Deaths in 2002 - March 2002

March 2002

• 1 David Mann, 85, American songwriter.
• 1 Roger Plumpton Wilson, 96, British Anglican prelate.
• 3 Al Pollard, 73, NFL player and broadcaster, lymphoma.
• 3 Roy Porter, 55, British historian.
• 6 David Jenkins, 89, Welsh librarian.
• 11 Rudolf Hell, 100, German inventor and manufacturer.
• 13 Hans-Georg Gadamer, 102, German philosopher.
• 14 Tan Yu, 75, Filipino entrepreneur.
• 16 Sir Marcus Fox, 74, British politician.
• 17 Rosetta LeNoire, 90, African-American stage and television actress.
• 17 Bill Davis, 60, American football coach.
• 18 Maude Farris-Luse, 115, supercentenarian and one-time "Oldest Recognized Person in the World".
• 20 Ivan Novikoff, 102, Russian premier ballet master.
• 21 James F. Blake, 89, American bus driver, antagonist for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• 24 César Milstein, 74, Argentinian biochemist.
• 24 Frank G. White, 92, American army general.
• 25 Ken Traill, 75, British rugby league player.
• 25 Kenneth Wolstenholme, 81, British football commentator.
• 27 Milton Berle, 93, American comedian dubbed "Mr. Television".
• 27 Dudley Moore, 66, UK actor and writer.
• 27 Billy Wilder, 95, Austrian-born American film director (Double Indemnity).
• 29 Rico Yan, 27, Filipino movie & TV actor.
• 30 Queen Elizabeth (née Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon), 101, Britain's "Queen Mum"; mother of Queen Elizabeth II.
• 31 Barry Took, 73, UK comedian and writer.