The following is a list of notable deaths in March 2018.
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 2018
1
Bender, 37, Canadian rapper. Fredrik Bull-Hansen, 90, Norwegian military officer, Chief of Defence (1984–1987). Colin Campbell, 81, English actor (A Family at War, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries). Enrique Cárdenas González, 91, Mexican politician, Governor of Tamaulipas (1975–1981), Municipal President of Ciudad Victoria (1968–1971). Diana Der Hovanessian, 83, American poet and professor (Yerevan State University). Dorne Dibble, 88, American football player (Detroit Lions), pneumonia. Jean-Guy Hamelin, 92, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Rouyn-Noranda (1973–2001). Anatoly Lein, 86, Russian-born American chess Grandmaster. Beth Morris, 74, Welsh actress (Son of Dracula). Arabinda Muduli, 56, Indian musician and Bhajan singer, cardiac arrest. Michael Paine, 89, American engineer. Vicente Piquer, 83, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Málaga, national team). María Rubio, 83, Mexican actress (Cuna de lobos, Imperio de cristal, Querida enemiga). Orin C. Smith, 75, American coffee executive, President and CEO of Starbucks (2000–2005), pancreatic cancer. Luigi Taveri, 88, Swiss motorcycle road racer, Grand Prix champion (1962, 1964, 1966), stroke. Johann Zeitler, 90, German footballer (VfB Bayreuth, SpVgg Bayreuth).
2
Barry Ansell, 70, English footballer (Aston Villa). James T. Baldwin, 84, American industrial designer and architect. Maxine Berman, 71, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1983–1996), lung cancer. Adela Calva Reyes, 50–51, Mexican Indigenous writer. Gordon Challis, 85, New Zealand poet. Gillo Dorfles, 107, Italian art critic, painter and philosopher. Ota Filip, 87, Czech novelist and journalist. Emma Gresham, 92, American teacher and politician. Billy Herrington, 48, American gay pornographic actor, traffic collision. Mollie Hunt, 81, English cricketer. Joseph Israel, 40, American reggae musician, cancer. Khagendra Jamatia, 64, Indian politician, MLA (since 1988), blood cancer. Brandon Jenkins, 48, American red dirt singer-songwriter, complications from heart surgery. Shree Lal Joshi, 86, Indian painter. Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, 87, American literary scholar. Jesús López Cobos, 78, Spanish conductor, cancer. Gerry Lowe, 90, English rugby player (Warrington Wolves). Cle Newhook, 74, Canadian politician, leader of the NL NDP (1989–1992), cancer. Ronnie Prophet, 80, Canadian country singer, multiple organ failure. Craig Raisner, 56, American voice actor (Korgoth of Barbaria). Carlo Ripa di Meana, 88, Italian politician, Minister of the Environment (1992–1993) and European Commissioner for the Environment (1983–1993). Omar Sey, 77, Gambian politician and sports administrator, Foreign Minister (1987–1994), President of Gambia Football Federation (2004–2005). Timothy Shelpidi, 70, Nigerian military officer. Sammy Stewart, 63, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians).