- Jun 4 John Hartford [Harford], American folk and bluegrass fiddler, banjo player, and songwrite ("Gentle On My Mind"), dies at 63
- Jun 6 Douglas Lilburn, New Zealand composer (A Song Of Islands) and educator (Victoria University, 1949-80), dies at 85
- Jun 7 Carole Fredericks, American singer (Fredericks Goldman Jones), dies of a heart attack at 49
- Jun 9 David Sheinfeld, American violinist and composer, dies at 94
- Jun 11 Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (Échame a mi la culpa), dies at 77
- Jun 13 Siegfried Naumann, Swedish conductor (Musica Nova Ensemble, 1962-77), teacher, and composer (Risposte), dies at 81
- Jun 15 Julius Juzeliūnas, Lithuanian composer and organist (The Game), dies at 85
- Jun 15 Leif Kayser, Danish composer and organist, dies at 83
- Jun 16 Adam Popovich, Serbian-American musician, director and composer, dies at 91
- Jun 21 John Lee Hooker, American blues guitarist ("Boom Boom"; "Boogie Chillen"), dies at 83
- Jun 30 Chet Atkins, American guitarist (Me & My Guitar), dies at 77
- Jun 30 Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist, dies at 64
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