The Short List – March ’21

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Each month, we list the unselected dead celebs we either didn’t have time to report on… or who were just too boring to malign. So in case you were wondering “whatever happened to,” this monthly post may give you some unexpected closure.

March 1, 2021
  • Ralph Peterson Jr. – Aged 58 years. American jazz drummer and bandleader.
  • John “Ian” St John – Aged 82 years. Scottish professional football player, coach and broadcaster.
  • Vernon Jordan – Aged 85 years. American business executive, civil rights activist, & Clintonista.
March 2, 2021
  • Bunny Wailer – Aged 73 years. Grammy-winning reggae musician and Bob Marley collaborator.
March 3, 2021
March 4, 2021
  • Bhaskar Menon – Aged 86 years. Music industry executive who backed “The Dark Side of the Moon.”
  • Tony Hedra – Aged 79 years. English actor & writer who helmed National Lampoon and played Spinal Tap’s manager Ian Faith.
March 5, 2021
  • David Bailie – Aged 83 years. South Afican actor who played the mute pirate Cotton in the Pirates of the Caribbean series.
March 6, 2021
  • Lou Ottens – Aged 94 years. Dutch inventor who gave us the cassette tape.
March 7, 2021
March 8, 2021
  • Rhéal Cormier – Aged 53 years. MLB relief pitcher and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
  • Leon Gast – Aged 84 years. Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker.
March 9, 2021
  • Cliff Simon – Aged 58 years. South African athlete and actor, known as Ba’al on TV’s “Stargate SG-1.”
March 10, 2021
March 11, 2021
  • Ray Campi – Aged 86 years. Double-bass playing musician nicknamed “The King of Rockabilly”.
March 12, 2021
  • Ronald DeFeo Jr. – Aged 69 years. Long Island mass murderer who inspired “The Amityville Horror.”
March 13, 2021
  • Murray Walker – Aged 97 years. English Formula 1 commentator and journalist.
March 14, 2021
  • Frankie de la Cruz – Aged 37 years. MLB pitcher who went on to play in various leagues around the world.
  • Rusty Tillman – Aged 75 years. NFL linebacker and XFL coach.
  • Henry Darrow – Aged 87 years. Emmy-winning TV actor known for roles in “The High Chaparral,” “Zorro,” and “Santa Barbara.”

 

 

March 15, 2021
March 16, 2021
  • Sabine Schmitz – Aged 51 years. German pro race driver, known as as the ‘Queen of the Ring.’
  • Moudud Ahmed – Aged 80 years. 7th Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
March 17, 2021
March 18, 2021
  • Paul Jackson – Aged 73 years. Founding bassist for Herbie Hancock’s jazz-fusion band The Headhunters.
  • Richard Gilliland – Aged 71 years. TV/film actor seen in “Airplane II: The Sequel” and “Designing Women.”
March 19, 2021
  • Barry Orton – Aged 62 years. Pro wrestler and member of the noted Orton family of wresters.
March 20, 2021
  • Peter Lorimer – Aged 74 years. Scottish pro soccer player & record-holder with Leeds United.
March 21, 2021
  • Robina Asti – Aged 99 years. Womens’ rights activist and 2X Guinness record holder for oldest active pilot and active flight instructor.
March 22, 2021
  • Elgin Baylor – Aged 86 years. Pro basketball player, coach, & Lakers legend.
March 23, 2021
  • Don Heffington – Aged 70 years. In-demand session drummer and original member of Lone Justice.
  • George Segal – Aged 87 years. Oscar-nominated & Golden Globe winning actor best known for roles on TV’s “Just Shoot Me” and “The Goldbergs.”
March 24, 2021
  • Jessica Walter – Aged 80 years. Award-winning actress in Eastwood’s “Play Misty for Me” and Tv’s “Arrested Development.”
  • Craig “muMs da Schemer” Grant – Aged 52 years. Actor & poet from HBO’s “Oz” who also played Lysol on “Chappelle’s Show.”
March 25, 2021
  • Bill Brock – Aged 90 years. Former US congressman and Regan administration cabinet member.
  • Bobby Brown – Aged 96 years. Yankees 3rd baseman who also served as AL president.
  • Stan Albeck – Aged 89 years. NBA & ABA coach.
  • Bertrand Tavernier – Aged 79 years. French actor & filmmaker who brought us “Round Midnight.”
March 26, 2021
  • Mike Bell – Aged 46 years. Reds 3rd baseman and Twins bench coach.
March 27, 2021
  • Petr Kellner – Aged 56 years. Czech billionaire and state’s richest person.
  • Howard Schnellenberger – Aged 87 years. NFL/NCAA football coach who led U of Miami to the national title in 1983.
March 28, 2021
  • Malcolm Cecil – Aged 84 years. British jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winning record producer.
  • Didier Ratsiraka – Aged 84 years. Longest serving president of Madagascar.
March 29, 2021
  • Bibian Mentel – Aged 48 years. Winter Paralympics gold-medalist & 5X world para-snowboarding champion.
  • Sarah Onyango Obama – Aged 99 years. Obammy’s step-grammy. Not a valid pick (by our rules) but the world somehow thinks her passage is “news.”
March 30, 2021
  • Myra Frances – Aged 78 years. Actress credited for half of British TV’s first lesbian kiss.
March 31, 2021
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