Deaths for the week ending 16 March 2019:
Sunday, 10 March 2019
Russell Gary, NFL football player (New Orleans Saints), of a heart attack, 59.
Eric Moss, NFL football player (Minnesota Vikings), cause not reported, 44.
Monday, 11 March 2019
Hal Blaine, pop drummer (The Wrecking Crew), 90.
Jim Raman, reality TV contestant ("The Amazing Race"), apparently of natural causes, 42.
Tuesday, 12 March 2019
Alberto Lois, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates), cause not reported, 62.
Tom K. Ryan, cartoonist ("Tumbleweeds"), 92 or 93.
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Frank Cali, organized crime figure (Gambino family in New York City), shot (homicide), 53.
Harry Hughes, governor of Maryland (D, 1979-87), 92.
Leroy Stanton, major leaguer (California Angels), in a single-vehicle automobile accident, 72.
Thursday, 14 March 2019
Birch Bayh, U.S. Senator (D-IN, 1963-81), of pneumonia, 91.
Godfried Danneels, Roman Catholic cardinal (Belgium), 85.
Jake Phelps, skateboarder and magazine editor (Thrasher), cause not reported, 56.
Charlie Whiting, auto racing director (Formula One), of a pulmonary embolism, 66.
Friday, 15 March 2019
Lam Jones, track athlete and NFL football player (New York Jets), of myeloma, 60.
W. S. Merwin, poet, of natural causes, 91.
Saturday, 16 March 2019
Justin Carter, country singer ("Love Affair"), by accidental gunshot, 35.
Dick Dale, surft guitarist ("Misirlou"), 82.
Richard Erdman, actor (Stalag 17), 93.
Tom Hatten, TV host (KTLA-TV in Los Angeles), 92.