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

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* Manuel Andrés, 83, Spanish writer and actor, respiratory failure. *

Zvonko Bušić Zvonko Bušić (23 January 1946 – 1 September 2013) was a Croatian emigrant, responsible for hijacking TWA Flight 355 in September 1976. He was subsequently convicted of air piracy and spent 32 years in prison in the United States before being ...

, 67, Croatian airplane hijacker (

TWA Flight 355 TWA Flight 355 was a domestic Trans World Airlines flight that was hijacked on September 10, 1976 by five "Fighters for Free Croatia", a group seeking Croatian independence from Yugoslavia. In a coincidence, the incident occurred on the same d ...

), suicide by gunshot. *

Joaquim Justino Carreira Joaquim Justino Carreira (29 January 1950 − 1 September 2013) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Leiria, Portugal and ordained to the priesthood in 1977, Carreira was named bishop in 2005. In 2011, he was named bish ...

, 63, Portuguese-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Guarulhos Guarulhos () is a Brazilian municipality. It is the second most populous city in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the 13th most populous city in Brazil, and is also the most populous city in the country that is not a state capital. In the last ...

(since 2011). * Pál Csernai, 80, Hungarian footballer and manager (

FC 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 play ...

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

). *

Ignacio Eizaguirre Ignacio Eizaguirre Arregui (7 November 1920 – 1 September 2013) was a Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played 381 La Liga games during 19 seasons, representing Real Sociedad, Valencia and Osasuna. He was a Spanish internatio ...

, 92, Spanish footballer (

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septem ...

, national team). *

Ole Ernst Ole Ernst Pedersen (16 May 1940 – 1 September 2013) was a Danish actor, active on stage, TV and film. He appeared in 95 films and television shows from 1967 to 2013. He starred in the 1983 film '' Der er et yndigt land'', which won an Hono ...

, 73, Danish actor. *

Philip I. Marcus Philip I. Marcus (June 3, 1927 in Springfield, Massachusetts – September 1, 2013 in Farmington, Connecticut) was an American virologist and a leader in interferon research. From 2003 he was a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Molecul ...

, 86, American virologist. * Tommy Morrison, 44, American heavyweight champion boxer (

WBO The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing ...

) and actor (''

Rocky V ''Rocky V'' is a 1990 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen (the first time since the first film of the franchise), written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the sequel to ''Rocky IV'' (1985) and is the fifth install ...

''), multiple organ failure. *

Chris Packer Chris Packer (c. 1953 – 1 September 2013) was an Australian from Perth, Western Australia who in 2004 narrowly escaped the death penalty when arrested in Bali, Indonesia for suspected arms smuggling. Police arrested Packer after finding undecla ...

, 60, Australian sailor. * Christoph Schumann, 44, German political scientist. *

Gordon Steege Air Commodore Gordon Henry Steege, DSO, DFC (31 October 1917 – 1 September 2013) was a senior officer and pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He became a fighter ace in World War II, credited with eight ae ...

, 95, Australian military officer, RAAF flying ace. * Margaret Mary Vojtko, 83, American linguist. *

Ken Wallis Wing Commander Kenneth Horatio Wallis (26 April 1916 – 1 September 2013) was a British aviator, engineer, and inventor. During the Second World War, Wallis served in the Royal Air Force and flew 28 bomber missions over Germany; after the war ...

, 97, British autogyro exponent and

James Bond The ''James Bond'' series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. Since Fleming's death in 1964, eight other authors have ...

stunt pilot.

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, 66, Armenian journalist and translator. *

Valérie Benguigui Valérie Benguigui (8 July 1961 – 2 September 2013) was a French actress and theater director. Born in Oran, Algeria, she took acting courses at the Cours Florent and the National Chaillot Theatre School. Her first film role was in Francis ...

, 52, French

César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * C ...

-winning actress, breast cancer. *

Terry Clawson Terence "Terry" A. Clawson (9 April 1940 – 2 September 2013) was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played from the 1950s through to the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain between 1962 ...

, 73, English rugby league player. * Ronald Coase, 102, British economist, laureate of the

Nobel Prize in Economics The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...

(1991). *

Paul Danilo Paul “Doots” Danilo (July 5, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was born in South Fayette Township, Pennsylvania and was a U.S. soccer outside right who played most of his career with amateur teams in western Pennsylvania. He scored the winning go ...

, 94, American soccer player and coach. *

Arthur J. Deikman Arthur J. Deikman (September 27, 1929 – September 2, 2013) was a clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and a member of the editorial board of the '' Journal of Humanistic Psychology'' and Human Givens ...

, 83, American psychiatrist, Parkinson's disease. *

Ricardo Elmont Ricardo Willy Elmont (16 September 1954 – 2 September 2013) was a Surinamese judoka, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Elmont took up judo seriously in 1970 and went on to win the national middleweight title three years r ...

, 58, Surinamese judoka. * David Jacobs, 87, British radio and television broadcaster ('' Juke Box Jury'', '' Any Questions?''). *

Pablo Krögh Pablo Willy Krögh Baraona (21 February 1963 – 2 September 2013) was a Chilean film, theater, television and voice actor. His credits included the Chilean films ''Machuca ''Machuca'' is a 2004 internationally co-produced film co-written an ...

, 50, Chilean actor ('' Dawson Isla 10''), tongue cancer. *

Olga Lowe Olga Lowe (14 September 1919 – 2 September 2013) was a British film, stage and television actress. She made her film debut in an uncredited role in the 1949 film ''Trottie True''. Described by ''The Stage'' as "an actress of extraordinary versat ...

, 93, British stage and film actress. *

Makoto Moroi (17 December 1930 – 2 September 2013) was a Japanese composer. Biography Makoto Moroi was born in Tokyō, and is the son of Saburō Moroi. He studied composition with Tomojirō Ikenouchi at the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and M ...

, 82, Japanese composer. * Noel Olsen, 67, British doctor, prostate cancer. *

Frederik Pohl Frederik George Pohl Jr. (; November 26, 1919 – September 2, 2013) was an American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan, with a career spanning nearly 75 years—from his first published work, the 1937 poem "Elegy to a Dead Satelli ...

, 93, American science fiction author ('' Man Plus'', '' Gateway''). * Henry Putzel Jr., 99, American lawyer and

Reporter of Decisions The Reporter of Decisions (sometimes known by other titles, such as Official Reporter or State Reporter) is the official responsible for publishing the decisions of a court. Traditionally, the decisions were published in books known as case repor ...

of the

United States Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

. * Shahid Qureshi, 77, Pakistani cricketer. * Isidro Sánchez García-Figueras, 76, Spanish footballer. *

Sir Paul Scoon Sir Paul Godwin Scoon (4 July 1935 – 2 September 2013) was a Grenadian politician who served as Governor-General of Grenada from 1978 to 1992. His tenure is notable for its hectic events related to the rise and fall of the People's Revolutiona ...

, 78, Grenadian politician,

Governor-General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

(1978–1992). *

Boris Sergeyevich Sokolov Boris Sergeyevich Sokolov (russian: Борис Серге́евич Соколов) (April 9, 1914 – September 2, 2013) was a Russian geologist and paleontologist. Sokolov authored reference works on the stratigraphy of Eastern Europe, in partic ...

, 99, Russian geologist and paleontologist. * Alain Testart, 67, French social anthropologist. *

Hugh van Cutsem Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem (21 July 1941 – 2 September 2013) was an English banker, businessman, landowner and horse-breeder. Early life Hugh Bernard Edward van Cutsem was born on 21 July 1941.Gordon Cramb ''Financial Times'', 6 Septembe ...

, 72, British horse breeder.Gordon Cramb
Hugh van Cutsem, countryman, 1941-2013
''

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'', 6 September 2013Hugh van Cutsem
''

The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was fo ...

'', 3 September 2013 * Dame Juliet Wheldon, 63, British civil servant.

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* Anna Beneck, 71, Italian butterfly swimmer. * Ariel Castro, 53, American convicted kidnapper and rapist, suicide by hanging. *

Alvin Eisenman Alvin Eisenman (June 18, 1921 – September 3, 2013) was an American graphic designer and educator throughout the last half of the 20th century. He was most notable for founding and heading the Yale School of Art's graduate program in graphic desig ...

, 92, American graphic designer and academic. * Donald Featherstone, 95, British wargamer, complications from a fall. * Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, 92, Mexican journalist. * Albert Heffer, 79, South African cricketer. * Ralph M. Holman, 99, American judge, Associate Justice of the

Oregon Supreme Court The Oregon Supreme Court (OSC) is the highest state court in the U.S. state of Oregon. The only court that may reverse or modify a decision of the Oregon Supreme Court is the Supreme Court of the United States.José Ramón Larraz José Ramón Larraz Gil (1929 – 3 September 2013) was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror films such as the erotic and bloody '' Vampyres'' (1974). Biography Early life Born in Barcelona, Larraz earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree ...

, 84, Spanish movie director (''

Vampyres A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the Vitalism, vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead, undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mi ...

'') and comics writer. *

Janet Lembke Janet Lembke (2 March 1933 – 3 September 2013), ''née'' Janet Nutt, was an American author, essayist, naturalist, translator and scholar. Life and work Lembke was born in Cleveland, Ohio during the Great Depression, graduated in 1953 from Middl ...

, 80, American writer. *

Rick McCann Richard Leo McCann (May 27, 1944 – September 3, 2013) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 43 games in the National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hock ...

, 69, Canadian ice hockey player (

Detroit Red Wings The Detroit Red Wings (colloquially referred to as the Wings) are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit. The Red Wings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic Division in the East ...

). *

Don Meineke Don "Monk" Meineke (October 30, 1930 – September 3, 2013) was an American professional basketball player. Meineke averaged 20.6 points as a junior for the Dayton Flyers, carrying the team to an NIT runner-up finish in 1951. He averaged 21 ...

, 82, American basketball player (

Fort Wayne Pistons A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

). *

Lewis Morley Lewis Frederick Morley (16 June 1925 – 3 September 2013) was a photographer. Biography Morley was born in Hong Kong to English and Chinese parents and interned in Stanley Internment Camp during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong between 1941 ...

, 88, British Hong Kong-born Australian photographer (

Christine Keeler Christine Margaret Keeler (22 February 1942 – 4 December 2017) was an English model and showgirl. Her meeting at a dance club with society osteopath Stephen Ward drew her into fashionable circles. At the height of the Cold War, she became s ...

Joe Orton John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his death in 1967, was short but highly influential. During this brie ...

). * Dick Ukeiwé, 84, New Caledonian politician, member of the French Senate (1983–1992) and the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

(1989–1994).

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Ferdinand Biwersi Ferdinand Biwersi (24 June 1934 – 4 September 2013) was a German football referee. Biwersi was a referee for the German Football Association between 1965 and 1978. He refereed 121 games in the Fußball-Bundesliga, and 27 games in the 2. Fu� ...

, 79, German football referee. *

Raphael Dinyando Raphael Nakare Dinyando (2 August 1960 – 4 September 2013) was a Namibian politician and diplomat. Born in Divundu in 1960, Dinyando attended Rundu Secondary School in Rundu in northern Namibia. He studied at the University of Zululand in Sou ...

, 53, Namibian politician and diplomat, Ambassador to Austria (since 2010), MP for Rundu (2000–2010), Mayor of Rundu (1993–1998), cancer. * Sir Arthur George, 98, Australian lawyer and soccer administrator. *

Sankie Maimo Sankie Maimo (1930 – 4 September 2013) was a writer from British Southern Cameroons. Maimo moved to Ibadan, Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Fed ...

, 82–83, Cameroonian dramatist and playwright. * Michel Pagé, 63, Canadian politician. * Jules Paivio, 97, Canadian cartographer and teacher, last surviving Canadian veteran of the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

. *

Dick Raaijmakers Dick Raaijmakers (Maastricht, 1 September 1930 – The Hague, 4 September 2013), also known as Dick Raaymakers or Kid Baltan, was a Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist. He is considered a pioneer in the field of electronic music and tape mus ...

, 83, Dutch composer, theater maker and theorist. *

Lennart Risberg Lennart Kurt Risberg (16 April 1935 – 4 September 2013) was a Swedish boxer. He competed in the lightweight event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an inter ...

, 78, Swedish Olympic light-heavyweight boxer (

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 ...

). * Daniele Seccarecci, 33, Italian bodybuilder, heaviest male competitor, myocardial infarction. *

Stanislav Stepashkin Stanislav Ivanovich Stepashkin (russian: Станислав Иванович Степашкин; 1 September 1940 – 4 September 2013) was an Olympic boxer from the Soviet Union. Born in Moscow, Stepashkin trained at Trudovye Rezervy until 196 ...

, 73, Soviet Olympic boxing champion (

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 ...

). *

Shinya Taniguchi was a Japanese swimmer who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Death He died on 4 September 2013 from stomach cancer Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach. Most cases of stom ...

, 32, Japanese Olympic swimmer (

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 ...

), stomach cancer. *

Casey Viator Casey Viator/Casius Viatoro (September 4, 1951 – September 4, 2013) was an American professional bodybuilder. He is noted as the youngest ever AAU Mr. America – gaining the title at the age of 19 in 1971. Viator grew up in New Iberia, Louisi ...

, 62, American bodybuilder,

AAU Mr. America The Mr. America contest is a bodybuilding competition started by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). It was first held on July 4, 1939, and the winner was named "America's Best Built Man". In 1940 this was changed to what is now known as the Mr. A ...

(1971), heart attack. *

Joe Warham Joe Warham (1920 – 4 September 2013, Leeds, Yorkshire) was a rugby league footballer, coach and administrator, having been associated with Leeds Rugby League Football Club (now Leeds Rhinos) for more than fifty years. Warham was born in Warri ...

, 93, English rugby league coach (

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

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Sushmita Banerjee Sushmita Banerjee, also known as Sushmita Bandhopadhyay and Sayeda Kamala (1963/1964 – 4/5 September 2013), was a writer and activist from India. Her works include the memoir ''Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou'' (''A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife''; 1997 ...

, 49, Indian writer, shot. (body discovered on this date) *

Edwin Bideau Edwin 'Ed' H. Bideau III (October 1, 1950 – September 5, 2013) was a lawyer, farmer, rancher, and Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives, representing the 9th district (Neosho County, Kansas and Allen County, Kansas). Bideau ...

, 62, American politician, member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

(1985–1988, since 2012). * Mel Cooke, 79, New Zealand rugby league player (

Canterbury Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour. ...

). * Robert Farrar Capon, 87, American Episcopal priest and author. *

Willie Frazier Willie C. Frazier (June 19, 1942 – September 5, 2013) was an American collegiate and professional American football tight end. He spent three stints with the Houston Oilers over a 10-year career in the AFL and NFL and was one of the 4,000- ...

, 71, American football player (

Houston Oilers The Houston Oilers were a professional American football team that played in Houston from its founding in 1960 to 1996 before relocating to Memphis, and later Nashville, Tennessee becoming the Tennessee Titans. The Oilers began play in 1960 as ...

San Diego Chargers The San Diego Chargers were a professional American football team that played in San Diego from 1961 until the end of the 2016 season, before relocating to Los Angeles, where the franchise had played its inaugural 1960 season. The team is now ...

). *

Geoffrey Goodman Geoffrey George Goodman (2 July 1922 – 5 September 2013Mike Molloy"Obituary: Geoffrey Goodman" theguardian.com, 6 September 2013.) was a British journalist, broadcaster and writer. Following periods on the ''News Chronicle'' and the '' Daily He ...

, 91, British journalist and trade unionist. *

Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani (1917–2013) was an Indian otorhinolaryngologist, social activist and philanthropist, known for pioneering several surgical procedures which later came to be known as ''Dr. Hiranandani's Operations''. He was the fo ...

, 96, Indian otorhinolaryngologist, social activist and philanthropist. * Isamu Jordan, 37, American journalist, musician and academic, suicide. *

Maurice Lerner Maurice Richard "Pro" Lerner (December 20, 1935 – September 5, 2013) was a Mafia hit man connected with the Patriarca crime family who was convicted of murder in 1970. His conviction was overturned due to unethical behavior by the Federal Bureau ...

, 77, American Mafia hit man. * Lloyd Mayer, 63, American gastroenterologist and immunologist, brain cancer. *

Rochus Misch Rochus Misch (29 July 1917 – 5 September 2013) was a German ''Oberscharführer'' (sergeant) in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). He was badly wounded during the Polish campaign during the first month of World ...

, 96, German SS non-commissioned officer, last survivor of the

Führerbunker The ''Führerbunker'' () was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. It was part of a subterranean bunker complex constructed in two phases in 1936 and 1944. It was the last of the Führer Headquarters ( ...

. * Gene Nottolini, 69, American judge, leukemia. *

Marijan Novović Marijan Novović ( sr-cyr, Маријан Нововић; February 10, 1947 – September 5, 2013), also known by his nickname Šilja (), was a Serbian basketball coach and player. Playing career In his playing days, he spent his career with OK ...

, 66, Serbian basketball coach and player. *

Mireya Véliz Mireya Véliz (1915 - 5 September 2013) was a Chilean actress with a career of more than 50 years, retiring at the age of 96. Career Véliz was featured in some of the first televised ''TV-theatre'' productions in Chile which were directed by H ...

, 98, Chilean actress. *

Sangeen Zadran Mullah Sangeen Zadran (1976 or 1979 − 5 September 2013) was an Afghan militant and shadow governor of Paktika province. Zadran was an operational commander of the Haqqani network, an Islamist insurgent group. He was held responsible for the ca ...

, 45, Pakistani militant, shadow governor of

Paktika Province Paktika (Pashto/Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. Forming part of the larger Loya Paktia region, Paktika has a population of about 789,000, mostly ethnic Pashtuns. The town of Sharana ...

, drone strike.

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Ann C. Crispin Ann Carol Crispin (April 5, 1950 – September 6, 2013) was an American science fiction writer, the author of twenty-three published novels. She wrote several ''Star Trek'' and ''Star Wars'' novelizations, and created an original science fiction ...

, 63, American science fiction author (''

The Han Solo Trilogy ''The Han Solo Trilogy'' is a trilogy of now non-canon ('Legends') science-fiction novels set in the '' Star Wars'' galaxy. It follows Han Solo's origins and life before the events depicted in the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy (1977–1983). T ...

Sarek Sarek is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. He is a Vulcan astrophysicist, the Vulcan ambassador to the United Federation of Planets, and father of Spock. The character was originally played by Mark Lenard in the epi ...

''), bladder cancer. *

Dick Hess Dick Lee Hess (September 12, 1938 – September 6, 2013) was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the l ...

, 74, 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 ...

(since 1987), complications from surgery. *

Barbara Hicks Barbara Hicks (12 August 1924 – 6 September 2013) was an English film actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film ''Brazil'' and Merchant Ivory Productions's 1992 Bafta award-winning ''Howards End''. Biography Hicks was born in ...

, 89, English actress (''

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

'', '' Howards End''). *

Bobby Martin Bobby Martin may refer to: *Bobby Martin (American football) (1987–2020), American football player *Bobby Martin (musician) (1903–2001), jazz trumpeter *Bobby Martin, bass player for Canadian country group the James Barker Band *Bobby Martin (p ...

, 83, American music producer, arranger and songwriter. * Khin Maung Kyi, 86, Burmese economist. *

Santiago Rosario Santiago Rosario (July 25, 1939 – September 6, 2013) was a first baseman and corner outfielder who played briefly for the Kansas City Athletics during the season. Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Rosario batted and threw left handed. He was born ...

, 74, Puerto Rican baseball player ( Kansas City Athletics). * Sir Cameron Rusby, 87, British vice admiral. *

Adin Talbar Adin Talbar ( he, עדין טלבר) (8 October 1921 – 6 September 2013), was a German-born Israeli diplomat and athlete who served as Deputy Director of the Israel Ministry for Commerce and Industry, furthered German-Israeli cooperation an ...

, 91, German-born Israeli diplomat. * Bill Wallis, 76, British actor (''

'', ''

The Other Boleyn Girl ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2001) is a historical novel written by British author Philippa Gregory, loosely based on the life of 16th-century aristocrat Mary Boleyn (the sister of Anne Boleyn) of whom little is known. Inspired by Mary's life s ...

'', '' War and Remembrance''). *

Frederick Zugibe Frederick Thomas Zugibe (; May 28, 1928 – September 6, 2013) was the chief medical examiner of Rockland County, New York from 1969 to 2002. Zugibe was one of the United States' most prominent forensics experts, known for his research and books o ...

, 85, American medical examiner and

Shroud of Turin The Shroud of Turin ( it, Sindone di Torino), also known as the Holy Shroud ( it, Sacra Sindone, links=no or ), is a length of linen cloth bearing the negative image of a man. Some describe the image as depicting Jesus of Nazareth and bel ...

investigator.

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Jean Anyon Jean Anyon (July 16, 1941 – September 7, 2013), was an American critical thinker and researcher in education, a professor in the Doctoral Program in Urban Education at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, and a civil rights an ...

, 72, American educationalist. *

Albert Allen Bartlett Albert Allen Bartlett (March 21, 1923 – September 7, 2013) was an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, US. Professor Bartlett had lectured over 1,742 times since September, 1969 on ''Arithmetic, Population, ...

, 90, American physicist. *

Romesh Bhandari Romesh Bhandari (29 March 1928 – 7 September 2013) was an Indian Foreign Secretary, former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and former governor of Tripura, Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Career Bhandari was born in Lahore, p ...

, 85, Indian politician,

Foreign Secretary The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...

(1985–1986),

Governor of Uttar Pradesh The following is the list of governors of Uttar Pradesh. The list also includes governors of the United Provinces of pre-independent India as well as Independent India from 15 August 1947 to 25 January 1950. The province was renamed Uttar Prade ...

(1996–1998). * Frank Blevins, 74, Australian politician, Deputy Premier of South Australia (1992–1993), cancer. * Alexander Cools, 71, Dutch behavioral pharmacologist. *

Wolfgang Frank Wolfgang Frank (21 February 1951 – 7 September 2013) was a German football manager and player. Frank was born in Reichenbach an der Fils, and made a total of 215 appearances in the Bundesliga during his playing career, scoring 89 goals. For ...

, 62, German football player and coach, cancer. *

Susan Fuentes Susan Fuentes (; 1 November 1954 – 7 September 2013) was a Filipino singer known as the "Queen of Visayan Songs". She recorded and popularized Visayan classics such as ''Matud Nila'' (''They Say'' in English; ''Sabi Nila'' in Filipino), ''Gi ...

, 58, Filipino singer, complications from kidney ailment. *

Joseph Granville Joseph Ensign Granville (August 20, 1923 – September 7, 2013), often called Joe Granville, was a financial writer and investment seminar speaker. He is most famous for inventing and developing the concept of "On-balance volume (OBV)". Granvil ...

, 90, American financial writer, pneumonia. *

Barney Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe Bernard John Hayhoe, Baron Hayhoe, (8 August 1925 – 7 September 2013) was a British Conservative politician. Early life He was born in Surrey and attended Stanley Technical School, South Norwood. He left school at 16 to take up an apprenti ...

, 88, British politician, MP for Heston and Isleworth (1970–1974) and Brentford and Isleworth (1974–1992). * Pete Hoffman, 94, American cartoonist. * Ilja Hurník, 90, Czech composer and essayist. *

Fred Katz Frederick Carl Katz (21 May 1877 – 13 December 1960) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. He had a long association with the Australian labour movement, holding senior leadership positions with the Federated Clerks' Union, Feder ...

, 94, American jazz cellist and composer. *

Kuluypa Konduchalova Kuluypa Konduchalova ( ky, Күлүйпа Кондучалова; 15 June 1920 – 7 September 2013) was a Kyrgyz-Soviet teacher, politician and cultural minister. She is most-known as a patron of culture and for the work she did to promote Kyrgy ...

, 93, Soviet-born Kyrgyz teacher and politician, Minister of Culture (1958–1980). * Ted Loden, 73, British army colonel, shot. * Mehdi Mohammadi, 60, Iranian football player and coach, heart attack. *

Vitthalbhai Patel Vitthalbhai Patel (21 May 1936 – 7 September 2013) was an Indian poet, lyricist, and senior Congress leader known for his contributions in social services and politics as well as for penning several Hindi film songs, including "Na Maangu Sona ...

, 78, Indian songwriter and politician. * Barry Smith, 58, Canadian ice hockey player (

Boston Bruins The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...

). *

Marek Špilár Marek Špilár (11 February 1975 – 7 September 2013) was a Slovak football player. He won a national league title with MFK Košice in Slovakia as well as two in Belgium with Club Brugge KV. He also played club football in the Czech Republic a ...

, 38, Slovak footballer, suicide by

self-defenestration Jumping from a dangerous location, such as from a high window, balcony, or roof, or from a cliff, dam, or bridge, is an often used suicide method in some countries. Many countries have noted suicide bridges such as the Nanjing Yangtze River Brid ...

. *

Dokka Umarov Doku Khamatovich Umarov ( ce, Ӏумар Хьамади кӀант Докка, translit='Umar Ẋamadi khant Dokka, ; russian: Доку Хаматович Умаров, Doku Khamatovich Umarov; 13 April 1964 – 7 September 2013), also known as ...

, 49, Chechen Islamic extremist militant, poisoned.

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* Fernando Compte, 82, Spanish wrestler. *

Louise Currie Louise Currie (born Louise Gunter; April 7, 1913 – September 8, 2013) was an American film actress, active from 1940 into the early 1950s. Biography Currie was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the daughter of Charles W. Gunter, a banker, ...

, 100, American film actress (''

Adventures of Captain Marvel ''Adventures of Captain Marvel'' is a 1941 American 12-chapter black-and-white serial film, movie serial from Republic Pictures, produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr., directed by John English (director), John English and William Witney, that stars T ...

'', ''

Citizen Kane ''Citizen Kane'' is a 1941 American drama film produced by, directed by, and starring Orson Welles. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Herman J. Mankiewicz. The picture was Welles' first feature film. ''Citizen Kane'' is frequently cited ...

''). *

Loo-Chi Hu Loo-Chi Hu (28 December 1924 – 8 September 2013) was a Chinese-born New Zealand marine equipment designer, fisheries consultant and t'ai chi teacher. As well as being awarded the Queen's Service Medal, Huloo, as he was known, is notable for havi ...

, 88, Chinese-born New Zealand marine equipment designer, fisheries consultant and tai chi teacher. *

Léopold Jorédié Léopold Jorédié (1947 – 8 September 2013) was a former Vice President of the Government of New Caledonia who served under Jean Lèques. As VP he was given a suspended sentence for corruption. In 2007 he was declared unfit to hold public offic ...

, 66, New Caledonian politician, Vice President (1999–2001). * Ahmed Kebaili, 88, Algerian cyclist. *

José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano, (December 12, 1920 – September 8, 2013) was a Mexican prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Lozano was born in San Miguel El Alto, Mexico and ordained a priest on April 20, 1946, from the Archdiocese of Guadalaja ...

, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

(1963–2000). *

Don Reichert Don Karl Reichert (11 January 1932 – 8 September 2013) was a Canadian artist. While primarily a painter in the abstract expressionist tradition, he was also notable as a photographer and digital media artist. Career Donald Reichert was ...

, 81, Canadian artist. * Harris Rowe, 89, American politician, businessman, and lawyer. * Tore Sinding-Larsen, 83, Norwegian judge. *

Lacey Baldwin Smith Lacey Baldwin Smith (1922 – September 8, 2013) was an historian and author specialising in 16th-century England. He was the author of ''Henry VIII: The Mask of Royalty'' and ''Catherine Howard: A Tudor Tragedy'', among other books. Born in Princ ...

, 90, American historian. * Jean Véronis, 58, French linguist and blogger. *

Carl von Gerber Carl von Gerber (23 August 1931 – 8 September 2013) was a Swedish sprint canoer. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics with the best result of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event in 1964. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the 1 ...

, 82, Swedish Olympic sprint canoer (

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 ...

). * Cal Worthington, 92, American car dealer, natural causes.

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Sunila Abeysekera Sunila Abeysekera (September 4 1952 – September 9, 2013) was a Sri Lankan human rights campaigner. She worked on women's rights in Sri Lanka and in the South Asia region for decades as an activist and scholar. Quitting a career as a singer, Abeyse ...

, 61, Sri Lankan human rights campaigner. * Alberto Bevilacqua, 79, Italian writer and film director, cardiac arrest. *

Patricia Blair Patricia Blair (born Patsy Lou Blake; January 15, 1933 – September 9, 2013) was an American television and film actress, primarily on 1950s and 1960s television. She is best known as Rebecca Boone in all six seasons of NBC's ''Daniel Boone'', w ...

, 80, American actress (''

The Rifleman ''The Rifleman'' is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the fictional town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show wa ...

'', '' Daniel Boone''), breast cancer. *

Champignon ''Agaricus bisporus'' is an edible basidiomycete mushroom native to grasslands in Eurasia and North America. It has two color states while immature – white and brown – both of which have various names, with additional names for the mature ...

, 35, Brazilian musician (

Charlie Brown Jr. Charlie Brown Jr. was a Brazilian alternative rock band from Santos, São Paulo. The group was popular with disadvantaged youth because of their relatable commentary about social issues and the frequent use of skate punk and hip hop slang in ...

Revolucionnários Revolucionnários (Portuguese for "''Revolutionnaries''" ) was a Brazilian alternative rock band from Santos, São Paulo. History After parting ways with his former band Charlie Brown Jr. in 2005 amid a series of creative divergences and c ...

A Banca A Banca (Portuguese for "''The Stand''") was a very short-lived Brazilian alternative rock band from Santos, São Paulo, composed mostly by former Charlie Brown Jr. members and described as a "spiritual successor" of it. History Following the b ...

), suicide by gunshot. * Susan Fitzgerald, 64, Irish actress (''

Angela's Ashes ''Angela's Ashes: A Memoir'' is a 1996 memoir by the Irish-American author Frank McCourt, with various anecdotes and stories of his childhood. The book details his very early childhood in Brooklyn, New York, US but focuses primarily on his life ...

''), colorectal cancer. * Forrest, 60, American singer, stroke. * Saburo Kamei, 75, Japanese voice actor ('' Fist of the North Star''). *

Saul Landau Saul Landau (January 15, 1936 – September 9, 2013) was an American journalist, filmmaker and commentator. He was also a professor emeritus at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he taught history and digital media. Educa ...

, 77, American filmmaker, bladder cancer. * Mamafaka, 34, Thai graphic designer and street artist, surfing incident. *

Dorothy Swain Lewis Dorothy Swain Lewis (September 30, 1915 – September 9, 2013) was an American aviator who trained Navy pilots and flew with the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program during World War II. She was also an artist who created a series of cast ...

, 97, American aviator. * Bill Ray, 91, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1965–1971) 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 ...

(1971–1987). * Rebecca Sedwick, 12, American cyberbullying victim, suicide by jumping. *

Gunnar Høst Sjøwall Gunnar Høst Sjøwall (22 January 1936 – 9 September 2013) was a Norwegian portrait photographer and former competitive tennis player. Sjøwall was a son of photographer Gunnar Theodor Sjøwall. As a child, he showed early promise in tennis and ...

, 77, Norwegian photographer. * Shalom Yoran, 88, Polish Jewish partisan and author (''

The Defiant ''The Defiant: A True Story of Jewish Vengeance and Survival'' is a World War II memoir by Shalom Yoran, a Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 19 ...

'').

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* Damian Gardiner, 44, Irish Olympic equestrian, esophageal cancer. *

Richard Grey, 6th Earl Grey Richard Fleming George Charles Grey, 6th Earl Grey (4 March 1939 – 10 September 2013) was a British hereditary peer. Early life and education Richard Grey was the son of Albert Grey and Vera Harding. Through his father, he was a great-great ...

, 74, British peer and businessman. *

György Gurics György Gurics (27 January 1929 – 10 September 2013) was a Hungarian wrestler. He was born in Dunapentele in Fejér County. He was Olympic bronze medalist in Freestyle wrestling from 1952. He won a gold medal in Greco-Roman Wrestling at ...

, 84, Hungarian Olympic wrestler, bronze 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 ...

). *

John Hambrick John James Hambrick (June 21, 1940 – September 10, 2013) was an American broadcast journalist, reporter, actor, voice over announcer and TV documentary producer. Career Broadcast journalist Hambrick began his television career in 1963 at KR ...

, 73, American television news anchor (

WNBC WNBC (channel 4) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Linden, New Jersey–licensed Telemundo station WN ...

, WEWS), actor and announcer, lung cancer. * Barry Hancock, 74, English footballer (

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

). *

Ibrahim Makhous Ibrahim Makhūs or Ibrahim Makhous or Brahim Makhous and ar , إبراهيم ماخوس (1925-2013) was a Syrian Syrian Baathist politician who sat on the Regional Command from 1966 to 1970. He served as foreign minister during Salah Jadid's r ...

, 88, Syrian politician. * Constantin Moldoveanu, 69, Romanian soccer player. * Anne-Sylvie Mouzon, 57, Belgian politician, member of the

Brussels Regional Parliament The Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, R ...

(since 1989), cancer. *

Don Nelson Donald Arvid Nelson (born May 15, 1940) is an American former professional basketball player and head coach. Nelson is second all-time in regular season wins of any coach in NBA history, with 1,335 (he held the record for most wins for almost 12 ...

, 86, American screenwriter (''

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from October 3, 1952, to April 23, 1966, and starred the real-life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television, where it ...

''), Parkinson's disease. *

Josef Němec Josef Němec (25 September 1933 – 10 September 2013) was a boxer from Czechoslovakia. Born in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia, he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, going out in the quarter- ...

, 79, Czech Olympic boxer, bronze medalist (

). * Lyn Peters, 72, Argentine-born British model and actress ('' Get Smart'', ''

Hogan's Heroes ''Hogan's Heroes'' is an American television sitcom set in a Nazi German prisoner-of-war (POW) camp during World War II. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the CBS network, the longest broadcast ...

''). * Glen Pommerening, 85, American politician and lawyer. *

Peter Paul Prabhu Peter Paul Prabhu (20 March 1931 − 10 September 2013) was an Indian Roman Catholic archbishop and diplomat. Born in Chennai, India, Prabhu was ordained to the priesthood on 20 December 1954 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylap ...

, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Tituli in Numidia (since 1993). *

Ivan Sag Ivan Andrew Sag (November 9, 1949 – September 10, 2013) was an American linguist and cognitive scientist. He did research in areas of syntax and semantics as well as work in computational linguistics. Personal life Born in Alliance, Ohio on N ...

, 63, American linguist, cancer. *

Clay Shaw Clay LaVergne Shaw (March 17, 1913 – August 15, 1974) was an American businessman and military officer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Shaw is best known for being the only person brought to trial for involvement in the assassination of John F. ...

, 74, American politician, member of

U.S. House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

from

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

(1981–2007),

Mayor of Fort Lauderdale The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale serves a three-year term, no greater than six consecutive terms, for a maximum of eighteen years. Mayor-Council Government (1912–1925) Mayor was appointed from the Council. * 1912–1913 W.H. Marshall * 1913–1914 ...

(1975–1981), lung cancer. *

Kjell Sjöberg Kjell Allan Sjöberg (11 May 1937 – 10 September 2013) was a Swedish ski jumper. Career He competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the normal hill and large hill events with the best result of fifth place in the large hill in 1964. H ...

, 76, Swedish Olympic ski jumper. *

Glen Skov Glen Frederick Skov (January 26, 1931 – September 10, 2013) was a professional ice hockey centre who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks and Montreal Canadiens. Skov won three Sta ...

, 82, Canadian ice hockey player (

). *

Corey Swinson Corey J. Swinson (December 15, 1969 – September 10, 2013) was an American football defensive tackle. After playing his college football at Hampton University, Swinson spent one season with the NFL's St. Louis Rams in 1995. He was originally dr ...

, 43, American football player (

St. Louis Rams The St. Louis Rams were a professional American football team of the National Football League (NFL). They played in St. Louis from 1995 to the 2015 season, before moving back to Los Angeles, where the team had played from 1946 to 1994. The arri ...

). * Jack Vance, 80, Canadian army lieutenant general.

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Marshall Berman Marshall Howard Berman (November 23, 1940–September 11, 2013) was an American philosopher and Marxist humanist writer. He was a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at The City College of New York and at the Graduate Center of the City U ...

, 72, American philosopher and writer. * Fernand Boone, 79, Belgian footballer. *

Francisco Chavez Francisco "Frank" Chavez (6 February 1947 – 11 September 2013) was a Filipino lawyer. He was the Solicitor General of the Philippines during the Aquino administration. Early life Born as Francisco Ibrado Chavez in Bateria, Sagay, Negros Occ ...

, 66, Filipino human rights lawyer, Solicitor General (1987–1992), stroke. * Ramachandra Deva, 67, Indian poet, playwright and critic. *

Keith Dunstan John Keith Dunstan (3 February 1925 – 11 September 2013), known as Keith Dunstan, was an Australian journalist and author. He was a prolific writer and the author of more than 25 books. Early life Dunstan was born in Malvern East, Victoria, ...

, 88, Australian newspaper columnist and writer, cancer. *

Jimmy Fontana Jimmy Fontana (13 November 1934 – 11 September 2013) was an Italian actor, composer and singer-songwriter. Two of his most famous songs are " Che sarà", performed also by José Feliciano with Ricchi e Poveri, and " Il Mondo". Biography Born ...

, 78, Italian singer-songwriter (" Il Mondo"), composer (" Che sarà") and actor (''

Crazy Desire ''Crazy Desire'' (originally titled as ''La voglia matta'', also known as ''The Crazy Urge'') is a 1962 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce. It launched the film career of Catherine Spaak. The film initially was banned by the Italian ce ...

''). *

Edith Guillaume Edith Sussanne Antonie Guillaume (Juni 14, 1943 - September 11, 2013) was a Danish mezzo-soprano who sang for the Danish National Opera and the Royal Danish Opera. She is remembered for performing in several modernist works, including those of Kr ...

, 69–70, Danish mezzo-soprano. *

Albert Jacquard Albert Jacquard (23 December 1925 – 11 September 2013) was a French geneticist, popularizer of science and essayist. He was well known for defending ideas related to science, degrowth, needy persons and the environment. He was 10 years an ac ...

, 87, French geneticist and essayist. *

Albert Jones Albert Jones may refer to: * Albert Beckford Jones (born 1958), American businessman * Albert Edward Jones (1878–1954), English silversmith and designer * Albert F. A. L. Jones (1920–2013), New Zealand astronomer * Albert F. Jones (1858–1920 ...

, 93, New Zealand amateur astronomer. *

Pierre Léon Pierre R. Léon (March 12, 1926 – September 11, 2013) was a French-Canadian linguist and writer. Life and career Léon was born in Ligré, Touraine, France on March 12, 1926. He received a PhD from the University of Besançon in 1960 and a Do ...

, 87, French-Canadian linguist and writer, cancer. * Flora Arca Mata, 95, American teacher. *

Demetrius Newton Demetrius Caiphus Newton (March 15, 1928 – September 11, 2013) was an American civil rights attorney and politician. He filed lawsuits to end segregation, and represented Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and others in cases related to c ...

, 85, American politician and civil rights attorney. * Fritz Nussbaum, 89, Swiss Olympic athlete. * Mats Olsson, 83, Swedish musician. *

Prince Jazzbo Linval Roy Carter (3 September 1951 – 11 September 2013), better known as Prince Jazzbo, was a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay and producer. Career Born in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, and raised in Kingston, Linval Roy Carter (who would ...

, 62, Jamaican reggae DJ, lung cancer. *

Virgil A. Richard Brigadier General Virgil Almos Richard ( September 4, 1937 – September 11, 2013) was a US Army General who served 32 years of active military service of which 30 were devoted to Financial Management. Richard became an outspoken critic of the ...

, 76, American army brigadier general. * William Sullivan, 91, American politician and lawyer, member of the

Kentucky Senate The Kentucky Senate is the upper house of the Kentucky General Assembly. The Kentucky Senate is composed of 38 members elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. There are no term limits for Kentucky Senators. The Kentu ...

(1954–1958, 1966–1982). *

Andrzej Trybulec Andrzej Wojciech Trybulec (29 January 1941 in Kraków, Poland – 11 September 2013 in Białystok, Poland) was a Polish mathematician and computer scientist noted for work on the Mizar system. Early years His parents Jan W. Trybulec and Barbara ...

, 72, Polish mathematician and computer scientist. *

Tom Vernon Tom Vernon (23 April 1939 – 11 September 2013) was a British broadcaster and writer, best known as the titular "Fat Man" of a number of popular travelogues. Early life Thomas Bowater Vernon was born on 23 April 1939 in Stepney, London, ...

, 74, British writer and broadcaster (''Fat Man'' series), heart attack.

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Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki Omar Shafik Hammami ( ar, عمر شفيق همّامي, Umar Shafīq Hammāmī; 6 May 1984 – 12 September 2013), also known by the pseudonym Abu Mansoor al-Amriki ( ar, أبو منصور الأمريكي, ''Abū Manṣūr al-Amrīkī''), was an ...

, 29, American Islamist, shot. (death announced on this date) *

Ray Dolby Ray Milton Dolby (; January 18, 1933 – September 12, 2013) was an American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. He helped develop the video tape recorder while at Ampex and was the founder of Dolby Labor ...

, 80, American audio engineer and inventor (

Dolby NR A Dolby noise-reduction system, or Dolby NR, is one of a series of noise reduction systems developed by Dolby Laboratories for use in analog audio tape recording. The first was '' Dolby A'', a professional broadband noise reduction ...

, surround sound), leukemia. *

Warren Giese Warren E. Giese (July 14, 1924 – September 12, 2013) was an American state legislator in South Carolina and a college football coach. He served as the head football coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks for five years at the University of So ...

, 89, American college football coach and politician, member of the

South Carolina Senate The South Carolina Senate is the upper house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the lower house being the South Carolina House of Representatives. It consists of 46 senators elected from single member districts for four-year terms at the sa ...

(1985–2004). * William Graham, 87, American director (''

The X-Files ''The X-Files'' is an American science fiction on television, science fiction drama (film and television), drama television series created by Chris Carter (screenwriter), Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

'', ''

Batman Batman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and debuted in Detective Comics 27, the 27th issue of the comic book ''Detective Comics'' on ...

'', '' The Fugitive''), pneumonia. *

Sheldon Hackney Francis Sheldon Hackney (December 5, 1933 – September 12, 2013) was a prominent American educator. He was the Boies Professor of United States History at the University of Pennsylvania. Early life Hackney was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 193 ...

, 79, American educationalist. *

Erich Loest Erich Loest (; 24 February 1926 – 12 September 2013) was a German writer born in Mittweida, Saxony. He also wrote under the pseudonyms Hans Walldorf, Bernd Diksen and Waldemar Naß. Life and career He was a conscript soldier in World War II a ...

, 87, German author and screenwriter (''

Nikolaikirche The following cathedrals, churches and chapels are dedicated to Saint Nicholas: Austria *Church of St. Nikolaus, Lockenhaus *St. Nicholas Church, Inzersdorf, Vienna Albania *St. Nicholas Church, Moscopole * St. Nicholas Church, Perondi *Church ...

''), suicide by

. *

Rod Masterson Rodney Gregory Masterson, Jr., known as Rod Masterson (February 14, 1945 – September 12, 2013), was an American film and television actor from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Background A native of Alexandria in Central Louisiana, Masterson was one of ...

, 68, American actor ('' Blaze''), Parkinson's disease. * Candace Pert, 67, American neuroscientist, cardiovascular arrest. *

Vinod Raina Vinod Raina (died 12 September 2013) was an Indian educationist. He was a member of drafting of the Right to Education Act. Career Vinod Raina resigned from his job at Delhi University to work on education reforms in India. He was one of the c ...

, Indian educationist, cancer. *

Joan Regan Joan Regan (born Joan Bethel or Siobhan Bethel; 19 January 1928 – 12 September 2013) was an English traditional pop music singer, popular during the 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Regan was born in either Romford, Essex, or West Ham, London ...

, 85, British traditional pop singer. * Otto Sander, 72, German actor (''

Wings of Desire ''Wings of Desire'' (, ; ) is a 1987 romantic fantasy film written by Wim Wenders, Peter Handke and Richard Reitinger, and directed by Wenders. The film is about invisible, immortal angels who populate Berlin and listen to the thoughts of its hu ...

'', '' Das Boot''). * Robert Steiner, 95, British radiologist. *

Avrum Stroll Avrum Stroll (February 15, 1921 – September 12, 2013) was a research professor at the University of California, San Diego. Born in Oakland, California, he was a distinguished philosopher and a noted scholar in the fields of epistemology, philoso ...

, 92, American philosopher and author. * Frank Tripucka, 85, American football player (

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...

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 ...

), heart failure.

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* Olusegun Agagu, 65, Nigerian politician,

Governor of Ondo State This is a list of governors and administrators of Ondo State. Ondo State was created from part of Western State on 17 March 1976. See also * States of Nigeria *List of state governors of Nigeria References * * *{{cite web , url=http://allafr ...

(2003–2009). *

Rafiquddin Ahmad Rafiquddin Ahmad (1 March 1932 – 13 September 2013) was chairman of Bangladesh Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation. Throughout his career he was the founding chairman of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC), was founding dire ...

, 81, Bangladeshi businessman and educationalist. *

Peter Aston Peter Aston (5 October 1938 – 13 September 2013) was an English composer, academic and conductor best known for his choral works.

, 74, English composer. *

Robert J. Behnke Dr. Robert J. Behnke (December 30, 1929 – September 13, 2013) was an American fisheries biologist and conservationist who was recognized as a world authority on the classification of salmonid fishes. He was popularly known as "Dr. Trout" or "T ...

, 83, American fisheries biologist. * James Bradford, 84, American Olympic weightlifter (

). * Rick Casares, 82, American football player (

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...

). * Ronnie Clark, 81, Scottish footballer. *

Nora Daza Nora Guanzon Villanueva-Daza (December 2, 1928 – September 13, 2013), popularly known as Chef Nora Daza, was the Philippines' first culinary icon, a Filipinos, Filipino veteran gourmet chef, restaurateur, socio-civic leader, television host and ...

, 84, Filipina chef. * Carlos Eiras, 81, Argentine Olympic skier. * Wayne Green, 91, American magazine publisher. *

Jimmy Herman Jimmy Herman (October 25, 1940 - September 13, 2013) was an Indigenous Canadian actor who appeared in several films, including ''Dances with Wolves''. Biography He was born on the Cold Lake Reserve in Alberta, Canada. His descents were Chipe ...

, 72, Canadian actor ('' Dances with Wolves'', ''

North of 60 ''North of 60'' is a 1990s Canadian television drama depicting life in the sub-Arctic northern boreal forest (north of 60° north latitude, hence the title). It first aired on CBC Television in 1992 and was syndicated around the world. It is s ...

'', '' Unforgiven''). * Anwar Hossain, 82, Bangladeshi actor. *

Methodius Methodius or Methodios may refer to: * Methodius of Olympus (d. 311), Christian bishop, church father, and martyr *Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius, a seventh-century text purporting to be written by Methodius of Olympus * Methodios I of Constantinop ...

, 72, Ukrainian Orthodox bishop. *

Dan Osinski Daniel Osinski (November 17, 1933 – September 13, 2013), nicknamed "The Silencer", was an American Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The , right-hander was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent before the 1952 season. H ...

, 79, American baseball player ( Los Angeles Angels,

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

). *

Antoneta Papapavli Antoneta Papapavli (17 February 1938 – 13 September 2013) was an Albanian actress. She has usually played the roles of ladies, rich women, mountaineers, directors and mothers throughout her work as both a film and theater actress. Personal li ...

, 75, Albanian stage actress. * Patti Webster, 49, American publicist (

Usher Usher may refer to: Several jobs which originally involved directing people and ensuring people are in the correct place: * Usher (occupation) ** Church usher ** Wedding usher, one of the male attendants to the groom in a wedding ceremony ** Fiel ...

Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...

), brain cancer.

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* Maksym Bilyi, 24, Ukrainian footballer, brain tumor. * Sir John Curtiss, 88, British Royal Air Force officer. *

Osama El-Baz Osama El-Baz (; ) (6 July 1931 – 14 September 2013) was an Egyptian diplomat and a senior advisor to former President Hosni Mubarak. Career A graduate from Cairo University, he studied for six years in the United States, where he obtained hi ...

, 83, Egyptian diplomat. * Faith Leech, 72, Australian Olympic champion freestyle swimmer (

). * Roy Mackal, 88, American biologist, cryptozoologist, and author, heart failure. * Athar Mahmood, 61, Pakistani diplomat. * Peter Morley, 84, British businessman and football club chairman ( Crystal Palace). *

Jorge Pedreros Jorge Arnaldo Pedreros Avilés (8 August 1942 – 14 September 2013) was a Chilean musician, record producer, actor and comedian. He was one of the creators of the iconic comedy show ''Jappening con Ja'' alongside Eduardo Ravani and Fernando ...

, 71, Chilean musician and comedian, pneumonia. * Apoorva Sengupta, 75, Indian cricketer. * Amund Venger, 69, Norwegian politician.

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* Sanaullah Khan Niazi, 53, Pakistani general, roadside IED blast. *

Munzir Al-Musawa Habib Munzir bin Fuad Al-Musawa ( ar, منذر المساوى '; February 23, 1973 – September 15, 2013) was an Indonesian Islamic cleric, teacher, da'i and founder of the Majelis Rasulullah religious organization. Early life Munzir was born ...

, 40, Indonesian Islamic scholar, complications of asthma and encephalitis. *

Jerry G. Bishop Jerry G. Bishop (August 3, 1936 – September 15, 2013) was a radio and television personality who is known for being Chicago's original "Svengoolie", and for his award-winning twelve-year stint on ''Sun-Up San Diego''. Education Born Jairus ...

, 77, American disc jockey and television personality, creator of Svengoolie, heart attack. *

Gerard Cafesjian Gerard Leon Cafesjian ( hy, Ջերարդ Լեւոն Գաֆէսճեան, 26 April 1925 – 15 September 2013) was a businessman and philanthropist who founded the Cafesjian Family Foundation (CFF), the Cafesjian Museum Foundation (CMF) and the Ca ...

, 88, American businessman and philanthropist. * Margaret Cooper, 91, English nurse and nurse-tutor. * Henry Rudolph Immerwahr, 97, German classical scholar. * Elizabeth Wright Ingraham, 91, American architect and educator, congestive heart failure. * Joyce Jacobs, 91, British-born Australian actress (''

A Country Practice ''A Country Practice'' is an Australian television soap opera which broadcast on the Seven Network from 18 November 1981 until 5 November 1993, airing at 7:30 pm on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Altogether, 14 seasons and 1,058 episodes were p ...

''). * Jackie Lomax, 69, English guitarist and singer-songwriter. * William Clyde Martin Jr., 83, American physicist. *

Assan Musa Camara Assan Musa Camara (otherwise known as Andrew David Camara; 21 April 1923 – 15 September 2013) was a politician from Gambia. He served as Vice President of Dawda Jawara, almost continuously from 1972 to 1977, and then again from 1981 to 1982, and ...

, 91, Gambian politician, Foreign Minister (1967–1974), Vice President (1972–1982), President (1981). *

Tomás Ó Canainn Tomás Ó Canainn (1930 – 15 September 2013) was an Irish Uilleann piper, accordion player, singer, composer, researcher, writer and lecturer in both electrical engineering (principally control engineering) and music. He was a founder of th ...

, 82, Irish

uilleann piper The uilleann pipes ( or , ) are the characteristic national bagpipe of Ireland. Earlier known in English as "union pipes", their current name is a partial translation of the Irish language terms (literally, "pipes of the elbow"), from their ...

. * Émile Turlant, 109, French centenarian, France's oldest living man. * Paolo Zantelli, 48, Italian F2 racing boat pilot, boat race collision.

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* Scott Adams, 46, American football player (

Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion ...

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...

), heart attack. * Philip Berg, 86, American rabbi, Leader of the Kabbalah Centre (since 1969). * Jack Britto, 87, Pakistani Olympic hockey player (

). *

Mac Curtis Wesley Erwin "Mac" Curtis, Jr. (January 16, 1939 – September 16, 2013) was an American rockabilly musician. Biography Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Curtis began playing guitar at the age of 12, entering local talent competitions. In 1954, h ...

, 74, American rockabilly singer, injuries received in a traffic collision. *

David Cheung David Cheung Chi-kong, JP (21 July 1937 – 16 September 2013) was a Hong Kong educator and pastor and the former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. David Cheung studied in the Wah Yan College, Kowloon, New Method College, and Hon ...

, 77, Hong Kong educator and pastor, member of the

Legislative Council of Hong Kong The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Kong ...

(1988–1991). *

Daniel Díaz Torres Daniel Díaz Torres (31 December 1948 – 16 September 2013) was a Cuban film director and screenwriter. His 1985 film ''Wild Dogs'' was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Wild Dogs Wild ...

, 64, Cuban film director, cancer. * Ratiba El-Hefny, 82, Egyptian opera singer and director (

Cairo Opera House The Cairo Opera House ( ar, دار الأوبرا المصرية, ''Dār el-Opera el-Masreyya''; literally "Egyptian Opera House"), part of Cairo's National Cultural Centre, is the main performing arts venue in the Egyptian capital. Home to mos ...

). *

Stanley Elkins Stanley Maurice Elkins (April 27, 1925 in Boston, Massachusetts – September 16, 2013 in Leeds, Massachusetts) was an American historian, best known for his unique and controversial comparison of slavery in the United States to Nazi concentrat ...

, 88, American historian. *

Susan Farmer Susan L. (née Lawson) Farmer (May 29, 1942 – September 16, 2013) was an American politician, media executive and television personality. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she went to Garland Junior College and Brown University Extension Divi ...

, 71, American politician, Secretary of State of Rhode Island (1982–1986), cancer. *

Eduardo García de Enterría Eduardo García de Enterría y Martínez-Carande (27 April 1923 – 16 September 2013) was a Spanish jurist and a major contributor to the research and teaching of Public Law in Spain. In 1984, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Soci ...

, 90, Spanish jurist, awarded Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences (1984). *

Terrie Hall Terrie Linn McNutt Hall (July 19, 1960 – September 16, 2013) was an American anti-smoking and anti-tobacco advocate. She was a survivor of ten cancer diagnoses, undergoing 48 radiation treatments, and nearly a year's worth of chemotherapy, befor ...

, 53, American

CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the National public health institutes, national public health agency of the United States. It is a Federal agencies of the United States, United States federal agency, under the United S ...

spokesperson and anti-tobacco advocate, cancer. * Kim Hamilton, 81, American actress (''

To Kill a Mockingbird ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' has become ...

'', ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that streams on the streaming service Peacock. The soap, which aired on the American television net ...

'', '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''). * Joan Hanke-Woods, 67, American Hugo Award-winning artist. *

George Hockham George Alfred Hockham FREng FIET (7 December 1938 – 16 September 2013) was a British engineer. He worked for over 40 years in theoretical analysis and design techniques applied to the solution of electromagnetic problems covering many diff ...

, 74, British electrical engineer. *

Tammareddy Krishna Murthy Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (1920 – 16 September 2013) was an Indian film producer who worked in Telugu cinema. He received the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award from the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2007. Krishna Murthy started his career in the fi ...

, 93, Indian film producer. *

Jim Palmer James Alvin Palmer (born October 15, 1945) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 19 years in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles (1965–1967, 1969–1984). Palmer was the winningest MLB pitcher in the ...

, 80, American basketball player (

New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, shortened and more commonly referred to as the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Associat ...

). * Juan Luis Panero, 71, Spanish poet. * Chin Peng, 89, Malaysian politician, leader of the Malayan Communist Party. *

Jimmy Ponder Jimmy Ponder (May 10, 1946 – September 16, 2013) was an American jazz guitarist. Career When Ponder's brother entered the military, he left his guitar, and Ponder picked it up. In his early teens he received lessons from the guitarist in a ba ...

, 67, American jazz guitarist, lung cancer. *

Howard Sheppard Howard Nicholas Sheppard (October 6, 1933 – September 16, 2013) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1981 to 1987. He represented the riding of Northumberlan ...

, 79, Canadian politician, member of the

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(1981–1987). * Fred Sherman, 81, American biologist. * David Avraham Spector, 58, Dutch-born Israeli rabbi, cancer. *

Patsy Swayze Yvonne Helen "Patsy" Swayze ( née Karnes; February 7, 1927 – September 16, 2013) was an American film choreographer, dancer, and dance instructor, and the mother of actor Patrick Swayze. Her credits include choreography for ''Urban Cowboy'' ...

, 86, American dancer and choreographer ('' Urban Cowboy'', ''

Hope Floats ''Hope Floats'' is a 1998 American drama film directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., and Gena Rowlands. Written by Steven Rogers and Brandine Spuckler, the story follows Birdee (Bullock), an unassuming hous ...

'', '' Big Top Pee-wee''), complications from a stroke. * Arend van der Wel, 80, Dutch football player.

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Otha Bailey Otha William Bill Bailey (born June 30, 1931 – September 17, 2013) was an American Negro league baseball player. He was a catcher for many teams. He played for the Birmingham Black Barons, Chattanooga Choo-Choos, Cleveland Buckeyes, Houston Ea ...

, 83, American Negro league baseball player. *

Ted Connelly Edward Connelly (6 November 1918 – 17 September 2013) was an Australian politician. He was an independent (politics), independent member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1975 and 1977, representing the electorate of Elector ...

, 94, Australian politician,

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(1975–1977). *

Martí de Riquer i Morera Martí de Riquer i Morera, 8th Count of Casa Dávalos (, es, Martín de Riquer y Morera) (3 May 1914 – 17 September 2013) was a Spanish literary historian and Romance philologist, a recognised international authority in the field. His writin ...

, 99, Spanish Catalan linguist and nobleman, 8th Count of Casa Dávalos, veteran of the Spanish Civil War. * Michael Giannatos, 72, Greek actor ('' Midnight Express'', ''

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...

'', ''

Captain Corelli's Mandolin ''Captain Corelli's Mandolin'', released simultaneously in the United States as ''Corelli's Mandolin'', is a 1994 novel by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupatio ...

''), heart attack. *

Kristian Gidlund Kristian Olof Erik Gidlund (21 September 1983 – 17 September 2013) was a Swedish musician and author. He played drums in the rock band Sugarplum Fairy.Sugarplum Fairy Sugarplum Fairy is a pop-rock band from Borlänge, Sweden. The members took the name from a version of the Beatles' song " A Day in the Life" where John Lennon counts the song in by saying "sugar-plum-fairy, sugar-plum-fairy". Sugarplum Fair ...

) and journalist, stomach cancer. * Larry Lake, 70, American-born Canadian broadcaster and musician. *

Peter K. Leisure Peter Keeton Leisure (March 21, 1929 – September 17, 2013) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Education and career Born in New York City, New York, Leisure received a ...

, 84, American senior judge of the

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. *

Pierre Macq Pierre Macq (8 July 1930 in Ganshoren – 17 September 2013) was a Belgium, Belgian physicist who was the rector of the Université catholique de Louvain, University of Louvain (UCLouvain) from 1986 until 1995. In 1973, he was awarded the Francqui ...

, 83, Belgian physicist, Rector of Universite Catholique de Louvain (1986–1995). *

Jack Mangan Jack Mangan (6 May 1927 – 17 September 2013) was an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Galway senior team. Mangan is regarded as one of Galway's greatest-ever goalkeepers. He made his debut for the team during ...

, 86, Irish Gaelic footballer. *

Bernie McGann Bernard Francis McGann (22 June 1937 – 17 September 2013) was an Australian jazz alto saxophone player. He began his career in the late 1950s and remained active as a performer, composer and recording artist until near the end of his life. McGan ...

, 76, Australian jazz alto saxophonist, complications from heart surgery. *Alex Naumik, 64, Lithuanian-born Norwegian artist, songwriter and record producer. *Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil politician), Michael J. Noonan, 78, Irish politician, Teachta Dála, TD for Limerick West (Dáil constituency), Limerick West (1969–1977); Minister for Defence (Ireland), Minister for Defence (1987–1989). *Dick O'Neal, 78, American basketball player (TCU Horned Frogs basketball, Texas Christian University). *Marvin Rainwater, 88, American country and rockabilly singer ("Whole Lotta Woman (Marvin Rainwater song), Whole Lotta Woman"), heart failure. *Eiji Toyoda, 100, Japanese industrialist (Toyota Motor Company), heart failure. *Allan Walsh (Australian politician), Allan Walsh, 73, Australian politician, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Electoral district of Maitland, Maitland (1981–1991). *Rein Welschen, 72, Dutch politician, Mayor of Eindhoven (1992–2003).

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*Torleiv Anda, 92, Norwegian diplomat and politician. *Veliyam Bharghavan, 85, Indian politician. *Lindsay Cooper, 62, British rock and jazz bassoonist and oboist (Henry Cow, Comus (band), Comus, Feminist Improvising Group), multiple sclerosis. *Rafael Corkidi, 83, Mexican cinematographer. *Joy Covey, 50, American business executive (Amazon.com), bicycle collision. *Johannes van Dam, 66, Dutch food journalist. *Stanislas Dombeck, 81, French footballer (Tours FC, Tours, Stade Français Paris (football), Stade Français, Stade Rennais F.C., Rennes, Amiens SC, Amiens) and coach (Tours FC, Tours). *Allan Ellis (American football), Allan Ellis, 62, American football player (

), heart attack. *Death of Pavlos Fyssas, Pavlos Fyssas, 34, Greek anti-fascist rapper, stabbed. *Monica Gallagher (community worker), Dame Monica Gallagher, 90, Australian community worker and church activist. *Marta Heflin, 68, American actress (''Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (film), Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean'', ''A Perfect Couple''). *Johnny Laboriel, 71, Mexican rock 'n' roll singer, prostate cancer. *Arthur Lamothe, 84, French-born Canadian film director and producer. *Dominique Loiseau, 64, French watchmaker. *Donald Low, 68, Canadian microbiologist, key figure in Toronto SARS outbreak, brain cancer. *Stephen Malawista, 79, American medical researcher, discovered Lyme disease. *Ken Norton, 70, American former WBC heavyweight champion boxer and actor (''Mandingo (film), Mandingo'', ''Drum (1976 film), Drum''), heart failure. * Lisa Otto, 93, German operatic soprano. *Carlos Alberto Raffo, 87, Argentine-born Ecuadorian footballer (Club Sport Emelec, Emelec). *Marcel Reich-Ranicki, 93, German literary critic. *Luigi Rapini, 89, Italian Olympic basketball player. *Richard C. Sarafian, 83, American film and television director (''I Spy (1965 TV series), I Spy'', ''Vanishing Point (1971 film), Vanishing Point'', ''77 Sunset Strip''), complications from pneumonia.

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

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* Ercan Aktuna, 73, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe S.K. (football), Fenerbahçe). * D. J. R. Bruckner, 79, American journalist. * George Bryan (British businessman), George Bryan, 92, British businessman, founder of Drayton Manor Theme Park. * Carolyn Cassady, 90, American Beat Generation, beat writer. * Jim Charlton, 102, Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher. * Robert W. Ford, 90, British diplomat and radio operator. *Robert J. Odegard, 92, American businessman and politician. * Robert L. Reymond, 80, American Christian theologian. * Ron Richards (footballer, born 1928), Ron Richards, 85, Australian football player (Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood). * Angelo Savoldi, 99, American professional wrestler and promoter. *Ernest Schultz, 82, French soccer player. * James B. Vaught, 86, American army lieutenant general, drowned. * Gilles Verlant, 56, Belgian journalist and music critic.

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*Ruhila Adatia-Sood, 31, Kenyan radio presenter, Westgate shopping mall shooting, shot. *Kofi Awoonor, 78, Ghanaian poet and diplomat, Westgate shopping mall shooting, shot. *Michel Brault, 85, Canadian film director. *Justo Galaviz, 59, Venezuelan Olympic cyclist. *Harl H. Haas, Jr., 80, American politician and jurist. *Taro Ishida, 69, Japanese voice actor (''Astro Boy (2003 TV series), Astro Boy'', ''Akira (1988 film), Akira''), myocardial infarction. *Walt Linden, 89, American baseball player (Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves). *Chester Moody, 78, American Negro league baseball player. *Francis Peay, 69, American football player (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Kansas City Chiefs) and coach (Northwestern Wildcats football, Northwestern University). *Joshua Ribera, 18, British rapper, stabbed. *Peter Solan (director), Peter Solan, 84, Slovak film director. *René Solís, 88, Cuban baseball player. *Roman Vlad, 93, Romanian-born Italian composer, pianist and musicologist. *Walter Wallmann, 80, German politician. *Ko Wierenga, 80, Dutch politician, Mayor of Enschede (1977–1994).

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*Gary Brandner, 80, American horror author (''The Howling''), esophageal cancer. *Jane Connell, 87, American stage, musical theatre and television actress (''Mame (musical), Mame''). *Kenneth Eager, 84, British sculptor. *Manuel González (footballer, born 1929), Manuel González, 84, Spanish footballer. *David H. Hubel, 87, Canadian-born American neurologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981). *Álvaro Mutis, 90, Colombian poet, novelist and essayist. *John E. Naus, 89, American Jesuit priest. *Dave Nichol, 73, Canadian product marketeer (Loblaw Companies, Loblaw). *Phyllis Pond, 82, American politician, member of the Indiana House of Representatives (since 1978). *Howard Riopelle, 91, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens). *Mohan Singh, 68, Indian politician, member of the Lok Sabha for Deoria (Lok Sabha constituency), Deoria (1991–1996; 1998–1999; 2004–2009), cancer. *Hans Erich Slany, 86, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design. *Luciano Vincenzoni, 87, Italian screenwriter (''For a Few Dollars More'', ''The Good, the Bad and the Ugly''), lung cancer.

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*Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, 87–88, Syrian army officer and politician, Chairman of the Executive Council of the Northern Region of the United Arab Republic (1960–1961). *Severiano Álvarez, 80, Spanish writer. *Eivinn Berg, 82, Norwegian ambassador and politician, traffic collision. *Acharya Buddharakkhita, 91, Indian Buddhist monk, founded the Maha Bodhi Society. *Denys Chamay, 71, Swiss Olympic fencer. *Gil Dozier, 79, American politician and convicted extortionist, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry (1976–1980). *Oscar Espinosa Chepe, 72, Cuban economist, liver disease. *Harry Goodwin, 89, British photographer. *Anthony Hawkins, 80, Australian actor (''Special Squad (1984), Special Squad''). *John Hipwell, 65, Australian rugby union player and national team captain. *Rex Hobcroft, 88, Australian pianist, conductor, composer and music administrator. *Hannu Kankkonen, 79, Finnish footballer. *Annette Kerr, 93, British actress. *Christopher Koch, 81, Australian novelist (''The Year of Living Dangerously (novel), The Year of Living Dangerously''), cancer. *Rupert Kratzer, 68, German Olympic cyclist. *Paul Kuhn (band leader), Paul Kuhn, 85, German musician. *Trevor Lummis, 83, British social historian. *Gia Maione, 72, American jazz singer. *Vlatko Marković, 76, Croatian footballer (NK Dinamo Zagreb, Wiener Sport-Club), President of the Croatian Football Federation (1999, 2005, 2006–2012), Alzheimer's disease. *Ruth Patrick, 105, American ecology pioneer. *Hugo Raes, 84, Belgian writer and poet. *Geo Saizescu, 80, Romanian film director, screenwriter and actor. *Kirsten Sørlie, 86, Norwegian actress and stage director. *Robert C. Stebbins, 98, American herpetologist and illustrator. *Stanisław Szozda, 62, Polish Olympic silver-medalist cyclist (Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972, Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1976).

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*Clive Akerman, 73, English philatelist. *Sverre Bruland, 90, Norwegian conductor. *Austin Cooper (lawyer), Austin Cooper, 84, Canadian criminal lawyer. *Bernard Corboz, 65, Swiss judge, Vice-President of the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland, Federal Supreme Court (2005–2006). *Paul Dietzel, 89, American football player and coach. *Louis Euzet, 90, French parasitologist. *Pietro Farina, 71, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Alife-Caiazzo, Alife-Caiazzo (1999–2009) and Roman Catholic Diocese of Caserta, Caserta (since 2009). *Margaret Feilman, 92, Australian town planner and architect. *Boris Karvasarsky, 82, Ukrainian-born Russian psychiatrist. *Anthony Lawrence (journalist), Anthony Lawrence, 101, British journalist. *Paddy McFlynn, 96, Irish sports administrator. *Sagadat Nurmagambetov, 89, Kazakh politician and Soviet army general, Minister of Defense (1992–1995). *Paul Oliver (American football), Paul Oliver, 29, American football player (

), suicide by gunshot. *Viktor Zinger, 71, Russian Olympic ice hockey champion (Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 1968), world champion (1965–1969). *Ian Paquit, Ian O. Paquit, 21, Philippine Army Enlisted rank, enlisted soldier, Killed in action, died from wounds from Zamboanga City crisis

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*Aube (musician), Aube, 64, Japanese musician. *Miron Babiak, 81, Polish Antarctic research ship captain. *Elisabeth Borchers, 87, German writer and poet. *Adalbert Brunke, 101, German Evangelical-Lutheran prelate, Bishop of Kap-Orange (1972–1978), pastor to Nelson Mandela. *Choi In-ho, 67, South Korean writer, salivary gland cancer. *Dayjur, 26, American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. *Ron Fenton, 72, English football player and coach (Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest). *Timothy Joseph Lyne, 94, American Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Chicago (1983–1995). *José Montoya, 81, American poet, artist and educator, co-founder of Royal Chicano Air Force, lymphoma. *Billy Mure, 97, American guitarist. *Vladimir Oidupaa, 64, Russian Tuvan musician. *Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, 84, German choral conductor. *Bill Stewart (baseball), Bill Stewart, 85, American baseball player. *Pablo Verani, 75, Italian-born Argentinian politician, Senator (since 2007). *Bennet Wong, 83, Canadian psychiatrist. *George N. Zenovich, 91, American politician and judge, member of the California State Senate (1971–1979).

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*Azizan Abdul Razak, 68, Malaysian politician, List of Menteris Besar of Kedah, Menteri Besar of Kedah (2008–2013), heart attack. *Denis Brodeur, 82, Canadian Olympic bronze-medalist ice hockey player (Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics, 1956) and photographer. *Don Donovan, 83, Irish football player and manager (Grimsby Town F.C., Grimsby Town, Everton F.C., Everton, Boston United F.C., Boston United). *Seánie Duggan, 90, Irish hurler (Galway GAA, Galway). *Ellis Evans, 83, Welsh Celtic scholar. *Ronald Gerritse, 61, Dutch civil servant. *Anup Ghatak, 72, Indian cricketer. *Arnstein Johansen, 88, Norwegian accordionist. *Harold E. Kleinert, 91, American surgeon. *Evelyn G. Lowery, 88, American civil rights activist (Selma to Montgomery marches), complications from a stroke. *Robert Martensen, 66, American physician, historian and author. *Mustapha Masmoudi, 75-76, Tunisian politician and diplomat. *Mario Montez, 78, American drag artist and actor. *Takafusa Nakamura, 87, Japanese economist, hepatitis. *Sos Sargsyan, 83, Armenian actor. *Helge Solvang, 100, Norwegian war sailor.

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*George Bignotti, 97, American motorsport mechanic and team owner. *Gates Brown, 74, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). *John Calvert (magician), John Calvert, 102, American magician. *Oscar Castro-Neves, 73, Brazilian bossa nova musician. *Berty Premalal Dissanayake, 59, Sri Lankan politician, Chief Minister of the North Central Province, Sri Lanka, North Central Province (1999–2012). *Mauricio González-Gordon y Diez, 89, Spanish conservationist and sherry trader. *Ernst Gutting, 94, German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Speyer, Speyer (1971–1994). *Elvin R. Heiberg III, 81, American army general, List of United States Army Corps of Engineers Chiefs of Engineers, Chief of Engineers (1984–1988). *Jock Kane, 92, British intelligence officer. *Ferenc Kárpáti, 86, Hungarian military officer and politician, Minister of Defence (Hungary), Minister of Defence (1985–1990). *Birger Kivelä, 92, Finnish Olympic diver (

). *Tuncel Kurtiz, 77, Turkish actor, fall. *A. C. Lyles, 95, American producer (''Deadwood (TV series), Deadwood'', ''Rawhide (TV series), Rawhide''). *Silvano Montevecchi, 75, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Ascoli Piceno, Ascoli Piceno (since 1997). *Albert Naughton, 84, English rugby league player (Widnes Vikings, Widnes, Warrington Wolves, Warrington). *Jay Robinson, 83, American actor (''Dracula (1992 film), Dracula'', ''Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek'', ''The Waltons'', ''The Robe (film), The Robe''). *Aluthwewa Soratha Thera, 70, Sri Lankan monk.

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*Carlo Castellaneta, 83, Italian author and journalist, pneumonia. *James Emanuel, 92, American poet and academic. *Faz Fazakas, 95, American puppeteer, engineer, and special effects designer. *Jonathan Fellows-Smith, 81, South African cricketer. *Farouk Janeman, 60, Fijian football player and manager (Ba F.C., Ba). *T.M. Kamble, 67, Indian politician, leader of Republican Party of India (Democratic), heart attack. *Sandro Mariátegui Chiappe, 91, Peruvian politician, Prime Minister (1984), Senator (1980–1992), heart failure. *Odlanier Mena, 87, Chilean army general and intelligence chief, suicide by gunshot. *Turgut Özakman, 83, Turkish author. *Anatoli Parov, 57, Russian footballer. *Igor Romishevsky, 73, Russian Olympic ice hockey champion (Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics, 1968, Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics, 1972), world champion (1968–1971). *Ted Rusoff, 74, Canadian-born Italian actor (''The Passion of the Christ'', ''The Last Temptation of Christ (film), The Last Temptation of Christ'', ''The Nativity Story''), injuries sustained in a traffic collision. *Walter Schmidinger, 80, Austrian actor. *Michael Sullivan (art historian), Michael Sullivan, 96, English art historian. *Remo Tomasi, 81, Italian Olympic speed skater. *B. B. Watson, 60, American country music singer. *George Amon Webster, 67, American Southern gospel singer, cancer.

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*Harold Agnew, 92, American physicist, leukemia. *Anton Benning, 95, German World War II Luftwaffe ace. *Patricia Castell, 87, Argentinian actress, pneumonia. *Pete Cenarrusa, 95, American politician, Secretary of State of Idaho (1967–2003), lung cancer. *Carl Joachim Classen, 85, German classical scholar. *S. N. Goenka, 89, Burmese-born Indian Vipassana teacher. *Lawrence Goodwyn, 85, American writer and political theorist. *L. C. Greenwood, 67, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), kidney failure. *Marcella Hazan, 89, Italian-born American cookbook author. *Yury Isakov, 63, Soviet Olympic athlete. *Pete Kettela, 75, American football executive and coach (Edmonton Eskimos). *Bob Kurland, 88, American basketball player (Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball, Oklahoma A&M Aggies), Olympic champion (Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics, 1948, Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952). *Robert Leeson, 85, English children's writer. *Michael Maher (Australian politician), Michael Maher, 77, Australian politician, MP for Division of Lowe, Lowe (1982–1987). *Charles McKean, 67, Scottish architectural historian. *Roy Peterson, 77, Canadian editorial cartoonist. *Gene Petit, 63, American professional wrestler (WWE, WWF). *Hugh de Wardener, 97, British medical doctor. *Scott Workman, 47, American stuntman (''Crank (film), Crank'', ''Iron Man 2'', ''End of Days (film), End of Days''), cancer. *Toyoko Yamasaki, 88, Japanese writer, heart failure.

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*Kazys Bobelis, 90, Lithuanian politician, MP for Marijampolė (1992–2006). *John Flanagan (Scottish footballer), John Flanagan, 71, Scottish footballer (Partick Thistle F.C., Partick Thistle). *David Gitari, 76, Kenyan Primate (bishop), primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya (1997–2002). *Anthony Hinds, 91, British screenwriter and producer. *Kinmont Hoitsma, 79, American Olympic fencer. *John Hopkins (conductor), John Hopkins, 86, British-born Australian conductor and music administrator. *Ruth Maleczech, 74, American actress (''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist'', ''The Crucible (1996 film), The Crucible''), cancer. *Evelyn M. Nowak, 100, American politician. *Janet Powell, 71, Australian politician, Leader of the Australian Democrats (1990–1991), Australian Senate, Senator for Victoria (Australia), Victoria (1986–1993), pancreatic cancer. *Ramblin' Tommy Scott, 96, American country and rockabilly musician, complications from traffic collision. *Olive Stevenson, 82, British academic and social worker. *James Street (American football), James Street, 65, American football player (Texas Longhorns football, University of Texas), heart attack. *Rangel Valchanov, 84, Bulgarian actor and film director, cancer. *Zulema, 66, American R&B singer (Faith Hope and Charity (US band), Faith Hope and Charity). MS. ZULEMA CUSSEAUX: OBITUARY
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