27, British rugby union player (Doncaster Knights, Rotherham Titans). 21 February Emma Chambers, 53, British actress (The Vicar of Dibley). Ian Aitken, 90, British journalist and political commentator. 22 February Ivor Smith, 92, British architect (Park Hill). (death announced on this date) 23 February Eddy Amoo, 74, British soul singer (The Real Thing). 25 February Penny Vincenzi, 78, British writer. Scott Westgarth, 31, British boxer. 26 February Sir Paul Jenkins, 63, British lawyer, Treasury Solicitor (2006–2014). 27 February Peter Miles, 89, English actor (Z-Cars, Doctor Who). (death announced on this date) 28 February Kieron Durkan, 44, English footballer (Wrexham, Stockport County, Macclesfield Town). March 2 March Gerry Lowe, 90, English rugby player (Warrington Wolves). 3 March Roger Bannister, 88, English athlete and neurologist, first man to run a sub four-minute mile. Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, 82, British politician and numismatist. 4 March Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet, 82, British engineering construction executive, manager of Sir Robert McAlpine. 5 March Trevor Baylis, 80, British inventor (windup radio). 6 March Zena Skinner, 91, British television chef. John Sulston, 75, British biologist and academic. 7 March John Molyneux, 87, English footballer. 8 March Henry Hope-Frost, 47, British journalist, traffic collision. Antoni Imiela, 63, German-born British convicted rapist. 11 March Sir Ken Dodd, 90, English comedian (Diddy Men), singer-songwriter ("Tears") and actor (Hamlet), chest infection. 13 March Brenda Dean, 74, British trade unionist and peer. Claudia Fontaine, 57, English backing vocalist. (death announced on this date) Ken Mulhearn, 72, English footballer (Shrewsbury Town, Stockport County, Manchester City). 14 March Jim Bowen, 80, English stand-up comedian and TV personality (Bullseye) Stephen Hawking, 76, English theoretical physicist, professor (University of Cambridge) and writer (A Brief History of Time), ALS. 15 March Ellis Daw, 89, British zoo executive, founder of Dartmoor Zoological Park. 16 March Raymond Wilson, 89, British physicist. 18 March Ivor Richard, Baron Richard, 85, British politician and diplomat, Lord Privy Seal (1997–98), ambassador to UN, MP for Barons Court (1964–1974). 20 March Scott Ambler, 57, British dancer and choreographer. (death announced on this date) Katie Boyle, 91, Italian-born British actress, television personality, and game-show panellist. 21 March John Bacon, 83, British news reader (ITV Anglia, BBC). 24 March Bill Lucas, 101, British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948). 25 March David Cobham, 87, British film director (Tarka the Otter), stroke. 28 March Bobby Ferguson, 80, English football player (Derby County) and manager (Ipswich).