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- July 6, 1971 — American singer and trumpet player Louis Armstrong dies at the age of 69
- July 14, 1973 — Clarence White of The Byrds was killed by a drunk driver in Palmdale, California
- July 14, 1973 — Malcolm Owen, vocalist for British punk rock act, The Ruts, died in 1980 from a drug overdose (heroin)
- July 17, 1951 — Harry Choates renowned Cajun violinist/Cajun fiddler, dies in incarceration at an Austin, TX jail
- July 17, 1954 — The inaugural edition of the Newport Jazz Festival commences at the Newport Casino, located in Newport, RI
- July 17, 1959 — Billie Holiday dies of cardiac failure in New York, NY
