Deaths in March - 2015

"Mr. White Sox," Cuban-American baseball star Minnie Minoso died March 1. His exact age was always uncertain, but he was believed to be 89. He was the first black baseball player to be drafted by the major leagues out of Latin America. His memoir was Just Call me Minnie: My Six Decades in Baseball.

Record executive Orrin Keepnews died March 1 at the age of 91. He wrote A Pictorial History of Jazz.

Football (soccer) player Dave Mackay died March 3 at the age of 80. His memoir was called The Real Mackay.

M. Stanton Evans, who helped create the conservative political movement in the U.S. died ON March 3 at the age of 80. His books include Blacklisted by History and The Theme is Freedom.

Documentary film maker Albert Maysles died March 5 died March 5 at the age of 88. He wrote A Maysles Scrapbook.

Author Mal Peet died March 2 at the age of 67. A few of his many novels include Tamar and Keeper.

Renowned Germany architect Frei Otto died March 9 at the age of 89. His books include The Work of Frei Otto and Tensile Structures.

Solo sailor Florence Arthaud died March 9 at the age of 57. She wrote Un Vent de Liberte.

Bio-ethicist Prof. John D. Arras died March 9 at the age of 69. His books include Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine and Bringing the Hospital Home.

Creator or the Disc World series fantasy author Terry Pratchett died March 12 at the age of 66. A few of his many books include Good Omens and The Colour of Magic.

Aussie progressive rock musician Daevid Allen died March 13 at the age of 77. His autobiography is Gong Dreaming 1.

Japanese manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi died March 7 at the age of 79. His work includes A Drifting Life, The Push Man and Other Stories and Abandon the Old in Tokyo.

Post-modernist architect Michael Graves died March 12 at the age of 80. His books include Michael Graves: Building and Projects and Roma Interrotta.

Keyboardist for the band Three Dog Night, Jimmy Greenspoon died March 11 at the age of 67. His memoir was called One is the Loneliest Number.

Founder of a sex boutique for women Dell Williams died March 11 at the age of 92. She wrote Revolution in the Garden.

Psychologist who studied humans at play Brian Sutton-Smith died March 7 at the age of 90. He wrote The Ambiguity of Play and The Study of Games.

Former third baseman for the Indians, Al Rosen died March 13 at the age of 91. He wrote Baseball and Your Boy.

Comics illustrator Irwin Hasen who created the strip Dondi, died March 13 at the age of 96. He illustrated numerous works including Loverboy: A Irwin Hasen Story.

German scholar Walter Burkert, author of Greek Religion and many other works on Greek mythology and religious practices, died March 11 at the age of 84.

Voter advocate Curtis Gans died March 15 at the age of 77. He wrote Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009.

Former Eisenhower speech writer William Bragg Ewald, Jr. died March 16 at the age of 89. He wrote Who Killed Joe McCarthy? and Eisenhower the President.

Russian author Valentin Rasputin died March 14 at the age of 77. His books include Siberia, Siberia, Farewell to Matyora and Siberia on Fire.

Blues scholar Samuel B. Charters died March 18 at the age of 85. He wrote The Country Blues, The Poetry of the Blues and The Roots of the Blues.

Former Australian prime minister Malcolm Fraser died March 20 at the age of 84. He wrote Malcolm Fraser: The Political Memoirs and Dangerous Allies.

Former Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew died March 23 at the age of 91. His books include From Third World to First and The Singapore Story: Memoirs of Lee Kuan Yew.

Former U.S. House Representative from Wisconsin Robert Kastenmeier died March 20 at the age of 91. He authored Vietnam Hearings. Voices from the Grass Roots.

Author and film maker Danny Schechter died March 19 at the age of 72. His books include The More You Watch the Less You Know and Falun Gong's Challenge to China.

Former General of the Salvation Army Eva Burrows died March 20 at the age of 85. She wrote Getting Things Done and Songs for the Home League.

Former Israeli diplomat Yehuda Avner died March 24 at the age of 86. He wrote The Prime Ministers and The Young Inheritors: a Portrait of Israel's Children.

Actor Gregory Walcott, best known for his role in Plan 9 From Outer Space, died March 20 at the age of 87. His memoir was called Hollywood Adventures: The Gregory Walcott Story.

Author Ellen Conford died March 20 at the age of 73. She wrote over 40 books for children, including series about Jenny Archer and Annabel the Actress, and Felicia the Critic.

Booker Prize adminstrator Martyn Goff died March 25 at the age of 91. His books include Youngest Director and Indecent Assault.

Protestant theologian Lyle E. Schaller died March 18 at the age of 91. A few of his many books include Assimilating New Members and The Small Church is Different!.

Dance critic and former editor of Dancing Times, Mary Clarke died March 20 at the age of 91. Her books include Dancer: Men in Dance and History of Dance.

Nobel winning Swedish poet Tomas Transtromer died March 26 at the age of 83. His works include The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems, Tomas Transtromer: Selected Poems and The Half-Finished Heaven.

Former head of the U.S. Labor Statistics Bureau Janet Lippe Norwood died March 27 at the age of 92. She wrote Organizing to Count.

Creator of the "pet rock" and one time winner of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction contest, marketing guru Gary R. Dahl died March 23 at the age of 78. He wrote Advertising for Dummies.

Comedy writer Tom Koch died March 22 at the age of 89. His books include History Gone Mad and The Mad Worry Book.

Film scholar Phyllis R. Klotman died March 30 at the age of 90. She wrote Another Man Gone and Frame by Frame.

Prolific scholar on diverse topics, John Evangelist Walsh died March 19 at the age of 87. A few of his many books include Into My Own: The English Years of Robert Frost, The Bones of St. Peter and Midnight Dreary.

Film and television director Richard L. Bare died March 28 at the age of 101. He is best known for directing Green Acres and some memorable episodes of The Twilight Zone. He wrote The Film Director: A Practical Guide to Motion Picture and Television Techniques.

Composer Ronald Stevenson died March 28 at the age of 87. He wrote Western Music An Introduction.

Former leader of the World Council of Churches, Dr. Philip Potter died March 31 at the age of 93. A few of his books include The Challenge of Cell Church and Freedom is for Freeing.