- Sep 1 Dean Jones, American actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, The Love Bug), dies at 84
- Sep 2 Alan Kurdi, 3-year-old Syrian refugee drowns off the coast of Turkey, his death and photograph prompt international reaction
- Sep 2 Donny Conn, American musician (The Playmates), dies at 85
- Sep 3 Adrian Cadbury, British confectionery manufacturer (Cadbury) and author of report on Corporate Governance, dies at 86
Chandra Bahadur Dangi (1939-2015)
Sep 3 Nepali weaver and world's shortest man, dies at 75
- Sep 3 Judy Carne, English comedienne and actress (Laugh-In), dies at 76
- Sep 4 Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez, Jamaican ska trombonist (The Specials), dies at 80
- Sep 4 Rainer Kirsch, German writer, playwright (Heinrich Schlaghands Höllenfahrt), and poet, dies at 81
- Sep 5 (Frederick) "Denny" Greene, American singer (Sha Na Na, 1968-84), dies from cancer at 66
- Sep 5 Jacques Israelievitch, French Canadian classical violinist, concertmaster (St. Louis Symphony, 1978-88; Toronto Symphony, 1988-2008), and music director (Koffler Chamber Orchestra, 2005-14), dies of lung cancer at 67
- Sep 5 Patricia Canning Todd, American tennis player (French National C'ship singles 1947; French doubles & mixed doubles 1948; Wimbledon doubles 1947), dies at 93
- Sep 5 Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (Late Spring, Tokyo Story), dies of pneumonia at 95
- Sep 6 Martin Milner, American actor (Route 66, Adam 12), dies at 83
- Sep 7 Dickie Moore, American actor (Oliver Twist, Little Men), dies at 89
- Sep 8 Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball pitcher (4 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1982; Gold Glove Award 1984; Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 62
- Sep 9 Robin McDonald, Scottish rock guitarist (Billy J Kramer & The Dakotas), dies at 72
- Sep 10 Franco Interlenghi, Italian actor (I Vitelloni, Ulysses, Sciuscià), dies at 83
- Sep 11 Marcel Zeeuw, Surinamese soldier (participant in the Sergeant Coup, 1982), dies at 61
- Sep 12 Bryn Merrick, British musician (The Damned), dies at 56
- Sep 12 Frank D. Gilroy, American writer (Subject Was Roses), dies at 89
- Sep 12 Max Beauvoir, Haiti Chief Voodoo Priest, dies at 79
- Sep 13 Brian Close, English cricketer (played for England between 1949 & 1976), dies at 84
- Sep 13 Gary Richrath, American guitarist and songwriter (REO Speedwagon), dies at 65
Moses Malone (1955-2015)
Sep 13 Basketball Hall of Fame center (NBA MVP 1979, 82-83; NBA Finals MVP 1983; 12 x NBA All Star; Houston Rockets, Philadelphia 76ers), dies of heart disease at 60
- Sep 14 Fred DeLuca, American co-founder of the Subway chain, dies of cancer at 65
Bob Cleary (1936-2015)
Sep 16 American hockey HOF center (Olympic gold 1960; Harvard University), dies at 79
- Sep 17 David Willcocks, English conductor and composer (Kings College choir), dies at 95
- Sep 17 Peter Heatly, Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation, dies at 91
Jackie Collins (1937-2015)
Sep 19 British-American romance novelist (The Stud; The Bitch; Lucky), dies of breast cancer at 77
- Sep 20 Charles Kenneth "C K" Williams, American poet and translator (Pulitzer prize 2000), dies at 78
- Sep 20 Jack Larson, American actor (The Adventures of Superman -"Jimmy Olsen"), screenwriter, and librettist (Virgil Thomson's "Lord Byron"), dies at 87
- Sep 21 Ben Cauley, American R&B trumpeter (The Bar-Kays - "Soul Finger") and Otis Redding plane crash survivor, dies at 67
Yogi Berra (1925-2015)
Sep 22 American Baseball HOF catcher, coach and manager (18 x MLB All-Star; 13 x World Series; NY Yankees; AL MVP 1951, 54, 55), and Purple Heart recipient, dies at 90
- Sep 26 Fred Ridgway, England cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/83; Kent CCC, MCC), dies at 92
- Sep 26 Manuel Oltra, Spanish secular and sacred music composer, and professor (Barcelona Conservatory, 1959-87), dies at 93
- Sep 26 Toshiya Sukegawa, Japanese contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer (The Eternal Morning 1945.8.6; A Projection), dies at 85
- Sep 27 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), dies at 85
- Sep 27 John Guillermin, British film director (The Towering Inferno), dies at 89
- Sep 27 Wilton Felder, American jazz-fusion saxophonist and bassist (The Crusaders), dies from multiple myeloma at 75
- Sep 28 Frankie Ford [Frank Guzzo], American rock vocalist (Sea Cruise), dies at 76
- Sep 29 Phil Woods, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Steely Dan's "Doctor Wu"; Billy Joel's "Just The Way You Are"), dies of emphysema at 83
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning