- Mar 2 Jean Kurt Forest, German composer, dies at 65
- Mar 10 Léopold Samuel, Belgian composer, dies at 91
- Mar 11 Philip Bezanson, American composer (Golden Child), and eductor, dies at 59
- Mar 11 Sammy Spear, American big band trumpet player and orchestra leader (The Jackie Gleason Show), dies of a heart attack at 65
T-Bone Walker (1910-1975)
Mar 16 American blues guitarist ("Funky Town"; "Well Done"), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 64
- Mar 21 Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64
- Mar 24 Oscar Rasbach, American composer, dies at 86
- Mar 27 Arthur Bliss, English composer (Olympians), dies at 83
- Mar 27 Gertrude Niesen, American actress, comedian, and songwriter (Start Cheering; Rookies on Parade), dies following a long illness at 63
- Mar 28 Renzo Massarani, Italian composer, dies at 77
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