- Mar 1 Wally Fawkes [pen name Trog], British-Canadian cartoonist and jazz clarinetist, dies at 98
- Mar 3 Tom Sizemore, American actor (Saving Private Ryan; Wyatt Earp), dies following a brain aneurysm at 61
- Mar 9 (Chaim) Topol, Israeli stage and screen actor (Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 87 [1]
- Mar 9 Robert Blake [Michael Gubitosi], American Emmy Award-winning actor (Baretta; In Cold Blood; The Little Rascals - "Bobby"), dies of heart disease at 89
- Mar 16 Sharon Acker, Canadian character actress (The New Perry Mason - "Della Street"), dies at 87
- Mar 17 Lance Reddick, American actor (The Wire), dies at 60 [1]
- Mar 17 Raoul Servais, Belgian cartoonist and filmmaker (Harpya, Palme d'Or 1979), dies at 94
- Mar 27 Wim de Bie, Dutch comedian, satirist, and writer (van Kooten & de Bie - The Simplistic Covenant), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 83
- Mar 28 Paul O'Grady, English TV presenter, comedian and drag queen (Lily Savage), dies at 67 [1]
- Mar 28 Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and Academy Award-winning film composer (The Last Emperor), dies of cancer at 71 [1]
- Mar 30 Michael Rudman, American theater director and producer working in the UK (Death of the Salesman, Donkeys' Years), dies at 84 [1]