- Mar 1 Luis Kutner, American co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84
- Mar 1 Terry Frost, American actor (Waterfront, Dead Man's Trail), dies at 86
- Mar 2 Floortje Peneder, Dutch poet (Diary), dies at 15
- Mar 2 Paul D Zimmerman, American screenwriter (King of Comedy), dies at 54
Albert Sabin (1906-1993)
Mar 3 Polish American physician who invented the oral polio vaccine, dies of heart failure at 86
- Mar 3 Carlos Marcello, Tunisian-born gangster (b. 1910)
- Mar 3 Carlos Montoya, Spanish-American flamenco guitarist (Suite Flamenca), dies of heart failure at 89
- Mar 3 Cyril Collard, French composer, director, and actor (A Nos Amours), dies at 35
- Mar 4 Art Hodes, Ukrainian-born American jazz, blues pianist and editor (Jazz Record), dies at 88
- Mar 4 Isaac Kolthoff, Dutch analytical chemist (developed cold process for producing synthetic rubber), dies at 99
- Mar 4 Nicholas Ridley, Lord Ridley of Liddesdale, English politician, Minister of Finance, dies at 64
- Mar 4 Richard Sale, American pulp writer and director (Oscar, Torpedo Run), dies at 80
- Mar 5 Diana Ochoa, dies after long illness at 80
- Mar 5 Peter Bierdrager, Dutch Fokker's-test pilot, dies in air crash
- Mar 6 Andrew Gilchrist, British ambassador (Ireland, Indonesia, Iceland), dies at 82
- Mar 6 Cyril Collard, French director (Lesson nuits fauves), dies at 35
- Mar 6 Douglas Marland, American soap opera writer (As the World Turns), dies at 58
- Mar 6 Walther Geiser, Swiss violist, composer and conductor, dies at 95
- Mar 7 Arnold Franchetti, Italian American composer, dies at about 84
- Mar 7 Earl Wrightson, American actor and singer (Pinafore, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue), dies of heart failure at 77
- Mar 7 Tony Harris, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Transvaal) and rugby union five-eighth (5 Tests), dies at 76
- Mar 8 Billy Eckstine, American jazz singer (Tenderly, A Fool in Love), dies at 78 of a stroke
- Mar 8 Don Barksdale, American basketball forward (Olympic gold 1948, NBA All-Star 1953), dies of throat cancer at 69
- Mar 8 Johan Bodegraven, radio host (Purses Open, Dikes Closed), dies at 78
- Mar 8 Joop Scheltens, TV host/director (Explore Your Place), dies at 69
- Mar 8 Wells Root, American screenwriter (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 92
- Mar 9 Ad van Gessel, Dutch actor (Everything For Our Soldiers), dies
- Mar 9 Bob Crosby, American jazz singer and bandleader (Bob-Cats), dies of cancer at 79
- Mar 9 Max August Zorn, German mathematician (lemma of Zorn), dies at 86
- Mar 10 C. Northcote Parkinson, English historian (Pursuit of Progress) and author (Parkinson's Law), dies at 83
- Mar 10 David Gunn, American physician, killed by anti-abortionist Michael Griffin at 47
- Mar 11 Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44
- Mar 11 Edgar Nelson Barclift, dancer, dies after lengthy illness at 76
- Mar 11 Jim Boyd, American country and western swing musician (and his Men of the West - "Waxahachie Dishwasher Boy"), dies at 78
- Mar 11 Manuel da Fonseca, Portuguese writer (Cerro Maior), dies at 81
- Mar 12 Alex Taylor, American southern rock singer, dies after a heart attack at 46
- Mar 12 Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62
- Mar 12 June Valli, American singer (Crying in the Chapel), dies of cancer at 62
- Mar 12 Mac Speedie, American Pro Football HOF end (AAFC C'ship 1946-1949; NFL C'ship 1950; 6 × First-Team All-Pro; Pro Bowl 1950, 52; Cleveland Browns), dies at 73
- Mar 12 Michael Kanin, American director, writer and actor (Woman of the Year, Teacher's Pet), dies at 83
- Mar 12 Wang Zhen, marxist/vice-premier of China (1988), dies
- Mar 13 Ralph Smith Fults, American gangster (Bonnie & Clyde gang), dies at 82
- Mar 13 Rocky Dijon [Kwasi Dzidzornu] Ghanaian rock and R&B percussionist (The Rolling Stones, Taj Mahal, Stevie Wonder), dies at 61
- Mar 15 Anthony Bowles, British music director (Jesus Christ Superstar; Evita), dies of AIDS complications at 61
- Mar 15 Dennis Gregory, actor (Village of the Damn), dies of pneumonia at 40
- Mar 15 Ricardo M Arias Espinosa, president of Panama (1955-56), dies
- Mar 16 Chishu Ryu, Japanese actor (Autumn Afternoon), dies of cancer at 86
- Mar 16 Djilalli Lyabes, Algerian minister of Higher Education, murdered
- Mar 16 Don Randolph, actor (Harem Girl), dies of pneumonia at 87
- Mar 16 Giovanni Testori, Italian writer (Arialda), dies at 69
- Mar 16 Johnny Cymbal [Blair], American pop-rock singer-songwriter ("Mr. Bass Man"), and record producer, dies of a heart attack at 48
- Mar 16 Mohammed Hussein Nagdi, Iran diplomat/resistance fighter, murdered
- Mar 17 Charlotte Hughes, British supercentenarian (lived under the rule of 6 monarchs and 24 British Prime Ministers), dies at 115
Helen Hayes (1900-1993)
Mar 17 American actress (Caesar & Cleopatra, Happy Birthday), and 1st female EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award winner), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
- Mar 17 Laadi Flici, Algerian politician and writer, assassinated at 55
- Mar 17 Skip Young, American actor (Smokey & Hotwire Gang, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), dies at 62
- Mar 18 Robert A. Rushworth, American test pilot (X-15), dies at 68
- Mar 19 Barend P Tammeling, journalist (Trouw, Peek on the North), dies at 58
- Mar 19 Jeff Ward, drummer (9 Inch Nails), commits suicide at 30
- Mar 19 Karen Dalton (née Cariker); American country blues and folk singer, guitarist, and banjo player (In My Own Time). dies of AIDS related complications at 55
- Mar 20 Claudia Yeltsin, mother of Russian president Yeltsin, dies at 85
- Mar 20 Jonathan Ball, English youngster, killed by IRA at 3
- Mar 20 Polykarp Kusch, American nuclear physicist (1955 Nobel Prize for Physics - for determining the magnetic moment of the electron), dies at 82
- Mar 22 Cec Pepper, cricketer (NSW & Commonwealth XI leggie), dies
- Mar 22 Gret Palucca, German dancer and choreographer (Entartet), dies at 91
- Mar 22 Phia Berghout, Dutch harpist, dies at 83
- Mar 22 Steve Olin, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies from injuries from a boating accident at 27
- Mar 23 Hans Werner Richter, German writer and founder (Gruppe 47), dies at 84
- Mar 23 Tim Crews, American pitcher (LA Dodgers), dies from injuries from a boating accident under the influence of alcohol at 31
- Mar 24 Erik Andriesse, Dutch painter (skulls, skeletons), dies at 35
- Mar 24 John Hersey, American author (Hiroshima, Bell for Adano, Wall), dies at 78
- Mar 24 Peter Roovers, Dutch sculptor/teacher (war monuments), dies at 90
- Mar 24 Taylor Reed, actor (Easy Money), dies of a heart attack at 60
- Mar 26 Luis Falco, US choreographer (Fame, Angel Heart), dies at 50
- Mar 27 Carlos Gimenez, Argentine-Venezuelan director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at 47
- Mar 27 Clifford Jordan, American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 61
- Mar 27 Kate Reid, British actress (The Andromeda Strain, Heaven Help US), dies of cancer at 62
- Mar 27 Katherine Hynes De Groot, dies of stroke at 88
- Mar 27 Willem Russell [Wilhelmus Matthias Josephus Russell], Dutch politician (KVP, CDA), dies at 74
- Mar 28 Scott Cunningham, Occult author (b. 1956)
- Mar 30 Andrée Bunet, French figure skater (Olympic gold pairs 1928, 32; World C'ship gold pairs 1926, 28, 30, 32), dies at 91
- Mar 30 Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at 70
- Mar 31 Brandon Lee, American actor (The Crow) and son of Bruce Lee, dies in an on-set firearms accident at 28
- Mar 31 Chichay [Amparo Robles Custodio], Filipino comedienne and actress (Bilangguang puso, Ngitngit ng pitong whistle bomb), dies at 75
- Mar 31 Jose Maria Lemus, president of El Salvador (1956-60), dies
- Mar 31 Mitchell Parish [Michael Pashelinsky], Lithuanian-American lyricist ("Stardust"; "It's Wonderful"; "Moonlight Serenade"; "Sweet Lorraine"), dies at 92 [1]
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