Musicians Who Died in June 1995

Jun 5 Bettina Vernon, Austrian 'Bodenwieser' dancer, dies at 75 [1]
Jun 5 Jan Decadt Flemish composer, dies at 81
Jun 7 "Sheikh" Imam [Eissa], Egyptian folk and protest singer-songwriter, dies at 76
Jun 9 Frank Chacksfield, English easy listening pianist, arranger and orchestra leader ("Ebb Tide"), dies from complications of Parkinson's disease at 81
Jun 11 Lovelace Watkins, American singer known as "The Black Sinatra" (The Big, Big Voice of Lovelace Watkins), dies of leukemia at 58
Jun 12 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian classical pianist, dies at 75
Jun 13 David Parry, British-Canadian folk musician (Friends of Fiddler's Green), storyteller (Canadian Museum of Civilization), actor, stage director, and teacher (University of Toronto), dies of a heart attack at 53
Jun 14 Els Aarne, Estonian composer, dies at 78
Jun 14 Rory Gallagher, Irish rock guitarist (See Here), dies at 47
Jun 19 Murray Dickie, Scottish opera singer and director, dies at 71
Jun 20 Dennis Gomm, British composer and musician, dies at 84
Jun 23 Jack Schroer, American rock saxophonist (Van Morrison's The Caledonia Soul Orchestra), dies at 51
Jun 27 Efrem Kurtz, Russian conductor (Houston Symphony, 1948-54), dies at 94
Jun 27 Prez "Kidd" Kenneth, American blues singer and guitarist, dies at 61
Jun 30 Jorge Peixinho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and conductor, dies at 45
Jun 30 Phyllis Hyman, American jazz singer (Prime of My Life), commits suicide at 45