Deaths in March 1980

The following is a list of notable deaths in March 1980.

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.

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  1. ↑ Major league's 1st black ump, Ashford, dies
  2. ↑ Wilhelmina, High-Fashion Model And Agency Owner, Is Dead at 40; Rival of Ford Agency
  3. ↑ Dixie dies
  4. ↑ JOHN JACOB NILES; FOLK SINGER WAS 87
  5. ↑ William W. Stickney Dies
  6. ↑ Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz, 86, Dies; Was a Leading Writer in Poland
  7. ↑ Dr. Joshua Kunitz Is Dead at 84; Authority on Russian Literature
  8. ↑ Arlie Schardt, America's oldest Olympic gold medalist
  9. ↑ F. C. Donnell, GOP Missouri Senator in 1940s, Dies
  10. ↑ ROYES FERNANDEZ, DANCER, 50, IS DEAD; Ballet Theater Principal Known for Lyricism, Style and Virtuosity --Praised for Siegfried Lauded by Critics
  11. ↑ Character Actress Spanned 4 Decades
  12. ↑ Wilhelm Hoegner
  13. ↑ William Patterson dies, Communist Party activist
  14. ↑ Jay Silverheels, Tonto in "Lone Ranger", dies at 62
  15. ↑ John Skeaping
  16. ↑ Now Bayreuth lady's breathed her last
  17. ↑ James Shannon, 83; A Connecticut Judge And an Ex-Governor; Appointed by Governor Lodge
  18. ↑ Yachtsman dies
  19. ↑ Jack Sack, Ex-Pitt Star Athlete
  20. ↑ John Irving Whalley, 77, Ex-GOP Representative
  21. ↑ Olga Chekhova
  22. ↑ Noel Dorian left footnotes on history
  23. ↑ Former Grid Star Dies at 41
  24. ↑ Hitler's butler dies in Hamburg hospital
  25. ↑ Paraiba de luto enterra Jose Americo hoje as 10h (in Portuguese)
  26. ↑ E.S. Betros, Member Of the Assembly Who Won Ban on Smoking; Had Private Law Practice
  27. ↑ Sheldon Glueck of Harvard Dies; Studied the Roots of Delinquency
  28. ↑ William Kroll, Violinist
  29. ↑ Quebec's Adrien Pouliot dies at 84
  30. ↑ Tarnower Was a Busy Physician, Too; Sportsman and Dinner Host A Veteran of World War II
  31. ↑ Fallecio el compositor Julio de Caro (in Spanish)
  32. ↑ Jay Anson, 58, Writer Of 'Amityville Horror,' Is Dead on West Coast; Introduced to the Lutzes Had Journalistic Background
  33. ↑ Erno Gero of Hungary; Was Overthrown in '56
  34. ↑ Roland Symonette
  35. ↑ BURTON HOWARD CAMP
  36. ↑ Norman DePoe dies
  37. ↑ E. Urner Goodman Is Dead at 88; Official of Boy Scouts of America
  38. ↑ Lillian Ngoyi
  39. ↑ Alonzo Waters, Retired Publisher
  40. ↑ Manlio Brosio, Ex-Chief of NATO; Mettle Tested in Cyprus Crisis Guest of Groups in U.S.
  41. ↑ Adm. Robert Lee Dennison Dies; Was Atlantic Fleet's Commander; Naval Aide to Truman
  42. ↑ Mohammad Hatta
  43. ↑ EX-REP. LOWENSTEIN KILLED BY A GUNMAN; Antiwar Leader Shot at Law Office
  44. ↑ Movie crew dies in air crash
  45. ↑ GLADYS G. STRAUS, 84, A NUTRITION EXPERT; Guggenheim Family Member Was Also Occupied With Medical and Foundation Affairs
  46. ↑ Wickland
  47. ↑ Divers Search for More Crash Wreckage
  48. ↑ Anthropology authority is crash victim
  49. ↑ Premonition Given Mother
  50. ↑ OCTAVIO BRANDAO (in Portuguese)
  51. ↑ Ex-champ dies
  52. ↑ All-round athlete Goldsworthy dies
  53. ↑ Prince Boun Oum, 68, First Laotian Premier And Anti-Communist; Driven From Power in 1950
  54. ↑ Rose A. Conway Dead; Was Truman's Secretary
  55. ↑ Deaths
  56. ↑ Rafael Paasio, Served As Finland's Premier And Socialist Leader
  57. ↑ West Virginia Rep. John Slack, Served in House Since 1959
  58. ↑ AF Gen. Orval R. Cook, U.S. Deputy in Europe
  59. ↑ Jessica Dragonette, Singer, Dies; Popular Early-Radio Performer; Began Career on Stage Decorated by Pope Plus XII
  60. ↑ Psychoanalyst and Philosopher Erich Fromm Dies
  61. ↑ PACE GREAT DIES
  62. ↑ Sir Ludwig Guttmann
  63. ↑ Tamara de Lempicka, Portraitist; Celebrated Self Portrait Her View of Her Work
  64. ↑ Curtain down for Louise Lovely
  65. ↑ Millen Brand, Writer and Editor Known for Works on Psychiatry
  66. ↑ Former justice Floyd Draper dies at home
  67. ↑ Marcel Boussac, 'King of Cotton' In France for Decades, Dead at 91; Rivals Took Over Markets Debts Grew to $150 Million
  68. ↑ Atlantic City casino feud killed mob boss Bruno
  69. ↑ George Fallon, Ex-Congressman
  70. ↑ Former Mayor Dies After Handgun Attack
  71. ↑ Herm Schaefer
  72. ↑ Librarian Ulveling dies
  73. ↑ Gerald W. Johnson Dies, Former Editorial Writer For Baltimore Newspapers
  74. ↑ MISS GRACE LUMPKIN
  75. ↑ Arthur Okun, 51, Dies in Capital; Led Council of Economic Advisers
  76. ↑ Deaths
  77. ↑ PIERRE ETCHEBASTER
  78. ↑ El Salvador Bishop Assassinated While Celebrating Mass
  79. ↑ M.H. ERICKSON DIES; HYPNOSIS AUTHORITY
  80. ↑ Erminio Macario
  81. ↑ Walter Susskind
  82. ↑ James Wright, Poet, Is Dead at 52; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in '72
  83. ↑ ROLAND BARTHES, 64, WRITER AND CRITIC; French Intellectual Was Regarded as Brilliantly Discursive
  84. ↑ F.J. Ingelfinger, 69, Medical Editor; Progress at the Journal
  85. ↑ Dick Haymes, 61, Dies; Singer in Big Band Era
  86. ↑ Cyclist Dies Playing Soccer
  87. ↑ Funeral Service Slated For History Professor
  88. ↑ Joe Watt's Father Dies at 69
  89. ↑ Annunzio Paolo Mantovani Dies; Conductor of Popular Orchestras
  90. ↑ Actor Dead
  91. ↑ Ton Duc Thang, Leader In Vietnam Since 1969
  92. ↑ Jesse Owens Dies of Cancer at 66; Hero of the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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