Musicians Who Died in June 1968

  • Jun 2 André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (Concerto de Québec), dies at 39
  • Jun 10 Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, Russian composer, dies at 65
  • Jun 12 Fidelio Friedrich Finke, Bohemian German composer, dies at 76
  • Jun 14 (Ernest) "Pop" Stoneman, American country music singer-songwriter, guitarist, and autoharp player ("Sinking of the Titanic"; The Stoneman Family), dies at 75
  • Jun 14 Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Swedish composer (Facettes; Aniara), dies at 51
  • Jun 14 Ken Errair, American pop-jazz singer (Four Freshmen, 1953-55 - "Graduation Day"), dies in a chartered plane crash at 42
  • Jun 15 (John) "Wes" Montgomery, American influential jazz guitarist and Grammy Award winner, dies of a heart attack at 45
  • Jun 15 (Patrick) "Buddy" Attaway, American country and Cajun fiddler, and songwriter ("I'm Sitting On Top Of The World"), dies at 45
  • Jun 26 Ziggy Elman [Harry Finkelman], American big band jazz trumpeter (Benny Goodman - "And The Angels Sing"; Tommy Dorsey), bandleader, and klezmer musician, dies at 54