Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In March - 03

1935  Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies on March - 03.   

1938  On March - 03 arthur Koestler, writer, dies at 32   

1941  Constant W L Scheurleer, archaeologist/banker/art expert, dies at 59 on March - 03.   

1942  Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, viceroy (Ethiopia), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1943  George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history arthur Vanderpoorten, Flemish Internal minister (1940), dies at 61   

1948  On this day in history antonin Artaud, writer, dies at 51   

1953  Death of James J. Jeffries, American heavyweight boxer (b. 1875) on this day in history.   

1956  Willem H Keesom, Dutch physicist (Helium I/II), dies at 79 on March - 03.   

1959  On this day in history lou Costello, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 52   

1960  On March - 03 sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65   

1961  On this day in history death of paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born pianist (b. 1887)   

1965  On March - 03 carlo Gatti, composer, dies at 88   

1966  Alice Pearce, comedienne (Gladys Kravitz-Bewitched), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66   

1974  Barbara Ruick, actress (Carousel, Fearless Fagan), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1976  Alfred Sendrey, composer, dies at 92 on March - 03.   

1977  Percy Marmont, actor (Secret Agent, Lisbon), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1982  Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1983  On March - 03 arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77   

1985  Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1987  Danny Kaye, comedian (Danny Kaye Show), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1988  Lois Wilson, actress (Crash, Deluge, Bright Eyes), dies on this day in history.   

1990  Frans Goedhart, Dutch journalist/founder (Parool), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1991  Arthur Murray, dance instructor, dies at 95 of pneumonia on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history robert Beatty, actor (Odd Man Out), dies at 82   

1993  On March - 03 albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86   

1994  On March - 03 anita Morris, actress (Nine), dies of cancer at 50   

1995  Gilbert Gadoffre, French scholar, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1996  David Bowman, trade unionist, dies at 82 on March - 03.   

1997  On this day in history stanislav Shatalin, Russian economist (500 Days), dies   

1998  Death of Fred Friendly, American broadcast executive (b. 1915) on March - 03.   

1999  On March - 03 death of gerhard Herzberg, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)   

2000  Death of Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (b. 1904) on March - 03.   

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1455  On March - 03 birth of king John II of Portugal (d. 1495)   

1500  On this day in history birth of reginald Pole, English Cardinal/"heretic"   

1520  On this day in history birth of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)   

1583  Edward Herbert of Cherbury, English military/philosopher was born on March - 03.   

1589  Gisbertus Voetius, [Gijsbert Voet], Dutch reformed theologist was born on March - 03.   

1606  On this day in history birth of edmund Waller, England, poet (Penshust)   

1652  On March - 03 birth of thomas Otway, England, playwright/poet (Venice Preserved)   

1678  On March - 03 birth of madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)