- Mar 1 Eugene List, American concert pianist and teacher (Eastman School of Music), dies at 66
- Mar 2 John Kelly Jr, American rower (Olympic bronze single sculls 1956; president US Olympic Committee 1985) and brother of Grace Kelly, dies at 57
- Mar 3 Sarah Blanding, 1st US fem college head (Vassar 1946-64), dies at 86
- Mar 6 Eric Sloane, American artist, dies at 80
- Mar 7 George Schick, Czech conductor (Chicago Symphony, 1950-56; Metropolitan Opera, 1958-69), and educator, dies at 76
- Mar 7 Robert W. Woodruff, American CEO (Coca-Cola) and philanthropist, dies at 95
- Mar 7 Victor W. Farris, American inventor (paper milk carton), dies at 75
- Mar 8 Edward Andrews, American actor (Tea & Sympathy, Glass Bottom Boat), dies of a heart attack at 70
- Mar 8 Thomas Creighton, US heart patient (3 implants in 46 hrs), dies at 33
Konstantin Chernenko (1911-1985)
Mar 10 General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1984-85), dies of Emphysema at 73
Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985)
Mar 12 Hungarian-American violinist and conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1936-80), dies of pneumonia at 85
Eddie Shore (1902-1985)
Mar 16 Canadian ice hockey player and NHL hall of famer (Boston Bruins), dies of a lung infection at 82
- Mar 16 Jean Purdy, British embryologist and nurse (pioneer in developing IVF), dies from melanoma at 39
Roger Sessions (1896-1985)
Mar 16 American Pulitzer Prize winning composer (Concerto for Orchestra; The Black Maskers), musicologist, and educator (Princeton, 1936-45, 53-65; Berkeley, 1945-53), dies at 88
- Mar 17 Anita Boyer, American radio and big band singer (Tommy Dorsey - "I Concentrate On You"), dies at 69 [1]
- Mar 17 Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies at 59
- Mar 18 Jack Miller, Ameerican orchestra leader (Kate Smith Evening Hour), dies at 89
- Mar 21 Michael Redgrave, British actor (Browning Version, Goodbye Mr Chips, Lady Vanishes), dies of Parkinson's Disease at 77
- Mar 21 Salvador Ley, composer, dies at 78
- Mar 23 Anton Constandse, Dutch anarchist and writer, dies at 85
- Mar 23 Patricia Roberts Harris, (Rep-D), 1st African American woman cabinet member, dies of cancer at 60
- Mar 23 Peter Charanis, Greek-American scholar and professor (b. 1908)
- Mar 23 Richard Beeching, English physicist, engineer and chairman of British Railways (1961-64), dies at 71
- Mar 24 George London, Canadian bass-baritone (Rigoleto- "Monterone"), dies at 64
- Mar 25 Karl Gustav Ahlefeldt, Danish actor (Gertrud, Hooray for the Blue Hussars), dies at 75
- Mar 28 Marc Chagall [Moise Shagal], Jewish Belarusan-French modernist painter and stained glass artist (La Mariée; I and the Village), dies at 97
- Mar 28 Nand Baert, Flemish radio presenter (Afternoonbeat) and television game show host, dies at 53
- Mar 29 Gerhard Stöck, German athlete (Olympic gold javelin, bronze shot put 1936), dies at 73
- Mar 29 Jeanine Deckers, Belgian singer-songwriter, and Dominican nun known as 'The Singing Nun' ("Dominique"), cities financial difficulties, and commits suicide with barbiturate overdose at 51
- Mar 29 Luther Terry, 9th Surgeon General of the United States, dies at 73
- Mar 30 Harold Peary, American actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of a heart attack at 76
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