Musicians Who Died in June 2007

  • Jun 1 Tony Thompson, American singer-songwriter in R&B group Hi-Five, dies at 31
  • Jun 2 Kentaro Haneda, Japanese pianist, composer and arranger for film, anime, and video games, dies of liver cancer at 58
  • Jun 4 Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter ("Cry To Me"), dies at 74
  • Jun 8 Nellie Lutcher, American jazz and R&B singer, pianist, and songwriter (He's a Real Gone Guy), dies at 94
  • Jun 13 Oskar Morawetz, Czech-Canadian composer (From the Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 90
  • Jun 15 Richard Bell, Canadian musician (Full Tilt Boogie Band), dies of multiple myeloma at 61
  • Jun 16 Patricia Darcy Jones, American session and touring rock vocalist (Cher), and Broadway actress, dies at 54
  • Jun 16 Pattie D'Arcy, American musical theater, session and touring vocalist (Cher), dies at 54
  • Jun 17 Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
  • Jun 18 Georges Thurston, Canadian R&B and reggae musician and singer (Boule Noire), dies of cancer at 55
  • Jun 18 Henry "Hank" Medress, American singer (The Tokens - "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), and record producer (The Chiffons; Tony Orlando & Dawn), dies of lung cancer at 68
  • Jun 19 Antonio Aguilar [Barraza], Mexican singer, producer and actor (Emiliano Zapata) who popularized the Mexican equestrian sport la charrerĂ­a, dies of pneumonia at 88
  • Jun 19 El Fary, Spanish singer and actor, dies at 69
  • Jun 22 Derek Simpson, British cellist (Aeolian String Quartet, 1956-81; Beatles - "Strawberry Fields Forever), and teacher, dies at 79
  • Jun 24 Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist, dies in a Jamaican car crash at 32
  • Jun 25 Mahasti, Persian singer (b. 1946)
  • Jun 25 Nina Vyroubova, Russian-French ballerina (Pavlova Prize 1957), dies at 86
  • Jun 29 George McCorkle, American guitarist (Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cancer at 59