Musicians Who Died in June 1994

  • Jun 3 Hub Matthijsen, Dutch violinist and bandmaster, dies at 52
  • Jun 4 Derek "Lek" Leckenby, English rock guitarist (Herman's Hermits), dies of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at 48
  • Jun 4 Earle Warren, American jazz alto sax player, dies at 79
  • Jun 5 Ish Kabbible [Merwyn A Bogue], American comedian and cornetist (Kay Kyser), dies at 86
  • Jun 6 Johnny Downs, American stage and screen actor, dancer, singer, and TV host, (Our Gang; Swing, Sister, Swing!; The Mad Monster), dies of cancer at 80
  • Jun 6 Willie Humphrey, American jazz clarinetist, dies at 93
  • Jun 8 William Marshall, American singer, bandleader and actor (State Fair, Pennsylvanians), dies at 76
  • Jun 9 Lloyd Lindroth, American harpist known as 'The Liberace of the Harp', dies at 63
  • Jun 13 Igor Youskevitch, Russian-Ukrainian ballet dancer, dies at 82

Henry Mancini (1924-1994)

Jun 14 American Grammy and Academy Award-winning film and television composer (Breakfast at Tiffany's; Peter Gunn; Pink Panther films), arranger, and conductor, dies of pancreatic cancer at 70 [1]

  • Jun 14 Lionel Grigson, British jazz musician, dies at 52
  • Jun 15 Manos Hatzidakis, Greek pianist, violinist, accordionist, conductor, and Academy Award-winning composer ("Never On Sunday"), dies at 68
  • Jun 16 Boris Alexandrov, Russian conductor (Red Army Song and Dance Ensemble), dies at 88
  • Jun 16 Kristen Pfaff, American rock bassist (Hole, 1993-94), dies of heroin overdose at 27
  • Jun 23 Alan Frank, English composer and music publisher, dies at 83
  • Jun 26 Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong, English organist (Christ College, Oxford), dies at 96
  • Jun 29 Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor, dies at 85
  • Jun 29 Ray Crane, English trumpeter, dies at 63