Deaths in September 2016

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2016. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

  • Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.

September 2016
Islam Karimov
1938 – 2016
Anna Dewdney
1965 – 2016
Hugh O'Brian
1925 – 2016
Phyllis Schlafly
1924 – 2016
H. Joel Deckard
1942 – 2016
Prince Buster
1938 – 2016
James Stacy
1936 – 2016
Alexis Arquette
1969 – 2016
Gunnila Bernadotte
1923 – 2016
Rose Mofford
1922 – 2016
Edward Albee
1928 – 2016
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
1920 – 2016
C. Martin Croker
1962 – 2016
Peter Leo Gerety
1912 – 2016
Curtis Hanson
1945 – 2016
Gian Luigi Rondi
1921 – 2016
Buckwheat Zydeco
1947 – 2016
Arnold Palmer
1929 – 2016
Herschell Gordon Lewis
1926 – 2016
Jamshid Amouzegar
1923 – 2016
Charles Schultze
1924 – 2016
Shimon Peres
1923 – 2016
Miriam Defensor Santiago
1945 – 2016

1

2
  • Nalinidhar Bhattacharya, 94, Indian poet and literary critic.[4]
  • Blackie Gejeian, 90, American race car driver and hot rod builder.[5]
  • Jerry Heller, 75, American music manager (N.W.A), heart attack.[6]
  • John Hostetter, 69, American actor (Murphy Brown, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Heartbreak Ridge), complications from cancer.[7]
  • Islam Karimov, 78, Uzbek politician, President (since 1990), stroke.[8]
  • Gerald Lehner, 48, Austrian football referee.[9]
  • Margrit Mondavi, 91, Swiss-born American businesswoman, Vice President of Cultural Affairs at Robert Mondavi Winery.[10]
  • Antonina Seredina, 87, Soviet Russian sprint canoeist, Olympic champion (1960).[11]

3

4
  • Bob Bissonnette, 35, Venezuelan-born Canadian singer, ice hockey player (Hull Olympiques, Acadie–Bathurst Titan) and baseball team owner (Québec Capitales), helicopter crash.[24]
  • Peter Janich, 74, German philosopher, cancer.[25]
  • Klaus Katzur, 73, German swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1972).[26]
  • Novella Matveyeva, 81, Russian poet and singer-songwriter.[27]
  • Richard Neville, 74, Australian writer and editor (Oz).[28]
  • Zoran Šami, 67, Serbian politician, President of the Assembly (2004–2006).[29]
  • Yang Jingnian, 107, Chinese economist.[30]

5
  • She'ar Yashuv Cohen, 88, Israeli chief rabbi of Haifa.[31]
  • Duane Graveline, 85, American astronaut.[32]
  • Sir Fred Holliday, 80, British marine biologist.[33]
  • Hugh O'Brian, 91, American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Shootist, Twins).[34]
  • Donald Ranvaud, 62, Italian-born British journalist and movie producer (The Constant Gardener, Central Station, City of God), heart attack.[35]
  • Phyllis Schlafly, 92, American constitutional lawyer, conservative activist and author, pancreatic cancer.[36]

6

7
  • José Barluenga, 76, Spanish chemist.[41]
  • Bob Dailey, 63, Canadian ice hockey player (Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers), cancer.[42]
  • Joseph Keller, 93, American mathematician.[43]
  • Norbert Schemansky, 92, American weightlifter, Olympic champion (1952).[44]
  • Farhang Sharif, 84–85, Iranian musician and tar player.[45]
  • Ye Xiushan, 81, Chinese philosopher.[46]

8
  • Hannes Arch, 48, Austrian race pilot, world champion (2008), helicopter crash.[47]
  • Johan Botha, 51, South African operatic tenor, cancer.[48]
  • Inga Clendinnen, 82, Australian historian.[49]
  • Hazel Douglas, 92, British actress (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1).[50]
  • The Lady Chablis, 59, American actress (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), pneumonia.[51]
  • Bert Llewellyn, 77, English footballer (Crewe, Port Vale, Wigan).[52]
  • Dragiša Pešić, 62, Montenegrin politician, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (2001–2003).[53]
  • Prince Buster, 78, Jamaican ska musician ("One Step Beyond", "Al Capone").[54]
  • Roman Romanchuk, 37, Ukrainian-born Russian boxer and kickboxer, heart attack.[55]
  • Greta Zimmer Friedman, 92, American dental assistant, subject in V-J Day in Times Square photo.[56]

9
  • Sylvia Gore, 71, English football player (national team) and manager (Wales national team), cancer.[57]
  • Luke Herrmann, 84, German-born British art historian.[58]
  • Lord Littlebrook, 87, British midget wrestler, trainer and booking manager.[59]
  • Bill Nojay, 59, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 2013), suicide by gunshot.[60]
  • Mario Spezi, 71, Italian journalist and author (The Monster of Florence: A True Story).[61]
  • James Stacy, 79, American actor (Lancer, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Something Wicked This Way Comes), anaphylaxis.[62]

10
  • Jutta Limbach, 82, German jurist and politician, President of the Federal Constitutional Court (1994–2002).[63]
  • Chris Stone, 81, American recording studio owner (Record Plant) and entrepreneur, heart attack and stroke.[64]

11

12
  • Gunnila Bernadotte, 93, Swedish countess.[69]
  • Ellen Burka, 95, Dutch-born Canadian figure skater and coach, Dutch national champion (1946, 1947).[70]
  • Sándor Csoóri, 86, Hungarian poet, essayist, writer, and politician.[71]
  • Ali Javan, 89, Iranian-American physicist, heart attack.[72]
  • Hidayat Inayat Khan, 99, English-French composer and conductor.[73]
  • Stanley Sheinbaum, 96, American peace and human rights activist.[74]

13

14

15

16

17

18
  • Robert W. Cone, 59, American Army general, Commander of the Army Training and Doctrine Command (2011–2014), prostate cancer.[99]
  • David Kyle, 97, American science fiction writer.[100]
  • Rose Pak, 68, Chinese-born American political activist.[101]
  • András Prékopa, 87, Hungarian mathematician.[102]
  • Hassan Sharif, 65, Emirati artist, cancer.[103]

19
  • Karl Dietrich Bracher, 94, German political scientist and historian.[104]
  • Bobby Breen, 88, Canadian-born American actor (Let's Sing Again, Rainbow on the River, Fisherman's Wharf) and singer.[105]
  • Gerwald Claus-Brunner, 44, German politician, member of the Berlin House of Representatives (since 2011), suicide.[106]
  • Bill Glassford, 102, American football player and coach.[107]
  • Allister Sparks, 83, South African writer, journalist (The Rand Daily Mail) and political commentator.[108]
  • Boris Trakhtenbrot, 95, Russian-Israeli mathematician.[109]
  • Bill Zucker, 60, American actor and comedian, heart attack.[110]

20

21
  • Shawty Lo, 40, American hip-hop musician (D4L), car crash.[121]
  • John D. Loudermilk, 82, American singer-songwriter ("Tobacco Road", "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye", "Indian Reservation"), bone cancer.[122]

22

23
  • Yngve Brodd, 86, Swedish footballer (Toulouse, Sochaux-Montbéliard, IFK Göteborg).[127]
  • Max Mannheimer, 96, Czech-born German painter, author and Holocaust survivor.[128]
  • Michel Rousseau, 80, French cyclist, Olympic champion (1956).[129]
  • Andrzej Tarkowski, 83, Polish embryologist.[130]

24

25

26

27

28
  • Joseph V. Charyk, 96, Canadian-born American engineer, Under Secretary of the Air Force (1960–1963).[154]
  • Malcolm Lucas, 89, American judge, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court (1987–1996), U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California (1971–1984).[155]
  • Sreten Mirković, 58, Serbian boxer.[156]
  • Gloria Naylor, 66, American novelist (The Women of Brewster Place).[157]
  • Agnes Nixon, 93, American television writer and producer (One Life to Live, All My Children, Guiding Light).[158]
  • Shimon Peres, 93, Polish-born Israeli statesman, President (2007–2014) and Prime Minister (1977, 1984–1986, 1995–1996), Nobel Peace Prize winner (1994), stroke.[159]
  • Max Walker, 68, Australian Test cricketer and football player, myeloma.[160]

29
  • Cheng Yu-tung, 91, Hong Kong businessman (Chow Tai Fook).[161]
  • Miriam Defensor Santiago, 71, Filipino politician, Senator (1995–2001, 2004–2016) and International Criminal Court Judge (2012–2014), lung cancer.[162]
  • Shirley Jaffe, 93, American painter and sculptor.[163]
  • Joni Madraiwiwi, 59, Fijian lawyer and politician, Vice President of Fiji (2004–2006) and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nauru (since 2014).[164]
  • Joseph Verner Reed Jr., 78, American banker and politician, Ambassador to Morocco (1981–1985) and Chief of Protocol (1989–1991).[165]
  • Mark Ricks, 92, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Idaho (2006–2007) and State Senator (1979–1994).[166]
  • Laura Troschel, 71, Italian actress (Four Flies on Grey Velvet), singer, and model.[167]
  • Brahim Zniber, 96, Moroccan businessman and vintner.[168]

30
  • Bjarni Jónsson, 96, Icelandic mathematician.[169]

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