- Jul 1 (Jacqueline) "Ilene" Woods, American radio singer and actress (Disney's Cinderella), dies from complications of Alzheimer's disease at 81
- Jul 5 David Fanshawe, British composer and ethnomusicologist (African Sanctus; Pacific Odyssey; Dona Nobis Pacem – A Hymn for World Peace), dies of a stroke at 68
- Jul 6 Harvey Fuqua, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Moonglows - "Sincerely"), producer (Marvin Gaye), and record label executive (Motown), dies of a heart attack at 80
- Jul 10 (Lincoln) "Sugar" Minott, Jamaican reggae singer (The African Brothers), dies at 54
- Jul 11 Bishop Walter Hawkins, American gospel music singer (Edwin Hawkins Singers; Love Center Choir), dies of pancreatic cancer at 61
- Jul 12 Paulo Moura, Brazilian jazz and swing clarinetist and saxophonist, dies at 77
- Jul 13 Manohari Singh, Indian saxophonist and part of R.D. Burman's band (b. 1931)
- Jul 14 Bengt Emil Johnson, Swedish author and composer, dies at 73
- Jul 14 Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, dies of cancer at 84
- Jul 14 Gene Ludwig, American jazz and R&B Hammond B-3 organist (Sonny Stitt, Arthur Prysock), dies at 72
- Jul 17 Fred F. Carter Jr., American country session guitarist, singer, producer and composer (Nashville's "A-Team"), dies of a stroke at 76
- Jul 19 Andy Hummell, American rock bassist (Big Star, 1971-73), dies of cancer at 59
- Jul 20 Mirjana Lewis (née Vrbanic), Croat-American classical pianist and harpsichord player, dies at 74
- Jul 22 Phillip Walker, American electric blues guitarist, and singer ("Hello My Darling"), dies at 73
- Jul 23 Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist and conductor (WB Collective), dies at 65
- Jul 26 Al Goodman, American pop-soul singer (Ray, Goodman, Brown - "Special Lady"), dies of post-surgical heart failure at 67
- Jul 26 Ben Keith [Schaeufele], American musician and record producer (Neil Young; Great Speckled Bird), dies at 73
- Jul 29 Roy Caton, American trumpet player and session musician, dies at 83
- Jul 30 Otto Joachim, German-Canadian composer, dies at 99
- Jul 30 Zlatko Pibernik, Croatian composer and music teacher, dies at 83
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