- Jul 7 Bunk Johnson, American jazz trumpeter, dies after a series of strokes at 59 [1]
- Jul 8 Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Italian composer, dies at 66
- Jul 9 Fritz Bennicke Hart, British composer, and conductor (Melbourne Symphony Orchestra), dies of cardiac issues at 75
- Jul 18 Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer, dies at 78