The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2017.
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), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.
September 2017 1 S. Anitha, 17, Indian student, suicide by hanging.Girl who filed case against NEET commits suicide Armando Aste, 91, Italian alpinist.Addio ad Armando Aste, grande alpinista roveretano, uno dei rocciatori più grandi di sempre Shelley Berman, 92, American comedian and actor (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Meet the Fockers, You Don't Mess with the Zohan), Alzheimer's disease.Comedian Shelley Berman, who got his start in Chicago, dies at 92 Vladimír Brabec, 83, Czech actor and voice actor (Thirty Cases of Major Zeman, Desire, Návštěvníci).Zemřel herec Vladimír Brabec, představitel seriálového majora Zemana Jackie Burkett, 80, American football player (Baltimore Colts), leukemia.Report: Former Auburn star Jackie Burkett passes away Jérôme Choquette, 89, Canadian lawyer and politician, MNA (1966–1976), pneumonia.Décès de l'ex-ministre Choquette Verner Dalskov, 85, Danish politician, mayor of Odense (1973–1992).Tidligere Odense-borgmester død Ralph Dellor, 69, British cricketer and broadcaster, sepsis.Ralph Dellor: Former cricketer and BBC broadcaster dies at the age of 69 Lennart Eriksson, 78, Swedish Olympic wrestler.Lennart Eriksson Isaac Fulwood, 77, American police officer, District of Columbia police chief (1989–1992).Isaac Fulwood, Washington police chief during tumultuous era, dies at 77 Bud George, 89, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1975–2013).Longtime state House Rep. George dies at age 89 Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 87, British peer.Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Richmond Tony Hakaoro, 53, Cook Islands broadcaster and radio talk show host (Radio Cook Islands), stroke.Popular Cook Islands radio broadcaster dies Hedley Jones, 99, Jamaican musician, audio engineer and inventor.Pioneer Hedley Jones is dead Alex Karczmar, 100, American neuroscientist.Alexander Karczmar Elizabeth Kemp, 65, American actress (Love of Life, Challenger, He Knows You're Alone), cancer.Elizabeth Kemp, Actress and Influential Teacher at the Actors Studio, Dies at 65 Matthew Labine, 58, American soap opera writer (General Hospital).Veteran Soap Scribe & Son of Claire Labine, Matt Labine Dies at 58 Peadar Lamb, 87, Irish actor (Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, Father Ted).Celebrated actor Peadar Lamb dies at the age of 87 Paul Moreno, 86, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1967–2008). Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, 85, English Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Arundel and Brighton (1977–2000) and Westminster (2000–2009).Obituary: Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor Bruce Saltsman, 87, American politician.John Bruce Saltsman Paul Schaal, 74, American baseball player (Los Angeles Angels, Kansas City Royals), cancer.Former Royal Paul Schaal, the man who George Brett replaced, dies at 74 Rick Shorter, 83, American folk singer, record producer and author, stroke.Rick Shorter Memorial Mick Softley, 77, British singer, songwriter and guitarist.Michael (Mick) Softley Stan Swanson, 73, American baseball player (Montreal Expos).Stan Swanson Štefan Vrablec, 92, Slovak Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava (1998–2004).Zomrel biskup Štefan Vrablec Gin D. Wong, 94, Chinese-born American architect.In memoriam: Gin Wong, USC trustee and prominent architect, 94
2 *Shirish Atre-Pai, 87, Indian poet.Marathi poet, activist Shirish Pai passes away Marge Calhoun, 91, American surfer.Marge Calhoun – Surfing’s Golden Girl – 1924-2017 Viktor Cherepkov, 75, Russian politician, mayor of Vladivostok (1993–1994, 1996–1998), cancer.Умер бывший мэр Владивостока Виктор Черепков Warren Church, 87, American politician, euthanasia.Former Monterey County supervisor Warren Church dies using 'end of life option' Eric Conn, 94, American biochemist.Remembering Eric Conn, a Founding Father of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UC Davis Halim El-Dabh, 96, Egyptian-born American composer and ethnomusicologist.Egyptian ethnomusicologist and pioneer of electronic music Halim El-Dabh dies at 96 Sybil Flory, 97, Burmese-born British teacher.Obituary: Sybil Flory, teacher who made dramatic escape from Rangoon as Japanese planes bombed city Harry Gittes, 81, American film producer (About Schmidt, Little Nikita, The Girl Next Door).Harry Gittes, Jack Nicholson’s Pal and Producer, Dies at 81 Murray Lerner, 90, American documentarian and producer, Oscar winner (1981), kidney failure.Oscar-Winner Murray Lerner, Who Documented Bob Dylan Going Electric at Newport, Dies at 90 Christopher Nicole, 86, British author.Nicole, Christopher Robin María Cristina Orive, 86, Guatemalan photojournalist.Fallece la fotógrafa guatemalteca María Cristina Orive Hugo Obwegeser, 96, Austrian oral and plastic surgeon, father of modern orthognathic surgery.Hugo Lorenz Obwegeser Alberto Pérez Pérez, 80, Uruguayan law scholar, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.A los 80 años, falleció el constitucionalista Alberto Pérez Pérez Ian Powe, 84, British naval officer.Captain RN Ian Powe Sharad Rao, 60, Indian cricketer.Sharad Gururaj Rao Jeffrey B. Remmel, 68, American mathematician.Renowned UC San Diego mathematician Jeff Remmel dies unexpectedly Michael Simanowitz, 46, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (since 2011).Queens assemblyman Michael Simanowitz dead at 45 Lucky Varela, 82, American politician, member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (1987–2016).Longtime lawmaker Luciano "Lucky" Varela dies at 82 Drew Wahlroos, 37, American football player (St. Louis Rams), suicide by gunshot.Drew Wahlroos, former CU Buffs linebacker and NFL player, dies by suicide Xiang Shouzhi, 99, Chinese general, commander of the Nanjing Military Region (1982–1990) and the Second Artillery Corps (1975–1977).百岁开国将军向守志逝世：15岁扛起红缨枪，曾亲历上甘岭 Charles N. Youngblood Jr., 85, American politician.Charles N. Youngblood, Jr.
3 Tom Amundsen, 74, Norwegian Olympic rower (1972, 1976).Nekrolog: Tom Amundsen John Ashbery, 90, American poet (Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror) and art critic, Pulitzer Prize winner (1976).John Ashbery Is Dead at 90; a Poetic Voice Often Echoed, Never Matched Walter Becker, 67, American Hall of Fame musician (Steely Dan), songwriter and producer, Grammy winner (2001), esophageal cancer.Walter Becker, Steely Dan Co-Founder, Dead at 67 William Clauson, 87, Swedish-American singer. William Clauson 1930-2017 Joan Colom, 96, Spanish photographer.Muere el fotógrafo Joan Colom, el ilustre retratista de la Barcelona marginal John Byrne Cooke, 76, American author and musician, throat cancer.John Byrne Cooke dies Luis Duarte, 76, Peruvian Olympic basketball player (1964).Luis Duarte Sergio González, 92, Mexican Olympic sailor.Sergio González Roberto Hernández Jr., 79, Mexican journalist and sportscaster.¡Es todo, amigos!... fallece Don Roberto Hernández Jr. Jesús González, 58, Spanish Olympic rower.Jesús González guisande Dave Hlubek, 66, American guitarist and songwriter (Molly Hatchet), heart attack.Molly Hatchet Founder, Dave Hlubek, Dies at 66 Victor Krasin, 88, Ukrainian-born Russian human rights activist, economist and Soviet dissident. Hans Nylund, 78, Norwegian footballer Piet Ouderland, 84, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team) and basketball player (national team).Oud-international Piet Ouderland overleden Sugar Ramos, 75, Cuban-Mexican Hall of Fame boxer, WBA/WBC featherweight champion (1963–1964), cancer.Sugar Ramos passes away aged 75 in Mexico City Larrington Walker, 70, Jamaican-born British actor (Taboo).Sir Lenny Henry leads tributes to 'one of the best' Larrington Walker John P. White, 80, American politician, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense (1995–1997), Parkinson's disease.John P. White, deputy secretary of defense in Clinton administration, dies at 80 Peter Zobel, 81, Danish Olympic equestrian (1960).Peter Hermann Zobel
4 Sultan Ahmed, 64, Indian politician, MP for Entally (since 2009), heart attack.Trinamool MP Sultan Ahmed dies of heart attack Badih Chaaban, 57, South African politician, Cape Town city councilor (2006–2015), cancer.Controversial Cape politician Badih Chabaan dies Don Cockburn, 87, Irish journalist, presenter and newsreader (RTÉ).Former RTÉ newscaster Don Cockburn dies David Consunji, 95, Filipino engineer and industrialist.David M. Consunji passes away at 95 Mountaga Diallo, 74–75, Senegalese diplomat and army officer, Force Commander of MONUSCO (2000–2004), Ambassador to Russia (since 2005).Nécrologie : Le Général Mountaga Diallo tire sa révérence Ford M. Fraker, 68, American diplomat.Ambassador Ford Fraker Bob Kehoe, 89, American soccer player.St. Louis soccer legend Bob Kehoe dies at 89 Jomde Kena, 49, Indian politician.Arunachal Pradesh Health minister Jomde Kena dies John Wilson Lewis, 86, American political scientist.John Lewis, Stanford political scientist and groundbreaking Asian politics expert, dies at 86 Earl Lindo, 64, Jamaican reggae musician (Bob Marley and the Wailers).Earl Lindo, clavier de The Wailers, est mort à l'âge de 64 ans Lev Lipatov, 77, Russian nuclear and particle physicist.Липатов Лев Николаевич Akiyoshi Matsuoka, 72, Japanese Olympic cross-country skier.Akiyoshi Matsuoka Abdullah Maute, Filipino Islamist militant (Maute group), airstrike. (death announced on this date) Les McDonald, 84, British-Canadian triathlon competitor and administrator. Harry Meshel, 93, American politician, member of the Ohio Senate (1970–1993).Sen. Harry Meshel dies at the age of 93 Gastone Moschin, 88, Italian actor (The Godfather Part II, Caliber 9, My Friends), cardiomyopathy.E' morto Gastone Moschin, l'ultimo degli 'Amici miei' José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, 96, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tuxtla (1965–1988) and San Juan de los Lagos (1988–1999), respiratory complications.Fallece el primer Obispo de Tuxtla, Trinidad Sepúlveda
5 Eloísa Álvarez, 61, Spanish politician, Mayor of Soria (1999–2003), Deputy (2004–2011) and Senator for Soria (2011–2015).Fallece la socialista Eloisa Álvarez, la primera mujer en alcanzar la Alcaldía de Soria Nicolaas Bloembergen, 97, Dutch-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1981).Nobelprijswinnaar Nicolaas Bloembergen (97) overleden Frank Buckiewicz, 87, American football player and coach.Frank Anthony Buckiewicz Holger Czukay, 79, German musician (Can).Holger Czukay, 79, Influential Rock Experimenter, Is Dead Janice Gardner, 79, American politician, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives (2012–2016). Cedric Hassall, 97, New Zealand chemist.Cedric Hassall Andreas Howaldt, 92, German Olympic sailor.Andreas Howaldt Robert Jenson, 87, American theologian.Died: Robert Jenson, 'America's Theologian' Mike Lair, 71, American politician, member of the Missouri House of Representatives (2009–2016), heart disease.Former Missouri state Republican lawmaker Mike Lair dies Gauri Lankesh, 55, Indian journalist and political activist, shot.Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh shot dead at her house Ma Kwang-soo, 66, South Korean author.Novelist Ma Kwang-soo found dead Gina Mason, 57, American politician, member of the Maine House of Representatives (since 2017).State Representative Gina Mason Passes Away, Son Garrett Mason Cancels Wednesday Event Arno Rink, 76, German painter.Künstler Arno Rink gestorben Hansford Rowe, 93, American actor (Three Days of the Condor, Dante's Peak, The Bonfire of the Vanities), traffic collision.Hansford H. Rowe Jr. Bo Södersten, 86, Swedish professor and politician, MP (1979–1988).Bo Södersten har avlidit Sir Terence Streeton, 87, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Bangladesh (1983–1989).Terence Streeton