- Jul 2 Beverly Sills [Belle Miriam Silverman], American operatic soprano, dies of lung cancer at 78
- Jul 2 Git Gay [Birgit Carp], Swedish revue director, actress and singer (Git Gay Show, Ge mig en lektion i kärlek), dies at 85
- Jul 3 (Homer) "Boots" Randolph, American session saxophonist ("Yakety Sax"), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 80
- Jul 4 Barış Akarsu, Turkish rock musician ("Gözlerin"/ "Your Eyes"), and actor (My Lying Lover), dies of injuries sustained in a car accident at 28
- Jul 4 Bill Pinkney, American bass vocalist (Drifters - "Ruby Baby"), dies of a heart attack at 81
- Jul 5 George Melly, British jazz & blues singer, journalist, and art critic, dies of lung cancer and emphysema at 80
- Jul 5 Régine Crespin, French operatic mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, 1962-87; Sheherazade, Les Nuits D'ete), dies of liver cancer at 80
- Jul 8 Jindřich Feld, Czech composer (Concerto for Flute and Orchestra), dies at 82
- Jul 11 Ferhunde Erkin (née Remzi) Turkish concert pianist and pedagogue, dies at 98
- Jul 11 Rod Lauren, American rocker ("If I Had a Girl"), commits suicide at 66
- Jul 12 Robert Burås, Norwegian rock guitarist (Madrugada; My Midnight Creeps), dies at 31
- Jul 13 Ilja Zeljenka, Slovak composer (Oświęcim), dies at 74
- Jul 13 Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, dies at 78
- Jul 15 Kelly Johnson, English guitarist, dies at 49
- Jul 18 Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, dies of an air rifle inflicted brain injury at 55
- Jul 20 Ivor Emmanuel, Welsh singer and actor (Zulu, Show Boat, Kiss Me, Kate), dies of a stroke at 79
- Jul 20 Tammy Faye Bakker (Messner), American Christian singer and former wife of Jim Bakker (The PTL Club), dies at 65
- Jul 23 Ron Miller, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1933)
- Jul 29 Art Davis, American bassist (A Time Remembered), dies of a heart attack at 72
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