- Jul 2 Snooky Lanson [Roy Landman], American singer (Your Hit Parade; 5 Star Jubilee), dies at 76
- Jul 7 Cazuza, Brazilian poet, singer and composer, dies at 32
- Jul 15 Troy Dixon, American rapper (Trouble T-Roy of Heavy D), dies at 22 of a fall
- Jul 16 Sidney Torch, English composer, conductor and theater organist, dies from an intentional medication overdose at 82
- Jul 18 Gerry Boulet, French Canadian rock singer (Offenbach; Rendez-vous doux), dies of colon cancer at 44
- Jul 22 Otmar Nussio, Swiss conductor and composer (Boccaccio Suite), dies at 87
- Jul 23 Joe Turner, American jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82
- Jul 23 Robert Sommer, singer, dies of liver failure at 42
- Jul 26 Brent Mydland, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (Grateful Dead - "Hell In A Bucket"; "I Will Take You Home"), dies of a cocaine and morphine "speedball" overdose at 38
- Jul 27 Bobby Day [Robert Byrd], American rock musician (Rockin' Robin), dies of cancer at 58
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