- Mar 1 Sammy Guillen, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests West Indies & 3 Tests New Zealand), dies at 88
- Mar 5 Calvin Fowler, American basketball point guard (Olympic gold 1968 co-captain; Saint Francis University), dies at 73
- Mar 6 Sabine Bischoff, German fencer (Olympic gold 1984), dies at 54
- Mar 13 Ducky Detweiler, American MLB player, dies at 94
- Mar 15 Terry Lightfoot, British clarinetist and bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen), dies at 77
- Mar 19 Bud Palmer, American basketball player (NY Knicks) and sportscaster, dies at 91
- Mar 22 Pietro Mennea, Italian sprinter (200m world record), dies from cancer at 60
- Mar 23 Virgil Trucks, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1945 Detroit Tigers; MLB All Star 1949, 54), dies at 95
- Mar 25 Lou Sleater, American MLB pitcher, dies from lung disease at 86
- Mar 27 Hjalmar Andersen, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 1,500m, 5,000m, 10,000m 1952; World C'ship gold all-round 1950, 51, 52), dies from trauma due to a fall at 90
- Mar 28 Soraya Jiménez, Mexican weightlifter, dies from a heart attack at 70
- Mar 30 Bob Turley, American baseball pitcher (World Series 1956, 58 [MVP] New York Yankees; 3 x MLB All-Star; Cy Young Award 1958), dies from liver cancer at 82
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