Jun 1 Rutkowski Bronislaw, Belarusian organist, pedagogue, and composer, dies at 66 Jun 10 Louis Gruenberg, Russian-American composer (Daniel Jazz), dies at 79 Jun 18 Alexander Shamil'yevich Melik-Pashayev, Georgian conductor and composer (Bol’shoy Theatre, 1931-62), dies at 58 Jun 27 Daniel Lazarus, French composer, dies at 65 Jun 29 Eric Dolphy, American jazz saxophone, bass clarinet, and flute player, dies of insulin shock at 36 Jun 29 Milenko Živković, Serbian composer, conductor, and pedagogue, dies at 63 May 1964 Deaths in Music by Year Jul 1964 Famous Singers Country Singers Jazz Singers Opera Singers Pop Singers Rappers Rock Singers