- Mar 5 Winnie Lightner [Winifred Reeves], American vaudeville stage and screen actress, and singer (Gold Diggers of Broadway; Gold Dust Gertie; Sit Tight), dies at 71
- Mar 6 Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor, dies at 49
- Mar 7 Harold McNair, British-Jamaican calypso and jazz saxophonist and flautist, dies of lung cancer at 39
- Mar 9 Jean-Pierre Guézec, French composer (Colorful Architectures), dies of a heart attack at 36
- Mar 10 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, American composer (Deep Forest, The Desolate City), dies at 92
- Mar 13 Piero Coppola, Italian conductor, artistic director (La Voix de son Maître (The Gramophone Company - France), 1923-34). pianist, and composer, dies at 82
- Mar 21 Nan Wynn [Masha Vatz], American radio and big-band singer (Rudy Vallée; Teddy Wilson), actress (Pardon My Sarong), and singing voice for Rita Hayworth, dies of cancer at 55 [1]
- Mar 23 Armin Loos, German-born American composer, dies at 67
- Mar 28 Felix Wolfes, German-American conductor, educator (New England Conservatory, 1948-68), and composer, dies at 78
- Mar 31 Alfred Desenclos, French composer, mostly of liturgical works (Messe de Requiem), and teacher, dies at 59
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