- Mar 4 Glenn Hughes, American disco singer (The Village People (Biker)), dies of cancer at 50
- Mar 7 Frankie Carle [Francesco Carlone], American pianist, known as "the Wizard of the Keyboard", big band and dance orchestra leader, and songwriter ("Sunrise Serenade"; "The Golden Touch"), dies at 97
- Mar 10 Massimo Morsello, Italian fascist political singer and songwriter, dies at 42
- Mar 18 John Phillips, American singer and guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming), dies at 65
- Mar 21 Anthony Steel, British actor and singer (Malta Story, The Wooden Horse), dies from lung cancer at 80
- Mar 22 Earl Beal American doo-wop baritone (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), dies at 75
- Mar 28 Moe Koffman, Canadian jazz saxophonist and flautist (Cool and Hot Sax), dies at 72
- Mar 28 Vlastimir Nikolovski, Macedonian composer and pedagogue, (The Serdar), dies at 74
- Mar 29 John Lewis, American jazz pianist, arranger, and composer (Modern Jazz Quartet, 1952-97), dies of prostate cancer at 80
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