- Mar 2 Jean Kurt Forest, German composer, dies at 65
- Mar 2 Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b.1929)
- Mar 6 Glen Hardin, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936 400m hurdles), dies at 64
- Mar 7 Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show), dies at 73
- Mar 7 Francine Larrimore, French actress (John Meade's Woman), dies at 76
- Mar 7 Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher, dies at 79
- Mar 8 George Stevens, American Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter (A Place In The Sun; Giant; Swing Time; Gunga Din), dies of a heart attack at 70
- Mar 9 Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor, dies at 86
- Mar 9 Joseph Dunninger, American magician and mentalist (The Amazing Dunninger), dies of Parkinson's disease at 82
- Mar 9 Shirley Ross [Bernice Maude Gaunt], American actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm, Waikiki Wedding), dies of cancer at 62
- Mar 10 Léopold Samuel, Belgian composer, dies at 91
- Mar 11 Philip Bezanson, American composer (Golden Child), and eductor, dies at 59
- Mar 11 Sammy Spear, American big band trumpet player and orchestra leader (The Jackie Gleason Show), dies of a heart attack at 65
- Mar 13 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney, minister and premier, dies at 71
- Mar 13 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961), dies at 82
- Mar 13 Jean Del Val, French actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83
- Mar 13 Ruth Schaumann, German author, painter and sculptor (Rose, Black King), dies at 75
Susan Hayward (1917-1975)
Mar 14 American actress (Young & Willing), dies of brain cancer at 56
T-Bone Walker (1910-1975)
Mar 16 American blues guitarist ("Funky Town"; "Well Done"), dies of bronchial pneumonia at 64
- Mar 18 Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (Né à Québec: Louis Jolliet), dies at 74
- Mar 19 John A DeMott, dies at 63
- Mar 21 Berend Giltay, composer, dies at 64
- Mar 21 Joe Medwick, American Baseball HOF left fielder (World Series 1934, Triple Crown & NL MVP 1937 St. Louis Cardinals; 10 x MLB All Star), dies at 63
- Mar 21 Ralph Hawtrey, British economist (multiplier, quantity theory of money), dies at 95
- Mar 22 Asa Smith Bushnell III, American sports executive (Secretary US Olympic Committee 1945-65), dies at 75
- Mar 22 Catherine "Cass" Daley, American actress (Star Spangled Rhythm, Red Garters), dies from an accidental fall at 59
- Mar 22 Paul Verhoeven, German actor and director (Das kleine Hofkonzert), dies at 73
- Mar 24 Muriel Hutchison, American actress (Another Thin Man), dies at 60
- Mar 24 Oscar Rasbach, American composer, dies at 86
- Mar 25 Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
- Mar 27 Arthur Bliss, English composer (Olympians), dies at 83
- Mar 27 Gertrude Niesen, American actress, comedian, and songwriter (Start Cheering; Rookies on Parade), dies following a long illness at 63
- Mar 28 Renzo Massarani, Italian composer, dies at 77
- Mar 30 Peter Bamm, German physician and writer, dies at 87
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