Hugo Chávez
Mar 5 Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela, dies from respiratory failure at 58
Hugo Chávez
- Mar 6 Sabine Bischoff, German fencer (Olympic gold 1984), dies at 54
- Mar 6 Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian country artist, dies from natural causes at 77
- Mar 6 Alvin Lee, English rocker, dies from complications from surgery at 68
- Mar 7 Peter Banks [Brockbanks], British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter described as "the architect of progressive music" (Yes, the Syn, Flash), dies of heart failure at 65
- Mar 7 Claude King, American country music singer (Wolverton Mountain), dies at 90
- Mar 7 Kenny Ball, English jazz musician, dies of pneumonia at 82
- Mar 7 Elmar Tampõld, Estonian-Canadian architect, dies at 92
- Mar 12 Clive Burr, English drummer, dies from complications from multiple sclerosis at 56
- Mar 13 Ducky Detweiler, American MLB player, dies at 94
- Mar 13 Malachi Throne, American actor, dies at 84
- Mar 14 Jack Greene, American country artist, dies from complications from Alzheimer's disease at 83
- Mar 14 Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier, dies at 82
- Mar 15 Booth Gardner, American politician, dies from Parkinson's disease at 76
- Mar 16 Frank Thornton, British actor (Are You Being Served?, Last of the Summer Wine), dies from natural causes at 92
- Mar 16 Bobby Smith, American R&B singer, dies from complications of influenza and pneumonia at 76
- Mar 16 Bobby Smith, American singer (Spinners), dies at 76
- Mar 18 Muhammad Mahmood Alam, Pakistani general and fighter ace, dies at 77
- Mar 19 Harry Reems, American actor, dies from pancreatic cancer at 65
- Mar 19 Bud Palmer, American basketball player (NY Knicks) and sportscaster, dies at 91
- Mar 20 James Herbert, British horror writer, dies at 69
Chinua Achebe
Mar 21 Chinua Achebe, Nigerian poet and novelist (Things Fall Apart), dies at 82
Chinua Achebe
- Mar 22 Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter, dies from cancer at 60
- Mar 22 Derek Watkins, British trumpet player and composer (The Spy Who Loved Me, Skyfall), dies of cancer at 68
- Mar 22 Aya Zikken, Dutch author (Atlasvlinder, Rameh), dies at 93
- Mar 23 David Bond, British sailor, dies at 90
- Mar 23 Virgil Trucks, American MLB pitcher, dies at 95
- Mar 25 Lou Sleater, American MLB pitcher, dies from lung disease at 86
- Mar 25 Anthony Lewis, American journalist (Pulitzer Prize 195,1963) & author, dies from kidney and heart failure at 85
- Mar 26 Tom Boerwinkle, American NBA player, dies at 67
- Mar 26 Don Payne, American television and screen writer, dies from bone cancer at 48
- Mar 26 Yury Rudov, Soviet fencer, dies at 82
- Mar 27 Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater, dies from trauma due to a fall at 90
- Mar 28 Richard Griffiths, British actor, dies from complications from heart surgery at 65
- Mar 28 Soraya Jiménez, Mexican weightlifter, dies from a heart attack at 70
- Mar 30 Phil Ramone [Rabinowitz], South-African born American music producer (co-founded A&R records), dies from an aortic aneurysm at 79
- Mar 30 Bob Turley, American MLB pitcher, dies from liver cancer at 82