- Jul 2 Marion Williams, American gospel singer (Stars of Faith), dies of diabetes at 66
- Jul 8 Dominic Lucero, American dancer and singer, dies of lymphatic cancer at 26
- Jul 9 Cornelius Boyson, American blues bassist, dies at 57
- Jul 9 Sabby Lewis, American jazz pianist and arranger, dies at 79
- Jul 10 Henrik Blichmann, Danish swing jazz pianist, composer (92 Minutes of Yesterday), and orchestra leader, dies at 79
- Jul 11 Charles "Lefty" Edwards, saxophonist, dies at 67
- Jul 11 Lex Humphries, American jazz drummer (Sun Ra Arkestra), dies at 57
- Jul 13 Eddie Boyd, American blues piano player, singer, and songwriter ("Five Long Years"), dies at 79
- Jul 14 Patrick Crommelynck, Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 49
- Jul 14 Taeko Kuwata, Japanese Belgian pianist (Duo Crommelynck), commits suicide at about 47
- Jul 14 William D. Revelli, American bandleader, dies at 92
- Jul 19 Rudolf Firkušný, Moravian-American pianist (Julliard), dies at 82
- Jul 21 Dorothy Collins [Marjorie Chandler], Canadian-American singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), dies at 67
- Jul 23 Hans J. Salter, Austrian-American film composer (The Wolf Man; Christmas Holiday; This Love Of Ours), dies at 98
- Jul 25 John M Dengler, American jazz multi-instrumentalist - bass sax/trumpet/trombone (The Intensely Vigorous Jazz Band), dies from cancer at 67 [1]
- Jul 27 Tatiana Tauer, Russian classical harpist, dies of cancer at 48
- Jul 28 Ralph Herman, American Emmy Award-winning composer (From the Scriptures; Circus Time), orchestra leader, and music director (ABC-TV, 1952-71), dies after a stroke at 80
- Jul 31 Anne Shelton, British singer (Glenn Miller Band), dies at 66
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