- Jul 3 (Joseph) Deems Taylor, American music critic (New York World), composer (Through The Looking Glass; Peter Ibbetson), and promoter of classical music (Fantasia), dies at 80
- Jul 3 André Gailhard, French classical music composer, dies at 81
- Jul 17 August Baeyens, Flemish composer (Piranesi Suite), dies at 71
- Jul 18 Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist ("I Fought The Law"), found dead in his car at 23
- Jul 18 German Germanovich Galynin, Russian composer, dies at 44
- Jul 23 Donald Novis, British singer and actor (Monte Carlo; The Singing Plumber), dies at 60
- Jul 29 Pal Jardanyi, Hungarian composer, dies at 44
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