- Mar 1 Tony Warren [Anthony McVay Simpson], English actor & screenwriter (Coronation Street), dies at 79
- Mar 1 Jim Kimsey, American co-founder of AOL, dies at 76
- Mar 1 Martha Wright, American actress & singer (South Pacific, The Martha Wright Show), dies at 92
Martin Crowe
Mar 3 Martin Crowe, New Zealand cricketer and batsman, dies of cancer at 53
Martin Crowe
Nancy Reagan
Mar 6 Nancy Reagan [Anne Frances Robbins], US First Lady (1981-89), dies at 94
Nancy Reagan
- Mar 7 Michael White, British theater/film producer (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), dies at 80
George Martin
Mar 8 George Martin, British record producer (The Beatles), dies at 90
George Martin
John Gutfreund
Mar 9 John Gutfreund, American investment banker, CEO of Salomon Brothers (King of Wall Street), dies at 86
John Gutfreund
- Mar 9 Bill Wade, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1958, 63; LA Rams, Chicago Bears), dies at 85
- Mar 9 Robert Horton [Meade Howard Horton Jr.], American actor and singer (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena), dies at 91
- Mar 10 Keith Emerson, English rock musician (Emerson, Lake & Palmer), commits suicide at 71
- Mar 10 Ken Adam, British film production designer (James Bond sets), dies at 95
- Mar 10 Anita Brookner, English novelist (Hotel du Lac) and art historian, dies at 87
- Mar 10 Gogi Grant [Myrtle Audrey Arinsberg], American singer (The Wayward Wind), dies at 91
- Mar 10 Ernestine Anderson, American jazz vocalist and blues singer, dies at 87
- Mar 11 Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (Olympic gold 1960), dies at 79
- Mar 12 Lloyd Shapley, American Mathematician (2012 Nobel Prize, Game Theory), dies at 92
- Mar 13 Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, dies at 89
- Mar 13 Adrienne Corri, British actress (River, Doctor Zhivago), dies at 85
- Mar 14 Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer (Prolation, Taverner), dies at 81
- Mar 16 Frank Sinatra, Jr. , American singer and bandleaderr, dies at 72
- Mar 17 Paul Daniels, British magician (The Paul Daniels Magic Show), dies at 77
- Mar 18 Joe Santos, American actor (Rockford files), dies at 84
- Mar 18 Jan Nemec, Czech film director (Diamonds of the Night), dies at 79
- Mar 20 Anker Jørgensen, Danish politician, Prime Minister of Denmark (1972-3, 75-82), dies at 93
- Mar 20 Peter Williams, British organist and musicologist, dies at 78
Andrew Grove
Mar 21 Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American pioneer in the semiconductor industry and one of the founders and CEO of Intel, dies at 79
Andrew Grove
- Mar 21 Peter Brown [Pierre Lind de Lappe], American actor (Lawman, Laredo, Bold & Beautiful), dies at 80
- Mar 21 Robert McNeill Alexander, British zoologist (estimated speed of dinosaurs), dies at 81
- Mar 22 Phife Dawg [Malik Taylor] American rapper (A Tribe called Quest), dies from diabetes complications at 45
- Mar 22 Rob Ford, Canadian politician (Toronto mayor caught with cocaine), dies at 46
- Mar 22 Rita Gam, American actress (Night People, Hannibal), dies at 88
- Mar 23 Ken Howard, American actor (The White Shadow), dies at 71
- Mar 23 Joe Garagiola, American MLB catcher (4 teams, 1946-54), sportscaster, and TV host (Today Show), dies at 90
- Mar 23 Peter Moores, British businessman and director (Littlewoods), dies at 83
- Mar 24 Johan Cruyff, Dutch soccer player and coach (Ajax/Barcelona), dies at 68
- Mar 24 Kevin Turner, American NFL fullback (Philadelphia Eagles) and plaintiff against NFL (concussion case), dies of A.L.S. at 46
- Mar 24 Garry Shandling, American comedian (It's Garry Shandling's Show, Larry Sanders Show), dies at 66
- Mar 24 Earl Hamner Jr., American creator and narrator of TV show "The Waltons", dies at 92
- Mar 26 Jim Harrison, American poet and novelist (Legends of the Fall), dies at 78
- Mar 26 David Baker, American composer (Reflections) and educator, dies at 84
- Mar 27 Mother Angelica, Catholic American Franciscan nun, dies at 92
- Mar 28 James Noble, American actor (Benson, 1776, Airplane II: The Sequel), dies of a stroke at 94
- Mar 28 Peggy Fortnum, British Illustrator (first to draw Paddington Bear), dies at 96
- Mar 29 Patty Duke, American actress (The Miracle Worker), dies at 69
- Mar 29 Jean Lapierre, Canadian politician and television host, dies at 59
- Mar 30 Gianmaria Testa, Italian singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 57
- Mar 30 Bram Beekman, Dutch organist, composer and teacher (Brabants Conservatory, 1980-2012), dies at 66
- Mar 30 Howard Cable, Canadian conductor, arranger, and composer, dies at 95
- Mar 31 Zaha Hadid, British architect (London Aquatic Centre), dies at 65
- Mar 31 Ronnie Corbett, British comedian (The Two Ronnies), dies at 85
Imre Kertész
Mar 31 Imre Kertész, Hungarian writer (Nobel Laureate 2002) and concentration camp survivor, dies at 86
Imre Kertész