Jun 1 Sonny Boy Williamson I [John Lee], American blues musician (Down & Out Blues), dies at 34 Jun 7 Georges Hüe, French composer, dies at 90 Jun 8 Franz Carl Bornschein, American composer, dies at 69 Jun 14 Ernst Henrik Ellberg, Swedish composer, dies at 79 Jun 14 John Blackwood McEwen, Scottish classical composer, dies at 80 Jun 20 George Frederick Boyle, Australian-American composer, dies at 61 Jun 27 George Templeton Strong, American composer, dies at 92 May 1948 Deaths in Music by Year Jul 1948 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers