- Mar 2 Van McLain [McElvain], American rock guitarist (Shooting Star), dies from West Nile virus at 62
- Mar 3 Patrick Doyle, English drummer (Veronica Falls; Boys Forever), dies at 32
- Mar 5 Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, dies at 92
- Mar 7 Gary Burden, American artist and one of the pioneers for the concept of album cover art (designed covers for Neil Young, Nash, The Doors), dies at 84
- Mar 8 Milko Kelemen, Croat composer (Archetypon), dies at 93
- Mar 11 Ken Dodd, British singer and comedian described as "the last great music hall entertainer," dies of complications from a chest infection at 90
- Mar 12 Craig Mack, American rapper (Flava In Ya Ear), dies of heart failure at 47
- Mar 12 Nole "Nokie" Edwards, American surf-rock guitarist (The Ventures) and actor (Deadwood), dies of complications following a surgery at 82
- Mar 12 Olly Wilson, American composer and founder of TIMARA, dies of complications of dementia at 80
- Mar 16 Buell Neidlinger, American pop, jazz, and classical session cellist and double bassist (Cecil Taylor; Frank Zappa; Duane Eddy), dies at 82
- Mar 19 Irwin Hoffman, American conductor, dies at 93
- Mar 20 Ariel Bybee, American mezzo-soprano (Morman Tabernacle Choir; Metropolitan Opera, 1977-95), dies at 75
- Mar 22 Morgana King, American jazz singer and actress (The Godfather, The Godfather Part II), dies of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at 87
- Mar 24 José Antonio Abreu, Venezuelan conductor, pianist and teacher (El Sistema), dies at 78
- Mar 24 Lys Assia, Swiss singer who won the 1st Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, dies at 94
- Mar 29 Michael Sahl, American contemporary classical composer (Civilization and its Discontents; Jungles), dies at 83
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