- Mar 1 Martha Wright [Wiederrecht;], American stage, concert and radio singer and actress (South Pacific; The Sound Of Music)), dies at 92
- Mar 4 Zhou Xiaoyan, Chinese operatic soprano and pedagogue (Shanghai Conservatory, 1949-65 and 1970-78), dies at 98
- Mar 5 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (Early Music Movement), dies at 86
George Martin (1926-2016)
Mar 8 British record producer (The Beatles), dies at 90
- Mar 9 Juvenal "Naná' Vasconcelos, Brazilian jazz and world music percussionist, and berimbau player (Pat Metheny, Björk, Milton Nascimento), dies of lung cancer at 71
- Mar 9 Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena), dies at 91
- Mar 10 Ernestine Anderson, American jazz vocalist and blues singer, dies at 87
- Mar 10 Gogi Grant [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg], American singer ("The Wayward Wind"), dies at 91
- Mar 10 Keith Emerson, English rock keyboardist (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), commits suicide at 71
- Mar 14 Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer (Prolation, Taverner), dies at 81
- Mar 16 Frank Sinatra, Jr., American singer and bandleaderr, dies at 72
- Mar 20 Peter Williams, British organist and musicologist, dies at 78
- Mar 22 Phife Dawg [Malik Taylor] American rapper (A Tribe called Quest), dies from diabetes complications at 45
- Mar 23 Gegham Grigorian, Armenian operatic tenor, and artistic director (Yerevan Opera, 2000-07), dies at 65
- Mar 26 David Baker, American jazz trombonist and cellist, jazz and classical composer (Reflections), and educator (Indiana University), dies at 84
- Mar 30 Bram Beekman, Dutch organist, composer and teacher (Brabants Conservatory, 1980-2012), dies at 66
- Mar 30 Gianmaria Testa, Italian singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 57
- Mar 30 Howard Cable, Canadian conductor, arranger, and composer, dies at 95
- Mar 30 Mike Gibbons, American rocker (Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods - "Billy Don't Be A Hero"), dies at 69
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