- Mar 4 Shalva Mikhailovich Mshvelidze, Russian composer, dies at 79
- Mar 5 Harry Salter, orchestra leader (Stop the Music), dies at 85
- Mar 5 Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 70
- Mar 6 Pierre Cochereau, French composer, dies at 59
- Mar 11 Kostas Roukounas, Greek rembetiko singer and songwriter, dies at about 81 (b. 1903)
- Mar 16 Evencio Castellanos, Venezuelan pianist, and composer, dies at 68
- Mar 18 Paul Frances Webster, lyricist, dies of Parkinson's disease at 76
- Mar 28 Carmen Dragon, American composer and conductor (Hollywood Bowl Symphony), dies of cancer at 69
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