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Deaths in September 2015

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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2015.

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

  • Bouteldja Belkacem, 67–68, Algerian singer and composer.
  • Frank Brennan, 67, Irish economist.
  • Boomer Castleman, 70, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, inventor of the palm pedal, cancer.
  • Gurgen Dalibaltayan, 89, Armenian colonel-general.
  • Eric H. Davidson, 78, American biologist, heart attack.
  • Antonio Deinde Fernandez, 79, Nigerian diplomat.
  • Richard G. Hewlett, 92, American public historian.
  • Dean Jones, 84, American actor (The Love Bug, Company, Beethoven), Parkinson's disease.
  • Ben Kuroki, 98, American bomber crewman.
  • Jiří Louda, 94, Czech heraldist, designer of the current Coat of arms of the Czech Republic.
  • Hanna Mierzejewska, 65, Polish politician.
  • Takuma Nakahira, 77, Japanese photographer.
  • Antonio Nirta, 96, Italian organized crime boss ('Ndrangheta San Luca).
  • Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, 80, Pakistani politician and lawyer.
  • Will Provine, 73, American science historian, brain tumor.
  • Robert Ravenstahl, 90, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1975–1978).
  • Aleksandar Stipčević, 84, Croatian historian of the Illyrians.

    • 2

  • John E. Boland, 78, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1973).
  • Suheil Bushrui, 85, Lebanese academic.
  • Lindsay Collins, 71, Australian marine geologist.
  • Avinash Deobhakta, 78, Indian-born New Zealand jurist.
  • Boudjemaâ El Ankis, 88, Algerian musician.
  • Ephraim Engleman, 104, American rheumatologist.
  • Henry Gleitman, 90, German-born American psychologist.
  • Charles Gyamfi, 85, Ghanaian football player (Fortuna Düsseldorf) and coach (national team).
  • Stan Kane, 86, Scottish actor (Storm).
  • Piero Livi, 90, Italian film director.
  • Aleksander Mandziara, 75, Polish football player and coach.
  • Stewart McCrae, 85, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1973–1982).
  • Manos Nathan, 67, New Zealand artist, leukaemia.
  • Giuseppe Petitto, 46, Italian film director.
  • Brianna Lea Pruett, 32, American singer and songwriter, suicide.
  • William Arbuckle Reid, 82, British curriculum theorist.
  • Simo Salminen, 82, Finnish comic actor.

    • 3

  • Wayne D. Bennett, 87, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1973–1993) and Senate (1993–1997).
  • Gabrielle Burton, 76, American novelist, pancreatic cancer.
  • Sir Adrian Cadbury, 86, British businessman and rower, chairman of Cadbury.
  • Judy Carne, 76, British actress and comedian (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), pneumonia.
  • Stanton R. Cook, 90, American chief executive (Chicago Tribune).
  • Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 75, Nepalese primordial dwarf, shortest man in recorded history, pneumonia.
  • Harold Drasdo, 85, English rock climber and writer.
  • Giltedge, 29, Irish-born American eventing horse.
  • Dan Eley, 100, British chemist (Eley-Rideal mechanism).
  • Leon Gorman, 80, American businessman, President (1967–2001) and chairman (2001–2013) of L.L.Bean, cancer.
  • Ken Horne, 89, English footballer (Brentford). (death announced on this date)
  • Carter Lay, 44, American businessman and philanthropist, heir to Frito-Lay.
  • Leland McPhie, 101, American masters athlete.
  • John Noah, 87, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (1952), Alzheimer's disease.
  • Jean-Luc Préel, 74, French politician, member of the French National Assembly for Vendée (1988–2012).
  • Andrew Sibley, 81, Australian painter.
  • Daniel Thompson, 94, Canadian-born American inventor, creator of the automatic bagel maker and the folding ping pong table.
  • Yevgeny Ukhnalyov, 83, Russian artist, co-creator of the current coat of arms of Russia.
  • John Waller, 91, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Stafford (1979–1987).
  • Binny Yanga, 57, Indian social worker and activist.
  • Zhang Zhen, 100, Chinese general.

    • 4

  • Geoffrey Bolton, 83, Australian historian.
  • Graham Brazier, 63, New Zealand musician and songwriter (Hello Sailor), heart attack.
  • Antonio Ciciliano, 82, Italian sailor, Olympic bronze medalist (1960).
  • Frédéric Comte, 39, French rally driver, car crash.
  • Jean Darling, 93, American silent film actress (Our Gang), radio personality and author.
  • Eldon Johnson, 85, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1977–1999), stroke.
  • Sylvie Joly, 80, French actress and comedian (Going Places, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), heart attack.
  • Rainer Kirsch, 81, German author and poet.
  • Max Kruse, 93, German novelist.
  • Sara Little Turnbull, 97, American product designer.
  • Claus Moser, Baron Moser, 92, German-born British statistician, stroke.
  • Warren Murphy, 81, American author (The Destroyer) and screenwriter (Lethal Weapon 2, The Eiger Sanction).
  • Rico Rodriguez, 80, Cuban-born British trombonist (The Specials).
  • Joel Rufino dos Santos, 74, Brazilian historian and writer.
  • Wilfred de Souza, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Goa (1993–1994, 1998).
  • Egon Sundberg, 104, Swedish footballer.
  • Duane Weiman, 69, Canadian politician, member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1982–1986).
  • Hal Willis, 82, Canadian country singer (The Lumberjack).
  • Jonathan Woolf, 54, British architect.
  • Cyril Zuma, 30, South African footballer, traffic collision.

    • 5

  • Ilja Bergh, 88, Danish pianist and composer.
  • Antonio Dalmonte, 96, Italian footballer (Juventus F.C., Atalanta B.C.).
  • Avery Dennis Sr., 86, American tribal politician and substance abuse counselor, Trustee of the Shinnecock Indian Nation.
  • Gene Elston, 93, American Major League Baseball broadcaster (Houston Astros).
  • Goh Eng Wah, 92, Malaysian-born Singaporean film distributor.
  • Dennis Greene, 66, American singer (Sha Na Na), actor, movie studio executive and law professor, esophageal cancer.
  • Peter D. Hannaford, 82, American public relations consultant.
  • Setsuko Hara, 95, Japanese actress, pneumonia.
  • Jacques Israelievitch, 67, French-born Canadian violinist.
  • Yotaro Kobayashi, 82, English-born Japanese businessman (Fuji Xerox), chronic empyema.
  • Alacid Nunes, 90, Brazilian politician, Governor of Pará (1966–1971, 1979–1983).
  • Aadesh Shrivastava, 51, Indian composer and singer, cancer.
  • Alan Steel, 79, Italian bodybuilder and actor (Samson, The Rebel Gladiators, Hercules Against the Moon Men).
  • Chester Stranczek, 85, American politician, Mayor of Crestwood, Illinois (1969–2007).
  • Fagaoalii Satele Sunia, 69, American Samoan literacy advocate, First Lady (1997–2003), stroke.
  • Peter Alfred Sutton, 80, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas (1986–2006).
  • RO Tambunan, 80, Indonesian lawyer.
  • Patricia Canning Todd, 93, American tennis player.
  • Ivan Voshchyna, 57, Ukrainian drummer.

    • 6

  • Beverly Daggett, 69, American politician, member (1996–2004) and President (2003–2004) of the Maine Senate, polycystic kidney disease.
  • Bastien Damiens, 20, French canoeist, European kayaking champion (2012), fall.
  • Richard E. Flathman, 81, American political theorist.
  • Rufus Hollis Gause, 90, American theologian.
  • Åke Hansson, 88, Swedish footballer (Malmö FF).
  • Jack Linn, 48, American football player.
  • Thor-Erik Lundby, 78, Norwegian ice hockey player.
  • Herbert Mayr, 72, Italian politician.
  • Ralph Milne, 54, Scottish footballer (Dundee United, Manchester United), liver disease.
  • Martin Milner, 83, American actor (Adam-12, Route 66, Sweet Smell of Success), heart failure.
  • Harald Norbelie, 70, Swedish writer and journalist, prostate cancer.
  • Fred Ohr, 96, American World War II flying ace.
  • Nelson Peery, 92, American political activist and author.
  • John Perreault, 78, American art critic and poet, complications from gastrointestinal surgery.
  • Allen Roberts, 92, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Barney Schultz, 89, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals).
  • Gaylord Shaw, 73, American journalist.
  • Calvin J. Spann, 90, American fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).
  • Vladislav Timakov, 24, Russian water polo player, heart attack.
  • Peter Walker, 65, British Royal Air Force officer, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (since 2011).
  • Petraq Zoto, 77, Albanian writer.

    • 7

  • Susan Allen, 64, American harpist, brain cancer.
  • Elena Arnedo, 74, Spanish gynecologist, writer and women's rights activist.
  • Cor Edskes, 90, Dutch organ builder and restorer.
  • Rebecca Shaw, Author.
  • Jorge Alberto Garramuño, 61, Argentine politician, Senator (since 2013).
  • Leon Gordis, 81, American epidemiologist.
  • George Guida, 93, American Olympic sprinter (1948).
  • Jane Hill, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Frankston (1982–1985) and Frankston North (1985–1992).
  • Dickie Moore, 89, American child actor (Our Gang, Sergeant York, Oliver Twist).
  • Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes, Mexican drug cartel leader (Los Zetas), heart attack.
  • Candida Royalle, 64, American Hall of Fame pornographic actress, producer and director, ovarian cancer.
  • Guillermo Rubalcaba, 88, Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer.
  • José María Ruiz Mateos, 84, Spanish businessman and politician.
  • Sowkoor Jayaprakash Shetty, 80, Indian politician.
  • Leonard Silverman, 84, American politician and judge.
  • Turdakun Usubalijev, 95, Kyrgyz Soviet politician.
  • Mitrasen Yadav, 81, Indian politician, convicted embezzler and pardoned double murderer.
  • Voula Zouboulaki, 90, Egyptian-born Greek actress.

    • 8

  • Merv Adelson, 85, American television producer, cancer.
  • Habil Aliyev, 88, Azerbaijani musician, heart and lung failure.
  • Joaquín Andújar, 62, Dominican baseball player (Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals), complications from diabetes.
  • Erlinda Cortes, 91, Filipino actress.
  • Willi Fuggerer, 73, German track cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).
  • Ebby Halliday, 104, American realtor and businesswoman.
  • Teri Harangozó, 72, Hungarian singer.
  • Basil H. Johnston, 86, Canadian writer.
  • Ferenc Kiss, 73, Hungarian wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (1972).
  • Andrew Kohut, 73, American political scientist, leukemia.
  • Bettina Le Beau, 83, Belgian-born British actress (Dr. No).
  • Peeter Luksep, 60, Swedish politician, MP (1991–1994).
  • Tyler Sash, 27, American football player (New York Giants), accidental drug overdose.
  • Carlo Schäfer, 51, German author.
  • Miroslav Josić Višnjić, 69, Serbian writer.
  • Smokey Wilson, 79, American blues guitarist.
  • Robert Wylie, 67, New Zealand cricketer.
  • Joost Zwagerman, 51, Dutch author, suicide.

    • 9

  • John Allen, 83, British Anglican priest, Provost of Wakefield (1982–1997).
  • Annemarie Bostroem, 93, German writer.
  • Lane Bray, 86, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1991–1995).
  • Gabriel Fragnière, 81, Swiss academic.
  • Green Desert, 32, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized.
  • Charles Hallac, 50, American businessman (BlackRock), colorectal cancer.
  • Leina'ala Kalama Heine, 75, American hula dancer.
  • Einar H. Ingman, Jr., 85, American Army Medal of Honor recipient (Korean War).
  • K. Kunaratnam, 81, Sri Lankan academic.
  • Fernando Di Laura Frattura, 83, Italian politician, President of Molise (1988–1990), member of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1994).
  • Jørgen Sonne, 89, Danish writer.

    • 10

  • Philip Amm, 51, South African cricketer.
  • John Connell, 91, American actor (Young Doctor Malone, Fail Safe, Family Business).
  • Norman Farberow, 97, American psychologist, pioneer of suicidology.
  • Adrian Frutiger, 87, Swiss type designer.
  • José María Gamazo, 86, Spanish politician.
  • Ihab Hassan, 89, Egyptian-born American literary theorist.
  • Franco Interlenghi, 83, Italian actor (I Vitelloni, I Vinti).
  • Antoine Lahad, 88, Lebanese military officer, leader of South Lebanon Army (1984–2000), heart attack.
  • Bengt Nyholm, 85, Swedish footballer.
  • Radim Palouš, 90, Czech dissident.
  • James E. Proctor, Jr., 79, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (since 1990).
  • Alberto Schommer, 87, Spanish photographer.
  • Colleen Waata Urlich, 75, New Zealand ceramicist.
  • Gert Wilden, 98, German film composer.

    • 11

  • Rezo Cheishvili, 82, Georgian writer.
  • Bárbara Gil, 85, Mexican actress (Seven Women).
  • Vernon Hauser, 87, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1970–1982).
  • Dennis Paul Hebert, 88, American politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Tangipahoa Parish (1972–1996).
  • Frederick Lucas, 81, English cricketer.
  • Roy Marble, 48, American basketball player (Iowa Hawkeyes, Atlanta Hawks, Denver Nuggets), lung cancer.
  • Marcelo Moren Brito, 80, Chilean agent of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, head of Villa Grimaldi, convicted of crimes against humanity (Caravan of Death), multisystem failure.
  • Knut Næss, 88, Norwegian football player and coach (Rosenborg BK).
  • Jaswant Singh Neki, 90, Indian academic and poet.
  • Lawrence S. Phillips, 88, American philanthropist.
  • Alan Purwin, 53, American helicopter pilot and aerial film operator (Transformers, Star Trek, Jurassic World), plane crash.
  • Kerry Simon, 60, American chef, multiple system atrophy.
  • Ray Smolover, 94, American opera director and hazzan.
  • Bruno Stutz, 77, Swiss clown.

    • 12

  • Deborah Asnis, 59, American infectious disease specialist, discovered the first cases of West Nile virus in the United States, breast cancer.
  • Max Beauvoir, 79, Haitian houngan and biochemist.
  • William J. Becker, 88, American theater critic and film distributor (Janus Films), complications of kidney failure.
  • Melvin Bernhardt, 84, American theater director, fall.
  • Claudia Card, 74, American philosopher, lung cancer.
  • Arrigo Delladio, 86, Italian Olympic cross-country skier (1952).
  • John Emerton, 87, British Hebraist, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University (1968–1995).
  • Frank D. Gilroy, 89, American playwright and screenwriter.
  • Malcolm Graham, 81, English footballer (Barnsley, Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers).
  • Kenneth Leech, 76, British Anglican priest and theologian, founded Centrepoint.
  • Maciek Malish, 53, Polish-born American sound editor (The X-Files, Lost, Starship Troopers), traffic collision.
  • Bill H. McAfee, 84, American radio (WCGA) and TV (WTVC) broadcaster and politician, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1976–2000).
  • Bryn Merrick, 56, Welsh bassist (The Damned), cancer.
  • Al Monchak, 98, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and coach (Pittsburgh Pirates).
  • Aronda Nyakairima, 56, Ugandan army officer and politician, Chief of Defence Forces (2003–2013), Minister of Internal Affairs (since 2013), heart attack.
  • Neil Rosendorff, 70, South African cricketer.
  • Salvo, 68, Italian artist.
  • Bernard Secly, 84, French horse trainer.
  • Ron Springett, 80, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday).

    • 13

  • Sir James Belich, 88, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Wellington (1986–1992).
  • Erma Bergmann, 91, American baseball player (AAGPBL) (1946–1951).
  • Brown Panther, 7, British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized after race injury.
  • Brian Close, 84, English cricketer (Yorkshire, Somerset, England).
  • Georges de Paris, 81, French-born American tailor.
  • Stanley Hoffmann, 86, Austrian-born French scholar.
  • Jane Jacobs, 91, American baseball player (AAGPBL).
  • Howie Johnson, 90, American golf player.
  • Betty Judge, 94, Australian runner and coach.
  • Betty Lago, 60, Brazilian actress, gallbladder cancer.
  • Moses Malone, 60, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets), atherosclerosis.
  • Barrie Meyer, 83, English footballer (Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Plymouth Argyle), cricket player (Gloucestershire) and umpire.
  • Raymond Mould, 74, British property developer and racehorse owner.
  • Ian Payne, 65, South African cricketer.
  • Gord Pennell, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Buffalo Bisons).
  • Jay Scott Pike, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator.
  • Gary Richrath, 65, American guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon).
  • Kalamandalam Satyabhama, 77, Indian dancer.
  • Carl Emil Schorske, 100, American cultural historian, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction (1981).
  • Ted Smith, 95, British nature conservationist.
  • Vivinho, 54, Brazilian footballer (Vasco).

    • 14

  • Davey Browne, 28, Australian boxer, head injuries sustained in a bout.
  • Fred DeLuca, 67, American businessman, co-founder of Subway, leukemia.
  • Indika Gunawardena, 72, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Higher Education.
  • Martin Kearns, 38, British drummer (Bolt Thrower).
  • Bob Ledger, 77, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic, Mansfield Town).
  • Steve Meilinger, 84, American football player (Washington Redskins, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers).
  • György Mészáros, 82, Hungarian sprint canoeist.
  • Mile Novaković, 65, Serbian major general, Commander of the Republic of Serbian Krajina Army (1992–1994).
  • Hugh O'Neil, 79, Canadian politician, MPP of Ontario (1975–1995)
  • Adam Purple, 84, American environmental activist, heart attack.
  • Willy O. Rossel, 94, Swiss-born American chef.
  • Paweł Sobek, 85, Polish international footballer.
  • Corneliu Vadim Tudor, 65, Romanian politician, Member of the European Parliament (2009–2014), journalist and editor (România Liberă, AGERPRES), heart attack.
  • Keith Remfry, 67, British judoka, Olympic silver medallist (1976).
  • Ali Wardhana, 87, Indonesian economist, Minister of Finance (1966–1983), Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs (1983–1988).

    • 15

  • Harry J. Lipkin, 94, Israeli nuclear physicist.
  • Cor Melchers, 61, Dutch painter, legionnaires' disease.
  • José María Ortiz de Mendíbil, 89, Spanish football referee.
  • Meir Pa'il, 89, Israeli politician and military historian, member of the Knesset (1974–1980), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
  • Tomas Pontén, 69, Swedish actor and director.
  • Tommy Thompson, 86, English footballer (Aston Villa, Preston North End).
  • Ian Uttley, 73, New Zealand rugby union player (Auckland, Wellington, Hawke's Bay, national team), traffic collision.
  • Bernard Van de Kerckhove, 74, Belgian racing cyclist.
  • Mihai Volontir, 81, Moldovan actor (In the Zone of Special Attention).
  • Randy Wiles, 64, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox), cancer.

    • 16

  • Christophe Agou, 46, French photographer, cancer.
  • David Ashby, 65, British motorcycle speedway rider, cancer.
  • Guy Béart, 85, French singer-songwriter, heart attack.
  • Julio Brady, 73, U.S. Virgin Islander judge and politician, Lieutenant Governor (1983–1987).
  • Bob Cleary, 79, American ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1960).
  • David Cook, 74, British broadcaster and writer.
  • Overton James, 90, American educator and politician, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation (1963–1987).
  • Peggy Jones, 75, American guitarist (Bo Diddley).
  • Abolghasem Khazali, 90, Iranian politician and Shi'i ayatollah, coauthor of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  • Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, 89, Scottish physician and life peer.
  • Emma Wong Mar, 89, American political activist.
  • Ossi Mildh, 85, Finnish hurdler.
  • Peter Molan, 71, Welsh-born New Zealand biochemist, cancer.
  • Kevin Anthony Morais, 55, Malaysian public prosecutor.
  • W. H. Oliver, 90, New Zealand historian and poet.
  • Kurt Oppelt, 83, Austrian figure skater, Olympic champion (1956).
  • Niall O'Shaughnessy, 59, Irish middle distance runner.
  • Joe Morrone, 79, American soccer coach (Connecticut Huskies).
  • Ton van de Ven, 71, Dutch industrial designer.
  • Allan Wright, 95, British World War II flying ace.

    • 17

  • Ingrīda Andriņa, 71, Latvian stage and film actress.
  • Peter Barrable, 72, South African cricketer.
  • Stojan Batič, 90, Slovene sculptor.
  • Valeria Cappellotto, 45, Italian Olympic racing cyclist (1992, 2000).
  • Tom Cichowski, 71, American football player.
  • Eddie Connolly, 29, Irish hurler (Tipperary), brain cancer.
  • Dettmar Cramer, 90, German football manager (Bayern Munich).
  • Bobby Etheridge, 73, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
  • Milo Hamilton, 88, American Hall of Fame sportscaster (Houston Astros).
  • Sir Peter Heatly, 91, Scottish diver, chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation.
  • Danilo Jovanovitch, 96, Australian poet and actor.
  • Vadim Kuzmin, 78, Russian theoretical physicist.
  • Joe Maiden, 74, British horticulturist, prostate cancer.
  • Carlos Manga, 87, Brazilian film director.
  • D. M. Marshman Jr., 92, American screenwriter (Sunset Boulevard).
  • Bal Pandit, 86, Indian cricket player and commentator.
  • Everett Parker, 102, American civil rights activist.
  • Mikhail Remizov, 66, Russian actor.
  • Nelo Risi, 95, Italian poet and film director (A Season in Hell).
  • Bruno Tommasi, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Lucca (1991–2005).
  • Sir David Willcocks, 95, British choirmaster, director of music at Choir of King's College, Cambridge.
  • Eraclio Zepeda, 78, Mexican author and politician.

    • 18

  • Nancy Bernstein, 55, American visual effects and film producer (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, X-Men), colorectal cancer.
  • Eduardo Bonvallet, 60, Chilean footballer (Universidad de Chile, national team) and commentator, suicide by hanging.
  • James R. Houck, 74, American astrophysicist.
  • John A. Jane, 84, American neurosurgeon.
  • Moe Mantha, Sr., 81, Canadian ice hockey player and politician, MP (1984–1988).
  • Mario Menéndez, 85, Argentine military officer, Military Governor of the Falkland Islands (1982).
  • William E. Paul, 79, American immunologist and AIDS researcher, acute myeloid leukemia.
  • Jim Ross, 87, Australian football player (St Kilda).
  • Czesław Ryll-Nardzewski, 88, Polish mathematician.
  • Freddy Ternero, 53, Peruvian football player and manager, kidney cancer.
  • Marcin Wrona, 42, Polish film and television director (Demon, Medics), suicide by hanging.

    • 19

  • Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, 33, Emirati prince, businessman and endurance runner, heart attack.
  • Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, 99, Nigerian businesswoman and politician.
  • Enrique Ballesté, 68, Mexican theatre director.
  • James Rodger Brandon, 88, American academic.
  • Mishael Cheshin, 79, Israeli judge, member of the Supreme Court (1992–2006), cancer.
  • Jackie Collins, 77, British-American novelist, breast cancer.
  • Georg Eder, 87, Austrian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Salzburg (1989–2002).
  • Todd Ewen, 49, Canadian ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim), suicide by gunshot to head.
  • Miki Gorman, 80, Japanese-born American marathon runner, cancer.
  • Ismael Kiram II, 76, Philippine sultan, Regent of Sulu (since 2001), kidney failure.
  • Bill Larson, 77, American football player (Boston Patriots).
  • Alan Magill, 61, American medical researcher.
  • Winton W. Marshall, 96, American air force lieutenant general.
  • Brian Sewell, 84, British art critic.
  • Masajuro Shiokawa, 93, Japanese politician, Minister of Finance (2001–2003), pneumonia.
  • Herschel Silverman, 89, American Beat poet.
  • Walter Young, 35, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles), heart attack.

    • 20

  • Carmen Balcells, 85, Spanish literary agent.
  • Dorothy Butler, 90, New Zealand children's author, bookseller and reading advocate.
  • Mario Caiano, 82, Italian film director (My Name Is Shanghai Joe, The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules).
  • Jagmohan Dalmiya, 75, Indian cricket official, President of International Cricket Council (1997–2000) and Board of Control for Cricket in India (2001–2004), cardiac arrest.
  • Giovanni De Vivo, 75, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pescia (since 1993).
  • Siegfried Gottwald, 72, German mathematician.
  • Joseph Iannuzzi, 84, American mobster and FBI informant, bone cancer.
  • Jack Larson, 87, American playwright and actor (Adventures of Superman).
  • Geoffrey Lilley, 95, British aeronautical scientist.
  • John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, 92, British aristocrat, Lord Lieutenant of Devon (1982–1998).
  • Franz Surges, 57, German composer and musician.
  • Radhika Thilak, 45, Indian singer, cancer.
  • C. K. Williams, 78, American poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2000), multiple myeloma.

    • 21

  • Ben Cauley, 67, American trumpet player and singer (The Bar-Kays).
  • Juliet Clutton-Brock, 82, English zooarchaeologist.
  • Honey Lee Cottrell, 68, American photographer and filmmaker.
  • N. Patrick Crooks, 77, American judge, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice (since 1996).
  • Victor Démé, 53, Burkinabe singer-songwriter.
  • Ivan Dvorny, 63, Russian basketball player, Olympic champion (1972), lung cancer.
  • Abdulcadir Gabeire Farah, 59–60, Somali-born Polish social activist and historian, candidate for President of Somalia in 2016, bombing.
  • Raphael Michael Fliss, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Superior (1985–2007).
  • Esther Golar, 71, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (since 2006), cancer.
  • Yoram Gross, 88, Polish-born Australian animation producer and director (The Adventures of Blinky Bill).
  • Vasily Ilyin, 66, Russian Soviet handball player, Olympic champion (1976).
  • Kenneth L. Johnson, 90, British engineer.
  • Armen Movsisyan, 53, Armenian politician, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (2001–2014), cancer.
  • Costas Papacostas, 75, Cypriot politician, Minister of Defence (2008–2011).
  • Leon Root, 86, American orthopedic surgeon and author, complications of a low blood count.
  • Robert E. Simon, 101, American real estate entrepreneur.
  • Ray Warleigh, 76, Australian-born British saxophonist and flautist, cancer.
  • Richard Williamson, 74, American football player (Alabama Crimson Tide) and coach (Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Carolina Panthers).

    • 22

  • Yogi Berra, 90, American Hall of Fame baseball player and manager (New York Yankees, New York Mets), member of 13 World Series championship teams.
  • Richard Dickson Cudahy, 89, American federal judge.
  • Elizabeth Fink, 70, American defense attorney.
  • Nana Gichuru, 28, Kenyan actress, traffic collision.
  • Asako Kishi, 91, Japanese cookery journalist.
  • Joe LeSage, 86, American lawyer and politician, member of the Louisiana State Senate (1968–1972)
  • John J. McNeill, 90, American Jesuit priest and gay rights activist.
  • Ali Salem, 79, Egyptian writer.
  • James David Santini, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Nevada at-large (1975–1983), esophageal cancer.
  • Al Seckel, 57, American optical illusion collector and sceptic. (death announced on this date)
  • Richard G. Scott, 86, American cleric, Mormon apostle.
  • Phyllis Tickle, 81, American religious studies author and lector, lung cancer.
  • Derek Ware, 77, British stuntman and actor (Doctor Who, The Italian Job), cancer.
  • Mokhtar Yahyaoui, 63, Tunisian judge.

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  • Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, 75, Spanish actor (Solas).
  • Tor Arneberg, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1952).
  • Adnan Buyung Nasution, 81, Indonesian lawyer and human rights activist, kidney failure.
  • Jean-Marie Drot, 86, French writer and documentary filmmaker.
  • Mike Gibson, 75, Australian sports journalist and broadcaster, suicide.
  • Dragan Holcer, 70, Croatian footballer (Hajduk Split).
  • Aleksandr Kolpovski, 62, Russian Soviet footballer (CSKA).
  • Dayananda Saraswati, 85, Indian Hindu monk and teacher (Arsha Vidya Gurukulam).
  • Denis Sonet, 89, French Roman Catholic priest and marriage counselor.

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  • Mohan Bhandari, Indian actor, brain tumour.
  • Paul Carney, 72, Irish judge, High Court judge (1991–2015).
  • Uğur Dağdelen, 41, Turkish footballer, suicide by gunshot to head.
  • Chuck Forsberg, 71, American computer programmer.
  • Kikujirō Fukushima, 94, Japanese photographer, stroke.
  • Assad Murtaza Gilani, 47, Pakistani politician, Member of National Assembly (2002–2008), Hajj stampede.
  • William W. Gullett, 92, American politician.
  • Michael Howard, 67, British pagan author and editor (The Cauldron).
  • Ellis Kaut, 94, German author (Pumuckl).
  • Naomi Kawashima, 54, Japanese actress, bile duct cancer.
  • Celina Kombani, 56, Tanzanian politician.
  • Eiji Maruyama, 84, Japanese voice actor.
  • Alan Moore, 101, Australian war artist.
  • Patrick O'Donnell, 75, Canadian general, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff (1993–1995).
  • Hugo St-Cyr, 36, Canadian actor (Watatatow, October 1970), bone cancer.
  • samfree, 31, Japanese musician and producer.
  • Peter P. Sorokin, 84, American physicist.
  • Harold Stapleton, 100, Australian cricketer (New South Wales).
  • Ed Sukla, 72, American baseball player (California Angels), osteosarcoma.
  • Bilkisu Yusuf, 62, Nigerian journalist and editor, Mina stampede.
  • Wang Zhongshu, 89, Chinese archaeologist.

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  • Carlos Anibal Altamirano Argüello, 73, Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Azogues (since 2004).
  • Claudio Baggini, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vigevano (2000–2011).
  • Bill Bridges, 76, American basketball player (Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors).
  • Dino Brugioni, 93, American imagery intelligence analyst.
  • Bill Crawford, 79, American politician, member of Indiana House of Representatives (1972–2012).
  • Hassan Danesh, 29, Iranian Qari, Mina stampede.
  • Pat Dunne, 72, Irish football player and manager.
  • John Galvin, 86, American army general, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1987–1992).
  • Tommie Green, 59, American basketball player (New Orleans Jazz) and college coach (Southern University).
  • Terje Gulbrandsen, 70, Norwegian footballer (Skeid, Vålerenga).
  • Christopher Jackson, 67, Canadian musician, lung cancer.
  • Henry Jacobs, 91, American sound artist and radio presenter.
  • Tom Kelley, 71, American Major League Baseball player (Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves).
  • Moti Kirschenbaum, 76, Israeli journalist and media personality.
  • Jim Meadowcroft, 68, English snooker player and commentator.
  • Manuel Oltra, 93, Spanish composer, pneumonia.
  • Carol Rama, 97, Italian painter.
  • Hugo Gutiérrez Vega, 81, Mexican poet, diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Greece (1987–1994).
  • Morten Krogh, 67, Norwegian Olympic fencer (1972).
  • David Watt, 98, Australian cricketer.
  • Joe Wilson, 78, English footballer (Workington Reds, Wolverhampton Wanderers).
  • Zabeel, 28, New Zealand racehorse, leading sire in Australia (1998–1999) and New Zealand (1998–2001), namesake of the Zabeel Classic.

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  • Jamal al Barzinji, 75, Iraqi-born American Muslim activist.
  • Eugene D. Commins, 83, American physicist.
  • Tino García, 80, Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican actor, bone cancer.
  • Roy Kelly, 90, Canadian ice hockey player.
  • Kazuaki Kimura, 69, Japanese academic.
  • Hopingstone Lyngdoh, 86, Indian politician.
  • Sidney Phillips, 91, American Marine (1941–1945), physician and author.
  • Paul Reed, 96, American artist.
  • Fred Ridgway, 92, English cricketer (Kent, England).
  • Homa Rousta, 71, Iranian actress, cancer.
  • Ana Seneviratne, 88, Sri Lankan diplomat and Inspector General of Police.

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  • Syed Ahmed, 73, Indian politician, Governor of Jharkhand (2011–2015) and Manipur (2015), cancer.
  • Howard A. Anderson, Jr., 95, American visual effects artist (Star Trek: The Original Series, Tobruk) and title designer (The Brady Bunch).
  • Odd Blomdal, 88, Norwegian judge and civil servant.
  • Roland Collins, 97, English painter.
  • Norm Defelice, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins).
  • Wilton Felder, 75, American saxophonist (The Crusaders) and session bassist (Motown).
  • John Guillermin, 89, British film director and producer (The Towering Inferno, King Kong, Shaft in Africa), heart attack.
  • In Style, 20, Canadian show jumping horse, euthanized.
  • Pietro Ingrao, 100, Italian politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1976–1979), journalist and partisan.
  • Hugh Jackson, 75, Irish golfer.
  • Denise Lor, 86, American singer ("If I Give My Heart to You") and actress.
  • Kallen Pokkudan, 78, Indian environmental activist and writer.
  • Richard Rainwater, 71, American investor.
  • Torgeir Stensrud, 66, Norwegian businessman, cancer.
  • Fred Stickel, 93, American newspaper publisher (The Oregonian).
  • Frank Tyson, 85, English cricketer (Northamptonshire, England), journalist and commentator.

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  • Sir Peter Abbott, 73, British admiral, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (1997–2001), cancer.
  • Frank Martinus Arion, 78, Dutch Antillean author.
  • Siert Bruins, 94, Dutch war criminal.
  • Michael Burgess, 70, Canadian tenor, skin cancer.
  • Claudia Bär, 35, German slalom canoer, European champion (2008, 2011), leukemia.
  • Martin Colfer, Irish international footballer. (death announced on this date)
  • Catherine E. Coulson, 71, American actress and production assistant (Twin Peaks, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Eraserhead), cancer.
  • Louis Armand Desrochers, 87, Canadian lawyer and academic.
  • Carlos Diaz, 57, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets).
  • Alexander Faris, 94, Northern Irish composer.
  • Frankie Ford, 76, American singer ("Sea Cruise").
  • Valerie Ganz, 79, Welsh painter.
  • Sjur Hopperstad, 84, Norwegian politician, county mayor of Sogn og Fjordane. (death announced on this date)
  • Walter Dale Miller, 89, American politician, Governor of South Dakota (1993–1995).
  • Karsten Schwan, 63, American computer scientist, cancer.
  • Ignacio Zoco, 76, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).

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  • Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 83, Saudi Arabian prince, director of General Intelligence Directorate (2001–2005).
  • Sorin Avram, 72, Romanian Olympic football player (1964) and coach (Bacău).
  • Al Benecick, 78, American football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders).
  • Claude Dubar, 69, French sociologist.
  • Mauro Ferri, 95, Italian politician.
  • Gillian Gear, 72, English historian and archivist (Barnet Museum).
  • Benjamin Hutto, 67, American organist, choirmaster and academic.
  • Susumu Ito, 96, American cell biologist and WW2 veteran (442nd Regiment).
  • Ram Kapse, 81, Indian politician, Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2004–2006).
  • Hellmuth Karasek, 81, German literary critic and journalist (Der Spiegel).
  • William Kerslake, 85, American NASA engineer and wrestler.
  • Gilles Mayer, 86, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).
  • Sybil C. Mobley, 89, American academic.
  • Gamaliel Onosode, 82, Nigerian businessman and politician.
  • Burton Raffel, 87, American literary translator and writer.
  • Soaring Softly, 20, American racehorse, paddock accident.
  • Jean Ter-Merguerian, 79, French violinist.
  • Pat Woodell, 71, American actress (Petticoat Junction), cancer.
  • Phil Woods, 83, American saxophonist ("Just the Way You Are"), emphysema.

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  • Guido Altarelli, 74, Italian theoretical physicist.
  • Pierre de Bellefeuille, 92, Canadian politician.
  • Caio César, 27, Brazilian voice actor (Harry Potter) and policeman, shot.
  • Claude Dauphin, 64, French business executive, co-founder and CEO of Trafigura, cancer.
  • Morris E. Fine, 97, American scientist.
  • Kelly Gissendaner, 47, American convicted malice murderer, executed by lethal injection.
  • Antje Huber, 91, German politician, Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health (1976–1982).
  • Göran Hägg, 68, Swedish writer and literary critic, heart attack.
  • Svein B. Manum, 89, Norwegian botanist.
  • Eric Martin, 90, English cricketer.
  • Robert M. Polich, Sr., 94, American World War II bomber pilot.
  • Donald Seawell, 103, American theater producer and newspaper publisher.
  • Alfred Schickel, 82, German historian.
  • Rick Talan, 54, Dutch footballer (AZ, Vitesse Arnhem), brain cancer.
  • Ian Thwaites, 72, English cricketer.

    • References

    Deaths in September 2015 Wikipedia
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