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Deaths in September 2013

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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2013.

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

  • Zvonko Bušić, 67, Croatian airplane hijacker (TWA Flight 355), suicide by gunshot.
  • Joaquim Justino Carreira, 63, Portuguese-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Guarulhos (since 2011).
  • Pál Csernai, 80, Hungarian footballer and manager (FC Bayern Munich, North Korea).
  • Ignacio Eizaguirre, 92, Spanish footballer (Valencia, Real Sociedad, national team).
  • Ole Ernst, 73, Danish actor.
  • Tommy Morrison, 44, American heavyweight champion boxer (WBO) and actor (Rocky V), multiple organ failure.
  • Chris Packer, Australian sailor.
  • Gordon Steege, 95, Australian military officer, RAAF flying ace.
  • Margaret Mary Vojtko, 83, American linguist.
  • Ken Wallis, 97, British autogyro exponent and James Bond stunt pilot.

    • 2

  • Levon Ananyan, 66, Armenian journalist and translator.
  • Valérie Benguigui, 47, French César Award-winning actress, breast cancer.
  • Terry Clawson, 73, English rugby league player.
  • Ronald Coase, 102, British economist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1991).
  • Paul Danilo, 94, American soccer player and coach.
  • Arthur J. Deikman, 83, American psychiatrist, Parkinson's disease.
  • David Jacobs, 87, British radio and television broadcaster (Juke Box Jury, Any Questions?).
  • Pablo Krögh, 50, Chilean actor (Dawson Isla 10), tongue cancer.
  • Olga Lowe, 93, British stage and film actress.
  • Makoto Moroi, 82, Japanese composer.
  • Frederik Pohl, 93, American science fiction author (Man Plus, Gateway).
  • Henry Putzel, Jr., 99, American lawyer and Reporter of Decisions of the United States Supreme Court.
  • Shahid Qureshi, 77, Pakistani cricketer.
  • Isidro Sánchez García-Figueras, 76, Spanish footballer.
  • Sir Paul Scoon, 78, Grenadian politician, Governor-General (1978–1992).
  • Boris Sergeyevich Sokolov, 99, Russian geologist and paleontologist.
  • Alain Testart, 67, French social anthropologist.
  • Hugh van Cutsem, 72, British horse breeder.
  • Dame Juliet Wheldon, 63, British civil servant.

    • 3

  • Ariel Castro, 53, American convicted kidnapper and rapist, suicide by hanging.
  • Alvin Eisenman, 92, American graphic designer and academic.
  • Donald Featherstone, 95, British wargamer, complications from a fall.
  • Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, 92, Mexican journalist.
  • Albert Heffer, 79, South African cricketer.
  • Ralph M. Holman, 99, American judge, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court (1965–1980).
  • José Ramón Larraz, 84, Spanish movie director (Vampyres) and comics writer.
  • Janet Lembke, 80, American writer.
  • Don Meineke, 82, American basketball player (Fort Wayne Pistons).
  • Lewis Morley, 88, British Hong Kong-born Australian photographer (Christine Keeler, Joe Orton).
  • Dick Ukeiwé, 84, New Caledonian politician, member of the French Senate (1983–1992) and the European Parliament (1989–1994).

    • 4

  • Ferdinand Biwersi, 79, German football referee.
  • Raphael Dinyando, 53, Namibian politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Austria (since 2010), MP for Rundu (2000–2010), Mayor of Rundu (1993–1998), cancer.
  • Sir Arthur George, 98, Australian lawyer and soccer administrator.
  • Michel Pagé, 63, Canadian politician.
  • Jules Paivio, 97, Canadian cartographer and teacher, last surviving Canadian veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
  • Dick Raaymakers, 83, Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist.
  • Lennart Risberg, 78, Swedish Olympic light-heavyweight boxer (1956).
  • Daniele Seccarecci, 33, Italian bodybuilder, heaviest male competitor, myocardial infarction.
  • Stanislav Stepashkin, 73, Soviet Olympic boxing champion (1964).
  • Shinya Taniguchi, 32, Japanese Olympic swimmer (2000), stomach cancer.
  • Casey Viator, 62, American bodybuilder, AAU Mr. America (1971).
  • Joe Warham, 93, English rugby league coach (Leeds).

    • 5

  • Sushmita Banerjee, 49, Indian writer, shot. (body discovered on this date)
  • Edwin Bideau, 62, American politician, member of the Kansas House of Representatives (1985–1988, since 2012).
  • Mel Cooke, 79, New Zealand rugby league player (Canterbury).
  • Robert Farrar Capon, 87, American Episcopal priest and author.
  • Willie Frazier, 71, American football player (Houston Oilers, San Diego Chargers).
  • Geoffrey Goodman, 91, British journalist and trade unionist.
  • Isamu Jordan, 37, American journalist, musician, and academic.
  • Lloyd Mayer, 63, American gastroenterologist and immunologist, brain cancer.
  • Rochus Misch, 96, German SS non-commissioned officer, last survivor of the Führerbunker.
  • Gene Nottolini, 69, American judge.
  • Mireya Véliz, 98, Chilean actress.
  • Sangeen Zadran, 45, Pakistani militant, shadow governor of Paktika Province, drone strike.

    • 6

  • Ann C. Crispin, 63, American science fiction author (The Han Solo Trilogy, Sarek), bladder cancer.
  • Dick Hess, 74, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (since 1987), complications from surgery.
  • Barbara Hicks, 89, English actress (Brazil, Howards End).
  • Khin Maung Kyi, 86, Burmese economist.
  • Santiago Rosario, 74, Puerto Rican baseball player (Kansas City Athletics).
  • Sir Cameron Rusby, 87, British admiral.
  • Adin Talbar, 91, German-born Israeli diplomat.
  • Bill Wallis, 76, British actor (Brazil, The Other Boleyn Girl, War and Remembrance).
  • Frederick Zugibe, 85, American medical examiner and Shroud of Turin investigator.

    • 7

  • Jean Anyon, 72, American educationalist.
  • Albert Allen Bartlett, 90, American physicist.
  • Romesh Bhandari, 85, Indian politician, Foreign Secretary (1985–1986), Governor of Uttar Pradesh (1996–1998).
  • Frank Blevins, 74, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of South Australia (1992–1993), cancer.
  • Wolfgang Frank, 62, German football player and coach, cancer.
  • Susan Fuentes, 58, Filipino singer, complications from kidney ailment.
  • Joseph Granville, 90, American financial writer, pneumonia.
  • Barney Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe, 88, British politician, MP for Heston and Isleworth (1970–1974) and Brentford and Isleworth (1974–1992).
  • Pete Hoffman, 94, American cartoonist.
  • Ilja Hurník, 90, Czech composer and essayist.
  • Fred Katz, 94, American jazz cellist and composer.
  • Ted Loden, 73, British army colonel, shot.
  • Mehdi Mohammadi, 60, Iranian football player and coach, heart attack.
  • Vitthalbhai Patel, 78, Indian songwriter and politician.
  • Barry Smith, 58, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
  • Marek Špilár, 38, Slovak footballer, suicide by self-defenestration.

    • 8

  • Louise Currie, 100, American film actress (Adventures of Captain Marvel, Citizen Kane).
  • Léopold Jorédié, 66, New Caledonian politician, Vice President (1999–2001).
  • José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Veracruz (1963–2000).
  • Don Reichert, 81, Canadian artist.
  • Tore Sinding-Larsen, 83, Norwegian judge.
  • Lacey Baldwin Smith, 90, American historian.
  • Jean Véronis, 58, French linguist and blogger.
  • Carl von Gerber, 82, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer (1960, 1964).
  • Cal Worthington, 92, American car dealer, natural causes.

    • 9

  • Sunila Abeysekera, 61, Sri Lankan human rights campaigner.
  • Alberto Bevilacqua, 79, Italian writer and film director, cardiac arrest.
  • Patricia Blair, 80, American actress (The Rifleman, Daniel Boone), breast cancer.
  • Susan Fitzgerald, 64, Irish actress (Angela's Ashes), colorectal cancer.
  • Forrest, 60, American singer, stroke.
  • Saburo Kamei, 75, Japanese voice actor (Fist of the North Star).
  • Saul Landau, 77, American filmmaker, bladder cancer.
  • Bill Ray, 91, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1965–1971) and Senate (1971–1987).
  • Gunnar Høst Sjøwall, 77, Norwegian photographer.
  • Shalom Yoran, 88, Polish Jewish partisan and author (The Defiant).

    • 10

  • Richard Grey, 6th Earl Grey, 74, British peer and businessman.
  • György Gurics, 84, Hungarian Olympic wrestler, bronze medalist (1952).
  • John Hambrick, 73, American television news anchor (WNBC, WEWS), actor and announcer, lung cancer.
  • Barry Hancock, 74, English footballer (Port Vale).
  • Ibrahim Makhous, 88, Syrian politician.
  • Anne-Sylvie Mouzon, 57, Belgian politician, member of the Brussels Regional Parliament (since 1989), cancer.
  • Don Nelson, 86, American screenwriter (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), Parkinson's disease.
  • Josef Němec, 79, Czech Olympic boxer, bronze medalist (1960).
  • Lyn Peters, 72, Argentine-born British model and actress (Get Smart, Hogan's Heroes).
  • Glen Pommerening, 85, American politician and lawyer.
  • Peter Paul Prabhu, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tituli in Numidia (since 1993).
  • Ivan Sag, 63, American linguist, cancer.
  • E. Clay Shaw, Jr., 74, American politician, member of U.S. House of Representatives from Florida (1981–2007), Mayor of Fort Lauderdale (1975–1981), lung cancer.
  • Kjell Sjöberg, 76, Swedish ski jumper.
  • Glen Skov, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings).
  • Corey Swinson, 43, American football player, natural causes.
  • Jack Vance, 80, Canadian army general.

    • 11

  • Marshall Berman, 72, American philosopher and writer.
  • Fernand Boone, 79, Belgian footballer.
  • Francisco Corzas Chávez, 66, Filipino human rights lawyer, Solicitor General (1987–1992).
  • Ramachandra Deva, 67, Indian poet, playwright and critic.
  • Keith Dunstan, 88, Australian newspaper columnist and writer, cancer.
  • Jimmy Fontana, 78, Italian singer-songwriter, composer ("Che sarà") and actor.
  • Albert Jacquard, 87, French geneticist and essayist.
  • Albert Jones, 93, New Zealand amateur astronomer.
  • Demetrius Newton, 85, American politician and civil rights attorney.
  • Mats Olsson, 83, Swedish musician.
  • Prince Jazzbo, 62, Jamaican reggae DJ, lung cancer.
  • Virgil A. Richard, 76, American army general.
  • William Sullivan, 91, American politician and lawyer, member of the Kentucky Senate (1954–1958, 1966–1982).
  • Andrzej Trybulec, 72, Polish mathematician and computer scientist.
  • Tom Vernon, 74, British writer and broadcaster (Fat Man series), heart attack.

    • 12

  • Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, 29, American Islamist, shot. (death announced on this date)
  • Ray Dolby, 80, American audio engineer and inventor (Dolby NR, surround sound), leukemia.
  • Warren Giese, 89, American college football coach and politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (1985–2004).
  • William A. Graham, 87, American director (The X-Files, Batman, The Fugitive), pneumonia.
  • Sheldon Hackney, 79, American educationalist.
  • Erich Loest, 87, German author and screenwriter (Nikolaikirche), suicide by self-defenestration.
  • Rod Masterson, 68, American actor (Blaze).
  • Candace Pert, 67, American neuroscientist.
  • Vinod Raina, Indian educationist, cancer.
  • Joan Regan, 85, British traditional pop singer.
  • Otto Sander, 72, German actor (Wings of Desire, Das Boot).
  • Avrum Stroll, 92, American philosopher and author.
  • Frank Tripucka, 85, American football player (Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions), heart failure.

    • 13

  • Olusegun Agagu, 65, Nigerian politician, Governor of Ondo State (2003–2009).
  • Rafiquddin Ahmad, 81, Bangladeshi businessman and educationalist.
  • Peter Aston, 74, English composer.
  • Robert J. Behnke, 83, American fisheries biologist.
  • James Bradford, 84, American Olympic weightlifter (1952, 1960).
  • Rick Casares, 82, American football player (Chicago Bears).
  • Nora Daza, 84, Filipina chef.
  • Wayne Green, 91, American magazine publisher.
  • Jimmy Herman, 72, Canadian actor (Dances with Wolves, North of 60, Unforgiven).
  • Anwar Hossain, 82, Bangladeshi actor.
  • Methodius, 72, Ukrainian Orthodox bishop.
  • Dan Osinski, 79, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Boston Red Sox).
  • Antoneta Papapavli, 75, Albanian stage actress.
  • Salustiano Sanchez, 112, Spanish-born American supercentenarian, world's oldest living man.
  • Patti Webster, 49, American publicist (Usher, Janet Jackson), brain cancer.

    • 14

  • Maksym Bilyi, 24, Ukrainian footballer, brain tumor.
  • Sir John Curtiss, 88, British Royal Air Force officer.
  • Osama El-Baz, 83, Egyptian diplomat.
  • Faith Leech, 72, Australian Olympic champion freestyle swimmer (1956).
  • Roy Mackal, 88, American biologist, cryptozoologist, and author, heart failure.
  • Jorge Pedreros, 71, Chilean musician and comedian, pneumonia.
  • Apoorva Sengupta, 75, Indian cricket player.
  • Amund Venger, 69, Norwegian politician.

    • 15

  • Habib Munzir Al-Musawa, 40, Indonesian Islamic scholar.
  • Jerry G. Bishop, 77, American disc jockey and television personality, creator of Svengoolie, heart attack.
  • Gerard Cafesjian, 88, American businessman and philanthropist.
  • Joyce Jacobs, 91, British-born Australian actress (A Country Practice).
  • Jackie Lomax, 69, English guitarist and singer-songwriter.
  • Peter Morley, 84, British football chairman (Crystal Palace F.C.)
  • Assan Musa Camara, 91, Gambian politician, Foreign Minister (1967–1974), Vice President (1972–1982), President (1981).
  • Tomás Ó Canainn, 82, Irish uilleann piper.
  • Émile Turlant, 109, French centenarian, France's oldest living man.
  • Arend van der Wel, 80, Dutch football player.
  • Paolo Zantelli, 48, Italian F2 racing boat pilot, boat race collision.

    • 16

  • Scott Adams, 46, American football player (Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints), heart attack.
  • Philip Berg, 86, American rabbi, Leader of the Kabbalah Centre (since 1969).
  • Jack Britto, 87, Pakistani Olympic hockey player (1952).
  • Mac Curtis, 74, American rockabilly singer, injuries received in a traffic collision.
  • David Cheung, 77, Hong Kong educator and pastor, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1988–1991).
  • Daniel Díaz Torres, 64, Cuban film director, cancer.
  • Ratiba El-Hefny, 82, Egyptian opera singer and director (Cairo Opera House).
  • Susan Farmer, 71, American politician, Secretary of State of Rhode Island (1982–1986), cancer.
  • Eduardo García de Enterría, 90, Spanish jurist, awarded Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (1984).
  • Terrie Hall, 53, American CDC spokesperson and anti-tobacco advocate, cancer.
  • Kim Hamilton, 81, American actress (To Kill a Mockingbird, Days of Our Lives, Star Trek: The Next Generation).
  • Joan Hanke-Woods, 67, American Hugo Award-winning artist. (death announced on this date)
  • George Hockham, 74, British electrical engineer.
  • Tammareddy Krishna Murthy, 93, Indian film producer.
  • Jim Palmer, 80, American basketball player (New York Knicks).
  • Juan Luis Panero, 71, Spanish poet.
  • Chin Peng, 89, Malaysian politician, leader of the Malayan Communist Party.
  • Jimmy Ponder, 67, American jazz guitarist, lung cancer.
  • Howard Sheppard, 79, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario (1981–1987).
  • Fred Sherman, 81, American biologist.
  • David Avraham Spector, 58, Dutch-born Israeli rabbi.
  • Patsy Swayze, 86, American dancer and choreographer, mother of Patrick Swayze, complications from a stroke.

    • 17

  • Otha Bailey, 83, American Negro League baseball player.
  • Ted Connelly, 94, Australian politician, Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly (1975–1977).
  • Martí de Riquer i Morera, 99, Spanish Catalan linguist and nobleman, 8th Count of Casa Dávalos, veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
  • Michael Giannatos, 72, Greek actor (Midnight Express, Munich, Captain Corelli's Mandolin), heart attack.
  • Kristian Gidlund, 29, Swedish musician (Sugarplum Fairy) and journalist, stomach cancer.
  • Larry Lake, 70, American-born Canadian broadcaster and musician.
  • Peter K. Leisure, 84, American federal judge.
  • Pierre Macq, 83, Belgian physicist, Rector of Universite Catholique de Louvain (1986–1995).
  • Bernie McGann, 76, Australian jazz alto saxophonist, complications from heart surgery.
  • Alex Naumik, 64, Lithuanian-born Norwegian artist, songwriter and record producer.
  • Igor Nikitin, 47, Russian ice hockey player (Lada Togliatti).
  • Michael J. Noonan, 78, Irish politician, TD for Limerick West (1969–1977); Minister for Defence (1987–1989).
  • Dick O'Neal, 78, American basketball player (Texas Christian University).
  • Marvin Rainwater, 88, American country and rockabilly singer ("Whole Lotta Woman"), heart failure.
  • Eiji Toyoda, 100, Japanese industrialist (Toyota Motor Company), heart failure.
  • Allan Walsh, 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Maitland (1981–1991).
  • Rein Welschen, 72, Dutch politician, Mayor of Eindhoven (1992–2003).

    • 18

  • Torleiv Anda, 92, Norwegian diplomat and politician.
  • Veliyam Bharghavan, 85, Indian politician.
  • Lindsay Cooper, 62, British rock and jazz bassoonist and oboist (Henry Cow, Comus, Feminist Improvising Group), multiple sclerosis.
  • Rafael Corkidi, 83, Mexican cinematographer.
  • Joy Covey, 50, American business executive (Amazon.com), bicycle collision.
  • Johannes van Dam, 66, Dutch food journalist.
  • Stanislas Dombeck, 81, French footballer (Tours, Stade Français, Rennes, Amiens) and coach (Tours).
  • Allan Ellis, 62, American football player (Chicago Bears, San Diego Chargers), heart attack.
  • Pavlos Fyssas, 34, Greek anti-fascist rapper, stabbed.
  • Dame Monica Gallagher, 90, Australian community worker and church activist.
  • Marta Heflin, 68, American actress (Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, A Perfect Couple).
  • Johnny Laboriel, 71, Mexican rock 'n' roll singer, prostate cancer.
  • Arthur Lamothe, 84, French-born Canadian film director and producer.
  • Dominique Loiseau, 64, French watchmaker.
  • Donald Low, 68, Canadian microbiologist, key figure in Toronto SARS outbreak, brain cancer.
  • Stephen Malawista, 79, American medical researcher, discovered Lyme disease.
  • Ken Norton, 70, American heavyweight boxer and actor (Mandingo, Drum), heart failure.
  • Lisa Otto, 93, German operatic soprano.
  • Carlos Alberto Raffo, 87, Argentine-born Ecuadorian footballer (Emelec).
  • Marcel Reich-Ranicki, 93, German literary critic.
  • Richard C. Sarafian, 83, American film and television director (I Spy, Vanishing Point, 77 Sunset Strip), complications from pneumonia.

    • 19

  • Amidou, 78, Moroccan actor (Ronin, Spy Game, Rules of Engagement).
  • Robert Barnard, 76, English crime writer and critic.
  • Øystein Fischer, 71, Norwegian physicist.
  • Brian Furniss, 78, English cricket player (Derbyshire).
  • Mary Jean Harrold, 66, American computer scientist, cancer.
  • Patrick Kay, 92, British Royal Marines general.
  • Gerrie Mühren, 67, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team), European Cup winner (1971, 1972, 1973), complications from myelodysplastic syndrome.
  • John Reger, 82, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers, Washington Redskins).
  • William Ungar, 100, Polish-born American Holocaust survivor and memoirist.
  • John D. Vanderhoof, 91, American politician, Governor of Colorado (1973–1975).
  • Bob Wallace, 75, New Zealand test driver and automotive engineer.
  • Hiroshi Yamauchi, 85, Japanese businessman, President of Nintendo (1949–2002, 2002–2005), owner of Seattle Mariners, complications from pneumonia.
  • Saye Zerbo, 81, Burkinabé politician, President of Upper Volta (1980–1982).

    • 20

  • Ercan Aktuna, 73, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe).
  • D. J. R. Bruckner, 79, American journalist.
  • George Bryan, 92, British businessman, founder of Drayton Manor Theme Park.
  • Carolyn Cassady, 90, American beat writer.
  • Jim Charlton, 102, Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher.
  • Robert W. Ford, 90, British diplomat and radio operator.
  • Robert L. Reymond, 80, American Christian theologian.
  • Ron Richards, 85, Australian football player (Collingwood).
  • Angelo Savoldi, 99, American professional wrestler and promoter.
  • James B. Vaught, 86, American army general, drowned.
  • Gilles Verlant, 56, Belgian journalist and music critic.

    • 21

  • Ruhila Adatia-Sood, 31, Kenyan radio presenter, shot.
  • Kofi Awoonor, 78, Ghanaian poet and diplomat, shot.
  • Michel Brault, 85, Canadian film director.
  • Justo Galaviz, 59, Venezuelan Olympic cyclist.
  • Harl H. Haas, Jr., 80, American politician and jurist.
  • Taro Ishida, 69, Japanese voice actor (Astro Boy, Akira), myocardial infarction.
  • Walt Linden, 89, American baseball player (Boston Braves).
  • Chester Moody, 78, American Negro League baseball player.
  • Francis Peay, 69, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs) and coach (Northwestern University).
  • Peter Solan, 84, Slovak film director.
  • René Solís, 88, Cuban baseball player.
  • Roman Vlad, 93, Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist and musicologist.
  • Walter Wallmann, 80, German politician.
  • Ko Wierenga, 80, Dutch politician, Mayor of Enschede (1977–1994).

    • 22

  • Gary Brandner, 80, American horror author (The Howling).
  • Jane Connell, 87, American stage, musical theatre and television actress (Mame).
  • Kenneth Eager, 84, British sculptor.
  • David H. Hubel, 87, Canadian-born American neurologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981).
  • Álvaro Mutis, 90, Colombian poet, novelist and essayist.
  • John E. Naus, 89, American Jesuit priest.
  • Dave Nichol, 73, Canadian product marketeer (Loblaw).
  • Phyllis Pond, 82, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (since 1978).
  • Howard Riopelle, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens).
  • Mohan Singh, 68, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha for Deoria (1991–1996; 1998–1999; 2004–2009), cancer.
  • Hans Erich Slany, 86, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design.
  • Luciano Vincenzoni, 87, Italian screenwriter (For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly), lung cancer.

    • 23

  • Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, 87-88, Syrian army officer and politician, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Northern Region of the United Arab Republic (1960–1961).
  • Severiano Álvarez, 80, Spanish writer.
  • Eivinn Berg, 82, Norwegian ambassador and politician, traffic collision.
  • Acharya Buddharakkhita, 91, Indian Buddhist monk, founded the Maha Bodhi Society.
  • Denys Chamay, 71, Swiss Olympic fencer.
  • Gil Dozier, 79, American politician and convicted extortionist, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1976–1980).
  • Oscar Espinosa Chepe, 72, Cuban economist, liver disease.
  • Harry Goodwin, 89, British photographer.
  • Anthony Hawkins, 80, Australian actor (Special Squad).
  • John Hipwell, 65, Australian rugby union player and national team captain.
  • Rex Hobcroft, 88, Australian pianist, conductor, composer and music administrator.
  • Annette Kerr, 93, British actress.
  • Christopher Koch, 81, Australian novelist (The Year of Living Dangerously), cancer.
  • Rupert Kratzer, 68, German Olympic cyclist.
  • Paul Kuhn, 85, German musician.
  • Trevor Lummis, 83, British social historian.
  • Gia Maione, 72, American jazz singer.
  • Vlatko Marković, 76, Croatian footballer (NK Dinamo Zagreb, Wiener Sport-Club), President of the Croatian Football Federation (1999, 2005, 2006–2012), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Ruth Patrick, 105, American ecology pioneer.
  • Hugo Raes, 84, Belgian writer and poet.
  • Geo Saizescu, 80, Romanian film director, screenwriter and actor.
  • Robert C. Stebbins, 98, American herpetologist and illustrator.
  • Stanisław Szozda, 62, Polish Olympic silver-medalist cyclist (1972, 1976).
  • Jack Warlitner, 88, American stage rigger.

    • 24

  • Clive Akerman, 73, English philatelist.
  • Sverre Bruland, 90, Norwegian conductor.
  • Austin Cooper, 84, Canadian criminal lawyer.
  • Bernard Corboz, 65, Swiss judge, Vice-President of the Federal Supreme Court (2005–2006).
  • Paul Dietzel, 89, American football player and coach.
  • Pietro Farina, 71, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Alife-Caiazzo (1999–2009) and Caserta (since 2009).
  • Margaret Feilman, 92, Australian town planner and architect.
  • Slava Ivančević, 119?, Serbian supercentenarian, world's oldest person claimant.
  • Boris Karvasarsky, 82, Ukrainian-born Russian psychiatrist.
  • Anthony Lawrence, 101, British journalist.
  • Sagadat Nurmagambetov, 89, Kazakh politician and Soviet army general, Minister of Defense (1992–1995).
  • Paul Oliver, 29, American football player (San Diego Chargers), suicide by gunshot.
  • Viktor Zinger, 71, Russian Olympic ice hockey champion (1968), world champion (1965–1969).

    • 25

  • Aube, 64, Japanese musician.
  • Miron Babiak, 81, Polish Antarctic research ship captain.
  • Adalbert Brunke, 101, German Evangelical-Lutheran prelate, Bishop of Kap-Orange (1972–1978), pastor to Nelson Mandela.
  • Choi In-ho, 67, South Korean writer, salivary gland cancer.
  • Ron Fenton, 72, English football player and coach (Nottingham Forest).
  • Timothy Joseph Lyne, 94, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (1983–1995).
  • José Montoya, 81, American poet, artist and educator, co-founder of Royal Chicano Air Force, lymphoma.
  • Billy Mure, 97, American guitarist.
  • Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, 84, German choral conductor.
  • Bill Stewart, 85, American baseball player.
  • Pablo Verani, 75, Italian-born Argentinian politician, Senator (since 2007).
  • Bennet Wong, 83, Canadian psychiatrist.
  • George N. Zenovich, 91, American politician and judge, member of the California State Senate (1971–1979).

    • 26

  • Azizan Abdul Razak, 68, Malaysian politician, Menteri Besar of Kedah (2008–2013).
  • Denis Brodeur, 82, Canadian Olympic bronze-medalist ice hockey player (1956) and photographer.
  • Don Donovan, 83, Irish football player and manager (Grimsby Town, Everton, Boston United).
  • Seánie Duggan, 90, Irish hurler (Galway).
  • Ellis Evans, 83, Welsh Celtic scholar.
  • Anup Ghatak, 72, Indian cricketer.
  • Evelyn G. Lowery, 88, American civil rights activist (Selma to Montgomery marches), complications from a stroke.
  • Harold E. Kleinert, 91, American surgeon.
  • Mario Montez, 78, American drag artist and actor.
  • Takafusa Nakamura, 87, Japanese economist, hepatitis.
  • Sos Sargsyan, 83, Armenian actor.

    • 27

  • Gates Brown, 74, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
  • John Calvert, 102, American magician.
  • Oscar Castro-Neves, 73, Brazilian bossa nova musician.
  • Berty Premalal Dissanayake, 59, Sri Lankan politician, Chief Minister of the North Central Province (1999–2012).
  • Mauricio González-Gordon y Diez, 89, Spanish conservationist and sherry trader.
  • Ernst Gutting, 94, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Speyer (1971–1994).
  • Elvin R. Heiberg III, 81, American army general, Chief of Engineers (1984–1988).
  • Jock Kane, 92, British intelligence officer.
  • Ferenc Kárpáti, 86, Hungarian military officer and politician, Minister of Defence (1985–1990).
  • Birger Kivelä, 92, Finnish Olympic diver (1952).
  • Tuncel Kurtiz, 77, Turkish actor, fall.
  • A. C. Lyles, 95, American producer (Deadwood, Rawhide).
  • Silvano Montevecchi, 75, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ascoli Piceno (since 1997).
  • Albert Naughton, 84, English rugby league player (Widnes, Warrington).
  • Jay Robinson, 83, American actor (Dracula, Star Trek, The Waltons, The Robe).

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  • Carlo Castellaneta, 83, Italian author and journalist, pneumonia.
  • James Emanuel, 92, American poet and academic.
  • Jonathan Fellows-Smith, 81, South African cricket player.
  • Farouk Janeman, 60, Fijian football player and manager (Ba).
  • T.M. Kamble, 67, Indian politician, leader of Republican Party of India (Democratic), heart attack.
  • Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe, 91, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister (1984), Senator (1980–1992).
  • Odlanier Mena, 87, Chilean army general and intelligence chief, suicide.
  • Turgut Özakman, 83, Turkish author.
  • Anatoli Parov, 57, Russian footballer.
  • Igor Romishevsky, 73, Russian Olympic ice hockey champion (1968, 1972), world champion (1968–1971).
  • Ted Rusoff, 74, Canadian-born Italian actor (The Passion of the Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Nativity Story), injuries sustained in a traffic collision.
  • Walter Schmidinger, 80, Austrian actor.
  • Michael Sullivan, 96, English art historian.
  • B. B. Watson, 60, American country music singer.
  • George Amon Webster, 67, American Southern gospel singer, cancer.

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  • Harold Agnew, 92, American physicist, leukemia.
  • Anton Benning, 95, German World War II Luftwaffe ace.
  • Patricia Castell, 87, Argentinian actress, pneumonia.
  • Pete T. Cenarrusa, 95, American politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (1967–2003), lung cancer.
  • Carl Joachim Classen, 85, German classical scholar.
  • S. N. Goenka, 89, Burmese-born Indian Vipassana teacher.
  • L. C. Greenwood, 67, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), kidney failure.
  • Marcella Hazan, 89, Italian-born American cookbook author.
  • Pete Kettela, 75, American football executive and coach (Edmonton Eskimos).
  • Bob Kurland, 88, American basketball player (Oklahoma A&M Aggies), Olympic champion (1948, 1952).
  • Robert Leeson, 85, English children's writer.
  • Michael Maher, 77, Australian politician, MP for Lowe (1982–1987).
  • Charles McKean, 67, Scottish architectural historian.
  • Roy Peterson, 77, Canadian editorial cartoonist.
  • Gene Petit, 63, American professional wrestler (WWF).
  • Hugh de Wardener, 97, British medical doctor.
  • Scott Workman, 47, American stuntman (Crank, Iron Man 2, End of Days).
  • Toyoko Yamasaki, 88, Japanese writer, heart failure.

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  • Kazys Bobelis, 90, Lithuanian politician, MP for Marijampolė (1992–2006).
  • John Flanagan, 71, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle).
  • David Gitari, 76, Kenyan primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya (1997–2002).
  • Anthony Hinds, 91, British screenwriter and producer.
  • Kinmont Hoitsma, 79, American Olympic fencer.
  • John Hopkins, 86, British-born Australian conductor and music administrator.
  • Ruth Maleczech, 74, American actress (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, The Crucible), cancer.
  • Janet Powell, 71, Australian politician, Leader of the Australian Democrats (1990–1991), Senator for Victoria (1986–1993), pancreatic cancer.
  • Ramblin' Tommy Scott, 96, American country and rockabilly musician, complications from traffic collision.
  • James Street, 65, American football player (University of Texas), heart attack.
  • Rangel Valchanov, 84, Bulgarian actor and film director, cancer.
  • Zulema, 66, American R&B singer (Faith Hope and Charity).

    • References

    Deaths in September 2013 Wikipedia
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