- Mar 3 Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-born left-handed pianist, dies at 72
- Mar 6 George Formby, British singer and comedian, dies at 56
- Mar 6 Kjeld Abell, Danish playwright and director (Tivoli), dies at 59
- Mar 7 Englebert van Anderlecht, Belgian abstract painter, dies at 42
- Mar 7 Max Hymans, French WW II resistance fighter and Head of Air France, dies at 60
- Mar 8 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (co-founded and led London Philharmonic, 1932-39; Royal Philharmonic, 1946-60), dies of heart failure at 81
- Mar 9 Wilbur Sweatman, American ragtime and dixieland jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader, dies at 79
- Mar 10 Esperanza Baur, Mexican film actress, and John Wayne's second wife, dies of a heart attack at 40
- Mar 12 Belinda Lee, English actress (Joseph & his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25
- Mar 14 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (openings theorist), dies at 80
- Mar 16 Chen Geng, Chinese military leader (b. 1903)
- Mar 17 Susanna Salter, 1st US female mayor/temperance leader, dies at 101
- Mar 19 Edric Cundell, British composer (Serbia; The Tragedy of Deirdre) conductor, and educator (Guildhall School of Music, 1938-56), dies at 68
- Mar 23 A.C. "Jack" Russell, English cricket batsman (10 Tests, 5 x 100s; Essex CCC), dies at 73
- Mar 23 James Edward Murray, (Sen-D-Montana) (1935-61), dies
- Mar 23 Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies in an accident during training at 24
- Mar 27 Jack Kane, British-Canadian arrranger, composer, and orchestra leader (Steve & Eydie; Andy Williams Show), dies at 37
- Mar 30 Philibert Melotte, British astronomer (discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae), dies at 81
- Mar 31 Seerp Anema, Dutch poet and writer (From Holland's Coasts; Modern Art and Degeneration), dies at 85
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