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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2012.

Contents

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

  • Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.

    • 1

  • Joseph Banchong Aribarg, 85, Thai Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nakhon Sawan (1976–1998).
  • Sean Bergin, 64, South African jazz musician.
  • Hal David, 91, American lyricist ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"), complications from a stroke.
  • Sat Mahajan, 85, Indian politician, MLA in Himachal Pradesh (1977–1996, 2003–2007) and MP for Kangra (1996–1998), cardiac arrest.
  • Smarck Michel, 75, Haitian businessman and politician, Prime Minister (1994–1995), brain tumor.
  • David R. Morrison, 71, Scottish writer and painter.
  • William Petzäll, 24, Swedish politician, MP for Dalarna County (since 2010), suspected drug overdose.
  • Dmitri Plavinsky, 75, Russian artist.
  • Arnaldo Putzu, 85, Italian film poster artist.
  • Rainbows For Life, 24, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1990 Summer Stakes, Cup and Saucer Stakes and Coronation Futurity Stakes, euthanized.
  • Sy Schulman, 86, American civil engineer and politician, Mayor of White Plains, New York (1993–1997), cancer.
  • Jon Tolaas, 73, Norwegian poet and novelist.

    • 2

  • Mark Abrahamian, 46, American musician (Starship), heart attack.
  • Jack Boucher, 80, American photographer (Historic American Buildings Survey), heart disease.
  • Bob Johnstone, 82, Canadian broadcaster (CBC Radio), cancer.
  • John C. Marshall, 71, British musician.
  • Emmanuel Nunes, 71, Portuguese composer.
  • Blas Riquelme, 83, Paraguayan politician and businessman.
  • Len Stephan, 77, Australian politician, member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (1979–2001).
  • Bert Worner, 82, Australian football player (Geelong).

    • 3

  • Griselda Blanco, 69, Colombian-born American drug lord, shooting.
  • Sir Andrew Crockett, 69, British banker.
  • Bob DiPietro, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), cancer.
  • Harold Dunaway, 78, American stock car driver.
  • Michael Clarke Duncan, 54, American actor (The Green Mile, Armageddon, Daredevil), heart attack.
  • Mahmoud El-Gohary, 74, Egyptian football player and coach, complications of a stroke.
  • Ottó Foky, 85, Hungarian animator.
  • Hyatt M. Gibbs, 74, American physicist.
  • Siegfried Jamrowski, 94, German Luftwaffe pilot.
  • Sun Myung Moon, 92, South Korean religious figure, founder of the Unification Church and The Washington Times, pneumonia.
  • Tito Oreta, 73, Filipino politician, Mayor of Malabon (since 2004), lung cancer.
  • Charlie Rose, 73, American politician, U.S. Representative from North Carolina (1973–1997), Parkinson's disease.
  • Ola Vincent, 87, Nigerian economist and banker, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (1977–1982).

    • 4

  • Hamzah Abu Samah, 88, Malaysian politician and sports administrator, MP for Raub (1967–1978) and Temerloh (1978–1980), President of AFC (1978–1994).
  • Abraham Avigdorov, 83, Israeli soldier, Hero of Israel recipient.
  • Leila Danette, 103, American actress.
  • Arleen Day, 63, Canadian curler.
  • André Delelis, 88, French politician, MP for Pas-de-Calais (1983–1992).
  • Hélio Gonçalves Heleno, 77, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caratinga (1979–2011).
  • Albert Marre, 87, American stage actor, director and producer, widower of soprano Joan Diener, following a long illness.
  • Ian Parrott, 96, British composer and academic.
  • George Savitsky, 88, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles), complications from pneumonia.
  • Sigrid Schjetne, 16, Norwegian homicide victim. (body found on this date)
  • Syed Mustafa Siraj, 82, Indian writer.
  • Hakam Sufi, 60, Indian singer and songwriter.
  • Milan Vukelić, 76, Serbian football player.

    • 5

  • Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, 26, Turkish footballer (Eskişehirspor), heart attack.
  • Eric Deeral, 79, Australian politician, Queensland MLA for Cook (1974–1977), first Aboriginal member of the Queensland Parliament.
  • Ian Dick, 86, Australian cricketer and field hockey player.
  • Vasily Dyakonov, 66, Russian politician, Governor of Krasnodar Krai (1991–1992).
  • Victoria Fyodorova, 66, Russian film actress.
  • Christian Marin, 83, French film actor (Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez, Gendarme in New York).
  • John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey, 83, British peer and horse racing journalist.
  • Joe South, 72, American singer-songwriter ("Down in the Boondocks", "Hush", "Rose Garden"), heart failure.
  • Gord Strate, 77, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).

    • 6

  • Elisabeth Böhm, 91, German architect.
  • Lawrie Dring, 81, British Scouter, President of the Baden-Powell Scouts' Association.
  • Jake Eberts, 71, Canadian film producer (City of Joy, Super Mario Bros., Grey Owl), executive and financier, cancer.
  • Frank Godwin, 95, British film producer (Woman in a Dressing Gown).
  • Jerome Horwitz, 93, American scientist.
  • Jerome Kilty, 90, American actor and playwright.
  • Alan Kimber, 63, English swimmer, cancer.
  • Maram, 6, American Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (2008), euthanized.
  • Art Modell, 87, American businessman, owner of the Baltimore Ravens (1996–2004), heart failure.
  • Bertil Norström, 88, Swedish actor.
  • Terry Nutkins, 66, British TV presenter and naturalist, leukaemia.
  • Oscar Rossi, 82, Argentine football player.
  • Herbert O. Sparrow, 82, Canadian politician, Senator for Saskatchewan (1968–2005).
  • Horacio Vázquez-Rial, 65, Argentine-born Spanish writer, cancer.
  • Roger Wotton, 92, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1968–1971, 1973–1991).

    • 7

  • Richard Bucher, 56, Swiss Olympic ice hockey player, heart attack.
  • C. Edwin Creed, 91, American football coach.
  • Leszek Drogosz, 79, Polish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) boxer, cancer.
  • César Fernández Ardavín, 89, Spanish film director (El Lazarillo de Tormes).
  • Francisco Fernández Fernández, 111, Spanish supercentenarian, oldest in country and oldest man in Europe.
  • Abdul Ghafoor, 70, Pakistani footballer.
  • Bob Lambert, 55, American entertainment industry executive (The Walt Disney Company).
  • Louise LaPlanche, 93, American actress.
  • Aleksandr Maksimenkov, 60, Russian football coach and player.
  • Dorothy McGuire, 84, American singer, complications of Parkinson's disease.
  • Alphonse Nzoungou, 74, Congolese politician.
  • Maestro Reverendo, 57, Spanish musician and composer, cancer.
  • Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford, 92, French-born British television producer and socialite.
  • Rollin Sullivan, 93, American country music entertainer (Lonzo and Oscar).
  • Daniel Weinreb, 53, American computer scientist and programmer, cancer.

    • 8

  • Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, 36, Yemeni detainee (Guantánamo Bay).
  • Luís d'Andrea, 78, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (1987–2010).
  • Xavier-Marie Baronnet, 85, French-born Seychelles Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles (1995–2002).
  • Adolf Bechtold, 86, German footballer (Eintracht Frankfurt).
  • Alexander Borisovich Belyavsky, 80, Russian actor.
  • Brian Crossley, 85, English-born Australian actor (Adventure Island) and director.
  • Bob Hale, 78, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees).
  • Leigh Hamilton, 62, New Zealand-born American actress (Forced Vengeance, Gas Food Lodging, Hocus Pocus).
  • Ronald Hamowy, 75, American historian.
  • Peter Hussing, 64, German boxer.
  • André Kempinaire, 83, Belgian politician.
  • Mike Martineau, 53, American television writer (Rescue Me, Mad About You), heart disease.
  • Bill Moggridge, 69, British industrial designer, cancer.
  • Mārtiņš Roze, 47, Latvian politician, Minister of Agriculture (2002–2009), blood clot.
  • Allyre Sirois, 89, Canadian jurist.
  • Thomas Szasz, 92, Hungarian-born American psychiatrist.
  • Elizabeth Wood-Ellem, 81, Tongan historian.
  • Ocak Işık Yurtçu, 67, Turkish journalist.
  • Mario Armond Zamparelli, 91, American design artist and painter, husband of Maureen Hingert.

    • 9

  • Hugh Bentall, 92, British surgeon.
  • Larry Gibson, 66, American environmentalist, heart attack.
  • Verghese Kurien, 90, Indian engineer and businessman, kidney failure.
  • Désiré Letort, 69, French cyclist.
  • John McCarthy, 22, Australian AFL footballer (Port Adelaide), fall from a building.
  • Monsun, 22, German Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the Aral-Pokal (1993) and Preis von Europa (1993, 1994), euthanized.
  • José Rodrigues de Souza, 86, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Juazeiro (1975–2003).
  • Mike Scarry, 92, American football player and coach.
  • Ron Taylor, 78, Australian marine conservationist, myeloid leukemia.
  • Ron Tindall, 76, English footballer (Chelsea).

    • 10

  • Raquel Correa, 78, Chilean journalist, cerebral damage followed by heart failure.
  • Vondell Darr, 93, American actress.
  • György Enyedi, 82, Hungarian geographer.
  • Robert Gammage, 74, American jurist and politician, member of the House of Representatives (1977–1979), heart attack.
  • Lance LeGault, 77, American actor (The A-Team, Magnum, P.I., Home on the Range).
  • Stanley Long, 78, British cinematographer and film director, natural causes.
  • Tadahiro Matsushita, 73, Japanese politician, member of the House of Representatives (1993–2005, since 2007).
  • Robert B. McKeon, 58, American businessman.
  • John Moffatt, 89, English actor and playwright.
  • Ernesto de la Peña, 84, Mexican writer.
  • Tom Saffell, 91, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) and executive, President of Gulf Coast League (1979–2009), pneumonia.
  • Steven Springer, 60, American guitarist and songwriter, lung cancer.
  • Hans Joachim Störig, 97, German non-fiction author, translator and publisher.
  • James Wellbeloved, 86, British politician, MP for Erith and Crayford (1965–1983).
  • Edwin P. Wilson, 84, American CIA and U.S. Naval Intelligence officer, complications of surgery.

    • 11

  • Rolf Bjørn Backe, 78, Norwegian footballer.
  • Bruce Bolling, 67, American politician, prostate cancer.
  • Finn Bergesen, 67, Norwegian business executive and lawyer, cancer.
  • Tibor Csernai, 73, Hungarian Olympic champion footballer.
  • Tomas Evjen, 39, Norwegian film producer (Dead Snow).
  • Tony Goldman, 68, American real estate developer, art impresario and preservationist (SoHo, Miami Beach Architectural District).
  • Maurice Keen, 78, British historian.
  • Sergio Livingstone, 92, Chilean footballer and sports commentator, natural causes.
  • Charles Pidjot, 50, New Caledonian politician, President of the Caledonian Union.
  • Irving S. Reed, 88, American mathematician and engineer.
  • Manuel Salvat Dalmau, 86, Spanish publisher.
  • Sean Smith, 34, American diplomat serving in Libya, injuries sustained during U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi.
  • Bruce Von Hoff, 68, American baseball player (Houston Astros).

    • 12

  • Jimmy Andrews, 85, Scottish footballer.
  • Sergei Artyukhin, 35, Russian wrestler, European Greco-Roman wrestling champion, heart attack.
  • Radoslav Brzobohatý, 79, Czech actor, stroke.
  • Charles Kennedy Comans, 97, Australian lawyer, First Parliamentary Counsel of the Commonwealth (1972–1977).
  • Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, 66, Russian poet.
  • Jon Finlayson, 74, Australian actor (Zoo Family), cancer.
  • Alfred Henningsen, 94, Norwegian military officer and politician.
  • Geoffrey Horrocks, 79, British mathematician.
  • Derek Jameson, 82, British journalist and broadcaster, heart attack.
  • Michael Lee, 76, Zimbabwean cricketer. [2]
  • Janet Liang, 25, American health advocate, lymphoblastic leukemia.
  • Kame Nakamura, 114, Japanese supercentenarian, fourth oldest in nation.
  • Rafał Piszcz, 71, Polish Olympic bronze medal-winning (1972) sprint canoer.
  • William Schatzkamer, 96, American pianist and conductor.
  • Tom Sims, 62, American skate and snowboarder, founder of Sims Snowboards, cardiac arrest.
  • J. Christopher Stevens, 52, American diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Libya (2012), smoke inhalation during U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi.
  • Sid Watkins, 84, British neurosurgeon, Formula One safety and medical delegate.
  • Whobegotyou, 7, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.

    • 13

  • Obo Addy, 76, Ghanaian drummer, National Heritage Fellowship recipient (1996), liver cancer.
  • Aditya Dev, 23, Indian bodybuilder, ruptured brain aneurysm.
  • John E. Dohms, 65, American microbiologist. (disappeared on this date)
  • William Duckworth, 69, American composer, pancreatic cancer.
  • Griffith Edwards, 83, Indian-born British psychiatrist and addiction specialist.
  • Robyn Few, 53, American sex worker rights activist (Sex Workers Outreach Project USA), cancer.
  • Pedro E. Guerrero, 95, American photographer, cancer.
  • Leopold Koss, 92, American pathologist.
  • Lehri, 83, Pakistani actor and comedian, complications from diabetes.
  • Peter Lougheed, 84, Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta (1971–1985); MLA for Calgary-West (1967–1986), natural causes.
  • Brian Óg Maguire, 24, Irish Gaelic football player, industrial accident.
  • Mary Rose McGeady, 84, American Roman Catholic nun.
  • Edgar Metcalfe, 78, English actor, director and writer, liver cancer.
  • Ranganath Misra, 85, Indian jurist, Chief Justice (1990–1991), neurological disorder.
  • Jack Pierce, 64, American baseball player (Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers), heart attack.
  • Otto Stich, 85, Swiss politician, President of the Confederation (1988, 1994).
  • John Turner, 63, English cricketer.

    • 14

  • Jacques Antoine, 88, French game show writer, creator of Fort Boyard and The Crystal Maze, cardiac arrest.
  • Pinkie Barnes, 97, English table tennis player.
  • Don Binney, 72, New Zealand painter, cardiac arrest.
  • Eduardo Castro Luque, 48, Mexican politician, shooting.
  • Frank Dudley, 87, English footballer.
  • Stephen Dunham, 48, American actor (The Mummy, What I Like About You), heart attack.
  • Sir Yuet-Keung Kan, 99, Hong Kong banker, politician, and lawyer, senior unofficial member of the Executive Council (1974–1980).
  • Michel Leduc, 71, Canadian politician, last mayor of LaSalle, Quebec, Canada (1983–2001) before amalgamation, cancer.
  • Winston Rekert, 63, Canadian actor (Neon Rider, Battlestar Galactica), cancer.
  • Louis Simpson, 89, American poet, Alzheimer's disease.
  • András Szente, 72, Hungarian sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist.

    • 15

  • Tibor Antalpéter, 82, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1990–1995).
  • Fred Bodsworth, 93, Canadian writer.
  • Predrag Brzaković, 47, Serbian footballer.
  • James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, 77, American rhythm and blues singer.
  • Olga Ferri, 83, Argentine ballet dancer.
  • Jean-Louis Heinrich, 69, French footballer.
  • George Hurst, 86, British conductor.
  • Arthur Magugu, 78, Kenyan politician, Minister for Finance (1982–1988), MP for Githunguri (1969–1988, 2002–2007).
  • Pierre Mondy, 87, French actor (Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to?) and director (La Cage aux Folles), lymphoma.
  • Paul Okesene, 44, Samoan rugby league player, heart attack.
  • Stephen Paul, 58, American physicist.
  • Max Soriano, 86, American baseball team co-owner (Seattle Pilots).
  • Nevin Spence, 22, Irish rugby union player (Ulster), slurry tank gas poisoning.
  • K. S. Sudarshan, 81, Indian nationalist, Sarsanghchalak of the RSS (2000–2009), heart attack.

    • 16

  • John Coates, 84, British animated film producer (The Snowman), cancer.
  • Charles E. Collins, 83, American politician and activist.
  • John Ingle, 84, American actor (Death Becomes Her, General Hospital, Batman & Robin), cancer.
  • Roman Kroitor, 85, Canadian filmmaker.
  • Julien J. LeBourgeois, 88, American vice admiral, heart and kidney ailments.
  • Loose Mohan, 84, Indian actor, respiratory issues.
  • Shinichi Nishimiya, 60, Japanese diplomat, Ambassador-designate to China (2012), acute heart failure.
  • Princess Ragnhild, Mrs. Lorentzen, 82, Norwegian royal, eldest child of King Olav V.
  • Jaime Serrano Cedillo, 45, Mexican politician, stabbing.
  • Muhammadjon Shakuri, 87, Tajik academic, cancer.
  • Suthivelu, 65, Indian film actor and comedian, cardiac arrest.
  • Friedrich Zimmermann, 87, German politician, Minister of the Interior (1982–1989); Minister of Transport (1989–1991).

    • 17

  • Bafo Biyela, 31, South African footballer, after short illness.
  • Melvin Charney, 77, Canadian artist and architect.
  • Pauline Hill, 86, American AAGPBL baseball player.
  • Lou Kenton, 104, English potter and Spanish Civil War veteran.
  • Édouard Leclerc, 85, French businessman, founder of E.Leclerc supermarket chain.
  • Nikodimos of Ierissos, 81, Greek Orthodox prelate, Bishop of Ierissos (since 1981).
  • Tridev Roy, 79, Bangladeshi-born Pakistani politician, Buddhist leader and Chakma raja (1953–1971), Ambassador to Argentina (1981–1996).
  • Tedi Thurman, 89, American fashion model and actress.
  • Russell E. Train, 92, American civil servant, Administrator of the EPA (1973–1977) and President of the WWF (1978–1985).
  • Ferenc Polikárp Zakar, 82, Hungarian Cistercian monk, Archabbot of the Zirc Abbey (1996–2010).

    • 18

  • Santiago Carrillo, 97, Spanish politician, veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
  • Wantha Davis, 95, American female jockey and pioneer in thoroughbred horse racing.
  • Deputed Testamony, 32, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
  • Leo Goeke, 74, American opera singer, complications of strokes.
  • Luís Goes, 79, Portuguese singer.
  • Haim Hefer, 86, Israeli songwriter, poet, and writer.
  • Michael Hurll, 75, British television producer, Parkinson's disease.
  • Jim Jordan, 84, Canadian politician, MP for Leeds—Grenville (1988–1997), cancer.
  • Betty Kaunda, 84, Zambian First Lady (1964–1991), wife of Kenneth Kaunda.
  • Jack Kralick, 77, American baseball player (Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins), complications from strokes.
  • Michel Joseph Kuehn, 89, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chartres (1978–1991).
  • Jorge Manicera, 73, Uruguayan footballer.
  • Ralph Marshall, 85, Bermudian politician, MP for Southampton West (1963–1993), pneumonia.
  • Steve Sabol, 69, American filmmaker, co-founder of NFL Films, brain cancer.
  • Olinto Sampaio Rubini, 78, Mexican footballer.
  • Brian Woolnough, 63, British sports journalist, cancer.
  • Wu Shaozu, 73, Chinese major general and politician, Chairperson of the Chinese Olympic Committee (1995–1999).

    • 19

  • Víctor Cabedo, 23, Spanish racing cyclist, road accident.
  • Chief Bearhart, 19, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1997 Canadian International Stakes and Breeders' Cup Turf, heart failure.
  • Patrick Creagh, 81, British poet and translator.
  • Rino Ferrario, 85, Italian footballer.
  • Leopoldo Penna Franca, 53, Brazilian mathematician, heart attack.
  • Cecil Gordon, 71, American NASCAR driver and team owner, cancer.
  • Bettye Lane, 82, American photojournalist, cancer.
  • Leonard Lerman, 87, American geneticist, complications of a chronic neurological disease.
  • Elizabeth Diana Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, 90, British peeress, widow of the 10th Duke of Northumberland.
  • Charlie Richardson, 78, English mobster, blood poisoning.
  • Itamar Singer, 66, Romanian-born Israeli Hittitologist.

    • 20

  • Fortunato Baldelli, 77, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary (2009–2012).
  • Robert G. Barrett, 69, Australian author (Les Norton series), cancer.
  • Richard H. Cracroft, 76, American academic.
  • Gianfranco Dell'Innocenti, 86, Italian footballer.
  • Alan Neville Gent, 84, English scientist.
  • Ulla Lock, 78, Danish film actress.
  • Paul O'Connor, 49, Irish hurler (Cork).
  • Michel Pech, 66, French football player (FC Nantes), cancer.
  • Paul Pojman, 45, American philosopher, cancer.
  • Herbert Rosendorfer, 78, German writer.
  • Robert Sharer, 72, American Mayanist.
  • Dinesh Thakur, 65, Indian theatre director and actor (Rajnigandha), kidney ailments.
  • Tereska Torrès, 92, French writer.
  • Dorothy Wedderburn, 87, British academic.

    • 21

  • Mike Baker, 55, British journalist (BBC, The Guardian), lung cancer.
  • Konda Laxman Bapuji, 96, Indian politician and freedom fighter.
  • Henry Bauchau, 99, Belgian psychoanalyst and author.
  • Ed Conlin, 79, American basketball player (Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia Warriors, Detroit Pistons).
  • José Curbelo, 95, Cuban-born American jazz musician and manager, heart failure.
  • Yehuda Elkana, 78, Israeli historian and philosopher, President and Rector of the Central European University (1999–2009), cancer.
  • Sven Hassel, 95, Danish-born German soldier and author.
  • Karl-Gustav Kaisla, 68, Finnish ice hockey referee (Miracle on Ice).
  • Gopalan Kasturi, 87, Indian newspaper editor (The Hindu).
  • Bill King, 102, British naval officer, yachtsman, and author.
  • Michael Rye, 94, American voice actor (Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Super Friends).
  • Bruno Schettino, 71, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Capua (since 1997).
  • Mike Sparken, 82, French racing driver, cancer.
  • Tom Umphlett, 81, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators)
  • Len Weare, 78, Welsh footballer (Newport County).

    • 22

  • Hector Abhayavardhana, 93, Sri Lankan political theorist.
  • Irving Adler, 99, American author, mathematician, and scientist.
  • Juan H. Cintrón García, 93, Puerto Rican politician.
  • Robert Davidson, 85, Scottish theologian.
  • Grigory Frid, 97, Russian composer, artist and writer.
  • Gideon Gadot, 71, Israeli journalist and politician, member of the Knesset (1984–1992).
  • Lewis McGibbon, 80, English cricketer (Northamptonshire).
  • Mustaf Haji Mohamed, Somali politician and MP, shooting.
  • Harry Pilling, 69, British cricketer (Lancashire).
  • Jan Hendrik van den Berg, 98, Dutch psychiatrist.

    • 23

  • Bodo Bittner, 72, German Olympic bobsledder.
  • Henry Champ, 75, Canadian journalist (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), lung cancer.
  • Bennie L. Davis, 94, American general (Strategic Air Command, 1981–1985).
  • Ralf Drecoll, 67, German Olympic high jumper.
  • Maria Pia Gardini, 75, Italian entrepreneur.
  • Alberto González, 84, Cuban humorist and iconoclast.
  • Pavel Grachev, 64, Russian general, Minister of Defence (1992–1996), hypertensive crisis.
  • K Lal, 88, Indian magician, brain cancer.
  • Winrich Kolbe, 71, German-born American television director (Star Trek, Knight Rider, Angel). (death announced on this date)
  • Sir Godfrey Milton-Thompson, 82, British naval surgeon.
  • John O'Neill, 77, Irish footballer (Preston North End F.C.).
  • Albert Henry Ottenweller, 96, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Steubenville (1977–1992).
  • Mulraj Rajda, 80, Indian writer, actor and director.
  • Roberto Rodríguez, 70, Venezuelan baseball player (Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Chicago Cubs), heart attack.
  • Michael Rowland, 83, British-born South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Dundee, South Africa (1983–2005).
  • Corrie Sanders, 46, South African boxer, shooting.
  • Sam Sniderman, 92, Canadian entrepreneur, founder of Sam the Record Man.
  • Maths O. Sundqvist, 61, Swedish entrepreneur and business magnate, vehicle collision.
  • Jean Taittinger, 89, French politician, Minister of Justice (1973–1974).
  • Radya Yeroshina, 82, Russian cross-country skier.

    • 24

  • Pierre Adam, 88, French racing cyclist.
  • Abu Akash, Iraqi Al-Qaeda operative, drone strike.
  • Bruno Bobak, 88, Polish-born Canadian war artist, cancer.
  • Thilakan, 74, Indian Malayalam actor, heart attack.
  • Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, 78, Mexican politician, Governor of Oaxaca (1980–1985).
  • Jason Winrow, 41, American football player.

    • 25

  • Gordon Ada, 89, Australian biochemist.
  • Billy Barnes, 85, American composer and lyricist (The Billy Barnes Revue), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • John Bond, 79, English football player and manager.
  • Audrey Deemer, 81,American baseball player.
  • Neşet Ertaş, 74, Turkish folk musician, cancer.
  • Trevor Hardy, 67, British serial killer, heart attack.
  • Eric Ives, 81, British historian.
  • Dame Louise Johnson, 71, British biochemist and protein crystallographer.
  • Patrick Kalilombe, 79, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Lilongwe (1972–1979).
  • Nigel Leathern, 80, South African cricketer. [3]
  • Alonso Lujambio, 50, Mexican politician, Secretary of Public Education (2009–2012), multiple myeloma.
  • Alfredo Machado, 59, Brazilian swimmer.
  • Jakub Polák, 60, Czech anarchist and Romani rights activist, cancer.
  • Andy Williams, 84, American singer ("Moon River") and entertainer, bladder cancer.

    • 26

  • Pape Alioune Diop, Senegalese football player and manager (national team, 1982–1986), Alzheimer's disease.
  • M'el Dowd, 79, American actress and singer (Camelot).
  • Sylvia Fedoruk, 85, Canadian scientist, athlete, and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (1988–1994), complications from a fall.
  • Eugene Genovese, 82, American academic and author, cardiac ailment.
  • Donald Gregg, 88, Australian cricketer. [4]
  • Vance Heafner, 58, American golfer and director (Prestonwood Country Club), suspected heart attack.
  • Johnny Lewis, 28, American actor (Sons of Anarchy, The O.C., Drake & Josh), injuries from a fall.
  • Maya Nasser, 33, Syrian journalist (Press TV), shooting.
  • Shah Saeed Ahmed Raipuri, Indian religious leader.
  • Arturo Rodenak, 81, Argentine-born Chilean footballer, complications of diabetes.
  • Sam Steiger, 83, American politician, U.S. Representative (1967–1977) and Arizona Senator (1960–1967), complications from a stroke.
  • James Sullivan, 86, American public administrator, city manager of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1968–1970, 1974–1981), and Lowell, Massachusetts (1970–1974).
  • Nishida Tatsuo, 83, Japanese academic, heart attack.

    • 27

  • Eddie Bert, 90, American jazz trombonist.
  • Aleksandr Gorelik, 67, Russian pair skater and figure skating commentator.
  • R. B. Greaves, 68, American singer ("Take a Letter Maria"), prostate cancer.
  • Herbert Lom, 95, Czech-born British actor (The Pink Panther, Spartacus, Gambit, The Ladykillers).
  • Ted Boy Marino, 72, Italian-born Brazilian actor and telecatch wrestler, cardiac arrest.
  • Joseph Parker, Jr., 95, American Navy physician, last surviving physician from Omaha Beach.
  • John Silber, 86, American academic, President of Boston University, kidney failure.
  • Sanjay Surkar, 53, Indian Marathi film director.
  • Rob Tetzlaff, 76, American Olympic cyclist.
  • Frank Wilson, 71, American songwriter and record producer, prostate cancer.

    • 28

  • Avraham Adan, 85, Israeli general, cardiac arrest.
  • Crispin Aubrey, 66, British journalist.
  • Lateef Adegbite, 79, Nigerian politician and Muslim leader.
  • Juan Baena, 62, Spanish footballer (Hércules CF), complications from brain surgery.
  • Richard Bocking, 81, Canadian filmmaker.
  • James E. Burke, 87, American businessman, CEO of Johnson & Johnson (1976–1989).
  • Larry Cunningham, 74, Irish showband singer.
  • Chris Economaki, 91, American motorsports journalist.
  • Sam Gruneisen, 71, American football player (San Diego Chargers).
  • Joe Habie, 55, Guatemalan businessman (Tikal Futura), helicopter crash.
  • Kevin Harrold, 83, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1973–1976).
  • Jack Koehler, 82, German-born American media executive, White House communications director (1987), pancreatic cancer.
  • Robert Manning, 92, American journalist, lymphoma.
  • Abdul Ghani Minhat, 76, Malaysian footballer, complications following surgery.
  • Brajesh Mishra, 83, Indian diplomat, National Security Advisor (1998–2004), coronary artery disease.
  • Michael O'Hare, 60, American actor (Babylon 5), heart attack.
  • Ahmed Ramzy, 82, Egyptian actor (Sira` Fi al-Mina, Thartharah Fawq al-Nil), injuries from a fall.
  • M. S. Shinde, 83, Indian film editor (Sholay).
  • Pierluigi Vigna, 79, Italian magistrate, cancer.
  • Stanisław Waśkiewicz, 65, Polish runner.

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  • Hathloul bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 70, Saudi Arabian prince, member of the House of Saud.
  • Carlos Büsser, 84, Argentine admiral, led the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands, heart attack.
  • Hebe Camargo, 83, Brazilian television presenter, cardiac arrest.
  • Michael Henry Heim, 69, American translator and academic, cancer.
  • Abdul Rahim Malhas, 75, Jordanian politician, Health Minister (1993–1994), member of the House of Representatives (2003–2007).
  • Henry F. May, 97, American historian.
  • Nancy Millis, 90, Australian microbiologist.
  • Yvonne Mounsey, 93, U.S.-based South African ballet dancer (New York City Ballet), cancer.
  • Antônio Maria Mucciolo, 89, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Botucatu (1989–2000), multiple organ failure.
  • Nan Huai-Chin, 95, Chinese Buddhist scholar, pneumonia.
  • Nao Saejima, 44, Japanese model and actress, cancer.
  • Knut Sydsæter, 74, Norwegian mathematician, drowning.
  • Neil Smith, 58, Scottish geographer, multiple organ failure.
  • Bob Stevens, American college basketball coach (Oklahoma, South Carolina), boating accident.
  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, 86, American publisher (The New York Times).
  • Mark Wiener, 61, American painter.
  • Malcolm Wicks, 65, British politician, MP for Croydon North West (1992–1997) and Croydon North (since 1997), cancer.
  • Rakitha Wimaladarma, 27, Sri Lankan cricketer. [5]

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  • Turhan Bey, 90, Austrian-born American actor, Parkinson's disease.
  • Barry Commoner, 95, American biologist and politician, founder of the Citizen's Party, 1980 presidential nominee.
  • María Eugenia Cordovez, Ecuadorian First Lady (1984–1988), former wife of León Febres Cordero, cardiac arrest.
  • Autran Dourado, 86, Brazilian writer, stomach bleeding.
  • Gaarriye, 63, Somalian poet.
  • Bobby Jaggers, 64, American professional wrestler, renal failure.
  • Clara Stanton Jones, 99, American librarian, President of the American Library Association (1976–1977).
  • Mary Freeman-Grenville, 12th Lady Kinloss, 90, Scottish peer.
  • Antisa Khvichava, 132 (purported), Georgian longevity claimant.
  • Mark R. Kravitz, 62, American federal judge, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
  • P. J. Morley, 81, Irish politician, TD for Mayo East (1977–1997).
  • Jack Morris, 84, American Jesuit, founder of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, cancer.
  • Raylene Rankin, 52, Canadian singer (The Rankin Family), breast cancer.
  • Barbara Ann Scott, 84, Canadian figure skater, Olympic gold medalist (1948).
  • Boris Šprem, 56, Croatian politician, President of Parliament (since 2011), plasmacytoma.
  • Bob Wade, 92, American crime writer.
  • Wang Zhongcheng, 86, Chinese academic.
  • Jonathan Wentz, 21, American paralympic equestrian.
  • Joseph B. Willigers, 81, Dutch-born Ugandan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jinja (1967–2010).

    • References

    Deaths in September 2012 Wikipedia
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