Famous Deaths for 3rd March 2026

1554 – Johann Friedrich, the Generous, Elector of Saxony (1532-47) and Head of the Protestant Confederation of Germany (the Schmalkaldic League), dies at 50
1768 – Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer, and voice teacher, dies at 81
1878 – Joseph Bonomi the Younger, English artist and Egyptologist, dies at 81
1908 – Karl Josef Rudolph Cornely, German Jesuit biblical scholar, dies at 77
1942 – Amedeo, Italian Duke of Aosta, military officer and Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East-Africa (1937-43), dies while a prisoner of war at 43
1994 – Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Polish-Israeli composer and music editor, dies at 75
2003 – Luis Marden, American photojournalist (b. 1913)
2003 – Peter Smithson, English architect, dies at 79
2023 – Robert Chase, English businessman (majority shareholder, chairman Norwich City FC 1985-96), dies at 85
2024 – Roberto Fleitas, Uruguayan soccer coach (Uruguay: Copa América 1987; Nacional FC: Copa Libertadores and South American Coach of the Year 1988), dies at 91

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