Musicians Who Died in June 2023

  • Jun 1 Cynthia Weil, American songwriter ("We Got Get Out Of This Place"; "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"; "On Broadway"; "He's So Shy"), dies at 82 [1]
  • Jun 2 Kaija Saariaho, Finnish electro-acoustic and contemporary classical composer (L'Amour de loin (Love from Afar); Circle Map), dies of brain cancer at 70 [1]
  • Jun 4 George Winston, American pop-instrumental-folk pianist and composer (Autumn; December; Winter Into Spring), dies of cancer at 74 [1]
  • Jun 5 Astrud Gilberto (née Weinert), Brazilian samba singer ("The Girl From Ipanema"), dies at 83
  • Jun 6 Tony McPhee, British blues-rock guitarist and singer (The Groundhogs), dies from complications of a fall at 79
  • Jun 10 Giannis Markopoulos, Greek composer (Zavara-Katra-Nemia; 24 Dances), dies of cancer at 84
  • Jun 18 Teresa Taylor, American rock drummer (Butthole Surfers), and actress (Slackers), dies of lung disease at 60
  • Jun 19 Max Morath, American ragtime piano revivalist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 96
  • Jun 22 Peter Brötzmann, German free jazz saxophonist and clarinet player, dies at 82 [1]
  • Jun 23 Betta St John [Betty Jean Striegler], American-English stage and screen actress, singer and dancer (Dream Wife; Carousel; Corridors of Blood), dies at 93
  • Jun 23 Jesse McReynolds, American singer and mandolinist (Grand Ole Opry), dies at 93 [1]

Sheldon Harnick (1924-2023)

Jun 23 American musical theater lyricist (Fiorello; Fiddler on the Roof), dies at 99 [1]

  • Jun 27 Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass mandolin player (The Osborne Brothers - "Rocky Top"), dies at 91