- Sep 2 Curt Siodmak, German-American novelist and screenwriter (Donovan's Brain; I Walked With A Zombie), dies at 98
- Sep 2 Elvera Sanchez, Cuban-American dancer, dies at 95
- Sep 3 Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (Escape to Athena), dies at 86
- Sep 4 David Brown, American rock bassist (Santana, 1967-71, 1974-76), dies of liver and kidney failure at 53
- Sep 5 Roy Fredericks, West Indian cricket batsman (59 Tests @ 42.49, 8 x 100s; British Guyana, Glamorgan CCC), dies at 57
- Sep 6 Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian army general, dies at 81
- Sep 6 Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, American stillborn child - first to have cause of their stillborn solved by Kleihauer-Betke test (b. 2000)
- Sep 6 Desmond Wilcox, English broadcaster (BBC, ITV), dies at 69
- Sep 9 Bill Waddington, British actor and comedian (Percy in Coronation Street), dies at 84
- Sep 9 Julian Critchley, British journalist and politician, dies at 69
- Sep 10 Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b. 1921)
- Sep 12 Gary Olsen [Grant], British stage and screen actor (2point4 Children - "Ben"), dies of cancer at 42
- Sep 12 Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), dies at 66
- Sep 14 Beah Richards, American actress, poet, playwright and author (Roots, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 80
- Sep 14 Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale, British Conservative politician, dies at 86
- Sep 14 Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and political activist, dies at 94
Paula Yates (1960-2000)
Sep 17 English TV personality (The Big Breakfast), dies of a drug overdose at 41
- Sep 19 Ann Doran, American actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Rebel Without a Cause), dies at 89
- Sep 19 Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
- Sep 19 Gloria Talbott, American film and television actress, sometimes known as "the Scream Queen" for her work in B-movies, dies of kidney failure at 69
- Sep 20 Dorothy Emmet, English philosopher, dies at 95
- Sep 20 Gherman Titov, Russian cosmonaut and 4th person in space, dies at 65
- Sep 21 Bengt Hambraeus, Swedish Canadian composer and organist, dies at 72
- Sep 21 Bryan Smith, American man who ran over Stephen King, dies at 43
- Sep 22 Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, dies at 84
- Sep 22 Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (Now and in Other Days), dies at 76
- Sep 23 Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
- Sep 23 Carl Rowan, American syndicated journalist (Chicago Sun-Times, Washington bureau), and diplomat, dies of diabetes related heart and kidney issues at 75
- Sep 24 Ian "Spike" Spice, British drummer (Breathe - "Hands To Heaven", Flash Cadillac), dies at 34
- Sep 25 R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet, dies at 87
- Sep 26 Baden Powell, Brazilian jazz and samba guitarist, dies of bacterial pneumonia at 63
- Sep 26 Nick Fatool, American jazz and session drummer, dies at 85
- Sep 26 Richard Mulligan, American Emmy Award-winning actor (Soap - "Burt"; Empty Nest; The Big Bus), dies of colorectal cancer at 67
- Sep 26 Robert Lax, American poet (The Circus of the Sun; The Peacemaker's Handbook), dies at 84
Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000)
Sep 28 15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), dies of Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer at 80
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