Hopponfeld Dies (subscription required)
54. Delmas Henry Nucker obituary (subscription required)
55. Lillie Mae Glover, 76, Dies; Emulated Singer Ma Rainey (subscription required)
56. EDGAR RICHARDSON, 82, DIES; ART HISTORIAN AND ARCHIVIST
57. DONATO RICO
58. MARC CHAGALL IS DEAD AT 97; ONE OF MODERN ART'S GIANTS
59. DR. EDWARD ROSEN, CITY U. PROFESSOR
60. DR. LUTHER L. TERRY, 73, IS DEAD; WARNED PUBLIC OF CIGARETTE PERIL
61. J. V. CUNNINGHAM, 73, DIES; POET ACCLAIMED FOR EPIGRAMS
62. HAROLD PEARY, 76, RADIO STAR
63. Dr. Richard P. McKeon Dies; Professor, Dean and Author

External links

• List of March 1985 deaths at IMDb