- Mar 1 Charlie Spivak, Ukrainian-American big band trumpeter and bandleader, dies at 75
John Belushi (1949-1982)
Mar 5 American comedian (SNL, 1975-80), actor (Animal House), and singer (The Blues Brothers), dies of a drug overdose at 33
- Mar 7 Charles Borromeo Mills, American composer, dies at 68
- Mar 13 Albert Weisser, American musicologist and composer, dies at 64
- Mar 14 Kirill Molchanov, Russian-Soviet composer, dies at 59
- Mar 19 Randy Rhoads, American heavy metal guitarist (Quiet Riot), dies in an air crash at 25
- Mar 21 King Pleasure [Clarence Beeks], American jazz singer and bebop vocalese master, dies at 59
- Mar 27 Bob Ysaguirre, American jazz double bass and tuba player (Don Redman Orchestra), dies at 85
- Mar 29 "Fatty" George [Pressler], Austrian swing jazz clarinettist, dies of a heart attack at 54
- Mar 29 Carl Orff, German composer (Carmina Burana; Der Mond; Mozart Prize - 1969), dies of cancer at 86
- Mar 29 Floyd "Guitar" Smith, American jazz and blues guitarist and record producer, dies at 65
- Mar 29 Ray Block, French orchestra leader (Ed Sullivan; Jackie Gleason), dies at 79
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