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

September 2015

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Bouteldja Belkacem Bouteldja Belkacem (5 April 1947 – 1 September 2015 in Oran) was an Algerian raï songwriter, lyricist and composer. Biography Bouteldja Belkacem grew up in the El Hamri neighborhood of Oran in Algeria. He is considered a pillar of modern ra� ...

, 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 Eric Harris Davidson (April 13, 1937 – September 1, 2015) was an American developmental biologist at the California Institute of Technology. Davidson was best known for his pioneering work on the role of gene regulation in evolution, on embryon ...

, 78, American biologist, heart attack. * Antonio Deinde Fernandez, 79, Nigerian diplomat. *

Richard G. Hewlett Richard Greening Hewlett (February 12, 1923 – September 1, 2015) was an American public historian best known for his work as the Chief Historian of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Biography Hewlett was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 192 ...

, 92, American public historian. * Don Holder, 86, American Olympic gymnast. * Dean Jones, 84, American actor ('' The Love Bug'', ''

Company A company, abbreviated as co., is a Legal personality, legal entity representing an association of people, whether Natural person, natural, Legal person, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common p ...

'', '' Beethoven''), Parkinson's disease. * Ben Kuroki, 98, American bomber crewman. * Jiří Louda, 94, Czech heraldist, designer of the current

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. * Hanna Mierzejewska, 65, Polish politician. *

Takuma Nakahira was a Japanese photographer, critic, and theorist. He was a member of the seminal photography collective ''Provoke (magazine), Provoke'', played a central role in developing the theorization of landscape discourse (''fūkei-ron''), and was one of t ...

, 77, Japanese photographer. * Antonio Nirta, 96, Italian organized crime boss (

'Ndrangheta The 'Ndrangheta (, , ) is a prominent Italian Mafia-type organized crime syndicate and secret society, criminal society based in the peninsular and mountainous region of Calabria and dating back to the late 18th century. It is considered one of ...

San Luca). *

Abdul Hafeez Pirzada Abdul Hafeez Pirzada ( ur, ; 24 February 1935 – 1 September 2015) was a Pakistani lawyer, legal theorist, and politician, who served variously as minister for information, minister for law, minister for finance, and minister for education ...

, 80, Pakistani politician and lawyer. *

Will Provine William Ball Provine (February 19, 1942 – September 1, 2015) was an American historian of science and of evolutionary biology and population genetics. He was the Andrew H. and James S. Tisch Distinguished University Professor at Cornell Universit ...

, 73, American science historian, brain tumor. * Robert Ravenstahl, 90, American politician, member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

(1975–1978). * Aleksandar Stipčević, 84, Croatian historian of the Illyrians. *

Jacek Wierzchowiecki Jacek Wierzchowiecki (30 March 1944 – 1 September 2015) was a Polish equestrian. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 198 ...

, 71, Polish Olympic equestrian.

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* John E. Boland, 78, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1971–1973). *

Suheil Bushrui Suheil Badi Bushrui (September 14, 1929 – September 2, 2015) was a professor, author, poet, critic, translator, and peace maker. He was a prominent scholar in regard to the life and works of the Lebanese-American author and poet Kahlil Gibran. ...

, 85, Lebanese academic. *

Lindsay Collins Lindsay Collins may refer to: * Lindsay Collins (geologist) * Lindsay Collins (rugby league) Lindsay Collins (born 17 April 1996) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugb ...

, 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 Henry Gleitman (January 4, 1925 – September 2, 2015) was a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Personal life Gleitman obtained both his bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology: the bachelor's degree from the City Co ...

, 90, German-born American psychologist. *

Charles Gyamfi Charles Kumi Gyamfi (4 December 1929 – 2 September 2015) was a Ghanaian footballer and coach, who as a player became the first African to play in Germany when he joined Fortuna Düsseldorf in 1960, and later became the first coach to lead the ...

, 85, Ghanaian football player ( Fortuna Düsseldorf) and coach ( national team). *

Stan Kane Stanley Paris Rutherford "Stan" Kane (11 May 1929 – 2 September 2015) was a Scottish actor, singer and painter who was best known for his role as the menacing villain Jim in David Winning's first feature film ''Storm''. Kane spent several year ...

, 86, Scottish actor ('' Storm''). * Piero Livi, 90, Italian film director. *

Aleksander Mandziara Aleksander Mandziara (born Alfons Mandziara), (16 August 1940 – 2 September 2015) was a Polish football player and coach. Playing career Aleksander Mandziara played for ŁTS Łabędy, Flota Gdynia, Szombierki Bytom, NAC Breda NAC Breda ( ...

, 75, Polish football player and coach. *

Stewart McCrae Stewart McCrae (1919 – 5 June 2008) was an Australian cartoonist who contributed to the ''Brisbane Courier Mail'' newspaper and bulletin. For the ''Argus'' (Melbourne) he published the cartoon ''Nicky & Graham''.Legislative Assembly of Alberta (1973–1982). *

Manos Nathan Manos Ross Nathan (20 December 1948 – 2 September 2015) was a New Zealand ceramicist. Born in Rawene, Hokianga, to Eruera and Katina (née Toraki) Nathan, he was of Māori (Te Roroa, Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi) descent on his father's side and Gr ...

, 67, New Zealand artist, leukaemia. *

Giuseppe Petitto Giuseppe Petitto (11 July 1969 – 2 September 2015) was an Italian film director. Career Born in Catanzaro, Petitto was a graduate of the National Film School in Rome, Italy (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia), also holding a bachelor's degree ...

, 46, Italian film director. *

Brianna Lea Pruett Brianna Lea Pruett (January 18, 1983 – September 2, 2015) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, painter, poet and filmmaker. Early life and family Brianna Lea Pruett was born in Sacramento, California. Her family lived at a Northern Ca ...

, 32, American singer and songwriter, suicide. *

William Arbuckle Reid William Arbuckle "Bill" Reid (1933 – 2 September 2015) was a British curriculum theorist. Born in Gloucestershire, Reid obtained his BA degree in languages from Cambridge University, after which he taught in English high schools. He went on to ...

, 82, British curriculum theorist. * Simo Salminen, 82, Finnish comic actor.

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Wayne D. Bennett Wayne Dresden Bennett (November 7, 1927 – September 3, 2015) was an American politician in the state of Iowa. Bennett was born in Schaller, Iowa. He attended Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State ...

, 87, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives (1973–1993) and

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

(1993–1997). *

Gabrielle Burton Gabrielle Burton (born Gabrielle Diane Bridget Baker; August 21, 1939 – September 3, 2015) was an American feminist novelist and screenwriter. Biography She was born in Lansing, Michigan to Clifford and Helen (née Dailey) Baker. She attended ...

, 76, American novelist, pancreatic cancer. * Sir Adrian Cadbury, 86, British businessman and rower, chairman of

Cadbury Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company fully owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mar ...

. * 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 Harold Drasdo (21 February 1930 – 3 September 2015) was an English rock climber, writer and educationalist. Early life Drasdo was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. He began rock climbing just after World War II and became a founding member ...

, 85, English rock climber and writer. * Giltedge, 29, Irish-born American eventing horse. *

Dan Eley Daniel Douglas Eley OBE, FRS (1 October 1914 – 3 September 2015) was a British chemist and Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. He is known for the Eley–Rideal mechanism in surface chemistry. Biography Eley obt ...

, 100, British chemist ( Eley-Rideal mechanism). *

Claude Flahault Claude Flahault (9 July 1923 – 3 September 2015) was a French sailor. He competed in the 12 m2 Sharpie event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an inte ...

, 92, French Olympic sailor. * Leon Gorman, 80, American businessman, President (1967–2001) and chairman (2001–2013) of L.L.Bean, cancer. *

Ken Horne Kenneth William Horne (25 June 1926 – 3 September 2015) was an English professional footballer and coach, best remembered for his 11 years in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made over 220 appearances. He was inducted into the c ...

, 89, English footballer (

Brentford Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings whi ...

). * Carter Lay, 44, American businessman and philanthropist, heir to Frito-Lay. * Leland McPhie, 101, American masters athlete. *

John Noah John Michael Noah (November 21, 1927 – September 3, 2015) was an American ice hockey player. He won a silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. Noah, originally from Crookston, Minn., played at UND from 1947 through 1951 and earned All-America ...

, 87, American ice hockey player, Olympic silver medalist (

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

), Alzheimer's disease. *

Jean-Luc Préel Jean-Luc Préel (30 October 1940 – 3 September 2015) was a member of the National Assembly of France. He represented the Vendée department, and was a member of the New Centre The Centrists (french: Les Centristes, LC), formerly know ...

, 74, French politician, member of the

French National Assembly The National Assembly (french: link=no, italics=set, Assemblée nationale; ) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (). The National Assembly's legislators are known a ...

for Vendée (1988–2012). *

Andrew Sibley Andrew John Sibley (9 July 1933 – 3 September 2015) was an English-born Australian artist. Sibley has been the subject of three books and is commonly listed in histories and encyclopedias of Australian art as a significant figurative paint ...

, 81, Australian painter. * Daniel Thompson, 94, Canadian-born American inventor, creator of the automatic bagel maker and the folding ping pong table. *

Yevgeny Ukhnalyov Yevgeny Ilyich Ukhnalyov (russian: link=no, Евгений Ильич Ухналёв; 4 September 1931 – 3 September 2015) was a Russian artist. He was a founding member of the Russian ''Guild of Heraldic Artists'' and the creator of many state ...

, 83, Russian artist, co-creator of the current

coat of arms of Russia The coat of arms of Russia derives from the earlier coat of arms of the Russian Empire which was abolished with the Russian Revolution in 1917. Though modified more than once since the reign of Ivan III (1462–1505), the current coat of arms i ...

. * John Waller, 91, British Anglican prelate,

Bishop of Stafford The Bishop of Stafford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire. The Bis ...

(1979–1987). * Binny Yanga, 57, Indian social worker and activist. * Zhang Zhen, 100, Chinese general.

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* 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 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

). * Frédéric Comte, 39, French rally driver, car crash. * Jean Darling, 93, American silent film actress (''

Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, also the ...

''), radio personality and author. *

Eldon Johnson Eldon Quinn Johnson (August 16, 1930 – September 4, 2015) was an American politician who was a Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives. He was appointed in September 1977 to fill the House District 51 seat vacated by Repres ...

, 85, American politician, member of the

Oregon House of Representatives The Oregon House of Representatives is the lower house of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. There are 60 members of the House, representing 60 districts across the state, each with a population of 65,000. The House meets in the west wing of the ...

(1977–1999), stroke. *

Sylvie Joly Sylvie Joly (18 October 1934 – 4 September 2015) was a French actress and comedian. She was best known for her roles in the films '' Going Places'' (1974) and ''Get Out Your Handkerchiefs'' (1978). Personal life Joly was born in Paris. She ...

, 80, French actress and comedian ('' Going Places, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs''), heart attack. * Rainer Kirsch, 81, German author and poet. *

Max Kruse Max Bennet Kruse (; born 19 March 1988) is a German professional footballer who last played as a forward for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Germany national team. Early years Kruse was born in Reinbek, Kreis Stormarn, Schleswig-Holste ...

, 93, German novelist. *

Sara Little Turnbull Sara Little Turnbull (née Finkelstein; September 21, 1917 – September 3, 2015) was an American product designer, design innovator and educator. She advised corporate America on product design from 1935 – 2005, and has been described as "corp ...

, 97, American product designer. *

Claus Moser, Baron Moser Claus Adolf Moser, Baron Moser, (24 November 1922 – 4 September 2015) was a British statistician who made major contributions in both academia and the Civil Service. He prided himself rather on being a non-mathematical statistician, and said t ...

, 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 Joel Rufino dos Santos (1941 – 4 September 2015) was a Brazilian writer and historian. He was born in 1941 in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same nam ...

, 74, Brazilian historian and writer. *

Wilfred de Souza Wilfred de Souza (23 April 1927 – 4 September 2015) was a surgeon and politician from Goa, India. He served as Goa's first Deputy Chief Minister of Goa and chief minister on three occasions when he was a member of the Indian National ...

, 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 Cyril Zuma (14 February 1985 – 4 September 2015) was a South African football midfielder who played for seven clubs in a seven-year career and captained the under-23 national team, then led by Steve Komphela. Zuma died in September 2015, aft ...

, 30, South African footballer, traffic collision.

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* 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 The Shinnecock Indian Nation is a federally recognized tribe of historically Algonquian-speaking Native Americans based at the eastern end of Long Island, New York. This tribe is headquartered in Suffolk County, on the southeastern shore. Sin ...

. * Gene Elston, 93, American Major League Baseball broadcaster (

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

). *

Goh Eng Wah Goh Eng Wah (1923 – 5 September 2015) was a film distributor, and one of the pioneers in Singapore's cinema industry. He founded WE Cinemas, Eng Wah Global Pte Ltd, a cinema operator specialising in Chinese movies imported from Hong Kong and ...

, 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 Peter Dor Hannaford (September 21, 1932 – September 5, 2015) was an American business consultant and author who was a political consultant to California Governor and U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Background A native of Glendale, California, ...

, 82, American public relations consultant. * Setsuko Hara, 95, Japanese actress, pneumonia. *

Jacques Israelievitch Jacques Israelievitch, CM (May 6, 1948 – September 5, 2015) was a French violinist, and one of Canada's foremost chamber musicians. Born in Cannes, France, at 11 years old he was the youngest graduate in the history of the Le Mans Conservatory. ...

, 67, French-born Canadian violinist. *

Yotaro Kobayashi Yotaro Kobayashi was a British-born Japanese executive who was chairman of the Fuji Xerox company, a joint venture between Fujifilm (75%) and Xerox (25%). He served as Pacific Asia chairman of the Trilateral Commission. He was educated at Keio U ...

, 82, English-born Japanese businessman ( Fuji Xerox), chronic empyema. *

Alacid Nunes Alacid da Silva Nunes (25 November 1924 – 5 September 2015) was a Brazilian politician and retired military commander and colonel. Nunes served as the Governor of the Brazilian state of Pará for two nonconsecutive tenures: 1966 to 1971 and f ...

, 90, Brazilian politician, Governor of Pará (1966–1971, 1979–1983). * Aadesh Shrivastava, 51, Indian composer and singer, cancer. *

Alan Steel Sergio Ciani (7 September 1931 – 5 September 2015), best known as Alan Steel, was an Italian bodybuilder and actor. Born in Rome, Ciani started his career as a stuntman; then he became the body double for Steve Reeves in ''Hercules Unchained'' ...

, 79, Italian bodybuilder and actor ('' Samson'', '' The Rebel Gladiators'', ''

Hercules Against the Moon Men ''Hercules Against the Moon Men'' ( it, Maciste e la regina di Samar, "Maciste and the Queen of Samar") is a 1964 Franco-Italian international co-production sword and sandal film. It was directed by Giacomo Gentilomo in his final film and stars Al ...

''). *

Chester Stranczek Chester K. Stranczek (November 19, 1929 – September 5, 2015) was an American businessman, politician, and former Minor League Baseball player who was the mayor of Crestwood, Illinois, for 39 years, from 1969 to 2007. He drew national attentio ...

, 85, American politician, Mayor of Crestwood, Illinois (1969–2007). * Fagaoalii Satele Sunia, 69, American Samoan literacy advocate,

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(1997–2003), stroke. * Peter Alfred Sutton, 80, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Keewatin–Le Pas (1986–2006). *

RO Tambunan Robert Odjahan Tambunan (24 July 1935 – 5 September 2015), known as RO Tambunan, was an Indonesian lawyer veteran and politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle. Born in North Tapanuli, North Sumatra, Tambunan became famous when ...

, 80, Indonesian lawyer. *

Patricia Canning Todd Patricia Canning Todd (born Mary Patricia Canning, July 22, 1922 – September 5, 2015) was an American tennis player who had her best results just after World War II. In 1947 and 1948, she won a total of four Grand Slam championships: one in sin ...

, 93, American tennis player. * Ivan Voshchyna, 57, Ukrainian drummer.

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Beverly Daggett Beverly Estelle Daggett (née Clark; September 9, 1945September 6, 2015) was a Maine politician. Daggett, a Democrat, represented the state capital Augusta in the Maine House of Representatives for five terms (1986–1996) before being elected ...

, 69, American politician, member (1996–2004) and President (2003–2004) of the Maine Senate, polycystic kidney disease. * Bastien Damiens, 20, French canoeist, European

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champion (

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), fall. *

Richard E. Flathman Richard E. Flathman (August 6, 1934 – September 6, 2015) was the George Armstrong Kelly Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at Johns Hopkins University. He is known for having pioneered, with Brian Barry, David Braybrooke, Felix Oppenheim, a ...

, 81, American political theorist. *

Rufus Hollis Gause Rufus Hollis Gause, Jr. (July 1, 1925 – September 6, 2015), known as R. Hollis Gause, was an American Pentecostal theologian and pastor. He was affiliated with the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee). Gause was the first dean of the Pentecos ...

, 90, American theologian. * Åke Hansson, 88, Swedish footballer ( Malmö FF). *

Jack Linn Jack Linn (June 10, 1967 – September 6, 2015) was a professional American football player who played offensive lineman for three seasons for the Indianapolis Colts, Detroit Lions, and Cincinnati Bengals. He played in 11 games. He was drafted in ...

, 48, American football player (

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

), motorcycle accident. *

Thor-Erik Lundby Thor-Erik Lundby (March 5, 1937 – September 6, 2015)1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

). *

Herbert Mayr Herbert Mayr (27 April 1943 – 6 September 2015) was an Italian politician from the autonomous German province of South Tyrol in Italy. Mayr studied sport in Bologna during the mid-1960s, at the end of the 1970s was a professor at the Universit ...

, 72, Italian politician. *

Ralph Milne Ralph Milne (13 May 1961 – 6 September 2015) was a Scottish professional footballer whose clubs included Dundee United, Charlton Athletic, Bristol City and Manchester United. He played as both an attacking midfielder or a winger. He began his ...

, 54, Scottish footballer ( Dundee United,

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), liver disease. * Martin Milner, 83, American actor (''

Adam-12 ''Adam-12'' is an American television police procedural crime drama television series created by Robert A. Cinader and Jack Webb. The series follows Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers Pete Malloy and Jim Reed as they patrol the stre ...

'', ''

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'', '' Sweet Smell of Success''), heart failure. * Harald Norbelie, 70, Swedish writer and journalist, prostate cancer. *

Fred Ohr Fred F. Ohr (July 15, 1919 – September 6, 2015) was an American World War II flying ace, credited with the destruction of six aircraft in the air and 17 on the ground. Ohr was born on July 15, 1919 in Oregon to Korean immigrants Wanda and Wan J ...

, 96, American World War II flying ace. * Nelson Peery, 92, American political activist and author. *

John Perreault John Lucas Perreault ( New York, New York, August 26, 1937 – September 6, 2015, New York, New York) was a poet, art curator, art critic and artist. Early life Perreault was born in Manhattan and raised in Belmar and other towns in New Jersey. ...

, 78, American art critic and poet, complications from gastrointestinal surgery. *

Allen Roberts Allen Christian Roberts (16 December 1922 – 6 September 2015) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Auckland in 1947/48. See also * List of Auckland representative cricketers This is a list of all cricke ...

, 92, New Zealand cricketer. * Barney Schultz, 89, American baseball player (

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, St. Louis Cardinals). * Muhammad Shah Rukh, 88, Pakistani Olympic field hockey player (

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...

) and cyclist (

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

). *

Gaylord Shaw Gaylord Dewayne Shaw (July 22, 1942 – September 6, 2015) was an American journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 1978. Early life and education Shaw was born on July 22, 1942, in El Reno, Oklahoma. He attended Cameron Col ...

, 73, American journalist. *

Calvin J. Spann Calvin J. Spann (November 28, 1924 – September 6, 2015) was one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, a fighter pilot with the 100th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group. Spann received his wings from the Tuskegee Flight School as a part ...

, 90, American fighter pilot ( Tuskegee Airmen). * Vladislav Timakov, 22, Russian water polo player, heart attack. * Peter Walker, 65, British Royal Air Force officer, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (since 2011). *

Petraq Zoto Petraq Zoto (December 20, 1937 – September 6, 2015) was an Albanians, Albanian writer. He is mostly known for his collection of stories, and books targeting children and young readers. Life Petraq Zoto was born in Ziçisht, in Devoll region, ...

, 77, Albanian writer.

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Susan Allen Susan Allen (born March 27, 1963) is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 62B, a southside district encompa ...

, 64, American harpist, brain cancer. * Elena Arnedo, 74, Spanish gynecologist, writer and women's rights activist. * Cor Edskes, 90, Dutch organ builder and restorer. *

Jorge Alberto Garramuño Jorge Alberto Garramuño (14 September 1953 – 7 September 2015) was an Argentine politician who was a Senator for the Fueguian People's Movement between 2013 and 2015. He began his political career as Minister of Public Works of Tierra del Fuego ...

, 61, Argentine politician,

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

(since 2013). *

Leon Gordis Leon Gordis (July 19, 1934 – September 7, 2015) was an American epidemiologist, professor and author, whose textbook ''Epidemiology'' provided a foundation for the understanding of epidemiologic principles and clinical applications. Early life ...

, 81, American epidemiologist. * George Guida, 93, American Olympic sprinter (

). *

Jane Hill Jane Amanda Hill (born 10 June 1969 in Eastbourne, Sussex) is an English newsreader working for the BBC. She is one of the main presenters for BBC News, and is the main presenter on the '' BBC News at One'' and the ''BBC News at Five'', as wel ...

, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for Frankston (1982–1985) and

Frankston North Frankston North (originally the Pines Forest Estate, also known as "The Pines") is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 38 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Frankston local governme ...

(1985–1992). * Dickie Moore, 89, American child actor (''

'', ''

Sergeant York Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine ...

'', ''

Oliver Twist ''Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress'', Charles Dickens's second novel, was published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. Born in a workhouse, the orphan Oliver Twist is bound into apprenticeship with ...

''). *

Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes (died 7 September 2015), commonly referred to by his alias El Canicón'','' was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of Los Zetas. Kingpin Act sanction On 24 March 2010, the United States Department of the Tre ...

, Mexican drug cartel leader ( Los Zetas), heart attack. *

Candida Royalle Candida Royalle (born Candice Marion Vadala; October 15, 1950 – September 7, 2015) was an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography, pornographic actress, sex educator, and sex-positive feminist. She was a member of the XR ...

, 64, American

Hall of Fame A hall, wall, or walk of fame is a list of individuals, achievements, or other entities, usually chosen by a group of electors, to mark their excellence or Wiktionary:fame, fame in their field. In some cases, these halls of fame consist of actu ...

pornographic actress, producer and director, ovarian cancer. *

Guillermo Rubalcaba Guillermo Rubalcaba (January 10, 1927 – September 7, 2015) was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and orchestrator specialising in danzón and cha-cha-cha music genres.Orovio, Helio (2004). ''Cuban Music from A to Z-CL''. Duke University ...

, 88, Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer. * José María Ruiz Mateos, 84, Spanish businessman and politician. * Rebecca Shaw, 83, English author, stroke. * Sowkoor Jayaprakash Shetty, 80, Indian politician. *

Leonard Silverman Leonard Silverman (November 10, 1930 – September 7, 2015) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He was born on November 10, 1930, in Brooklyn, New York City. He graduated from New York University, and in 1954 from Brooklyn L ...

, 84, American politician and judge. * Turdakun Usubalijev, 95, Kyrgyz Soviet politician. *

Mitrasen Yadav Mitrasen Yadav (11 July 1934 – 7 September 2015) was an Indian politician affiliated with the Samajwadi Party. Career Mitrasen joined politics as a member of the Communist Party of India in 1966. He was a famous leader of Uttar Pradesh. ...

, 81, Indian politician, convicted embezzler and pardoned double murderer. *

Voula Zouboulaki Voula Zouboulaki ( el, Βούλα Ζουμπουλάκη; born Paraskevi Zouboulaki; 24 September 1924 – 7 September 2015) was an Egyptian-born Greek actress. She was the wife of actor Dimitris Myrat. She attended the Dramatic School of the Nati ...

, 90, Egyptian-born Greek actress.

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Merv Adelson Mervyn Lee Adelson (October 23, 1929 – September 8, 2015) was an American real estate developer and television producer who co-founded Lorimar Television. Early life Adelson was born to a Jewish family in Los Angeles on October 23, 1929 to Na ...

, 85, American television producer, cancer. *

Habil Aliyev Habil Aliyev ( az, Habil Mustafa oğlu Əliyev; 28 May 1927 – 8 September 2015) was a prominent Azerbaijani kamancheh player. His music is widely appreciated in the Middle East and Europe. Musical career Habil Aliyev's first international perf ...

, 88, Azerbaijani musician, heart and lung failure. * Joaquín Andújar, 62, Dominican baseball player (

, St. Louis Cardinals), complications from diabetes. *

Ron Beagle Ronald Beagle (February 7, 1934 – September 8, 2015) was an American football End (gridiron football), end. Beagle was born in Hartford, Connecticut but played high school football in Cincinnati. The 6 foot one inch, 185-pounder entered the Uni ...

, 81, American football player. *

Erlinda Cortes Mary Boone (January 5, 1924 – September 8, 2015) known by her screen name Erlinda Cortes, was a Filipina actress after World War II who later became the favorite leading lady of postwar actor Angelus. Filmography *1946 — ''Angelus' ...

, 91, Filipino actress. *

Willi Fuggerer Wilhelm "Willi" Fuggerer (11 September 1941 – 2 September 2015) was a German track cyclist. He competed at the 1964 Olympics in the 2000 m tandem and 1000 m sprint and finished in third and fifth place, respectively. In the tandem semifinals h ...

, 73, German track cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

). *

Ebby Halliday Ebby Halliday (born Vera Lucille Koch; March 9, 1911 – September 8, 2015) was an American realtor and businesswoman who founded '' Ebby Halliday Realtors''. She was one of the first successful female entrepreneurs in Dallas and is recognized a ...

, 104, American realtor and businesswoman. *

Teri Harangozó Teri Harangozó (born Terézia Mária Rózsa Harangozó 8 August 1943 – 8 September 2015) was a Hungarian singer. She was one of the most influential female artists in Hungary in her time, whose independent album would influence many Hungarian ...

, 72, Hungarian singer. *

Basil H. Johnston Basil H. Johnston (13 July 1929 – 8 September 2015) was a Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) and Canadian writer, storyteller, language teacher and scholar. Biography Johnston was born July 13, 1929 on the Parry Island Indian Reserve to Rufus and Mary (n ...

, 86, Canadian writer. * Ferenc Kiss, 73, Hungarian wrestler, Olympic bronze medalist (

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

). * Andrew Kohut, 73, American political scientist, leukemia. * Bettina Le Beau, 83, Belgian-born British actress ('' Dr. No''). *

Peeter Luksep Peeter Luksep (29 January 1955 – 8 September 2015) was a Swedish politician of Estonian descent, most notable for being a member of the Swedish Parliament for the Moderate Party from 1991 to 1994. Luksep was born in Hammarby and began his stu ...

, 60, Swedish politician, MP (1991–1994). *

Tyler Sash Tyler Jordan Sash (May 27, 1988 – September 8, 2015) was an American football Safety (American football position), safety for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the G ...

, 27, American football player (

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

), 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 Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus "Joost" Zwagerman (18 November 1963 – 8 September 2015) was a Dutch writer, poet and essayist. Among his teachers was the novelist Oek de Jong. Early life and education Johannes Jacobus Willebrordus Zwagerm ...

, 51, Dutch author, suicide.

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* John Allen, 83, British Anglican priest,

Provost of Wakefield The Dean of Wakefield is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Wakefield Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of All Saints Wakefield''. Bef ...

(1982–1997). *

Annemarie Bostroem Annemarie Bostroem (24 May 1922 – 9 September 2015) was a German poet, playwright, and lyricist. She lived most recently in the Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood of Berlin. Career and life Bostroem was born to a family of doctors in Leipzig. Having ...

, 93, German writer. *

Lane Bray Lance Allen "Lane" Bray (September 21, 1928 – September 9, 2015) was an American politician in the state of Washington. He served the 8th district from 1991 to 1995. He attended Lake Forest College Lake Forest College is a private liberal a ...

, 86, American politician, member of the Washington House of Representatives (1991–1995). *

Gabriel Fragnière Gabriel Fragnière (4 March 1934 – 9 September 2015) was a Swiss university professor, philosopher and scientific researcher. Biography Fragnière was born in Lausanne. He graduated in Philosophy at the University of Lausanne. He continued wit ...

, 81, Swiss academic. * Green Desert, 32, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. *

Charles Hallac Charles Shaul Hallac (October 20, 1964 – September 9, 2015) was an American businessman. He served as co-president of American financial company BlackRock. Early life and education Charles Hallac was born in Tel Aviv. He earned a BA degree in e ...

, 50, American businessman ( BlackRock), colorectal cancer. * Leina'ala Kalama Heine, 75, American hula dancer. *

Einar H. Ingman, Jr. Einar Harold Ingman Jr. (October 6, 1929 – September 9, 2015) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Third Battle of Wonju in the Korean War.Schudel, Matt (September 13, 2015) "Einar H. Ingman ...

, 85, American Army Medal of Honor recipient ( Korean War). * K. Kunaratnam, 81, Sri Lankan academic. *

Fernando Di Laura Frattura Fernando Di Laura Frattura (24 May 1932 – 9 September 2015) was an Italian politician. He served as the President of Molise, a region in southern Italy, from 1988 until 1990, as well as a member of the national Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 1 ...

, 83, Italian politician,

President of Molise The following is a complete list of presidents of Molise. Molise is a region of Southern Italy established in 1970. Prior to then, it was part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise Prior to the 1995 election, the president was not directly ele ...

(1988–1990), member of the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

(1992–1994). * Jørgen Sonne, 89, Danish writer.

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Philip Amm Philip Geoffrey Amm (2 April 1964 – 10 September 2015) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Border and Eastern Province in South Africa from 1982 to 1998. He also played 138 List A List A cricket is a classifi ...

, 51, South African cricketer. * John Connell, 91, American actor ('' Young Doctor Malone'', '' Fail Safe'', '' Family Business''). *

Norman Farberow Norman Louis Farberow (February 12, 1918 – September 10, 2015) was an American psychologist, and one of the founding fathers of modern suicidology. He was among the three founders in 1958 of the Los Angeles Suicide Prevention Center, which be ...

, 97, American psychologist, pioneer of suicidology. * Adrian Frutiger, 87, Swiss type designer. *

José María Gamazo José María Gamazo y Manglano, also known as José María Gamazo (27 December 1929 – 10 September 2015) was a Spanish politician who was one of the ministers during the reign of Francisco Franco. He previously belonged to the Senior Civil Sta ...

, 86, Spanish politician. * Ihab Hassan, 89, Egyptian-born American literary theorist. * Franco Interlenghi, 83, Italian actor ('' I Vitelloni'', '' I Vinti''). *

Kärt Jänes-Kapp Kärt Jänes-Kapp (born Kärt Jänes; 9 January 1960 – 10 September 2015) was an Estonian research journalist and editor. Jones-Kapp graduated from Tallinn 37th Secondary School in 1978 and in 1983 with a degree in history from the Universit ...

, 55, Estonian journalist and editor. *

Antoine Lahad Antoine Lahad (1927 – 10 September 2015) was the leader of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) from 1984 until 2000, when the army withdrew from Southern Lebanon and was dissolved. Early life Born into a Maronite Catholic family in 1927 in the vill ...

, 88, Lebanese military officer, leader of South Lebanon Army (1984–2000), heart attack. *

Bengt Nyholm Bengt "Zamora" Nyholm (30 January 1930 – 10 September 2015) was a Swedish association footballer, footballer who played as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He was awarded the Guldbollen Award in 1961. Honours IFK Norrköpi ...

, 85, Swedish footballer. *

Radim Palouš Radim Palouš (6 November 1924 – 10 September 2015) was a Czech dissident, philosopher, educator, and former spokesman for Charter 77, and from 1990 to 1994, was the rector of Charles University in Prague. Life Palouš was born into a family o ...

, 90, Czech dissident. *

James E. Proctor, Jr. James Edward Proctor Jr. (June 14, 1936 – September 10, 2015) was an American politician who represented district 27A in the Maryland House of Delegates. Background James Proctor was born in Washington, D.C. on June 14, 1936. He grew up in Wa ...

, 79, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (since 1990). * Alberto Schommer, 87, Spanish photographer. *

Colleen Waata Urlich Colleen Elizabeth Waata-Urlich (1939 – 10 September 2015) was a New Zealand ceramicist. Of Māori descent, she belonged to Te Popoto o Ngāpuhi ki Kaipara and Te Rarawa. Through education, involvement in Māori art collectives and production ...

, 75, New Zealand ceramicist. *

Gert Wilden Gert Wilden (born Gert Wychodil; 15 April 1917 – 10 September 2015) was a German film composer. He was born in Mährisch Trübau. From 1956 through his retirement, he scored music for 50 feature films in numerous genres. However, he is perhaps ...

, 98, German film composer.

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* Rezo Cheishvili, 82, Georgian writer. *

Vincenzo Dall'Osso Vincenzo is an Italian male given name, derived from the Latin name Vincentius (the verb ''vincere'' means to win or to conquer). Notable people with the name include: Art *Vincenzo Amato (born 1966), Italian actor and sculptor *Vincenzo Bella ...

, 86, Italian boxer. * Bárbara Gil, 85, Mexican actress ('' Seven Women''). *

Vernon Hauser Vernon Thomas Hauser (5 August 1928 – 11 September 2015), Australian politician, was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Boronia Province from 1970–76 and for Nunawading Province from 1976-82 representing the Liberal Party. ...

, 87, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council (1970–1982). * Fred Lucas, 81, English cricketer. *

Roy Marble Roy Lane Marble, Jr. (December 13, 1966 – September 11, 2015) was an American professional basketball player, 6'6" tall, who played as a swingman (shooting guard/small forward). After playing four seasons at the University of Iowa from 1985 ...

, 48, American basketball player (

Iowa Hawkeyes The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Iowa, located in Iowa City, Iowa. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 22 sports, 8 for men and 14 for women; a 15th women's sport will be added in 2023. The teams partici ...

, Atlanta Hawks,

Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...

), lung cancer. *

Marcelo Moren Brito Marcelo Luis Manuel Moren Brito (July 27, 1935 – September 11, 2015) was a Chilean retired Army colonel and former agent of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the defunct Chilean secret police Secret police (or political police) ...

, 80, Chilean agent of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, head of Villa Grimaldi, convicted of crimes against humanity (

Caravan of Death The Caravan of Death ( es, Caravana de la Muerte) was a Chilean Army death squad that, following the Chilean coup of 1973, flew by helicopters from south to north of Chile between September 30 and October 22, 1973. During this foray, members of t ...

), multisystem failure. *

Knut Næss Knut Næss (11 March 1927 – 11 September 2015) was a Norwegian footballer and manager who coached Rosenborg BK to the club's first three major trophies: the Norwegian Cup in 1960 and 1964, and the 1967 League Championship. Næss joined Rosenb ...

, 88, Norwegian football player and coach (

Rosenborg BK Rosenborg Ballklub, commonly referred to simply as Rosenborg () or RBK, is a Norwegian professional football club from Trondheim that plays in Eliteserien. The club has won a record 26 league titles, a shared record 12 Norwegian Football Cup ti ...

). * Jaswant Singh Neki, 90, Indian academic and poet. *

Lawrence S. Phillips Lawrence S. Phillips (March 20, 1927 – September 11, 2015) was an American businessman who was chairman of Phillips-Van Heusen until 1995. Biography Phillips was born to a Jewish family, the son of Madelyn (née) Shapiro and Seymour Phillips. ...

, 88, American philanthropist. *

Alan Purwin Alan David Purwin (August 28, 1961 – September 11, 2015) was an American helicopter pilot, aerial film operator, entrepreneur and philanthropist. Purwin founded and owned Helinet Aviation. Purwin contributed to the aerial cinematography industr ...

, 53, American helicopter pilot and aerial film operator ('' Transformers'', ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has expanded into vari ...

'', ''

Jurassic World ''Jurassic World'' is a 2015 American science fiction action film directed by Colin Trevorrow, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, and Derek Connolly from a story by Jaffa and Silver. It is the first installment in the ...

''), plane crash. *

Kerry Simon Kerry Glen Simon (June 17, 1955 – September 11, 2015) was an American celebrity chef and restaurateur based in Las Vegas. Simon was also known by the moniker "Rock n' Roll Chef", given to him by ''Rolling Stone''. He was the executive chef ...

, 60, American chef,

multiple system atrophy Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder characterized by autonomic dysfunction, tremors, slow movement, muscle rigidity, and postural instability (collectively known as parkinsonism) and ataxia. This is caused by progr ...

. * Ray Smolover, 94, American opera director and

hazzan A ''hazzan'' (; , lit. Hazan) or ''chazzan'' ( he, חַזָּן , plural ; Yiddish ''khazn''; Ladino ''Hasan'') is a Jewish musician or precentor trained in the vocal arts who helps lead the congregation in songful prayer. In English, this pr ...

. * Bruno Stutz, 77, Swiss clown.

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* Deborah Asnis, 59, American infectious disease specialist, discovered the first cases of West Nile virus in the United States, breast cancer. *

Max Beauvoir Max Gesner Beauvoir (August 25, 1936 – September 12, 2015) was a Haitian biochemist and ''houngan''. Beauvoir held one of the highest titles of Voudou priesthood, Ati or "Supreme Serviteur" (supreme servant), a title given to Houngans and M ...

, 79, Haitian houngan and biochemist. *

William J. Becker Arthur William John Becker III (May 23, 1927 – September 12, 2015) was an American theatre critic and film distributor. Education He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Margaret Heath and Arthur Becker Jr. Becker first attended Washington Univers ...

, 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 Arrigo Delladio (1 November 1928 in Tesero – 12 September 2015 in Cavalese) was an Italian cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 24th in the 18 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially k ...

, 86, Italian Olympic cross-country skier (

). * Valentin Dzhonev, 63, Bulgarian Olympic athlete. * John Emerton, 87, British Hebraist, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University (1968–1995). *

Frank D. Gilroy Frank Daniel Gilroy (October 13, 1925 – September 12, 2015) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film producer and director. He received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play ''The Subject Was Roses' ...

, 89, American playwright and screenwriter. * Malcolm Graham, 81, English footballer (

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

, Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers). *

Kenneth Leech Kenneth Leech (15 June 1939 – 12 September 2015), also known as Ken Leech, was an English Anglican priest and Christian socialist in the Anglo-Catholic tradition. Life and career Leech was born into a secular working-class family in Ashton-unde ...

, 76, British Anglican priest and theologian, founded Centrepoint. *

Maciek Malish Maciek Malish (born Maciej Juliusz Malisz; January 7, 1962 – September 12, 2015) was a Polish-born American sound editor. He received ten Emmy Awards nomination during his career for his work on ''The X-Files'', ''Millennium'', ''Lost'', and ''T ...

, 53, Polish-born American sound editor ('' The X-Files'', '' Lost'', ''

Starship Troopers ''Starship Troopers'' is a military science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein. Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests, the story was first published as a two-part serial in ''The Magazine of F ...

''), traffic collision. * Bill H. McAfee, 84, American radio ( WCGA) and TV ( WTVC) broadcaster and politician, member of the

Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...

(1976–2000). * Bryn Merrick, 56, Welsh bassist ( The Damned), cancer. *

Al Monchak Alex Monchak (March 5, 1917 – September 12, 2015) was an American baseball shortstop who played briefly for the Philadelphia Phillies during the 1940 season. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed. He was primarily known as the first-ba ...

, 98, American baseball player (

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

) and coach (

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

). *

Aronda Nyakairima Aronda Nyakairima (7 July 1959 – 12 September 2015) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served in the cabinet of Uganda as minister of internal affairs from 2013 until his death on 11 September 2015. Previously, he served as the c ...

, 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 A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute. As a tactic in warfare, the intent is to cripple an enemy in one blow and prevent them from fighting b ...

, 68, Italian artist. *

Bernard Secly Bernard Secly (born 5 May 1931 in Paris, France, died 12 September 2015 in Paris, France) was a horse trainer in Thoroughbred flat racing and most notably in steeplechase racing. Secly won five Group One flat races but is best known for his condit ...

, 84, French horse trainer. *

Ron Springett Ronald Deryk George Springett (22 July 1935 – 12 September 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He began his career with QPR in 1953 where he made 147 appearances over two spells. He had a nine-year spell w ...

, 80, English footballer ( Sheffield Wednesday). * Zhang Xu, 101, Chinese telecommunications engineer.

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* Sir Jim Belich, 88, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Wellington (1986–1992). * Erma Bergmann, 91, American baseball player (

AAGPBL The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the Uni ...

) (1946–1951). * Brown Panther, 7, British Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized after race injury. *

Brian Close Dennis Brian Close, (24 February 1931 – 13 September 2015) was an English first-class cricketer. He was picked to play against New Zealand in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, ...

, 84, English cricketer ( Yorkshire, Somerset, England). *

Georges de Paris Georges de Paris (24 or 28 September 1934 – 13 September 2015) was a French tailor who is often referred to as having been the President of the United States' unofficial tailor or the tailor to the Presidents. Paris fashioned suits for every Amer ...

, 81, French-born American tailor. * Stanley Hoffmann, 86, Austrian-born French scholar. * Jane Jacobs, 91, American baseball player (

). * Howie Johnson, 90, American golf player. *

Betty Judge Betty Beazley (née Judge; 21 March 1921 – 13 September 2015), known as Betty Judge during her career, was an Australian athletics world record holder at 880 yards, 330 yards and 300 metres. She coached the Olympic champion Shirley Strickland, a ...

, 94, Australian runner and coach. *

Betty Lago Elizabeth Lago Netto (June 24, 1955 – September 13, 2015) was a Brazilian actress and model. Lago was born in Rio de Janeiro. She was married to singer and actor Eduardo Conde for many years. In 2012, Lago was diagnosed with gallbladder canc ...

, 60, Brazilian actress, gallbladder cancer. * Moses Malone, 60, American

basketball player (

Philadelphia 76ers The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...

Houston Rockets The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...

), atherosclerosis. * Barrie Meyer, 83, English footballer ( Bristol Rovers, Bristol City,

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

), cricket player ( Gloucestershire) and umpire. * Raymond Mould, 74, British property developer and racehorse owner. * Ian Payne, 65, South African cricketer. *

Gord Pennell Gordon Pennell (January 13, 1929 – September 13, 2015) was a Canadian professional hockey player who played 383 games for the Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League. He was named to the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. Born i ...

, 86, Canadian ice hockey player ( Buffalo Bisons). *

Jay Scott Pike Jay Scott Pike (September 6, 1924 – September 13, 2015) was an American comic book artist and commercial illustrator known for his 1950s and 1960s work for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, advertising art, and as a good girl artist. He created t ...

, 91, American cartoonist and illustrator. * Gary Richrath, 65, American guitarist and songwriter (

REO Speedwagon REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The ...

). *

Kalamandalam Satyabhama Kalamandalam V. Satyabhama (4 November 1937 – 13 September 2015) was an Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer, known for her performances and scholarship in mohiniyattam. She was awarded the Padma Shri, in 2014, for her contributi ...

, 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 Welvis Dias Marcelino, better known as Vivinho (March 10, 1961 – September 13, 2015), was an association football striker, who played in several Brazilian Série A clubs. History Born in Uberlândia, Vivinho started playing professionally in 1 ...

, 54, Brazilian footballer (

Vasco Vasco may refer to: * Basque language, called ''vasco'' in Spanish * ''Vasco'' (album), a two-part EP by Ricardo Villalobos * Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer * Vasco da Gama, Goa, a city in India, often called simply Vasco * Club de Regatas Va ...

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* Davey Browne, 28, Australian boxer, head injuries sustained in a bout. * Fred DeLuca, 67, American businessman, co-founder of

Subway Subway, Subways, The Subway, or The Subways may refer to: Transportation * Subway, a term for underground rapid transit rail systems * Subway (underpass), a type of walkway that passes underneath an obstacle * Subway (George Bush Interconti ...

, leukemia. * Bill Golden, 81, American drag racer. * Indika Gunawardena, 72, Sri Lankan politician,

Minister of Higher Education {{Unreferenced, date=March 2019, bot=noref (GreenC bot) A Ministry of Higher Education is a government department that focuses on the provision or regulation of institutions of higher education. In some countries these exist as ministries compounde ...

. *

Martin Kearns Martin Kearns (7 March 1977 – 14 September 2015) was an English drummer, specializing in death metal, known for his association with Bolt Thrower since 1994. He joined the band at age 17 after playing in several local bands in Coventry, playi ...

, 38, British drummer ( Bolt Thrower). *

Bob Ledger Robert Hardy Ledger (5 October 1937 – 14 September 2015) was an English professional footballer born in Chester-le-Street, County Durham County Durham ( ), officially simply Durham,UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedul ...

, 77, English footballer ( Huddersfield Town, Oldham Athletic, Mansfield Town). *

Steve Meilinger Stephen Frank Meilinger (December 12, 1930 – September 14, 2015) was an American football end who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, the Green Bay Packers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. He pl ...

, 84, American football player ( Washington Redskins,

Green Bay Packers The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...

Pittsburgh Steelers The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. Founded in , the Steel ...

). * György Mészáros, 82, Hungarian sprint canoeist, Olympic silver medalist (

). *

Mile Novaković Mile Novaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Миле Новаковић; 29 April 1950 – 14 September 2015) was a Croatian Serb major general active in the Serbian Army of Krajina and in the Armed Forces of FR Yugoslavia, during and after the Croatian ...

, 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. * Keith Remfry, 67, British judoka, Olympic silver medallist (

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

). * Corneliu Vadim Tudor, 65, Romanian politician, Member of the European Parliament (2009–2014), journalist and editor ('' România Liberă'', AGERPRES), heart attack. *

Ali Wardhana Ali Wardhana (6 May 1928 – 14 September 2015), more colloquially known as Bung Ali, was an Indonesian professor and economist, who served as the third Coordinating Minister for Economics, Finance, Industry, and Development of Indonesia from 19 ...

, 87, Indonesian economist, Minister of Finance (1966–1983), Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs (1983–1988).

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Harry J. Lipkin Harry Jeannot Lipkin (June 16, 1921 – September 15, 2015), also known as Zvi Lipkin, was an Israeli theoretical physicist specializing in nuclear physics and elementary particle physics. He is a recipient of the prestigious Wigner Medal. B ...

, 94, Israeli nuclear physicist. *

Cor Melchers Cor Melchers (1954 – 15 September 2015) was a Dutch painter. Life Melchers was born and grew up in Huissen. He was a teacher at the primary school ''De Laarakker'' in Arnhem. He started painting in 2003 and became more populair with his nai ...

, 61, Dutch painter,

legionnaires' disease Legionnaires' disease is a form of atypical pneumonia caused by any species of ''Legionella'' bacteria, quite often '' Legionella pneumophila''. Signs and symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, high fever, muscle pains, and headaches. Naus ...

. * José María Ortiz de Mendíbil, 89, Spanish football referee. *

Meir Pa'il Meir Pa'il ( he, מאיר פעיל‎; 19 June 1926 – 15 September 2015) was a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, an Israeli politician, and military historian. Biography Meir Pilevsky (later Pa'il) was born in Jerusalem during the Ma ...

, 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 Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

). *

Ian Uttley Ian Neill Uttley (3 December 1941 – 15 September 2015) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A centre three-quarter, Uttley represented , , and at a provincial level. He was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in two m ...

, 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 ''In the Zone of Special Attention'' (russian: В зоне особого внимания, V zone osobogo vnimaniya) is a 1978 Soviet action movie, directorial debut of Andrei Malyukov. It achieved cult film status among several generations of t ...

''). *

Randy Wiles Randall E. "Randy" Wiles (September 10, 1951 – September 15, 2015) was an American baseball pitcher who appeared in five games for the Chicago White Sox in 1977. Wiles played with LSU from 1970 to 1972, earning all-SEC recognition in 1972. His ...

, 64, American baseball player ( Chicago White Sox), cancer.

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Christophe Agou Christophe Agou (1969 – September 2015) was a French documentary photographer and street photographer who lived in New York City. His work has been published in books and is held in public collections. He was a member of the In-Public street ph ...

, 46, French photographer, cancer. * David Ashby, 65, British motorcycle speedway rider, cancer. * Guy Béart, 85, French singer-songwriter, heart attack. *

Julio Brady Julio A. Brady (August 23, 1942 – September 16, 2015) was an American Virgin Islander judge, politician and attorney. Brady served as the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1983 to 1987 during the second term of former ...

, 73, U.S. Virgin Islander judge and politician,

Lieutenant Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

(1983–1987). *

Bob Cleary Robert Barry Cleary (April 21, 1936 – September 16, 2015) was an American ice hockey player. Cleary was a member of the American 1960 Winter Olympics team that won the gold medal, teaming up as he did at Harvard with his brother Bill Cleary ...

, 79, American ice hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (

). * David Cook, 74, British broadcaster and writer. * Clóvis Fernandes, 60, Brazilian football fan, cancer. *

Overton James Overton James (July 21, 1925 – September 16, 2015) was an educator and Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. After graduating from college, he taught school in Oklahoma. He was first appointed Governor in 1963 and served until 1971. He was then elec ...

, 90, American educator and politician, Governor of the Chickasaw Nation (1963–1987). * Peggy Jones, 75, American guitarist ( Bo Diddley). *

Abolghasem Khazali Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi ( fa, ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی, 21 March 1925 – 16 September 2015) was a hardline Iranian politician, fundamentalist Shi'i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ...

, 90, Iranian politician and Shi'i ayatollah, co-author of the

Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, قانون اساسی جمهوری اسلامی ایران, ''Qanun-e Asasi-ye Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Iran'') was December 1979 Iranian constitutional referendum, adopted by referendum on 2 ...

. * Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, 89, Scottish physician and life peer. * Emma Wong Mar, 89, American political activist. *

Ossi Mildh Sven Osvald "Ossi" Mildh (12 May 1930 – 16 September 2015) was a Finnish hurdler. Mildh won bronze medals at the 1954 European Championships in the 400 metres hurdles and the 4 × 400 metres relay. Career Mildh was Finnish champion thre ...

, 85, Finnish Olympic hurdler (

), (

). *

Peter Molan Peter Charles Molan (20 October 1943 – 16 September 2015) was a New Zealand biochemist, noted for his elucidation of the medicinal properties of mānuka honey. Early life and family Born in Cardiff, Wales, on 20 October 1943, Molan was the s ...

, 71, Welsh-born New Zealand biochemist, cancer. *

Kevin Anthony Morais Datuk Anthony Kevin Morais ( 22 March 1960 – September 2015) was a Deputy Public Prosecutor for the Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Life Kevin Anthony Morais was born on 22 March 1960 in ...

, 55, Malaysian public prosecutor, homicide. *

W. H. Oliver William Hosking Oliver (14 May 1925 – 16 September 2015), commonly known as W. H. Oliver but also known as Bill Oliver, was an eminent New Zealand historian and a poet. From 1983, Oliver led the development of the ''Dictionary of New Zealand ...

, 90, New Zealand historian and poet. * Kurt Oppelt, 83, Austrian figure skater, Olympic champion (

). *

Niall O'Shaughnessy Niall O'Shaughnessy (November 23, 1955 – September 16, 2015 Alpharetta, Georgia) was an Irish track and field athlete, specializing in middle distances. Career He represented Ireland in the 800 metres and 1500 metres at the 1976 Olympics ...

, 59, Irish Olympic middle distance runner (

), brain cancer. * 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.

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Ingrīda Andriņa Ingrīda Andriņa (23 June 1944 – 17 September 2015) was a Latvian stage and film actress. Biography Born in Riga, Andriņa graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1967 and began working at the Latvian Nat ...

, 71, Latvian stage and film actress. * Peter Barrable, 72, South African cricketer. * Stojan Batič, 90, Slovene sculptor. *

Valeria Cappellotto Valeria Cappellotto (28 January 1970 – 17 September 2015) was an Italian racing cyclist. She represented her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1992 and 2000. Alessandra Cappellotto Alessandra Cappellotto (born August 27, 1968) is a ...

, 45, Italian Olympic racing cyclist (

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

). *

Tom Cichowski Tom Cichowski (June 13, 1944 – September 17, 2015) was a professional American football player. Biography Cichowski was born Thomas John Cichowski in New Britain, Connecticut and raised in Southington, Connecticut He graduated from Southingt ...

, 71, American football player ( Denver Broncos). *

Eddie Connolly Eddie Connolly (29 October 1985 – 17 September 2015) was an Irish hurler. He played for his local club Loughmore–Castleiney and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team. On 13 March 2011, he made his senior debut for Ti ...

, 29, Irish hurler ( Tipperary), brain cancer. * Dettmar Cramer, 90, German football manager (

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), also known as FC Bayern (), Bayern Munich, or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional men's football team, which pla ...

). *

Bobby Etheridge Bobby Etheridge (25 March 1934 – 4 March 1988) was an English footballer who played for Gloucester City, Bristol City and Cheltenham Town. A wing half, Etheridge made over 250 Football League appearances. Career Etheridge started his car ...

, 73, American baseball player ( San Francisco Giants). * Milo Hamilton, 88, American

sportscaster (

). * Sir Peter Heatly, 91, Scottish Olympic diver (

), chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation. *

Danilo Jovanovitch Danilo Jovanovitch (3 September 1919 – 17 September 2015) was an Australian poet, actor and singer. He appeared in the Australian feature films ''40,000 Horsemen'', '' Gone to the Dogs'' and ''Ants in His Pants''. His published poetry antholo ...

, 96, Australian poet and actor. * Vadim Kuzmin, 78, Russian theoretical physicist. *

Joe Maiden Joe Maiden (1941 – 17 September 2015) was a gardener, horticulturist, author and BBC Radio presenter based in Huby, Yorkshire, England. Career Maiden was brought up in Penrith, Cumbria, and was educated at Askham Bryan College. A professi ...

, 74, British horticulturist, prostate cancer. * Carlos Manga, 87, Brazilian film director. *

D. M. Marshman Jr. Donald McGill Marshman Jr. (December 21, 1922 – September 17, 2015) credited as D. M. Marshman, was an American screenwriter known mainly for his contribution to the film script for ''Sunset Boulevard''. Background Marshman was the son of Do ...

, 92, American screenwriter ('' Sunset Boulevard)''. *

Bal Pandit Bal Jagannath Pandit (24 July 1929 – 17 September 2015) was an Indian cricketer, writer and broadcaster. Early life He was born in Pune. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Maharashtra. Playing career Pandit made his cricketing debut ...

, 86, Indian cricket player, writer and commentator. *

Everett Parker Everett Carlton Parker (January 17, 1913 – September 17, 2015) was an American media activist and ordained minister of the United Church of Christ. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Parker attended the University of Chicago. Upon graduation in 1935, he ...

, 102, American civil rights activist. *

Mikhail Remizov Mikhail Grigorievich Remizov (russian: Михаил Григорьевич Ремизов; 9 November 1948 – 17 September 2015) was a Russian stage and film actor. Biography In 1973 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School (Vasily Mar ...

, 66, Russian actor. * Nelo Risi, 95, Italian poet and film director ('' A Season in Hell''). *

Bruno Tommasi Bruno Tommasi (14 January 1930 – 17 September 2015) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Montignoso and ordained a priest in 1958. Tommasi was named the bishop of Pontremoli in June 1983 and simultaneously served as coadjutor bi ...

, 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.

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* Nancy Bernstein, 55, American visual effects and film producer ('' The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', '' X-Men'', '' Rise of the Guardians''), colorectal cancer. *

Eduardo Bonvallet Eduardo Guillermo Bonvallet Godoy (13 January 1955 – 18 September 2015) was a Chilean footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and later developed a sportscasting career. He was best known for his strong and rather harsh commentaries ...

, 60, Chilean footballer ( Universidad de Chile, national team) and commentator, suicide by hanging. *

James R. Houck James Richard Houck (October 5, 1940 – September 18, 2015) was the Kenneth A. Wallace Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University. Houck pioneered infrared observational astronomy, designing detectors and spectrographs that were flown on sound ...

, 74, American astrophysicist. *

John A. Jane John A. Jane, Sr. (September 21, 1931 – September 18, 2015) was an American neurosurgeon, and Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia. He was Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Virginia from 1969 to 20 ...

, 84, American neurosurgeon. * Holger Karlsson, 80, Swedish Olympic ski jumper. *

Moe Mantha, Sr. Maurice William "Moe" Mantha (December 13, 1933 – September 18, 2015) was a Canadian ice hockey player and a politician. Born in North Bay, Ontario, Mantha played minor league hockey for several teams in the American Hockey League, the Quebec ...

, 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 James William Ross (born January 3, 1952) is an American professional wrestling commentator currently signed with All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a commentator, analyst, and senior advisor. Ross is best known for a long and distinguished career as ...

, 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 A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, ani ...

'', '' Medics''), suicide by hanging.

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* 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 James Rodger Brandon (1927 – 19 September 2015) was an American academic who was a professor of Asian theater specializing in Kabuki and Sanskrit theater at the University of Hawaii. He was a member of the generation of scholars who first brou ...

, 88, American academic. * Mishael Cheshin, 79, Israeli judge, member of the

Supreme Court A supreme court is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts in most legal jurisdictions. Other descriptions for such courts include court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

(1992–2006), cancer. * Jackie Collins, 77, British-American novelist, breast cancer. *

Georg Eder Georg Eder (6 March 1928 – 19 September 2015) was an Austrian Roman Catholic bishop. Because of his strict conservatism, reported one obituary, he was frequently the center of public controversy. Eder was born in Mattsee and ordained a priest o ...

, 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. * Miki Gorman, 80, Japanese-born American marathon runner, cancer. *

Sadhan Gupta Sadhan Chandra Gupta (7 November 1917 – 19 September 2015) was an Indian lawyer and politician. Gupta became the first blind parliamentarian in independent India in 1953, and later served as Advocate General of West Bengal. Youth Gupta was bor ...

, 97, Indian lawyer and politician. *

Ismael Kiram II Ismael ibni Punjungan Kiram II (also spelled as Esmail Kiram II) (9 November 1939 – 19 September 2015) was a self-proclaimed Sultan of the Sultanate of Sulu (now part of Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia) from 12 March 2001 until his death ...

, 76, Philippine sultan, Regent of Sulu (since 2001), kidney failure. *

Bill Larson William Harry Larson (born October 7, 1953) is a former American football tight end. He played in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, Washington Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, and the Green Ba ...

, 77, American football player (

Boston Patriots Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- most ...

). * Alan Magill, 61, American medical researcher. * Winton W. Marshall, 96, American air force lieutenant general. *

Eugenio Mayer Eugenio Mayer (29 December 1939 – 19 September 2015) was an Italian cross-country skier. He competed in the men's 50 kilometre event at the 1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games ...

, 75, Italian Olympic skier. *

Brian Sewell Brian Alfred Christopher Bushell Sewell (; 15 July 1931 – 19 September 2015) was an English art critic. He wrote for the ''Evening Standard'' and had an acerbic view of conceptual art and the Turner Prize. ''The Guardian'' described him as " ...

, 84, British art critic. *

Masajuro Shiokawa was a Japanese economist and politician. Early life Shiokawa was born in Fuse City (now Higashi-Osaka City), Osaka Prefecture. He graduated from the economics faculty of Keio University in 1944. He founded the Mitsuaki Corporation in 1946. P ...

, 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.

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* Carmen Balcells, 85, Spanish literary agent. *

Dorothy Butler Muriel Dorothy Butler (née Norgrove, 24 April 1925 – 20 September 2015) was a New Zealand children's book author, bookseller, memoirist and reading advocate. She was a recipient of the Eleanor Farjeon Award. Personal life Butler was born in ...

, 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 ''The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules'' ( it, Maciste, gladiatore di Sparta) is a 1964 peplum film directed by Mario Caiano and starring Mark Forest and Marilù Tolo. Plot The hero Maciste suffers with the Christians the persecution ...

''). * 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 Joseph Iannuzzi Jr., (1930 or 1931 – September 20, 2015), also known as "Joe Dogs", "Joe Diner" and "Joe Drywall", was a Gambino crime family associate and FBI informant whose cooperation influenced events surrounding the late 1985 assassination ...

, 84, American mobster and FBI informant, bone cancer. * Jack Larson, 87, American playwright and actor ('' Adventures of Superman''). *

Geoffrey Lilley Geoffrey Michael Lilley (16 November 1919 – 20 September 2015) was an aeronautical scientist known for his work on jet engine noise reduction. His pioneering work led to him being known as the 'father of aeroacoustics', and he played a key ro ...

, 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 Charles Kenneth "C. K." Williams (November 4, 1936 – September 20, 2015) was an American poet, critic and translator. Williams won many poetry awards. ''Flesh and Blood'' won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1987. ''Repair'' (1999) won ...

, 78, American poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2000), multiple myeloma.

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Ben Cauley Ben S. Cauley, Jr. (October 3, 1947 – September 21, 2015) was an American trumpet player, vocalist, songwriter, and founding member of the Stax recording group the Bar-Kays. He was the only survivor of the 1967 plane crash that claimed the live ...

, 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 Neil Patrick Crooks (May 16, 1938September 21, 2015) was an American lawyer. He was a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1996 until his death in 2015. He was appointed as a county judge by a Democratic governor, later professing conserva ...

, 77, American judge, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice (since 1996). *

Victor Démé Victor Démé (1962 – 21 September 2015) was a Burkinabé musician and singer-songwriter originating from a Mandinka family. His death was caused by a bout of malaria. Biography Victor Démé was born in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. His m ...

, 53, Burkinabe singer-songwriter, malaria. * Ivan Dvorny, 63, Russian basketball player, Olympic champion (

), lung cancer. *

Abdulcadir Gabeire Farah Abdulcadir Gabeire Farah (1955 – September 21, 2015) was a Somali-born Polish historian and social activist. He was the co-founder and President of the Foundation for Somalia, based in Poland. Farah had announced his intention to run for Presi ...

, 59–60, Somali-born Polish social activist and historian, candidate for

President of Somalia The president of Somalia ( so, Madaxaweynaha Soomaaliya) is the head of state of Somalia. The president is also commander-in-chief of the Somali Armed Forces. The president represents the Federal Government of Somalia, Federal Republic of Somal ...

in 2016, bombing. *

Raphael Michael Fliss Raphael Michael Gabriel Fliss (October 25, 1930 – September 21, 2015) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop (Catholic Church), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior, Diocese of Superior, in Superio ...

, 84, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Superior Superior may refer to: *Superior (hierarchy), something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind Places *Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state *Lake ...

(1985–2007). * Esther Golar, 71, American politician, member of the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...

(since 2006), cancer. * Yoram Gross, 88, Polish-born Australian animation producer and director ('' The Adventures of Blinky Bill''). *

Vasily Ilyin Vasily Petrovich Ilyin (russian: Василий Петрович Ильин; 8 January 1949 – 21 September 2015) was a Soviet handball player. Ilyin was born in Lisy Nos settlement, Pargolovsky District, Leningrad Oblast He trained at ...

, 66, Russian Soviet handball player, Olympic champion (

). *

Kenneth L. Johnson Kenneth Langstreth Johnson FRS FREng (19 March 1925 – 21 September 2015) was a British engineer, Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge from 1977 to 1992 and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. Most of his research was in t ...

, 90, British engineer. * Charles Kellogg, 75, American Olympic skier. *

Armen Movsisyan Armen Movsisyan (Արմեն Մովսիսյան) (13 January 1962 – 21 September 2015) was the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia (2001–2014). He was born in Kapan and died from cancer on 21 September 2015 in Germany ...

, 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 Robert Edmund Simon, Jr. (April 10, 1914 – September 21, 2015) was an American real estate entrepreneur, most known for founding the community of Reston, Virginia. Original work: He was the maternal uncle of feminist historian and writer El ...

, 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).

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* Yogi Berra, 90, American

baseball player and manager ( New York Yankees, New York Mets), member of 13 World Series championship teams. *

Richard Dickson Cudahy Richard Dickson Cudahy (February 2, 1926 – September 22, 2015) was an American business executive, law professor, and United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Educat ...

, 89, American federal judge. *

Edmund Fantino Edmund Fantino (June 30, 1939 – September 22, 2015) was an American experimental psychologist. He was raised in Queens, New York before continuing on to earn his bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Cornell University in 1961, and his Ph.D. in ...

, 76, American neuroscientist, prostate cancer. * Elizabeth Fink, 70, American defense attorney. *

Nana Gichuru Ephex Kanana Gichuru (14 December 1986 22 September 2015) was a Kenyan actress and TV host. She was popularly known as Nana Gichuru. As an actress she was known for her roles in television series '' Noose of Gold'', ''Demigods'' and ''How to Find ...

, 28, Kenyan actress, traffic collision. * Asako Kishi, 91, Japanese cookery journalist. *

Gerard Mach Gerard Zygfryd Mach (16 September 1926 – 22 September 2015) was a Polish sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres and 400 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Before focusing fully on athletics, Mach also played football in Gdańsk b ...

, 89, Polish Olympic sprinter. *

John J. McNeill John J. McNeill (1924 or 1925 – September 22, 2015) was an American Catholic priest, psychotherapist and academic theologian in the United States, with a particular reputation within the field of queer theology. McNeill was awarded the National ...

, 90, American Jesuit priest and gay rights activist. * Ali Salem, 79, Egyptian writer. *

James David Santini James David Santini (August 13, 1937 – September 22, 2015) was an American attorney, politician and lobbyist who served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Nevada's at-large congressional district from 197 ...

, 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 Phyllis Natalie Tickle (née Alexander; March 12, 1934 – September 22, 2015) was an American author and lecturer whose work focuses on spirituality and religion issues. After serving as a teacher, professor, and academic dean, Tickle entered th ...

, 81, American religious studies author and lector, lung cancer. * Derek Ware, 77, British stuntman and actor (''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'', '' The Italian Job''), cancer. * Mokhtar Yahyaoui, 63, Tunisian judge, cardiac arrest.

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* Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, 75, Spanish actor ('' Solas''). *

Tor Arneberg Tor Birger Arneberg (4 September 1928 – 23 September 2015) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He was born in Oslo. He received a silver medal in the '' 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Elisabeth X'' at the 1952 Summer Olympics in ...

, 87, Norwegian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (

). * 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 Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

). * Aleksandr Kolpovski, 62, Russian Soviet footballer (

CSKA CSKA (Cyrillic: ЦСКА) is an abbreviation for "Central Sports Club of the Army" in several Slavic languages, and refers to military sports teams in may stand for: Bulgaria * Football clubs ** PFC CSKA Sofia, a professional association football ...

). * Claudia Pasini, 76, Italian Olympi

* Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya), 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 Paul Carney (27 April 1943 – 24 September 2015) was a judge of the Irish High Court and the presiding judge of its criminal division, the Central Criminal Court. Biography Carney was born in Dublin. He was regarded as a leading expert on Iris ...

, 72, Irish judge, High Court judge (1991–2015). *

Uğur Dağdelen Uğur Dağdelen (3 October 1973 – 24 September 2015) was a Turkish professional footballer from Amasya. He played for several clubs in Turkey in addition to the Turkey national football team. Club career Dağdelen played for Karabükspor, Bu ...

, 41, Turkish footballer, suicide by gunshot to head. *

Bas van Duivenbode Bas van Duivenbode (11 March 1940 – 24 September 2015) was a Dutch boxer. He competed in the men's light middleweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known ...

, 75, Dutch Olympic boxer. * Chuck Forsberg, 71, American computer programmer. *

Kikujirō Fukushima was a Japanese photographer and journalist, author of the book ''Postwar Japan that was not photographed: From Hiroshima to Fukushima''. Early life and military service Born in Kudamatsu-shi Yamaguchi Prefecture as the youngest of four brothers ...

, 94, Japanese photographer, stroke. *

Assad Murtaza Gilani Makhdoomzada Syed Asad Murtaza Gilani (19 February 1968 – 24 September 2015) was a Pakistani politician and parliamentarian. He was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan on a ticket of the Pakistan Peoples Party from Multan ...

, 47, Pakistani politician, Member of National Assembly (2002–2008), Hajj stampede. * William W. Gullett, 92, American politician. *

Michael Howard Michael Howard, Baron Howard of Lympne (born Michael Hecht; 7 July 1941) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet posi ...

, 67, British pagan author and editor (''

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''). * Ellis Kaut, 94, German author ('' Pumuckl''). *

Naomi Kawashima was a Japanese actress, singer and radio entertainer. She was born on November 10, 1960, in the city of Moriyama, Aichi, (now Moriyama-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture), Japan and graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. She made her singing debut in ...

, 54, Japanese actress, bile duct cancer. * Celina Kombani, 56, Tanzanian politician. * 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 ''Watatatow'' was a Canadian French-language children/youth television series, that aired from 1991 to 2005 on Radio-Canada. The first show aired on September 17, 1991. 104 half-hour episodes were filmed every year; they were shown four afternoo ...

'', '' October 1970''), bone cancer. * samfree, 31, Japanese musician and producer. *

Peter P. Sorokin Peter Pitirimovich Sorokin ( rus, Пётр Питиримович Сорокин, 10 July 1931 – 24 September 2015) was an American Russian physicist and co-inventor of the dye laser. He was born in Boston and grew up in Winchester, Massachus ...

, 84, American physicist. * Harold Stapleton, 100, Australian cricketer ( New South Wales). *

Ed Sukla Edward Anthony Sukla (March 3, 1943 – September 24, 2015) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed relief pitcher who appeared in 39 games over portions of three seasons (1964–66) for the Los Angeles / California Angel ...

, 72, American baseball player (

California Angels The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...

), osteosarcoma. *

Bilkisu Yusuf Bilkisu Yusuf, also known as Hajiya Bilkisu Yusuf, (2 December 1952 – 24 September 2015), was a Nigerian journalist, columnist and editor for prominent newspapers in Abuja, Kano and Kaduna, Nigeria. She is known in Nigeria for being th ...

, 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,

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). * Dino Brugioni, 93, American imagery intelligence analyst. *

Martin Colfer Martin Colfer (died 25 September 2015) was a Republic of Ireland soccer international, who played with Shelbourne for seven seasons in the 1950s. Football career Colfer began his career with St James's Gate. From there he transferred to Shelbo ...

, Irish footballer, ( Shelbourne, national team). * Bill Crawford, 79, American politician, member of

Indiana House of Representatives The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The House is composed of 100 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. House memb ...

(1972–2012). *

Pat Dunne Patrick "Pat" Dunne (9 February 1943 – 25 September 2015) was an Irish professional football goalkeeper. He played internationally for the Republic of Ireland and professionally in both Republic of Ireland and England. Dunne played in Dublin ...

, 72, Irish football player and manager. * John Galvin, 86, American army general,

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(1987–1992). *

Tommie Green Tommy L. Green (April 8, 1956 – September 25, 2015) was a professional basketball point guard who spent one season in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the New Orleans Jazz New Orleans Jazz may refer to: * Dixieland, a ...

, 59, American basketball player (

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) and college coach (

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). * Terje Gulbrandsen, 70, Norwegian footballer (

Skeid Skeid is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Åsen, Oslo. It has sections for association football (one for elite and one for grassroots football), Nordic skiing and bandy. General history The club was founded as ''IK Skeid'' on 5 De ...

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for it ...

). *

Hugo Gutiérrez Vega Hugo Gutiérrez Vega (February 20, 1934 – September 25, 2015) was a Mexican poet, lawyer, writer, academic, actor and translator. In addition to his writings, Gutiérrez Vega, a career diplomat, served as Mexico's Ambassador to Greece from 1987 ...

, 81, Mexican poet, diplomat and academic, Ambassador to Greece (1987–1994). * Christopher Jackson, 67, Canadian musician, lung cancer. *

Henry Jacobs Henry Sandy Jacobs (October 9, 1924 – September 25, 2015) was an American sound artist and humorist. Early life and education Jacobs was born in Chicago, Illinois. After a tour in the Air Corps —during which time he acquired some broadcast ex ...

, 91, American sound artist and radio presenter. *

Alexandr Jurečka Alexandr Jurečka (18 December 1990 – 25 September 2015) was a judoka from the Czech Republic. Sports career 2008–2012 In 2012 Jurečka represented the Czech Republic at the European Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia. 2013� ...

, 24, Czech judoka, scuba diving accident. * Tom Kelley, 71, American Major League Baseball player ( Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves). *

Moti Kirschenbaum Mordechai (Moti) Kirschenbaum ( he, מרדכי "מוטי" קירשנבאום; September 24, 1939 – September 25, 2015) was an Israeli media personality and documentarian. Biography Kirschenbaum was born in Kfar Saba in 1939. He studied in Pard ...

, 76, Israeli journalist and media personality. * Morten Krogh, 67, Norwegian Olympic fencer (

). * Jim Meadowcroft, 68, English snooker player and commentator. *

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, 83, American politician. * Manuel Oltra, 93, Spanish composer, pneumonia. *

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, 97, Italian painter. * David Watt, 98, Australian cricketer. * Joe Wilson, 78, English footballer ( Workington Reds, Wolverhampton Wanderers). * Zabeel, 28, New Zealand racehorse,

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(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. *

Chng Seng Mok Chng Seng Mok (21 August 1950 – 26 September 2015) was a Singaporean sports shooter. He competed in the mixed trap event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olí ...

, 65, Singaporean Olympic sports shooter. *

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, 83, American physicist. *

Tino García Constantino "Tino" García Arguello (May 26, 1935 – September 26, 2015) was a Nicaraguan–Puerto Rican comedy actor who participated in a number of Puerto Rican and Hollywood series and films, including ''Thunder Island (1963 film), Thunder I ...

, 80, Nicaraguan-Puerto Rican actor, bone cancer. * Roy Kelly, 90, Canadian ice hockey player. *

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, 69, Japanese academic. *

Hopingstone Lyngdoh Shri Hoping Stone Lyngdoh (15 March 1929 – 26 September 2015) was an Indian politician who was the president of the Hill State People's Democratic Party (HSPDP), one of three official political parties of the state of Meghalaya in India. He w ...

, 86, Indian politician. * Sidney Phillips, 91, American Marine (1941–1945), physician and author. *

Ulla Puolanne Ulla Kaija Puolanne (28 June 1931 – 26 September 2015) was a Finnish politician who served as Deputy Minister of Finance from 1987 to 1991. Born in Lahti, she graduated from the Helsinki School of Economics in 1954 and afterwards worked in finan ...

, 84, Finnish politician, Deputy Minister of Finance (1987-1991). * Paul Reed, 96, American artist. * Fred Ridgway, 92, English cricketer (Kent County Cricket Club, Kent, England). *Homa Rousta, 71, Iranian actress, cancer. *Ana Seneviratne, 88, Sri Lankan diplomat and Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka), Inspector General of Police.

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*Syed Ahmed (politician), Syed Ahmed, 73, Indian politician, Governor of Jharkhand (2011–2015) and Governor of Manipur, Manipur (2015), cancer. *Howard A. Anderson, Jr., 95, American visual effects artist (''Star Trek: The Original Series'', ''Tobruk (1967 film), Tobruk'') and title designer (''The Brady Bunch''). *Albert Blan, 85, English rugby league player (Swinton Lions, Swinton, England national rugby league team, national team). *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 (Houston group), The Crusaders) and session bassist (Motown). *John Guillermin, 89, British film director and producer (''The Towering Inferno'', ''King Kong (1976 film), King Kong'', ''Shaft in Africa''), heart attack. *In Style (horse), In Style, 20, Canadian show jumping horse, euthanized. *Pietro Ingrao, 100, Italian politician, President of the

(1976–1979), journalist and partisan. *Hugh Jackson (golfer), 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 County Cricket Club, Northamptonshire, England), journalist and commentator.

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*Peter Abbott, Sir Peter Abbott, 73, British admiral, Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (1997–2001), cancer. *Frank Martinus Arion, 78, Dutch Antillean author. *Siert Bruins, 94, Dutch war criminal. *Michael Burgess (singer), Michael Burgess, 70, Canadian tenor, skin cancer. *Claudia Bär, 35, German slalom canoer, European Canoe Slalom Championships, European champion (2008 European Canoe Slalom Championships, 2008, 2011 European Canoe Slalom Championships, 2011), leukemia. *Catherine E. Coulson, 71, American actress and production assistant (''Twin Peaks'', ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'', ''Eraserhead''), cancer. *Viren Dangwal, 68, Indian poet, academic, and journalist. *Louis Armand Desrochers, 87, Canadian lawyer and academic. *Carlos Diaz (pitcher), 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 County Municipality, Sogn og Fjordane. *Walter Dale Miller, 89, American politician, Governor of South Dakota (1993–1995). *Simo Rinne, 74, Finnish Olympic speed skater. *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 Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah, General Intelligence Directorate (2001–2005). *Sorin Avram, 72, Romanian Olympic football player (Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics, 1964) and coach (FCM Bacău, Bacău). *Al Benecick, 78, American football player (Saskatchewan Roughriders). *Claude Dubar, 69, French sociologist. *Mauro Ferri, 95, Italian politician. *Rick Foley, 70, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings). *Gillian Gear, 72, English historian and archivist (Barnet Museum). *Benjamin Hutto, 67, American organist, choirmaster and academic, gallbladder cancer. *Susumu Ito, 96, American cell biologist and WW2 veteran (442nd Infantry Regiment (United States), 442nd Regiment). *Ram Kapse, 81, Indian politician, List of Lieutenant Governors of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 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 (Billy Joel song), Just the Way You Are"), emphysema.

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*Allen Aldridge (defensive end), Allen Aldridge, 71, American football player (Toronto Argonauts, Houston Oilers, Cleveland Browns). *Guido Altarelli, 74, Italian theoretical physicist. *Frank Battig, 79, Austrian Olympic modern pentathlete (Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1960) and fencer (Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968). *Pierre de Bellefeuille, 92, Canadian politician. *Caio César, 27, Brazilian voice actor (''Harry Potter (film series), Harry Potter'') and policeman, shot. *Claude Dauphin (businessman), 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. *Göran Hägg, 68, Swedish writer and literary critic, heart attack. *Antje Huber, 91, German politician, Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, Federal Minister for Youth, Family and Health (1976–1982). *Svein B. Manum, 89, Norwegian botanist. *Eric Martin (Nottinghamshire cricketer), Eric Martin, 90, English cricketer. *Al Romine, 84, American football player (

, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos). *Donald Seawell, 103, American theater producer and newspaper publisher. *Alfred Schickel, 82, German historian. *Rick Talan, 54, Dutch footballer (AZ Alkmaar, AZ, Vitesse Arnhem), brain cancer. *Ian Thwaites, 72, English cricketer.Ian Thwaites
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