March 14 - Deaths

Deaths

• 968 – Matilda of Ringelheim, German Queen (b. c. 895)
• 1457 – Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
• 1471 – Sir Thomas Malory, English author (b. 1405)
• 1647 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (b. 1584)
• 1648 – Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b. 1584)
• 1680 – René Le Bossu, French critic (b. 1631)
• 1682 – Jacob Isaakszoon van Ruysdael, Dutch painter (b. 1628)
• 1696 – Jean Domat, French jurist (b. 1625)
• 1698 – Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman (b. 1622)
• 1748 – George Wade, British military leader (b. 1673)
• 1757 – John Byng, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1704)
• 1765 – Ayagawa Gorōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 2^nd Yokozuna (b. c. 1703)
• 1791 – Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (b. 1725)
• 1803 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, German writer (b. 1724)
• 1805 – Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki, Russian general (b. 1753)
• 1811 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1735)
• 1823 – Charles François Dumouriez, French general (b. 1739)
• 1823 – John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Royal Navy, Admiral of the Fleet
• 1883 – Karl Marx, German philosopher and political theorist (b. 1818)
• 1884 – Quintino Sella, Italian statesman (b. 1827)
• 1932 – George Eastman, American inventor, and founder of Eastman Kodak (b. 1854)
• 1933 – Balto, Siberian Husky noted for his role in the 1925 serum run to Nome (b. 1919)
• 1946 – Werner von Blomberg, field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1949 – John Callan O'Laughlin, American political and military figure and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1957 – Evagoras Pallikarides, Cypriot militant (b. 1938)
• 1973 – Howard Aiken, American engineer (b. 1900)
• 1973 – Rafael Godoy, Colombian composer (b. 1907)
• 1973 – Chic Young, American cartoonist (b. 1901)
• 1975 – Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1976 – Busby Berkeley, American choreographer and director (b. 1895)
• 1977 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist (b. 1917)
• 1980 – Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician (b. 1902)
• 1980 – Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, Spanish populariser environmentalist (b. 1928)
• 1983 – Maurice Ronet, French film actor (b. 1927)
• 1989 – Edward Abbey, American author and environmental activist (b. 1927)
• 1991 – Howard Ashman, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1950)
• 1991 – Doc Pomus, American composer (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Margery Sharp, children's author (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Jean Poiret, French actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 1995 – William Alfred Fowler, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1911)
• 1997 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born director (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Kirk Alyn, American actor (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Hans-Georg Gadamer, German philosopher (b. 1900)
• 2002 – Cherry Wilder, New Zealand-born author (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Jack Goldstein, Canadian-born artist (b. 1945)
• 2003 – Jean-Luc Lagardère, French publisher (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Ann Calvello, roller-derby queen (b. 1929)
• 2006 – Lennart Meri, former President of Estonia (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Lucie Aubrac, French history teacher and member of the French Resistance (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Gareth Hunt, English actor (b. 1943)
• 2008 – Chiara Lubich, Italian Catholic activist and leader and foundress of the Focolare (b. 1920)
• 2009 – Alain Bashung, French singer, songwriter, comedian and actor (b. 1947)
• 2009 – Altovise Davis, American entertainer, Sammy Davis, Jr.'s widow (b. 1943)
• 2010 – Peter Graves, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Janet Simpson, British track and field athlete (b. 1944)