Edwin Land (1909-1991)
Mar 1 American inventor of instant photography & co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation, dies at 81
- Mar 1 Frank Esler-Smith, English-Australian rock keyboardist (Air Supply), dies at 42
- Mar 1 Katharine Blake, South African-born British actress (To Have & To Hold), dies at 62
- Mar 1 Louis Saguer, German born French composer (Lili Merveille), dies at 83
- Mar 1 Scott Huston, American composer, dies at 74
- Mar 2 Clark Mollenhoff, American journalist (Pulitzer Prize), dies
- Mar 2 Freek Zoetmulder, publisher (Austrian Encyclopedia)/neo-nazi, dies
- Mar 2 Serge Gainsbourg [Lucien Ginsburg], French singer-songwriter, record producer ("Je t'aime... moi non plus"; "Requiem pour un twister"), and actor, dies of a heart attack at 62 [1]
- Mar 3 Arthur Murray [Moses Teichman], American ballroom dancer and businessman (Arthur Murray Dance Party), dies at 95 of pneumonia
- Mar 3 Clara Eggink, Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), dies at 84
- Mar 3 Johnny Revolta, American golfer (PGA C'ship 1935; 18 PGA Tour titles), dies at 79
- Mar 3 William Penney, British physicist (developed Britain's 1st atomic bomb), dies at 81
- Mar 4 Vance Colvig, actor (UHF, Barfly, My Chauffeur), dies at 72
- Mar 5 August de Schryver, Belgian politician/founder (CVP), dies at 92
- Mar 5 Trijntje Jansma-Boskma, oldest person in Netherland, dies at 109
- Mar 7 Greta Schoon, German poet, and kindergarten teacher, dies at 81
Cool Papa Bell (1903-1991)
Mar 7 American Baseball HOF center fielder (NgL WorLd Series 1943, 44 Homestead Grays; 8 x NgL All Star; career BA .337), dies at 87
- Mar 8 John Bellairs, American sci-fi author (Chessmen of Doom), dies of cardiovascular disease at 53
- Mar 9 Jim Hardin, former Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Atlanta Braves pitcher (b. 1943)
- Mar 9 Tomojirō Ikenouchi, Japanese composer and educator, dies at 84
- Mar 12 Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92
Ragnar Granit (1900-1991)
Mar 12 Finnish neuroscientist and physiologist (Nobel 1967 - discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye), dies at 90
- Mar 13 Cor Witschge, Dutch actor (Pipo the Clown), dies at 65
- Mar 13 James "Jimmy" McPartland, American cornetist and musician (Magic Horn), dies of cancer at 83 [1]
- Mar 14 Doc Pomus [Jerome Solon Felder], American blues singer and songwriter ("Save the Last Dance For Me"; "His Latest Flame"; "Viva Las Vegas"), dies of ling cancer at 65
- Mar 14 Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist (Little Shop of Horrors; The Little Mermaid), dies of AIDS-related complications at 40
- Mar 14 Jef Houthuys, Belgian union leader (ACV, 1968-87), dies at 68
- Mar 14 Margery Sharp, English children's author (The Rescuers), dies at 86
- Mar 14 Robert Maroff, American actor (Taxi Driver), dies at 57
- Mar 15 Eileen Sedgwick, silent film actress (Hot Heels), dies at 93
- Mar 16 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash
- Mar 16 Jan H. van Roijen, Dutch ambassador to the U.S. and Netherlands Foreign Minister, dies at 85
- Mar 18 Jack McCoy, American radio and TV personality (Live Like a Millionaire), dies at 72
- Mar 18 Vilma Banky, actress (Eagle, Son of Sheik, Rebel), dies at 93
- Mar 19 John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies
- Mar 19 Ron Pagano, dies after lengthy illness at 37
- Mar 19 Sunday Wilshin, actor (Murder by Rope), dies at 86
- Mar 20 Conor Clapton, Eric Clapton's son, falls to his death out of 53rd floor window at 5
- Mar 21 Leo Fender, American inventor, and electric guitar designer (Telecaster; Stratocaster; Precision Bass), dies from Parkinson's disease complications at 81
- Mar 22 Dave Guard, American singer, songwriter and arranger (Kingston Trio - "Tom Dooley"), dies of cancer at 56
- Mar 22 Gloria Holden, actress (Dracula's Daughter, Test Pilot), dies at 73
- Mar 22 Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
- Mar 22 Paul Engle, American poet and writer (Worm Earth, American Song), dies at 82
- Mar 23 Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
- Mar 23 Elisaveta Bagriana, Bulgarian poet (The Eternal and the Holy), dies at 97
- Mar 23 Fons Jansen, Dutch cabaret comedian, writer, and television personality (Farce Majeure), dies of lung cancer at 65
- Mar 23 Mona Maris, actress (Camila, Berlin Correspondent), dies at 88
- Mar 23 Parkash Singh, Indian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. 1913)
- Mar 24 Sir John Kerr, Australian politician and the Governor General who dismissed the Whitlam Government, dies at 76
- Mar 25 Eileen Joyce, pianist, dies at 78
- Mar 25 Lee Donn, pianist, dies of stroke at 96
- Mar 25 Marcel Lefebvre, French Catholic prelate (b. 1905)
- Mar 27 Aldo Ray [Da Re], American actor (God's Little Acre, Green Beret), dies of cancer at 64
- Mar 27 Elinor Remick Warren, American concert pianist and composer, dies at 91
- Mar 27 Leueen McGrath, actress (Edward My Son, Saint's Vacation), dies at 77
- Mar 27 Ralph Bates, British actor (Persecution, Graveyard), dies at 50
- Mar 28 Carlos Montalbán, Mexican-American character actor (Bananas), dies at 86
- Mar 29 Lee Atwater, political strategists (R), dies of a brain tumor at 40
- Mar 29 Matt Bennett, American actor (Hickey & Boggs; The Unholy Rollers), dies of a brain tumor at 57
- Mar 30 Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies
- Mar 31 John Carter, American jazz clarinetist (Roots & Folklore), dies at 61
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