- Mar 3 Toni Ortelli, Italian composer ("La Montanara" (The Song of the Mountains), conductor, and alpinist, dies at 95
- Mar 5 Lolo Ferrari [Eve Valois], French adult actress and dancer, dies from an overdose of prescription drugs at 37
- Mar 7 Pee Wee King [Julius Frank Kuczynski], American country singer, accordionist, and songwriter ("Tennesee Waltz"; "Slow Poke"), dies of a heart attack at 84
- Mar 9 Ivo Robić, Croatian singer and songwriter (b. 1923)
- Mar 20 Gene Eugene [Andrusco], Canadian-American actor, singer-songwriter (Adam Again; Lost Dogs), and record producer, dies of a brain aneurysm at 38
- Mar 20 Vivian Fine, American composer (Women in the Garden), dies after a car accident at 86
- Mar 23 Dick van Niehoff, Dutch pop vocalist (Fouryo), dies at 62
- Mar 24 Al Grey, American jazz trombonist (Snap Your Fingers), dies at 74
- Mar 27 Ian Dury, English rock musician (The Blockheads) and actor (Judge Dredd), dies at 57
- Mar 30 Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), dies at 84
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