- Mar 1 Lucille Hegamin, American singer & entertainer, dies at 75
- Mar 13 Rick Besoyan, American singer, actor, playwright, composer and director (Little Mary Sunshine), dies of internal hemorrhages at 45
- Mar 16 Tammi Terrell, American soul singer (You're All I Need), dies of a brain tumor at 24
- Mar 16 Mary Ann Ganser, pop singer (The Shangri-Las), dies at 22
- Mar 20 Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and songwriter (b. 1920)
- Mar 21 Manolis Chiotis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1920)