Lothar-Guenther Buchheim was 89. He was the German author and art collector best known for his autobiographical novel, "Das Boot."
March 20, 2026
In Memoriam
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Dennis "DJ" Johnson was 52. He was part of three NBA champions with the Boston Celtics and one with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Celia Franca was 85. She was the founder of The National Ballet of Canada and its artistic director for 24 years.
Hank Bauer was 84. He was the hard-nosed ex-Marine who returned to baseball after being wounded during World War II and went on to become a cornerstone of the New York Yankees dynasty of the 1950s.
Anna Nicole Smith was 39. She was the reality TV star and former model who appeared in The Naked Gun 33 1/3.
Frankie Laine was 93. He was the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular entertainers of the 1950s.
Steve Barber was 67. He was the first 20-game winner in modern Baltimore Orioles history and the losing pitcher in one of baseball's wildest no-hitters.
Gian Carlo Menotti was 95. He composed a pair of Pulitzer Prize-winning operas and founded the Spoleto arts festivals in the United States and Italy.
Sidney Sheldon was 89. He won awards in three careers - Broadway theater, movies and television - then at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a hostile world of ruthless men.
Gump Worsley was 77. He was the Hall of Fame goaltender who played 21 years in the NHL with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens and Minnesota North Stars.
John Majhor was 53. He was the host of City-TV's "Toronto Rocks" and "Lunch Television" as well as a popular disc jockey on CHUM-AM.
Denny Doherty was 66. He was the Canadian quarter of the 1960s folk-rock group the Mamas and the Papas, who were known for their soaring harmonies on hits like "California Dreamin’" and "Monday, Monday."
Scott Bigelow was 45. He was the professional wrestler better known as Bam Bam Bigelow.
Percy Saltzman was 91. He was the first man to appear on Canadian English-language television and the first meteorologist employed by the CBC.
Yvonne De Carlo was 84. She played Moses' wife in "The Ten Commandments" but achieved her greatest popularity on TV's slapstick comedy "The Munsters."
Iwao Takamoto was 81. His creation of Scooby-Doo, the cowardly dog with an adventurous heart, captivated audiences and endured for generations.
Earl Reibel was 76. He made headlines in 1955 when he bested then Detroit Red Wings teammate Gordie Howe in scoring.
Darrent Williams was 24. He was a cornerback with the Denver Broncos of the NFL who just finished the season with 88 tackles and four interceptions.
Gerald Ford was 93. He was the 38th president of the United States of America.
James Brown was 73. He was the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco.
Joe Barbera was 95. He was half of the Hanna-Barbera animation team that produced such beloved cartoon characters as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and the Flintstones.
Peter Boyle was 71. He was the tall, prematurely bald actor who was the tap-dancing monster in "Young Frankenstein" and the curmudgeonly father in the long-running sitcom "Everybody Loves Raymond."
Jose Uribe was 47. He played 10 seasons in the major leagues from 1984 to 1993, mostly with the San Francisco Giants.
Larry Henderson was 89. He was the first regular newsreader on CBC-TV's "The National News".
Anita O'Day was 87. Her sassy renditions of "Honeysuckle Rose," "Sweet Georgia Brown" and other song standards made her one of the most respected jazz vocalists of the 1940s and '50s.
