- Mar 1 Leon Hughes, American pop-rock singer (The Coasters - "Young Blood"), dies at 92 [1]
- Mar 1 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, dies at 98
- Mar 2 Steve Mackey, British pop bassist, songwriter, and producer (Pulp - "Common People"), dies at 56
- Mar 2 Wayne Shorter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers; Miles Davis; Weather Report), dies at 89 [1]
- Mar 4 Michael Rhodes, American country, rock, and jazz session and touring bass player, dies at 69
- Mar 5 Gary Rossington, American rock guitarist, slide-guitar player, and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd; Rossington-Collins Band), dies at 71 [1]
- Mar 7 Lynn Seymour [Berta Lynn Springbett], Canadian-English ballerina (Royal Ballet, 1959-78), choreographer, and director, dies at 79
- Mar 7 Paul Justman, American documentarian (Standing in the Shadows of Motown), music video director and lyricist (J. Geils Band), dies at 74
- Mar 8 Jakob Jež, Slovenian composer (Klas pri klasu (Ear by Ear)), and pedagogue, dies at 93
- Mar 9 Robin Lumley, English jazz-fusion keyboardist (Brand X), and record producer, dies of heart failure at 75
- Mar 12 Marek Kopelent, Czech contemporary classical composer, artistic director (Musica Viva Pragensis, 1965-73), and educator, dies at 90
- Mar 13 Jim Gordon, American drummer and studio musician (Derek and the Dominos), dies in prison at 77 [1]
- Mar 14 Bobby Caldwell, American jazz and pop singer ("What You Won't Do for Love"), and songwriter ("The Next Time I Fall"), dies from long term adverse reaction to antibiotics at 71
- Mar 17 Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins, American pop, R&B, and funk singer-songwriter (Parliament-Funkadelic - "Knee Deep"), dies at 81 [1]
- Mar 18 (Rodolfo) "Fito" Olivares, Mexican-American Tejano saxophonist and songwriter ("Juana La Cubana; "El Colesterol"), dies of cancer at 75
- Mar 23 Keith Reid, British poet and lyricist (Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale"), dies of cancer at 76 [1]
- Mar 24 Dolores White, American composer, pianist, and pedagogue, dies at 90
- Mar 25 Daniel Chorzempa, American classical organist, and composer, dies at 78
- Mar 26 Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam [Yewubdar Guèbrou], Ethiopian nun, pianist, and composer ("The Homeless Wanderer"), dies at 99
- Mar 27 Howie Kane [Howard Kirshenbaum], American rock singer (Jay and the Americans - "Come a Little Bit Closer"), dies at 81
- Mar 27 James Bowman, British concert and operatic countertenor (Benjamin Britten's "Apollo"), dies at 81 [1]
- Mar 27 Jocelyn Morlock, Canadian contemporary and post-modern classical composer (My Name is Amanda Todd; Bird in the Tangled Sky), and music educator, dies at 53
- Mar 28 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and Academy Award-winning film composer (The Last Emperor), dies of cancer at 71 [1]
- Mar 30 Mark Russell, American political satirist, song parody writer, and pianist (Real People), dies at 90 [1]
- Mar 30 Ray Shulman, Scottish progressive rock bassist, songwriter (Gentle Giant), and record producer (The Sugarcubes), dies at 73
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