- Jul 3 "Mississippi" Fred McDowell, American blues singer and guitarist, dies of cancer at 68
- Jul 8 (Cora) "Lovie" Austin (née Taylor), American jazz and blues pianist, songwriter ("Down Hearted Blues"), and band leader (The Blues Serenaders), dies at 84 [1]
- Jul 9 Robert Weede [Wiedefeld], American operatic and musical theater baritone (Metropolitan Opera, 1937-48; The Most Happy Fella), dies at 69
- Jul 16 Giorgio Nataletti, Italian composer, dies at 65
- Jul 16 Max Zehnder, Swiss composer, dies at 70
- Jul 22 Hugo Kauder, Austrian composer, dies at 84
- Jul 22 Pavel Bořkovec, Czech composer (Suite for Piano), dies at 78
- Jul 24 Bobby Ramirez, American drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
- Jul 28 Helen Traubel, American soprano, dies at 73
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