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479 BCConfucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history, dies at 66 (b. 551 BC)

1706Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52

1992Menachem Begin, PM Israel (1977-80, 81-83, Nobel 1979), dies at 85

1851Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, dies at 73

March 9th Deaths
Date Event
479
Confucius, Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn period of Chinese history, dies at 66 (b. 551 BC) 
BC
AD
1202
King Sverre of Norway 
1422
Jan Zelivsky, Hussite priest (b. 1380) 
1440
St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (b. 1384) 
1566
David Rizzio, Italian secretary of Mary Queen of Scots, murdered by Protestant nobles 
1620
Aegidius Albertinus, German writer (Lucifer's Kingdom), dies at 59 
1649
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b. 1606) 
1649
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (b. 1590) 
1661
Jules "Cardinal" Mazarin, chief minister of France, dies at 58 
1688
Claude Mellan, French engraver/cartoonist/painter, dies at 89 
1706
Johann Pachelbel, German organist/composer, dies at 52 
1709
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat 
1743
Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, Ital/Fr composer dies at 77 
1747
Jacob Campo Weyerman, S Neth adventurer/painter/writer, dies at 69 
1800
Dominique Della-Maria, composer, dies at 30 
1808
Joseph Bonomi the Elder, architect (b. 1739) 
1819
Janos Fusz, composer, dies at 41 
1824
Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79 
1827
Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62 
1831
Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 
1847
Mary Anning, British fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist (Jurassic marine fossil beds of Lyme Regis in Dorset), dies of breast cancer at 47 
1851
Hans Christian Oersted, Danish physicist, dies at 73 
1870
Theodore Labarre, composer, dies at 65 
1877
Mark Prager Lindo, English/Dutch author (Neth Spectator), dies at 58 
1888
William I, German Emperor (b. 1797) 
1889
Paolo Ferrari, Le vie del cuore 
1895
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (Masochism), dies at 59 
1895
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Fur 
1897
Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (b. 1825) 
1913
Eberhard Nestle, German biblical scholar, dies at 61 
1915
Guy du Maurier, Mad Men of Europe 
1916
Ken Hutchings, cricketer (exciting England batsman, WW I), dies 
1918
[Benjamin] Franc[lin] Wedekind, German writer/press sec, dies at 53 
1918
Frank Wedekind, Pandora's Box 
1923
Marjorie Seaman, Free Air 
1925
George Field, Blood and Sand 
1931
Ida B Wells-Barnett, famous black, dies in Chicago at 78 
1937
Paul Elmer More, American critic and essayist (b. 1864) 
1938
Sydney Baynes, composer, dies at 59 
1938
Sydney Baynes, The Outcast 
1939
Ernie Hare, Down on the Barn 
1939
Miguel Ruiz Moncada, Amado Nervo, sus funerales 
1940
Louis Levy, Madame de Thèbes 
1941
Carlos Pedrell, composer, dies at 62 
1942
Valentin Kadochnikov, Volshebnoye zerno 
1942
Rodney Hickok, The Mystery of Edwin Drood 
1943
Oskar Hêks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz 
1944
Roy Brown, Eternal Gaze 
1944
Rova Maris, Hell Harbor 
1944
Izola Forrester, She Had to Choose 
1945
Margot Frank,  
1947
Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies 
1947
Carrie Chapman Catt, American women's suffrage leader, dies at 88 
1950
Harry Stubbs, The Invisible Man 
1951
Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Defenders of the Faith 
1952
Johnny Burke, Matchmaking Mamma 
1952
S.K. Shilling, A Broadway Scandal 
1952
Charles Dudley, The Bell Boy 
1952
Marjorie Zier, Cactus Trails 
1952
Charlie Dudley, Sunrise 
1954
Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912) 
1954
V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (b. 1874) 
1954
Karl Eitel, Night Life in Chicago 
1954
Pepi Glöckner-Kramer, Boys of the Prater 
1955
Matthew A Henson, met Peary on 6/4/1909 at North Pole, dies at 88 
1955
Miroslava, The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz 
1956
Dan Tobey, Man-Proof 
1956
Anders de Wahl, Erotikon 
1957
Joe Caits, Hollywood Cowboy 
1958
Eduard Bornträger, Horch, horch, die Lerch im Ätherblau 
1958
Uuno Eskola, Ei auta itku markkinoilla 
1959
Fannie Bourke, The Scrub Lady 
1959
Howard Bell, The Isle of Hope 
1960
Jack Beattie, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886) 
1960
Otto Ackermann, The Rose King 
1961
Georges Baconnet, Two Pennies Worth of Violets 
1961
Fred Sanborn, Soup to Nuts 
1961
Cezar Petrescu, Glissando 
1962
Howard Engstrom, Boston, a designer of Univac computer, dies at 59 
1962
Rafael Stenius, Aatamin puvussa - ja vähän Eevankin... 
1963
Werner Beumelburg, In Battle Versus the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain 
1964
Johanna W "Mina" Bakker, Dutch actress (Boefje), dies at 87 
1964
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Prussian general/politician, dies at 93 
1965
Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65 
1965
Kazys Boruta, writer, dies 
1966
Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924) 
1969
Riad, chief of staff (Egyptian army), dies 
1969
Richard Crane, actor (Surfside 6), dies at 50 
1970
Anya Taranda, Top Hat 
1971
Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer, dies at 36 
1971
Anthony Berkeley, Suspicion 
1974
Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58 
1975
Joseph Dunninger, NYC, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at 82 
1975
Shirley Ross, actress (Night Vision, Mindkiller), dies at 62 
1975
Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor (b. 1888) 
1979
Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64 
1979
Jacques Provins, Le machin 
1979
Paul Crabtree, The Loretta Young Show 
1979
Ferenc Fábián, A ménesgazda 
1980
Olga Chekova, actress (Moulin Rouge, Pawns of Possession), dies at 82 
1980
Olga Tschechowa, Bel Ami 
1981
Jesse Corallo, Go Tell the Spartans 
1982
Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58 
1982
Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies 
1982
Richard A Butler, England, min of Finance, dies at 79 
1983
Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 
1983
Rex Marshall, Easter Parade of Stars Auto Show 
1983
Faye Emerson, Men's Fashions: Steve Allen 
1984
Hannah Weinstein, Stir Crazy 
1984
Kari Sundby, Operasjon Løvsprett 
1984
Vera Mügge, Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 
1984
Imogen Holst, Talk to Her 
1984
Emilio Blanco,  
1984
Eumenio Blanco, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 
1985
Harry Catterick, FA Cup Final 1966: Everton 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday 
1985
Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell, Predator 
1985
Constantin Baltaretu, De ce trag clopotele, Mitica? 
1985
Una Venning, A Woman of No Importance 
1985
Richard Holley, The Blues Brothers 
1985
Rakel Laakso, Opri 
1986
Ned Calmer, TV host (In the First Person), dies at 78 
1986
Blanche Aubry, Feuerwerk 
1986
Everett Ensley, The Private History of a Campaign That Failed 
1986
Ned Calmer, The First Flight of the Wright Brothers (December 17, 1903) 
1986
Eleanor Drury, George White's 1935 Scandals 
1986
Leonid Rakhlenko, Kto smeyotsya poslednim 
1987
Renee Shearing, A Christmas Carol 
1987
J. Francis White, Mesa of Lost Women 
1987
Wic Kjellin, The Apple War 
1988
Kurt Georg Kiesinger, West German chancellor (1966-69), dies at 83 
1988
Patrick Straram, La terre à boire 
1988
Teddy Schaank, De komiek 
1988
Kurt-Georg Kiesinger, Der Polizeistaatsbesuch - Beobachtungen unter deutschen Gastgebern 
1989
Robert Mapplethorpe, US photographer, dies at 42 
1989
Kai Mortensen, Kaka Ferskur (Fresh Rolls) or The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 
1989
Fred Mogubgub, Enter Hamlet 
1989
Sam Melville, The Thomas Crown Affair 
1989
André Hornez, The Wolf of Wall Street 
1989
Kermit Beahan,  
1989
Norman Saunders, Mars Attacks! 
1990
Martial Singher, Opéra de Paris 
1991
Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943) 
1991
Hugh Moxey, The Final Conflict 
1991
Boris Kordunov, Skhvisi shvilebi 
1991
Greta Bjerke, Beredskapspojkar 
1991
Jan Reussens, Robin de robot 
1992
Felipe Turich, actor (Lawless), dies 
1992
Jack McEdward, asst dir (Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell), dies at 94 
1992
James Brooks, US mural painter (Flight, La Guardia NY), dies at 85 
1992
Menachem Begin, PM Israel (1977-80, 81-83, Nobel 1979), dies at 85 
1992
Monty Budwig, T-Bird Gang 
1992
Jack McEdward, The Pink Panther 
1992
James Brooks, The New Deal for Artists 
1992
Menachem Begin, Reagan: The First 100 Days 
1992
Felipe Turich, Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter 
1993
Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies 
1993
Bob Crosby, swing-era bandleader (Bobcats), dies of cancer at 79 
1993
Bob Crosby, Raging Bull 
1993
Wells Root, Magnificent Obsession 
1993
Pavel Pavlenko, Frosty 
1993
Byron 'Buzz' Brandt, The Thomas Crown Affair 
1993
Ilka Petur, Love 
1994
Charles Bukowski, author/poet, dies of leukemia at 73 
1994
Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (French Connection), dies of cancer at 76 
1994
John Harrison, South African correspondent (BBC), dies at 48 
1994
Lawrence E Spivak, journalist (Meet the Press), dies at 93 
1994
Louis Freeman, band leader, dies at 100 
1994
Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77 
1994
Eddie Creatchman, Canadian wrestler manager (b. 1928) 
1994
Abdurrahman Shala, Before the Rain 
1994
Fernando Rey, The French Connection 
1994
Charles Bukowski, Barfly 
1994
Susanne Rosser, Beauty on Parade 
1994
Lawrence E. Spivak, Meet the Press 
1994
Moe Purtill, Sun Valley Serenade 
1995
Ian Ballantine, publisher, dies of heart attack at 79 
1995
Ruud van den Hende, Dutch sports reporter, dies at 63 
1995
Yakov Smolenskiy, Ikar i mudretsy 
1995
Ljubica Ravasi, Gospodja ministarka 
1995
Edward Bernays,  
1995
Charles Nelson, Limit Up 
1995
Paco Jaumandreu, The Marihuana Story 
1995
Gyula Bornyi, Csak semmi pánik... 
1996
Alan Hugh Iliffe, psychologist, dies at 77 
1996
Elman Ali Ahmed, peace campaigner, dies at 42 
1996
Peter Mansfield, writer, dies at 67 
1996
George Burns, American actor and singer (b. 1896) 
1996
Imre Kovács, Helsinki 1952: Games of the XV Olympiad 
1996
George Burns, Oh, God! 
1996
Harold Baigent, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior 
1996
Josef Shaftel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 
1997
Terry Nation, writer (Dr Who, Blake 7) at 66 
1997
The Notorious B.I.G. [Christopher Wallace], American rapper shot dead at 24 
1997
Jean-Dominique Bauby, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 
1997
The Notorious B.I.G., Superbad 
1997
Seymour Bennett, The Macomber Affair 
1997
John Halloran, Angel and the Badman 
1997
Ray Prochaska, Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers 
1997
Terry Nation, Blakes 7 
1998
Anna Maria Ortese, Lauta mancia 
1998
Ulrich Schamoni, It 
1999
Harry Somers, Canadian composer (b. 1925) 
1999
Maciej Sienski, Rydz-Smigly. Szkic do portretu ostatniego 
1999
Burt French, Love of Life 
1999
Glenn Melvyn, The Love Match 
1999
Harry Somers, Évolu 
1999
Romuald Farat, The Best Place in the World 
1999
Robert Hartung, Inherit the Wind 
2000
Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923) 
2000
Ruth C. Engel, Phantasm II 
2000
Ági Soproni, Vérszerzödés 
2000
Patrick Peuvion, Hochelaga 
2000
Artyom Borovik, Soldiers of God 
2001
Richard Stone, Platoon 
2001
William Hammerstein, 13 Stars for Channel 13 
2001
Diane Sommerfield, Days of Our Lives 
2001
Leopold Pfefferberg, Schindler's List 
2001
Isao Okawa, Sonic Adventure 2 
2001
Hermann Kugelstadt, Herrn Josefs letzte Liebe 
2001
Henry Kälarne, Adolf i eld och lågor 
2001
Giancarlo Prete, Ladyhawke 
2002
Reginald Hearne, Strange Partners 
2002
Maj Methander, Mimmi 
2002
Denise Bosc, The Sea Rose 
2002
Milton T. Raynor, Timestalkers 
2002
Leonard Gershe, Butterflies Are Free 
2003
Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (b. 1933) 
2003
Bernard Dowiyogo, President of Nauru (b. 1946) 
2003
Dzidra Ritenberga, Malva 
2003
Vlado Durdík, Dragonheart: A New Beginning 
2003
Stan Brakhage, Window Water Baby Moving 
2003
Heinz Thiel, Reserviert für den Tod 
2003
Philip J. Jones, Backflash 
2004
Albert Mol, Dutch actor (b. 1917) 
2004
Dr. Gerald Deskin, Ph.D., clinical child psychologist (b. 1929) 
2004
Rust Epique, former Crazy Town guitarist (b. 1968) 
2004
Ildikó Pádua, Tornacsuka a sárban 
2004
John Mayer, Get Carter 
2004
Evgeniya Radeva, The Goat Horn 
2004
Adrie van Oorschot, Hokus Pokus dat kan ik ook 
2004
Luna Takamura, Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession 
2004
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, A Woman Called Moses 
2004
Marshall Frady, George Wallace 
2004
Abu Abbas,  
2004
Décio Freitas, Quilombo 
2004
Albert Mol, The M.P. Case 
2005
Chris LeDoux, American country singer (b. 1948) 
2005
Kurt Lotz, German business executive, second postwar CEO of Volkswagen (b. 1912) 
2005
Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler; aka Baroness Lips von Lipstrill (b. 1924) 
2005
István Nyers, Hungarian footballer (b. 1924) 
2005
Benno Hoffmann, Werner - Volles Rooäää!!! 
2005
Glenn Davis, The Spirit of West Point 
2005
Wieslaw Woloszynski, Kanclerz 
2005
László Csányi, Hahó, Öcsi! 
2005
Sheila Gish, Highlander 
2005
Kathie Kay, The Isle of Great Cumbrae 
2005
George Scott, The Fighting Temptations 
2005
William Murray, The Sweet Ride 
2005
Chris LeDoux, Speed Angels 
2006
John Profumo, British cabinet minister (b. 1915) 
2006
Geir Ivarsøy, Norwegian programmer, co-founder of Opera Software ASA (b. 1957) 
2006
John Profumo, General Election 
2006
Barney McFadden, Santa Barbara 
2006
Austin Black, SK-2.0 
2006
Clarissa Doll, City of Flesh 
2006
Hanka Bielicka, Colonel Wolodyjowski 
2006
Jeremy Silberston, Brookside 
2007
Brad Delp, American singer (Boston) (b. 1951) 
2007
Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921) 
2007
Jeanne Hopkins Lucas, North Carolina politician (b. unknown) 
2007
Ulpio Minucci, Robotech 
2007
Erik Waisberg, The Mirror 
2007
Pedro Beltrán, The Moment of Truth 
2007
Garen Zhukovskaya, Taras Shevchenko 
2007
Luz Franco, O Campeão 
2007
Kurt Rapf, Die spanische Stunde 
2007
György Kocsis, Stolen Pictures 
2007
Brad Delp, Dark Moon Rising 
2007
Bradley Delp, The Limey 
2007
Mikhail Bocharov, Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears 
2008
William Hayward, Easy Rider 
2008
Martin Pawley, Episode dated 28 September 1993 
2009
Aleko Kuzov, The Heroes of September 
2009
Hal Gaba, Music and Lyrics 
2009
Donald McNeely, The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg 
2009
Oldrich Speerger, Laparoskopická cholecystektomie 
2009
Ramona Garcia Coronado, Real Women Have Curves 
2009
Terri Vandenbosch, Episode dated 24 December 1984 
2010
Doris Haddock, American political activist (b. 1910) 
2010
Yane Barry, A Man and a Woman 
2010
Teresa Gutiérrez, Satanás 
2010
Doris Haddock, Run Granny Run 
2010
Alex Clarke, The Learning Tree 
2010
Willie Davis, Leo Durocher Meets Mister Ed 
2011
David Broder, American journalist (b. 1929) 
2011
Robert P. Marcucci, The Help 
2011
Eiko Matsuda, In the Realm of the Senses 
2011
Peter Gavajda, Lotta & die alten Eisen 
2011
David Broder, The Congress 
2011
Martin Rudy, As the World Turns 
2011
Sona Aslanova, Bizim küça 
2011
Leon Palamarciuc, Schatten 
2012
Peter Bergman, American Comedian, dies from leukemia at 72 
2012
Selma Rubin, American environmental activist, dies at 96 
2012
Lord Wedderton of Charlton, British academic and politician, dies at 84 
2012
Sándor Szönyi G., Csak semmi pánik... 
2012
Peter Bergman, Americathon 
2012
Selma Rubin, Undercover Angel 
2012
Harry Wendelstedt, 1986 World Series 
2012
Joy Mukherjee, Umeed 
2012
Dennis Bowen, Caddyshack II 
2012
Nancie Phillips, Loving 
2013
Max Jacobson, David: Stories of Honour and Shame 
2013
Norman Wallerstein, The Teacher 
2013
Ulricka Kornbeck, Måske i morgen 
2013
Rune Carlsson, Julafton i strumpornas hus 
2013
Ray Florenz Goldstein, The Cure 
2013
Irina Merkuryeva, Episode #1.1 
2013
Rosita Thomaz Lopes, O Descarte 
2014
Catherine Sellers, Détruire dit-elle 
2014
Carlos Moreno, India pravile 
2014
Justus Pfaue, Anna 
2014
Tonino Ricci, Il dito nella piaga 
2014
William Clay Ford, Barry Sanders 
2014
Bill Wedderburn, Somebody Else's Baby 
2015
Frei Otto, Frei Otto - Von Seifenblasen und Zelten 
2015
Florence Arthaud, Episode dated 21 December 2002 
2015
Camille Muffat, Episode dated 15 September 2012 
2015
James Molyneaux, Endgame in Ireland 
2015
Gene Patton, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind 
2015
John D. Arras, President Bioethical Commission 
2015
Rico Alaniz, The Magnificent Seven 
2015
Sergey Podkolzin, The Road To 
2015
Alexis Vastine, Episode dated 1 February 2014 
2015
Otar Koberidze, Bashi-Achuki 
2015
Lou Silverstone, The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters 
2015
Juanita Nelson, Single Mom, Minimum Wage 
2015
Dave Frohnmayer, Oregon's War at Home and the Man Who Brought the Peace 
2015
Windell Middlebrooks, Miss March 
2015
Carl Mahakian, The Manchurian Candidate 
2015
Laurent Sbasnik, Big John 
2015
Jerry Brightman, Episode #4.23 
2015
Wayne Kemp, Showgirls 
2016
King of Wall Street, John Gutfreund, American investment banker and CEO of Salomon Brothers, dies at 86 
2016
Garage Rock Icon Andrew Loomis Dies Aged 54 
2016
Australian rock legend Jon English dies aged 66 
2016
Citizen Kane actress and Orson Welles confidant Kathryn Trosper Popper dies, aged 100 
2016
Sporting hero and Olympian Jack Jones, from Cheltenham, dies aged 90 
2016
Prolific West End producer Michael White dies aged 80 
2016
'Fifth Beatle' George Martin dies aged 90 
2017
Pop superstar George Michael dies aged 53 
2017
Gravitational waves scientist Ronald Drever dies aged 85 
2018
Photographer to hip-hop stars, Nitin Vadukul, dies at 52 
2018
Jockey Ronnie Franklin, who won 1979 Derby and Preakness aboard Spectacular Bid, dies at 58 
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