Deaths in September 2001

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2001.

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 2001

1 Sil Austin, 71, American jazz saxophonist, prostate cancer. Joseph Brys, 74, Belgian Olympic middle-distance runner (1948). Daniel C. Drucker, 83, American engineer and academic, leukemia. Bobby Evans, 74, Scottish football player, pneumonia. Ruthild Hahne, German sculptor. Budimir Metalnikov, 75, Soviet/Russian screenwriter and film director. Ted Mulry, 53, English-Australian singer/songwriter, brain cancer. Martin Pederson, 79, Canadian farmer and politician. Julian Scheer, 75, American journalist, author, and conservationist. James Lopez Watson, 79, American jurist, cancer. Brian Moore, 69, English football Commentator, heart attack.

2 Christiaan Barnard, 78, South African heart surgeon, first to perform a human-to-human heart transplant, asthma. Troy Donahue, 65, American actor, (A Summer Place, Rome Adventure), heart attack. Sir Arthur Gilbert, 88, British-American real estate developer and philanthropist. Robert Hooper, 83, Canadian Olympic swimmer (1936). Horace A. Jones, 94, American horse trainer. Jay Migliori, 70, American saxophonist (Supersax), colorectal cancer. John Overall, 88, Australian architect.

3 Ferruccio Amendola, 71, Italian actor and voice actor, throat cancer. John Roy Chapman, 74, British actor and playwright (Dry Rot, Not Now, Darling, There Goes the Bride). Joyce Hemlow, 95, Canadian professor and writer. Pauline Kael, 82, American movie critic, Parkinson's disease. Carl Lindquist, 82, American baseball player (Boston Braves). Thuy Trang, 27, Vietnamese-American actress (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Crow: City of Angels), traffic collision.The original Power Rangers share memories of Yellow Ranger Thuy Trang, who died at age 27

4 Maria Alfero, 79, Italian sprinter. Pete Brown, 70, American professional football player (Georgia Tech) (San Francisco 49ers: 1953–1954). Robert McAfee Brown, 81, American presbyterian minister, theologian, and activist. Alfons Mertens, 98, Belgian footballer. Sándor Simó, 67, Hungarian film producer, director and screenwriter.

5 Akinola Aguda, 78, Nigerian jurist and a Chief Justice of Botswana. Heywood Hale Broun, 81, American sports writer and broadcaster. Hamblin González, 48–49, Nicaraguan Olympic cyclist (1976). Jørgen Hviid, 85, Danish and Latvian multi-sport athlete. Robert Kessler, 86, American basketball player. Numa Monnard, 82, Swiss footballer. Louise Parker, 58, Canadian Olympic gymnast (1960). Boris Savostin, 64, Soviet Russian Olympic cyclist (1956). Hemish Shah, 33, British poker player, cardiac arrest. Tamara Smirnova, 65, Soviet/Russian astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets. Justin Wilson, 87, American Cajun chef and humorist. Vladimir Žerjavić, 89, Croatian economist and demographer, murdered.

6 Frank Christensen, 91, American gridiron fotball player (Detroit Lions). Megan Connolly, 27, Australian actress, heroin overdose. Carl Crack, 30, German musician (Atari Teenage Riot), suicide by drug overdose. Chantal Chaudé de Silans, 82, French chess player and Woman International Master. John Hurd, 87, American diplomat and Olympic fencer (1936). Víctor Mahana, 79, Chilean Olympic basketball player (1948, 1952, 1956). Elizabeth Mahon, 81, American baseball player. Wardell Pomeroy, 87, American sexologist, dementia. Van Rensselaer Potter, 90, American biochemist, oncologist, and bioethicist. Albert Lee Stephens Jr., 88, American district judge. Kaare Vefling, 81, Norwegian Olympic middle-distance runner (1948).

7 Igor Buketoff, 86, American composer, conductor and teacher. Jerry Dino, 36, Filipino judoka and Olympian (1988, 1992). Sergio Garavini, 75, Italian politician, writer and trade unionist. Andrey Goncharov, 83, Soviet and Russian theater director, pedagogue and author. Lou Grant, 81, American editorial cartoonist (Oakland Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Time). Bunny Lewis, 82, English music manager, record producer and composer. Spede Pasanen, 71, Finnish television star, film director and inventor, heart attack.Speden dramaattiset viime hetket – ”Pertti pelkäsi lääkäreitä” Iltasanomat.fi 2016-09-03 Don Paul, 75, American gridiron football player (Chicago Cardinals, Cleveland Browns). Clark Thomas Rogerson, 82, American mycologist. Billie Lou Watt, 77, American film and television actress (Search for Tomorrow), and voice actress (Astro Boy, Elsie the Cow), lung cancer.

8 Gregorio Agós, 88, Uruguayan Olympic basketball player (1936). Eric Bullus, 94, British Conservative politician. Bob Frampton, 72, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens). Gabriel Green, 76, American early UFOlogist. Bill Ricker, 93, Canadian entomologist. Govind Sawant, 65, Indian field hockey player and Olympic medalist (1960).

9 William Sefton, Baron Sefton of Garston, 86, British politician. Tommy Hollis, 47, American actor, complications of diabetes. Ahmad Shah Massoud, 48, Afghan Northern Alliance military commander, suicide bombing. Purvis McDougall, 66, Canadian Olympic bobsledder (1968). Shinji Sōmai, 53, Japanese film director, cancer.

10 DJ Uncle Al, 32, American disc jockey, homicide. Yevhen Drahunov, 37, Ukrainian football player, stroke. Aurelio Genghini, 93, Italian Olympic long-distance runner (1936). Anton Hertl, 80, Austrian Olympic gymnast (1960). Magnar Ingebrigtsli, 68, Norwegian Olympic cross-country skier (1956). Alexey Suetin, 74, Soviet and Russian chess player and chess writer, heart attack. Gianantonio Zopegni, 86, Italian Olympic ice hockey player (1948).

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West Brownlow, 56, American paralympic archer, athlete and sport shooter. Clem Dreisewerd, 85, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, New York Giants). Henry Herbert, 7th Earl of Carnarvon, 77, British peer and racing manager to Queen Elizabeth II. Henryk Siwiak, 46, Polish émigré to New York City, shot. Alice Stewart Trillin, 63, American educator, author and film producer, heart failure. Vince Ventura, 84, American baseball player (Washington Senators). Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the September 11 attacks, including: David D. Alger, 57, American chief financial officer. David Angell, 55, American television producer and screenwriter (Frasier, Wings). Emmy winner (1984). Passenger of American Airlines Flight 11. Mohamed Atta, 33, Egyptian ringleader and terrorist, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11. Garnet Bailey, 53, Canadian ice hockey player (Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oil Kings, Washington Capitals, Hershey Bears). Passenger of United Airlines Flight 175. Fayez Banihammad, 24, Emirate terrorist, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175. Mark Bavis, 31, American ice hockey player (Providence Bruins, South Carolina Stingrays, Fredericton Canadiens). Passenger of United Airlines Flight 175. Todd Beamer, 32, American account manager. Passenger of United Airlines Flight 93. Carolyn Beug, 48, American filmmaker, producer and music video director ('"Right Now", "Fast as You"). Passenger of American Airlines Flight 11. Bill Biggart, 54, American photojournalist. Mark Bingham, 31, American public relations executive. Passenger of United Airlines Flight 93.Mark Bingham . Memorial Guide: National 9/11 Memorial. Retrieved October 28, 2011. Patrick J. Brown, 48, American firefighter. Ronald Paul Bucca, 47, American fire marshal. William Francis Burke Jr., 46, American firefighter. Charles Burlingame, 51, American airline pilot American Airlines Flight 77. Tom Burnett, 38, American executive. Passenger of United Airlines Flight 93. Roko Camaj, 60, Albanian-American window washer. William E. Caswell, 54, American physicist. Passenger of American Airlines Flight 77. Edna Cintrón, 46, American businesswoman. Kevin Cosgrove, 46, American business executive. Welles Crowther, 24, American investment banker.Botelho, Greg; Hinojosa, Maria. "The man in the red bandana". CNN. Vincent G. Danz, 38, American police officer. Frank De Martini, 49, American architect. Melissa Doi, 32, American businesswoman. Alberto Domínguez, 67, Uruguayan-born Australian radio host and cyclist (1956 Summer Olympics). Passenger of American Airlines Flight 11. Raymond Downey, 63, American firefighter. Christine Egan, 55, English-born Canadian epidemiologist. William M. Feehan, 71, American deputy fire commissioner, First Deputy Commissioner of the Fire Department New York. Wilson Flagg, 62, United States Navy Rear Admiral. Passenger of American Airlines Flight 77. Peter Ganci, 54, American firefighter, Chief of the Fire Department New York. Keith A. Glascoe, 38, American actor (Léon: The Professional, 100 Centre Street, The Pirates of Central Park) and firefighter. Ahmed al-Ghamdi, 22, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175. Hamza al-Ghamdi, 20, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 175. Saeed al-Ghamdi, 21, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93. Jeremy Glick, 31, American sales executive. Passenger of United Airlines Flight 93. Lauren Grandcolas, 38, American author. Passenger of United Airlines Flight 93. Nezam Hafiz, 32, Guyanese-born American cricketer (national team). Mohammad Salman Hamdani, 23, Pakistani American research technician. Hani Hanjour, 29, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77. Leonard Hatton, 45, American FBI agent. Nawaf al-Hazmi, 25, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77. Salem al-Hazmi, 20, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77. Ahmed al-Haznawi, 20, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93. LeRoy Homer Jr., 36, American airline pilot United Airlines Flight 93. Ziad Jarrah, 26, Lebanese terrorist, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93. Charles Edward Jones, 48, American astronaut (Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program). Passenger of American Airlines Flight 11.Charles Edward Jones Memorial Guide: National 9/11 Memorial Retrieved December 11, 2011 Angel Juarbe, 35, American firefighter and reality television show winner (Murder in Small Town X). Mychal Judge, 68, American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, Chaplain of the Fire Department New York. Neil David Levin, 46, American politician, businessman and CEO of Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (since 2001). Daniel Lewin, 31, American-Israeli mathematician, entrepreneur and co-founder of Akamai Technologies. Passenger of American Airlines Flight 11. CeeCee Lyles, 33, American flight attendant United Airlines Flight 93. Timothy Maude, 53, United States Army Lieutenant General."Military's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' point man killed in Pentagon plane attack" . Bay Windows. New England. Eamon McEneaney, 46, American Hall of Fame lacrosse player (Cornell Big Red). Khalid al-Mihdhar, 26, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77. Majed Moqed, 24, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77. Ahmed al-Nami, 23, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of United Airlines Flight 93. John Ogonowski, 50, American pilot American Airlines Flight 11, farmer, and agricultural activist. Barbara Olson, 45, American lawyer and television commentator (CNN, Fox News Channel). Passenger of American Airlines Flight 77. Abdulaziz al-Omari, 22, Saudi Arabian terrorist, one of the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 11. John P. O'Neill, 49, American counter-terrorism expert and FBI agent. Betty Ong, 45, American flight attendant American Airlines Flight 11. Pablo Ortiz, 49, American construction superintendent.