Terri Schiavo, the woman at the center of a protracted legal battle in Florida, died on March 31, nearly two weeks after doctors removed her feeding tube. She was 41.
Paul Hester, the former drummer of the pop/rock band Crowded House, committed suicide on March 26. He was 46.
Wanda Alston, the director of the Washington, D.C. Mayor's Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, was murdered in her home on March 16. She was 45.
Clemente Dominguez, an insurance accountant who declared himself the true leader of the Catholic Church, recently died. The exact date and cause of his death were not released. He was 59.
Paul Henning, the screenwriter who created "The Beverly Hillbillies" and "Petticoat Junction," died on March 25 of natural causes. He was 93.
John DeLorean, an engineer and entrepreneur who developed several cars for top automakers before branching off on his own, died on March 19 of complications from a stroke. He was 80.
Mark Devlin, a homeless man who published a critically acclaimed memoir, died on March 10. Cause of death was not released. He was 56.
Danny Joe Brown, the original lead singer of the Southern rock band Molly Hatchet, died on March 10 of renal failure and pneumonia. He was 53.
Jerry Lippman, the inventor of heavy-duty, waterless hand soap, died on March 2. Cause of death was not released. He was 92.
Art Tokle, an Olympic ski jumper and coach, died on March 3. Cause of death was not released. He was 82.
Brandenn Bremmer, a 14-year-old musical prodigy from Nebraska, sustained a gunshot wound to the head on March 15. The boy died the following day at Children's Hospital in Denver. Authorities suspect he committed suicide.
Chris LeDoux, a world champion bareback rider and country music star, died on March 9 from complications of liver cancer. He was 56.
Andre Norton, the grand dame of science fiction and fantasy, died on March 17 of congestive heart failure. She was 93.
Jack Muller, a retired Chicago police officer who was once known for his uncompromising law-and-order attitude, died on March 11 of kidney failure. He was 81.
Rod Roach, a champion banjo player known as "the gentle giant," died on Feb. 23 of brain cancer. He was 63.
Teresa Wright, an Academy Award-winning actress who eschewed the glamorous trappings of celebrity, died on March 6 of a heart attack. She was 86.