Entertainment

Celebrity Deaths 2018: Well-known figures we’ve lost in March 2018

By Ludwig Paige

April 03, 2018

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Celebrities we’ve lost in March 2018 

May their Soul pass through the gates of Eden 

It’s just been a few months since the start of 2018, but we’ve lost many well-known figures over the course of this month.

“We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” -Chuck Palahniuk, Diary

Here are celebrities who lost their lives but left something behind for their family and friends to remember them by. 

Orin C. Smith (Starbucks CEO)

Born: June 26, 1942

Death: March 1, 2018

Cause of Death: Pancreatic Cancer

Vicente Piquer Mora (Former Valencia Player)

Born: February 24, 1935

Death: March 1, 2018

Cause of Death: Longtime Illness

Michele Regina Hanson (Guardian Columnist)

Born:September 13, 1942

Death: March 2, 2018

Cause of Death: Stroke

Sammy Stewart (Former Orioles Pitcher)

Born: October 28, 1954

Death: March 2, 2018

Cause of Death: Found Dead in a Local Residence

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister (British Athlete/First person to run a mile under four minutes)

Born: March 23, 1929

Death: March 3, 2018

Cause of Death: Parkinson Disease

Derek Saunders (Former Chelsea F.C Half Back)

Born: January 6, 1928

Death: March 3, 2018

Cause of Death: Oesophageal Cancer

Imogene Powers Johnson (CEO of SC Johnson & Son)

Born: September 3, 1930

Death: March 3, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Davide Astori (Former ACF Fiorentina Captain)

Born: January 7, 1987

Death: March 4, 2018

Cause of Death: Heart Attack

D’Wayne Swear (Former NCIS Agent)

Born: December 6, 1957

Death: March 5, 2018

Cause of Death: Cancer

Donna Butterworth (American Actress/Singer)

Born: February 23, 1956

Death: March 6, 2018

Cause of Death: Longtime Unspecified Illness

Born: May 23, 1933

Gary Burden (American Music Album Designer and Grammy Award Winner)

Born: May 23, 1933

Death: March 7, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Jo Min Ki (South Korean Actor)

Born: November 5, 1965

Death: March 9, 2018

Cause of Death: Suicide

Hubert De Givenchy (French Fashion Designer)

Born: February 21, 1927

Death: March 10, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Sir Ken Dodd (English Comedian/Actor)

Born: November 8, 1927

Death: March 11, 2018

Cause of Death: Chest Infection

Enoch Eli “Bud” Olsen III (Former Detroit Pistons Power Forward/Center)

Born: July 25, 1940

Death: March 12, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Craig Mack (American Rapper)

Born: May 10, 1971

Death: March 12, 2018

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

Matthew Dike (American Hip Hop Producer)

Born: December 2, 1962

Death: March 13, 2018

Cause of Death: Salivary Gland Cancer

Claudia Fontaine (English Singer/Back Vocalist

Born: June 28, 1960

Death: March 13, 2018

Cause of Death: Unknown

Jim Bowen (English Comedian/TV Presenter)

Born: August 20, 1937

Death: March 14, 2018

Cause of Death: Complications from Stroke

Stephen Hawking (Theoretical Physicist/Professor/Author/Cosmologist)

Born: January 8, 1942

Death: March 14, 2018

Cause of Death: ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)

Larry Kwong (Canadian Ice Hockey Player and First person to break NHL’s Color Barrier)

Born: June 17, 1923

Death: March 15, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Tom Benson (American Automobile Dealer/Philanthropist/Sports Franchise Owner/Super Bowl Winner)

Born:July 12, 1927

Death: March 15, 2018

Cause of Death: Influenza

Ivor Richard (British Diplomat/Politician)

Born: May 30, 1932

Death: March 18, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Katie Boyle (Italian-born British Actress/TV Presenter/Game Show Host)

Born: May 29, 1926

Death: March 20, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Charles Lazarus (Founder of Toy R Us)

Born: October 4, 1923

Death: March 22, 2018

Cause of Death: Respiratory Failure

Robert ‘Kooster’ McAllister (American Recording Engineer/Owner of Record Plant remote studio)

Born: 1951

Death: March 23, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Debbie Lee Carrington (American Actress/Stuntwoman)

Born: December 14, 1959

Death: March 23, 2018

Cause of Death: Natural Causes

Bobby Ferguson (English Football Player/Manager)

Born: January 8, 1938

Death: March 28, 2018

Cause of Death: Unknown

Caleb Scofield (American Musician (Cave In))

Born: October 6, 1979

Death: March 28, 2018

Cause of Death: Car Crash

Emiliano Mondonico (Italian Football Manager)

Born: March 9, 1947

Death: March 29, 2018

Cause of Death: Stomach Cancer

Walter Frederick George William (Actor)

Born: October 8, 1928

Death: March 30, 2018

Cause of Death: Fell from his Mobility Scooter