WHO DIED IN MARCH 2020 ?

Ernesto Cardenal, 95

(20 January 1925 – 1 March 2020)

was a Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician.
 

Siamand Rahman, 31

(21 March 1988 – 1 March 2020)

was an Iranian Paralympic powerlifter. 
Cause of death: cardiac arrest.
 

Elizabeth Nelson Adams, 79 

(1941 – March 2, 2020) 

was an artist, poet, writer, Arts Commissioner, and film casting director
 

Nicolas Portal, 40 

(23 April 1979 – 3 March 2020) 

was a French directeur sportif and professional road bicycle racer. 
Cause of death: heart attack.
 

Alf Cranner, 83

(25 October 1936 – 3 March 2020) 

was a major Norwegian folk singer, lyricist and painter,
 

Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 100 

(January 19, 1920 – March 4, 2020)

was a Peruvian politician and diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991
 

Robert Shavlakadze, 86

(1 April 1933 – 4 March 2020) 

was a Georgian high jumper, Olympic champion (1960). 
 

Stratis Haviaras, 84

(June 28, 1935 – March 4, 2020) 

was a  Greek-American writer and poet.
 

Alexey Sorokin, 97

(28 March 1922 – 4 March 2020)

was a Russian military officer and politician, Admiral of the Fleet (1988–1992) and Deputy (1989–1991).
 

Rip Oliver, 67

(October 6, 1952 – March 5, 2020) 

was an American professional wrestler, known as "Crippler" Rip Oliver.
Cause of death: heart failure.
 

Luis Racionero, 80

(January 15, 1940 – March 8, 2020)

was a Spanish essayist,writer, Director of National Library (2001–2004).
 

Anton Coppola, 102

(March 21, 1917 - 9 March 2020)

was an American opera conductor and composer.
 

John Schneebichler, 61

(July 23, 1958 - March 9, 2020)

was an Australian rules footballer who played for South Adelaide and Glenelg in the SANFL.
Cause of death: cancer.
 

              Beba Selimović, 80
(27 March 1939 – 10 March 2020)
was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia.
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            Jack Buechner, 79
(June 4, 1940 – March 10, 2020)
was an American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1987–1991).
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             Marcelo Peralta, 59 
(March 5, 1961 – March 10, 2020)

was an Argentine performer, teacher, composer and arranger who played all the saxophones.
Cause of deaths: Coronavirus
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    Alessandro Criscuolo, 82
(15 July 1937 - 10 March 2020)
was an Italian jurist, President of the Constitutional Court (2014–2016).
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         Sir Rob Fenwick, 68
(5 May 1951 – 11 March 2020)
was a New Zealand environmentalist and businessman.
Cause of death: cancer
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           Santu Mukherjee, 69 
(17 January 1951 - 11 March 2020) 
was an Indian film actor who worked in Bengali cinema.
Cause of death: carcinoma
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  A. Richard Caputo, 81
(1938 – March 11, 2020)
was a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (since 1997).
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                Didier Bezace, 74
(10 February 1946 – 11 March 2020) 
was a French actor (The Little Thief, Les Voleurs, The Minister).
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           József Gyuricza, 86
(16 January 1934 – 11 March 2020) 
was a Hungarian fencer, Olympic bronze medallist (1956)
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             Michel Roux, 78
(19 April 1941 - 12 March 2020)
also known as Michel Roux Snr.was a French-born 
British chef and restaurateur.
Cause of deaths: idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
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                Tonie Marshall, 68
(November 29, 1951 – March 12, 2020)
was a French American actress (A Slightly Pregnant Man), screenwriter and film director.
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     Giovanni Battista Rabino, 88
(15 December 193 – 12 March 2020) 
was an Italian politician who served as a MP (1983–1994).
Cause of death: coronavirus COVID-19.
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               Dana Zátopková, 97
(19 September 1922 – 13 March 2020) 
was a Czech javelin thrower. She won the gold medal for javelin in the 1952 Summer Olympics 
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                     Yang Mum, 79 
(September 6, 1940 - March 13, 2020) 
was a Taiwanese poet, essayist and critic in Chinese language.
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            Filippos Petsalnikos, 69 
(1 December 1950 – 13 March 2020) 
was a Greek politician of the Movement of Democratic Socialists. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. 
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              Mart Ummelas, 66
(20 August 1953 - 13 March 2020) 
is an Estonian journalist. He has been a member of the Executive Board of Tallinn Television.
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            Giwi Margwelaschwili, 92 
(December 14, 1927 – 13 March 2020)
 was a German-Georgian writer and philosopher.
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              Gustavo Bebianno, 56
 (18 January 1964 – 14 March 2020)

was aBrazilian lawyer and politician, President of the Social Liberal Party (since 2018).
Cause of death: heart attack.
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               Eva Pilarová, 80
(9 August 1939 – 14 March 2020)
was a Czech jazz and pop music singer.
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       Puthussery Ramachandran, 91
(23 September 1928 – 14 March 2020)
was an Indian poet of the Malayalam language.
He died due to an age-related illnesses.
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             Genesis P-Orridge, 70
(22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020) 
was an English musician (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and performance artist (COUM Transmissions). 
Cause of death: leukemia
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           Vittorio Gregotti, 92
(10 August 1927 – 15 March 2020) 
was an Italian architect.He was head of the Gregotti Associati studio.
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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           Aarne Kainlauri, 104
Finnish Olympic steeplechaser (1948).
(25 May 1915 – 15 March 2020) 
was a Finnish steeplechaser who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. 
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                 Roy Hudd, 83
(16 May 1936 – 15 March 2020)
was an English actor (The Blood Beast Terror, Up the Chastity Belt, The Alf Garnett Saga) and comedian.
Hudd's agent announced that he had died after a "short illness".
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        Mohammad Ami-Tehrani, 84
(20 September 1935 – 15 March 2020)
was an Iranian Olympic weightlifter (1960).
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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Menachem Friedman, 83
 (1936 – 16 March 2020) 
was an Israeli Emeritus Professor of sociology at Bar Ilan University.
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Hashem Bathaie Golpayenagi, 79
       (1941 – 16 March 2020) 
Iranian ayatollah, member of the Assembly of Experts (since 2016), Cause of death: COVID-19.
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              Nicolas Alfonsi, 83
(13 April 1936 – March 16, 2020) 
was aFrench politician, MP (1973–1988, 2001–2014) and MEP (1981–1984).
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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               Ranveig Frøiland, 74
(15 September 1945 – 16 March 2020) 
was a Norwegian politician, Minister of Petroleum and Energy (1997)
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   Jairam Kulkarni, 88
(1932 - 17 March 2020) 
was an Indian actor known for Prem Deewane (1992) and De Danadan (1987).
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                Eduard Limonov, 77
( 22 February 1943 – 17 March 2020) 
was a Russian writer, poet and political dissident, 
Cause of death:complications from surgery.
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      Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, 61

 (25 March 1958 – 17 March 2020)
Guinea-Bissauan politician, Acting President of the National People's Assembly (2009, 2012) and Acting President (2012–2014).
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          Gerald Freedman, 92
(June 25, 1927 – March 17, 2020) 
was an American theatre director, librettist and lyricist.
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          Roger Mayweather, 58
(April 24, 1961 – March 17, 2020)
was an American boxer and boxing trainer.
He was a two-weight world champion.
Mayweather died after years of deteriorating health.
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             Lyle Waggoner, 84
(April 13, 1935 – March 17, 2020)
was an American actor (The Carol Burnett Show, Wonder Woman, Love Me Deadly).
Waggoner died at the age of 84, following a short illness.
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          Betty Williams, 76 
( 22 May 1943 – 17 March 2020) 
was a Northern Irish political activist, Nobel Prize laureate (1976).
Williams died in her sleep.
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             Joaquín Peiró, 84
(29 January 1936 – 18 March 2020)
was a Spanish retired football attacking midfielder (Atlético Madrid, Roma, national team) and manager.
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             Emil Karewicz, 97
(13 March 1923 – 18 March 2020) 
was a Polish actor (How I Unleashed World War II, Knights of the Teutonic Order).
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                 Erwin Drèze, 59
(27 November 1960 — 18 March 2020) 
was a Belgian comic book artist.
Cause of death: brain tumor.

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            Catherine Hamlin, 96
(24 January 1924 – 18 March 2020 )
was anAustralian physician and philanthropist, co-founder of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital.
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                 Joe Ferebee, 101
(February 24, 1919 – 19 March 2020 )
was a former american athletic director and baseball coach 
at Pfeiffer University.
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            Ashraf Siddiqui, 93 
(1 March 1927 – 19 March 2020 )
was a Bangladeshi poet, researcher, folklorist and essayist.
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             Peter Whittingham, 35
(8 September 1984 – 19 March 2020) 
was an English professional footballer (Cardiff City, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers).
Cause of death: complications from a fall.

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        Borislav Stanković, 94

(9 July 1925 – 20 March, 2020)

was a Serbian Hall of Fame basketball player and coach, Secretary General of FIBA (1976–2003).
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         Vladimír Zábrodský, 97
(7 March 1923 - 20 March 2020) 
was a Czech Hall of Fame ice hockey player, world champion (1947, 1949) and Olympic silver medallist (1948).
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               Shapi Kaziev, 63
(March 27, 1956 - March 20, 2020) 
was a Russian writer, playwright and script writer. He is the author of historical novels and other books.
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      Harry van den Bergh, 77
(1 April 1942 – 20 March 2020) 
was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party.In 1977–1987 van den Bergh was a member of the lower house.
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            Amadeo Carrizo, 93
(12 June 1926 – 20 March 2020)
was an Argentine footballer (River Plate, Millonarios, national team).
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                  Muhterem Nur, 87
(December 31, 1932 – March 20, 2020) 
was a Turkish movie actress and pop music singer.
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                 Kenny Rogers, 81 
(August 21, 1938 – March 20, 2020) 
was an American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2013.
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             Lorenzo Sanz, 76
(9 August 1943 – 21 March 2020) 
was a Spanish sports administrator, president of Real Madrid (1995–2000), Cause of death: COVID-19.
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                Sol Kerzner, 84
(23 August 1935 – 21 March 2020) 
was a South African hotelier, founder of Southern Sun Hotel Group and Sun International.
Cause of death: cancer.
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             Máximo Hernández 
(11 August 1945 – 22 March 2020) ) 
was a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender, and a current coach.
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            Petru Bogatu, 68
(12 July 1951 – 22 March 2020)
was a Moldovan journalist and writer.
Cause of death: cancer
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Carmen de Mairena, 87
(1933 – 22 March 2020)
was a Spanish transformist actress, cuplé singer and television personality.
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       Daniel Edward Pilarczyk, 85
(August 12, 1934 – March 22, 2020) 
was an American Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cincinnati (1982–2009), president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (1989–1992).
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             Serena Liu, 44

(June 1975 – 22 March 2020)
was a Taiwanese dancer and actress (How Much Sorrow Do You Have, The Rise of the Tang Empire).
Cause of death: complications from heart surgery.
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               Branko Cikatić 
(3 October 1954 – 23 March 2020) 
was a Croatian heavyweight kickboxer. He was the K-1 World Grand Prix Champion (1993).
Cause of death: Parkinson's disease.
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                  Lucia Bosè, 89 
(28 January 1931 – 23 March 2020)
was an Italian actress, Miss Italia (1947).
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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            Alberto Arbasino, 90
(22 January 1930 – 23 March 2020)
 was an Italian writer and essayist.
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          David Collings, 79 
(4 June 1940 - 23 March 2020) 
was an English actor (Scrooge, Doctor Who). In an extensive career he appeared in countless roles on stage, television, film and radio.
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            Albert Uderzo, 92
(25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020)
was a French comic book artist (Asterix, Oumpah-pah).
Cause of deth: heart attack.
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                     Tony Rutter, 78
(24 September 1941 – 24 March 2020) 
was a British motorcycle racer, Formula TT world champion (1981–1984). Rutter died on March 24, 2020, after a short illness.
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                Manu Dibango, 86
(12 December 1933 – 24 March 2020)
was a  Cameroonian saxophonist ("Soul Makossa").
Cause of deth: COVID-19
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             Terrence McNally, 81
(November 3, 1938 - 24 March 2020)
was an American playwright (Ragtime, Kiss of the Spider Woman) and screenwriter, Tony winner (1993, 1995, 1996).
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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            Inna Makarova, 93
(28 July 1926 – 25 March 2020) 
was a Soviet Russian actress. (The Young Guard, The Rumyantsev Case).
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      Farzaneh Taidi, 74
(1945 – March 25, 2020) 
was an Iranian theater and film actress (Not Without My Daughter).
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               Mike Stratton, 78
(April 10, 1941 – March 25, 2020) 
was an American professional football player who was a linebacker in the AFL and NFL for 12 seasons.
Stratton died from heart complications after a recent fall.
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                   Paul Goma, 84
(October 2, 1935 – March 25, 2020) 
was a Romanian writer, also known for his activities as a dissident and leading opponent of the communist regime before 1989.
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                           Nimmi
(18 February 1933 – March 25, 2020)
was an Indian screen actress who achieved stardom in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi films.
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               Edward Tarr, 83
(June 15, 1936 – March 26, 2020) 
was an American trumpet player and musicologist. He has been a pioneer in the revival of Baroque and Romantic era trumpet performance practice.
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        Menggie Cobarrubias, 68
(August 10, 1951 – March 26, 2020) 
was a Filipino actor who appeared in approximately 200 television shows & films.
Cause of death: cardiac arrest.
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             Michel Hidalgo, 87
 (22 March 1933 – 26 March 2020) 
was a French football player (Monaco, Reims) and manager (national team).
He died after a lengthy struggle with a disease.
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         Curly Neal, 77
(1942 – March 26, 2020) 
was an American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters).
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               Mark Blum, 69
(May 14, 1950 – March 26, 2020) 
was an American actor (Crocodile Dundee, Mozart in the Jungle, Desperately Seeking Susan).
Cause of death: COVID-19
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                Hamed Karoui, 92
(30 December 1927 – 27 March 2020) 
was Prime Minister of Tunisia from 1989 to 1999 and Minister of Justice (1988–1989).
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                  Mirna Doris, 79
(28 September 1940 – 27 March 2020) 
was an Italian Canzone Napoletana singer, mainly successful in the second half of the 1960s.
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                     Bob Andy
(28 October 1944 – 27 March 2020)
was a Jamaican reggae vocalist and songwriter. 
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              Tom Coburn, 72, 
(March 14, 1948 -  28 March 2020)
American politician, Senator (2005–2015) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995–2001).
Cause of death: prostate cancer.
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          Edoardo Vesentini, 91
(31 May 1928 -  28 March 2020)
Italian mathematician (Andreotti-Vesentini theorem) and politician. Senator (1987–1992).

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                John Callahan, 66
(December 23, 1953 - 28 March 2020)
was an American actor (All My Children, Falcon Crest, Days of Our Lives).

Cause of death: stroke.
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               Thomas Schäfer, 54
(22 February 1966 - 28 March 2020)
German politician, minister of finance of Hesse (2010–2020)
Cause of death: suicide by train..
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                  Alan Merrill, 69
(February 19, 1951 - 29 March 2020)
was an American vocalist (Arrows), guitarist, songwriter, 
actor and model. 
Cause of death: COVID-19
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          Patrick Devedjian, 75
(26 August 1944 - 29 March 2020)
was a French politician, mayor of Antony (1983–2002). 
Cause of death: COVID-19
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            José Luis Capón, 72
(6 February 1948 - 29 March 2020)
was a Spanish footballer (Atlético Madrid, Elche, national team).
Cause of death: COVID-19
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           Krzysztof Penderecki, 86
(23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020)
was a Polish composer (Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima, Anaklasis, Utrenja) and conductor.
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                      Joe Diffie, 61
(December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) 
was an American country singer-songwriter ("Home", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Pickup Man")
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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                  Ken Shimura, 70
(February 20, 1950 – March 29, 2020)
was a Japanese comedian - Japanese variety show Shimura Ken no Bakatono-sama.
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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                 Manolis Glezos, 97
(9 September 1922 – 30 March 2020)
was a Greek resistance fighter and politician, MEP (1984–1985, 2014–2015).
Cause o death: heart failure.
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            Martin Tudor, 43
(10 June 1976 – 30 March 2020)
 was a Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Tudor was known as one of the best goalkeepers of Steaua București in the 2000s.
Cause o death: heart attack.
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               Arianne Caoili, 33
(22 December 1986 – 30 March 2020) 
was a Filipino-Australian chess player.
Cause of death: traffic collision.
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       James T. Goodrich, 73
(April 16, 1946 – March 30, 2020)

was an American neurosurgeon - Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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               Tomie dePaola, 85
(September 15, 1934 – March 30, 2020) 
was an American writer and illustrator who created more than 260 children's books such as Strega Nona.
Cause of death: complications from a fall.
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             Andrew Jack, 76
(28 January 1944 - 31 March 2020)
was a British dialect coach and actor (Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi).
Cause of death: COVID-19.
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        Abdul Halim Khaddam, 87

(5 September 1932 – 31 March 2020)
Syrian politician, Vice President (1984–2005), Acting President (2000) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1970–1984).
Cause of death: heart attack.
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                Leonid Zorin, 95
(3 November 1924 – 31 March 2020) 
was a Russian playwright. His most performed work is A Warsaw Melody (1967).
Cause of death: cardiac arrest.
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          Kiyoshi Sasabe, 62
(January 8, – March 31, 2020) 
was a Japanese film director (Chirusoku no natsu, Half a Confession, Town of Evening Calm).
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       Vincent Marzello, 68
(July 4, 1951 – March 31, 2020) 
was an American actor (The Witches, Never Say Never Again, Bob the Builder).
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