- Mar 3 Carlos Montoya, Spanish-American flamenco guitarist (Suite Flamenca), dies of heart failure at 89
- Mar 3 Cyril Collard, French composer, director, and actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35
- Mar 4 Art Hodes, Ukrainian-born American jazz, blues pianist and editor (Jazz Record), dies at 88
- Mar 6 Walther Geiser, Swiss violist, composer and conductor, dies at 95
- Mar 7 Arnold Franchetti, Italian American composer, dies at about 84
- Mar 7 Earl Wrightson, American actor and singer (Pinafore, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue), dies of heart failure at 77
- Mar 8 Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), dies at 78 of a stroke
- Mar 9 Bob Crosby, American jazz singer and bandleader (Bob-Cats), dies of cancer at 79
- Mar 11 Edgar Nelson Barclift, dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76
- Mar 12 Alex Taylor, American southern rock singer, dies after a heart attack at 46
- Mar 12 June Valli, American singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
- Mar 13 Rocky Dijon [Kwasi Dzidzornu] Ghanaian rock and R&B percussionist (The Rolling Stones, Taj Mahal, Stevie Wonder), dies at 61
- Mar 15 Anthony Bowles, British music director (Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita), dies of AIDS complications at 61
- Mar 16 Johnny Cymbal [Blair], American pop-rock singer-songwriter ("Mr. Bass Man"), and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 48
- Mar 19 Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30
- Mar 19 Karen Dalton (née Cariker); American country blues and folk singer, guitarist, and banjo player (In My Own Time). dies of AIDS related complications at 55
- Mar 22 Gret Palucca, German dancer and choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91
- Mar 22 Phia Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83
- Mar 27 Clifford Jordan, American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 61
- Mar 31 Mitchell Parish [Michael Pashelinsky], Lithuanian-American lyricist ("Stardust"; "It's Wonderful"; "Moonlight Serenade"; "Sweet Lorraine"), dies at 92 [1]
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