- Jun 1 Papa Jack Laine, American musician and pioneering bandleader, dies at 92
- Jun 6 Claudette Orbison, wife of singer Roy, dies in a motorcyle crash at 27
- Jun 12 Hermann Scherchen, German conductor (Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, 1922-50), and music theorist (Lehrbuch des Dirigierens -Treatise on Conducting), dies at 74