The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2002.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
September 2002
1 Yuji Ichioka, 66, American historian and civil rights activist, cancer. B. V. Karanth, 72, Indian actor and director. Turk Van Lake, 84, American arranger, composer and jazz guitarist. Arthur Shannos, 64, Australian weightlifter and Olympian (1960, 1964). Rodney Taylor, 62, Australian Navy officer, lung cancer.
2 Geoff Bennett, 75, Australian Olympic field hockey player (1956). Leon Campbell, 75, American gridiron football player (University of Arkansas, Chicago Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers). Abe Lemons, 79, American college basketball player and coach, complications from Parkinson's disease. Ken Menke, 79, American basketball player. Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu, 63, Romanian writer, severe lung problems. Ahmad Rahi, 78, Pakistani poet and writer. F.X. Toole, 72, American boxing trainer and short story writers. Robert Wilson, 75, British astrophysicist, known for his research in optical and solar plasma spectroscopy.
3 Floyd Collier, 78, American football player (San Francisco 49ers). Dirk ter Haar, 83, Anglo-Dutch physicist. Kenneth Hare, 83, Canadian scientist. Ted Ross, 68, American actor (The Wiz, Arthur, Police Academy). Mercedes Sibanda, 36, Zimbabwean footballer (Highlanders, national team). William Clement Stone, 100, American businessman, philanthropist and self-help book author. Len Wilkinson, 85, British cricketer. Eugene Allen Wright, 89, American circuit judge (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit).
4 Frankie Albert, 82, American professional football player (Stanford, San Francisco 49ers), Alzheimer's disease. Dave Baker, 65, American professional football player (University of Oklahoma, San Francisco 49ers). Jerome Biffle, 74, American Olympic long jumper (gold medalist 1952), pulmonary fibrosis. Jim Constable, 69, American baseball player (New York/San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Milwaukee Braves). Andrew Forge, 78, American painter, art critic and professor of painting at Yale University. Vlado Perlemuter, 98, Lithuanian-French pianist and teacher. Fozia Soomro, 36, Pakistani regional folk singer, kidney failure.
5 K. T. Achaya, 78, Indian oil and food scientist and writer. Robert W. Brooks, 49, American mathematics professor, known for his work in spectral geometry and fractals. William Cooper, 92, English novelist. Cliff Gorman, 65, American actor (The Boys in the Band, All That Jazz, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai), Tony winner (1972), leukemia. Frank Hewitt, 66, American hard bop jazz pianist. James Iremonger, 84, British Olympic bobsledder (1948). Jackie Kelk, 79, American actor and stand-up comedian, lung infection. Amon Nikoi, 72, Ghanaian economist and diplomat. Ingeborg Taschner, 72, German film editor. David Todd Wilkinson, 67, American cosmologist, known for thermal cosmic background radiation, cancer.
6 Michael Argyle, 77, British psychologist, a pioneer of social psychology in Britain. Roxy Atkins, 90, Canadian hurdler and Olympian (1936). Gabriel Camps, 75, French archaeologist and social anthropologist. Bobby Clancy, 75, Irish singer and musician, pulmonary fibrosis. Rafael Druian, 79, American violinist and conductor (New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra). Orvan Hess, 96, American physician. Géza Hollósi, 64, Hungarian Olympic wrestler (1960, 1964, 1968). Philip LaBatte, 91, American Olympic ice hockey player (1936). Martin Matsbo, 90, Swedish cross-country skier and Olympic medalist (1936). Janet Young, Baroness Young, 75, British politician (Leader of the House of Lords), cancer.
7 Katrin Cartlidge, 41, English actress (Brookside, Before the Rain, Breaking the Waves), complications from pneumonia and sepsis. Jonathan Charney, 59, American academic, author, and lawyer. Eugenio Coșeriu, 81, linguist specialized in Romance languages. Gene Donaldson, 59, American and Canadian football player (Buffalo Bills). Michael Elphick, 55, English actor (Boon, EastEnders, Gorky Park, Private Schulz), heart attack. Cyrinda Foxe, 50, American actress, model and publicist, brain cancer. John Paul Frank, 84, American lawyer and scholar, helped shape U.S. Supreme Court cases (Brown v. Board of Education, Miranda v. Arizona). Erma Franklin, 64, American gospel and soul singer ("Piece of My Heart"), older sister of Aretha Franklin, laryngeal cancer. Uziel Gal, 78, German-Israeli firearm designer who invented the Uzi submachine gun, cancer. Arcadie Sarcadi, 77, Romanian Olympic water polo player (1952). Don Smith, 73, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers). Edward Spotovich, 86, American football and basketball player. Doyle Tackett, 79, American football player (Brooklyn Dodgers).
8 Mireia Casas, 33, Spanish Olympic windsurfer (1992, 1996). Georges-André Chevallaz, 87, Swiss historian and politician. Rulon Jeffs, 92, American polygamist and religious leader. Lucas Moreira Neves, 76, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. Henri Rol-Tanguy, 94, French communist and a leader in the Resistance during World War II. Marco Siffredi, 23, French snowboarder (last seen on this date). Laurie Williams, 33, West Indian cricketer, car accident.
9 Tom Bradley, 76, British politician (member of Parliament representing Leicester North East and Leicester East). Geoffrey Dummer, 92, English electronics engineer, built the first prototype of the integrated circuit. Gerald W. Johnson, 83, US Air Force lieutenant general and flying ace during World War II. Graham Kennedy, 63, New Zealand rugby league footballer. José Luis Massera, 87, Uruguayan mathematician.
10 Augusto Lamo Castillo, 63, Spanish football referee. René Cousineau, 72, Canadian politician (member of Parliament representing Gatineau, Quebec). Sandor Elès, 66, Hungarian actor. Alexander Farrelly, 78, American politician, governor of the United States Virgin Islands from 1987 to 1995. David Grene, 89, Irish-American professor of classics. Zoltán Kávay, 71, Hungarian rower and Olympian (1956). Kuo Pao Kun, 63, Chinese playwright, theatre director, and arts activist, kidney and liver cancer. Žarana Papić, 53, Serbian social anthropologist and feminist theorist. T. Viswanathan, 75, Indian musician specializing in the carnatic flute and voice.
11 Bruce Howard, 79, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1968-1972). Kim Hunter, 79, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire, Planet of the Apes, The Edge of Night), Oscar winner (1952), heart attack. Howard Levi, 85, American mathematician. Leonardo Marquicias, 71, Filipino basketball player and Olympian (1956). Howard T. Odum, 78, American ecologist. Johnny Unitas, 69, American gridiron football player and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers), cardiovascular renal disease. Martin Urra, 71, Filipino basketball player and Olympian (1956). David Wisniewski, 49, American writer and illustrator of children's books.
12 Lloyd Biggle, Jr., 79, American musician and author, leukemia and cancer. Mitsuo Ikeda, 67, Japanese freestyle wrestler and Olympic gold medalist (1956). Sheikh Mohammad Rashid, 87, Pakistani politician. Neil Shields, 83, British politician and businessman.
13 Sir Douglas Black, 89, British physician, played a key role in the development of the National Health Service. Richard Foster, 83, American modernist architect. George Hills, 84, British journalist and historian. Alexander Kazantsev, 96, Soviet and Russian science fiction writer, ufologist and chess composer. Charles Herbert Lowe, 82, American biologist. William Phillips, 94, American editor, writer and public intellectual. Brooks Richards, 84, British diplomat and SOE operative. Blanca de Silos, 88, Spanish film actress. George Stanley, 95, Canadian historian and public servant.
14 Jim "Bad News" Barnes, 61, American basketball player (Los Angeles Lakers, Boston Celtics), and Olympian (1964), heart problems. Frederic Bennett, 83, British journalist, barrister politician (member of Parliament for Torbay, Torquay and Reading North). Roberto Cavanagh, 87, Argentine Olympic polo player (1936). Michael Greer, 64, American actor, comedian and cabaret performer, cancer. Jim McKee, 55, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), traffic collision. LaWanda Page, 81, American actress (Sanford and Son), diabetes. Geoffrey Picard, 59, American Olympic rower (1964). Eddie Shokes, 82, American baseball player (Cincinnati Reds). Lolita Torres, 72, Argentine film actress and soprano. Paul Williams, 87, African American jazz and blues saxophonist, bandleader, and songwriter ("The Huckle-Buck").
15 Ibrahim Awariki, 74, Lebanese Olympic wrestler (1960). Kay Espenhayn, 34, German paralympic swimmer, complications to lung, kidney and heart disease. Jenny Maakal, 89, South African freestyle swimmer and Olympic medalist (1932). George Maina, 28, Kenyan Olympic boxer (1996). James Mitchell, 76, British writer, principally of crime fiction and spy thrillers. Jean Rousset, 92, Swiss literary critic.
16 James Gregory, 90, American actor (Barney Miller, The Manchurian Candidate, The Lawless Years). Archibald Hall, 78, British criminal known as the "Killer Butler", stroke. Jiří Javorský, 70, Czech tennis player. Thomas Roberts McMillen, 86, American district judge (United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois). Raymond Reiter, 63, Canadian computer scientist and logician. Mary Stott, 95, British journalist and feminist. Nguyen Van Thuan, 74, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, cancer. Jean Vernette, 73, French Roman Catholic prelate and researcher of cults.
17 Eileen Colwell, 98, British author and librarian. Jack Ferguson, 78, Australian politician (Deputy Premier of New South Wales), mesothelioma. Denys Fisher, 84, British inventor of the Spirograph. Edward Kocząb, 74, Polish ice hockey player and Olympian (1956). James Macdonald, 83, Scottish-Australian ornithologist. Dodo Marmarosa, 76, American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Govind Perumal, 76, Indian field hockey player and Olympic champion (1952, 1956). Frederick Robertson, 93, Canadian politician, member of the House of Commons of Canada (1949-1957). Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa, 68, Brazilian football player and manager, cancer.
18 Hazel Brooks, 78, American actress. Mike Brunson, 55, American football player (Atlanta Falcons). Andreas Burnier, 71, Dutch writer who focussed on homosexuality, transsexuality and discrimination, intracranial hemorrhage. Boris Carmi, 88, Russian-Israeli photographer. Herbert Allan Fogel, 73, American district judge (United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania). Bob Hayes, 59, American football player (Dallas Cowboys), member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and Olympic sprinter (1964), prostate cancer. Ned Mathews, 84, American football player (Detroit Lions, Boston Yanks, San Francisco 49ers). Mauro Ramos, 72, Brazilian football player, intestinal cancer. Shivaji Sawant, 62, Indian novelist in the Marathi language. Herbert Schmidt, 88, German rower and Olympic medalist (1936). Margita Stefanović, 43, Serbian musician, complications from HIV.
19 Albert Ando, 72, Japanese-American economist, leukemia. John Arundel, 74, Canadian ice hockey player (Toronto Maple Leafs).John Arundel, Sports-Reference / Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-03-12. Robert Guéï, 61, Ivorian politician and its military ruler (1999-2000), murdered along with his family. Duncan Hallas, 76, British communist politician and Marxist theorist. Ian Hutchinson, 54, English football player. Swede Johnston, 92, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Chicago Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers).