- Mar 1 George "Rube" Foster, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1915, 16; no-hitter 1916; Boston Red Sox), dies at 88
- Mar 1 Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer, dies at 66
- Mar 3 Alfred Sendrey [Szendrei], Hungarian-American organist, conductor, musicologist, and composer, dies at 92
- Mar 3 Pierre Molinier, French painter and photographer, dies at 75
- Mar 4 Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (Thermodynamik), dies at 89
- Mar 6 Maxie Rosenbloom, American boxer, actor (world light heavyweight champion 1932-34), dies of Paget's disease of bone at 68
- Mar 7 Erwin Kroll, German composer, dies at 90
- Mar 7 Wright Patman, American politician (b. 1893)
- Mar 8 Alfons Rebane, Estonian military officer during WWII and MI6 intelligence officer, dies at 67
- Mar 11 Louis Gesensway, Latvian-American violinist (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1926-71), and composer (Ode To Peace), dies at 70
- Mar 13 Willy Alfredo [Willem Jue], Dutch comedian/ and poet, dies at 77
- Mar 14 Alberta Franklin, American silent screen actress, dies at 79
- Mar 14 Busby Berkeley [Enos], American film choreographer (42nd Street) and director (Strike Up The Band: They Made Me A Criminal), dies at 80
- Mar 14 Martha Saalfeldt German writer and poet, dies at 78
- Mar 15 Jo Mielziner, American set designer on Broadway (Carousel, Death of a Salesman), dies at 74
- Mar 17 Luchino Visconti, Italian director (The Leopard, Death in Venice), dies at 69
- Mar 18 Giuseppe Genco Russo, Sicilian mafioso (b. 1893)
- Mar 18 James McCartney, father of Paul McCartney, dies at 73
- Mar 18 Robert de Roos, Dutch composer, dies at 69
- Mar 19 Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (Backbiters, Napoleon), dies at 86
- Mar 19 George Sklavos, Greek composer, dies at 87
- Mar 19 Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (Free - "All Right Now"), dies on flight from Los Angeles to New York of a pulmonary embolism at 25
- Mar 20 Michael Goodliffe, British actor (A Night to Remember, Cromwell, 5th Day of Peace), commits suicide at 61
- Mar 21 Spider Sabich, American alpine skier (Olympics 1968), dies when shot by actress Claudine Longet at 31
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Mar 24 1st Viscount Alamein, British WWII Field Marshal (African campaign, D-Day) and WWI officer, dies at 88
- Mar 24 Nelson Case, American TV host (Trash or Treasure), dies at 66
- Mar 26 Josef Albers, German-American artist, writer and teacher (Bauhaus professor, Homage to the Square), dies at 88
- Mar 26 Lin Yutang, Chinese writer, dies at 80
- Mar 28 Richard Arlen, American actor (Apache Uprising, Wings), dies at 75
- Mar 30 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, Dutch actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 99
- Mar 30 Reuben "Rube" Bloom, American pianist, arranger, bandleader (The Bayou Boys), songwriter ("Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)"; "Give Me the Simple Life"), dies at 73
- Mar 31 Paul Strand, American photographer (Native Land-1942), dies at 85
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