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Wallace became known for his distinctive, laidback lyrical delivery, offsetting his lyrics' often grim content.
Notable Deaths on March 9
1997 — The Notorious B.I.G.
American rapper, songwriter, and actor (born 1972)
March 9 has 74 recorded notable deaths across history, from 886 to 2023. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
74 source records
886 – 2023
Today in history
Major events on March 9
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1978 President Soeharto inaugurates Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java. Source
- 1960 Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis. Source
- 1842 The first documented discovery of gold in California occurs at Rancho San Francisco, six years before the California Gold Rush. Source
- 1841 The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally. Source
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A Massachusetts native, Delp began collaborating with leader Tom Scholz in 1970, and was the band's longtime lead singer across various stints from 1975 until his suicide in 2007.
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Mary's husband, Lord Darnley, is said to have been jealous of their friendship because of rumours that Rizzio had impregnated Mary, and he joined in a conspiracy of Protestant nobles to murder him, led by Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven.
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According to the inscription on his memorial stone, Usui taught Reiki to over 2,000 people during his lifetime.
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Roger Harrison Mudd was an American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News.
More major people who died on March 9
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2007
Brad Delp
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
Bradley Edward Delp was an American singer and musician who was the original lead vocalist of the American rock band Boston.
1566
David Rizzio
Italian-Scottish courtier and politician (born 1533)
David Rizzio or Riccio was an Italian courtier and the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots.
1926
Mikao Usui
Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (born 1865)
Mikao Usui was the father of a form of energy medicine and spiritual practice known as Reiki, used as an alternative therapy for the treatment of physical, emotional, and mental diseases.
2021
Roger Mudd
American journalist (born 1928)
Roger Harrison Mudd was an American broadcast journalist who was a correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News. He also worked as the primary anchor for the History Channel.
1993
C. Northcote Parkinson
English historian and author (born 1909)
Cyril Northcote Parkinson was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law (1957), in which Parkinson named the satirical Law stating that "work…
2015
James Molyneaux
Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (born 1920)
James Henry Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, KBE, PC, often known as Jim Molyneaux, was a unionist politician from Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1979 to 1995, and as…
1831
Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger
German author and playwright (born 1752)
Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger was a German dramatist and novelist. His play Sturm und Drang (1776) gave its name to the Sturm und Drang artistic epoch.
1925
Willard Metcalf
American painter and academic (born 1858)
Willard Leroy Metcalf was an American painter born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later attended Académie Julian, Paris.
2010
Henry Wittenberg
American wrestler (born 1918)
Henry Wittenberg was an American New York police officer, coach, competitor and Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.
2010
Doris Haddock
American activist and politician (born 1910)
Doris "Granny D" Haddock was an American political activist from New Hampshire.
1444
Leonardo Bruni
Italian humanist (born c. 1370)
Leonardo Bruni or Leonardo Aretino was an Italian humanist, historian and statesman, often recognized as the most important humanist historian of the early Renaissance. He has been called the first modern historian.
1994
Fernando Rey
Spanish actor (born 1917)
Fernando Casado Arambillet, best known as Fernando Rey, was a Spanish film, theatre, and television actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States.
1888
William I
German Emperor (born 1797)
Wilhelm I was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany.
1969
Abdul Munim Riad
Egyptian general (born 1919)
Abdul Munim Riad was an Egyptian military officer and the Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces from 1967 to 1969.
1964
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
German general (born 1870)
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (popularly known as the Lion of Africa, was a general in the Imperial German Army and the commander of its forces in the German East Africa campaign.
1649
Henry Rich
1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician (born 1590)
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, was an English courtier and politician executed by Parliament after being captured fighting for the Royalists during the Second English Civil War.
1991
Jim Hardin
American baseball player (born 1943)
James Warren Hardin was an American professional baseball player.
1988
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
German lawyer, politician and Chancellor of Germany (born 1904)
Kurt Georg Kiesinger was a German politician and lawyer who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 to 21 October 1969.
2021
James Levine
American conductor and pianist (born 1943)
James Lawrence Levine was an American conductor and pianist. He was music director of the Metropolitan Opera from 1976 to 2016, and conducted 2,577 Met performances.