- Mar 1 (Elijah) Doug Quattlebaum, American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter (Softee Man Blues), dies at 67
- Mar 6 Herb Hall, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist, dies at 88
- Mar 8 Paul Harrhy, actor and opera singer (Intelligence Park), dies at 38
- Mar 9 George Burns [Nathan Birnbaum], American actor, comedian and singer (Oh God; Burns and Allen), dies at 100
- Mar 11 Vince Edwards, American actor, director, and singer (Ben Casey, The Devil's Brigade, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse), dies of cancer at 67
- Mar 15 Olga Rudge, American concert violinist, dies at 100
- Mar 16 Joseph Lee Pope, singer, dies at 62
- Mar 17 Terry Stafford, American singer (b. 1941)
- Mar 19 Christopher Headington, English composer, musicologist and pianist, dies at 65
- Mar 19 Frank Wigglesworth, American composer (The Willowdale Handcar), dies at 78
- Mar 20 Alan Ridout, English composer, dies at 61
- Mar 22 (William Famous) Billy Williamson, American steel guitar player (Bill Haley and His Saddlemen; Bill Haley & His Comets), dies at 71
- Mar 22 Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles), dies from post-operative complications at 50
- Mar 22 Václav Nelhýbel, Czech-American composer (Everyman), dies at 76
- Mar 23 J. D. "Jay" Miller, American record producer, dies at 73
- Mar 24 Maria Lucia Beltran Alcayaga, singer, dies at 66
- Mar 27 Howie Wyeth, American drummer and pianist (Bob Dylan; Robert Gordon; Christine Lavin), dies of cardiac arrest at 51
- Mar 31 Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer and songwriter (The Gun Club), dies at 37
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