Deaths in September 2000
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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2000.
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 2000
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- Olavi Ahonen, 77, Finnish film actor and comedian.{{cite web |title=Kauko Olavi Ahonen (1923 - 2000) - Genealogy |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Actor-Olavi-Ahonen/6000000072855346863 |website=geni.com |access-date=5 May 2023}}
- Barbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte, 92, British politician.{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Andrew |title=Baroness Brooke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/12/guardianobituaries |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=12 September 2000}}
- P. P. Ummer Koya, 78, Indian politician, Gandhian, freedom fighter and educationist.
- Franklin P. Peterson, 70, American mathematician, stroke.
- Gerry Sullivan, 57, Australian politician.{{cite NSW Parliament |title=Mr (Gerry) Gerald James Sullivan (1943-2000) |id=2002 |former=Yes |accessdate=5 May 2023}}
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- Vicente Asensi, 81, Spanish football player.{{cite web |title=Asensi, Vicente Asensi Albentosa - Footballerr |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j10240.html |website=BDFutbol |access-date=5 May 2023}}
- Ishaq Bux, 83, Indian actor.
- Heinz Harmel, 94, German SS general during World War II.
- Jean Speegle Howard, 73, American actress (Apollo 13, Scrooged, Matilda), respiratory disease and cardiomyopathy.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-06-me-16379-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Jean Speegle Howard; Actress Was Mother of Ron Howard|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2000-09-06|access-date=2018-12-29}}
- Elvera Sanchez, 95, American dancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/08/arts/elvera-davis-95-tap-dancer-and-mother-of-sammy-davis-jr.html|title=Elvera Davis, 95, Tap Dancer And Mother of Sammy Davis Jr.|work=The New York Times|date=2000-09-08|access-date=2018-12-29}}
- Curt Siodmak, 98, German-American novelist and screenwriter (The Wolf Man, Donovan's Brain), cancer.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Curt Siodmak Dies at 98; Created Modern 'Wolf Man' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/19/nyregion/curt-siodmak-dies-at-98-created-modern-wolf-man.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=19 November 2000 |page=1 56}}
- Gennady Smirnov, 45, Russian footballer.[https://footballfacts.ru/person/15659-smirnovgennadiymihaylovich Смирнов Геннадий Михайлович] {{in lang|ru}}
- Audrey Wise, 68, British politician.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/05/guardianobituaries.labour|last=Langdon|first=Julia|title=Audrey Wise:She was a feminist Labour MP whose work reformed maternity services and whose creative insights illuminated socialism|work=The Guardian|date=2000-09-04|access-date=2019-01-03}}
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- Asaf Abdrakhmanov, 81, Soviet naval officer and war hero during World War II.
- Edward Anhalt, 86, American screenwriter (Panic in the Streets), Oscar winner (1951), cancer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Edward Anhalt, 86, 'Becket' Screenwriter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/09/nyregion/edward-anhalt-86-becket-screenwriter.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=9 September 2000 |page=B 8}}
- Clodomiro Cortoni, 77, Argentine cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Clodomiro Cortoni |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/14001 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Oldřich Daněk, 73, Czech dramatist, writer, director and screenwriter.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Oldřich Daněk - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65q92rq |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- R. H. Harris, 84, American gospel singer (Soul Stirrers).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/09/nyregion/rebert-harris-84-soul-singer-and-model-for-sam-cooke.html|last=Pareles|first=Jon|title=Rebert Harris, 84, Soul Singer And Model for Sam Cooke|work=The New York Times|date=2000-09-09|access-date=2019-01-03}}
- Jack Simmons, 85, British transport historian.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/13/guardianobituaries.books1|last=Ford|first=Colin|title=Jack Simmons|work=The Guardian|date=2000-09-13|access-date=2019-01-03}}
- Clyde Sukeforth, 98, American baseball player.{{cite news |author1=Dave Anderson |title=Clyde Sukeforth, 98, Is Dead; Steered Robinson to Majors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/06/sports/clyde-sukeforth-98-is-dead-steered-robinson-to-majors.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=6 September 2000 |page=C 24}}
- Indriði Guðmundur Þorsteinsson, 74, Icelandic writer.
- Walt Stanchfield, 81, American animator (The Jungle Book, The Fox and the Hound, The Great Mouse Detective).
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- Augusto Vargas Alzamora, 77, Peruvian prelate in the Roman Catholic Church.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Augusto Vargas Alzamora |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb124163160 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
- Sir John Beith, 86, British diplomat.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/13/guardianobituaries1|last=Hanbury-Tenison|first=Sir Richard|title=Sir John Beith|work=The Guardian|date=2000-09-12|access-date=2019-01-03}}
- David Brown, 53, American bass guitarist (Santana), kidney failure.
- Jack Fjeldstad, 85, Norwegian actor and stage producer.
- Pinky May, 89, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/6ec9e370|last=Cohen|first=Alan|title=Pinky May|work=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2018-12-29}}
- Mihály Mayer, 66, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion (1964).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Mihály Mayer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54192 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Mukri, 78, Indian film actor, heart attack.
- Gilles Potvin, 76, Canadian music critic and music historian.{{cite web |title=Gilles Potvin - The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gilles-potvin |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=5 May 2023}}
- Antonio Ruberti, 73, Italian politician and engineer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Antonio Ruberti - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6t86ztn |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Mary Shepard, 90, English illustrator of children's books.{{cite news |author1=Eden Ross Lipson |author-link1=Eden Ross Lipson |title=Mary Shepard Dies at 90; 'Mary Poppins' Illustrator |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/02/arts/mary-shepard-dies-at-90-mary-poppins-illustrator.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=2 October 2000 |page=B 8}}
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- Margaret Andrew, 92, American experimental engineer.“Margaret J. Andrew, 1908 – 2000". Obituaries, Xenia Daily Gazette. (2000, September 7). Xenia Daily Gazette Newspaper Archives.
- Carlo M. Cipolla, 78, Italian economic historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Carlo M. Cipolla |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11896882c |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
- Roy Fredericks, 57, West Indian cricketer, cancer.{{cite web |title=Roy Fredericks profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/roy-fredericks-51797 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 December 2023}}
- George Musso, 90, American football player (Chicago Bears) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.{{cite news |author1=Frank Litsky |author-link1=Frank Litsky |title=George Musso, 90, a Hall of Fame Lineman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/nyregion/george-musso-90-a-hall-of-fame-lineman.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=7 September 2000 |page=B 9}}
- Palle Nielsen, 80, Danish illustrator and graphic artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Palle Nielsen |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13334072j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
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- David E. Bell, 81, American public servant, director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1961–1962).{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=David E. Bell, Budget Director For Kennedy, Is Dead at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/12/us/david-e-bell-budget-director-for-kennedy-is-dead-at-81.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=12 September 2000 |page=B 10}}
- Robert Lindsay, 95, English-born Australian politician.
- Abdul Haris Nasution, 81, Indonesian general and politician, cerebrovascular disease.{{cite news |author1=David Stout |author-link1=David Stout |title=Abdul Nasution, 81, Politician And Indonesian General, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/07/nyregion/abdul-nasution-81-politician-and-indonesian-general-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=1 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=7 September 2000 |page=B 9}}
- Nino Ramishvili, 90, Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer and choreographer.
- Fritz Ruchay, 90, German football player and manager.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Fritz Ruchay |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/fritz-ruchay/ |website=worldfootball.net |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Jürgen Schütze, 49, East German racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Jürgen Schütze |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/16519 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Jiří Sovák, 79, Czech actor.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jiří Sovák |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb142290010 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
- Kees van Aelst, 83, Dutch water polo player and Olympian (1936 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Kees van Aelst |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/54557 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Roger Verey, 88, Polish rower.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Roger Verey |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/39423 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Desmond Wilcox, 69, British journalist and television producer, heart attack.
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- Hyginus Anugo, 22, Nigerian sprinter, car accident.{{cite news |title=Nigerian Runner Killed in Accident |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100621&page=1 |agency=ABC News |publisher=American Broadcasting Company |date=8 September 2000}}
- Bruce Gyngell, 71, Australian television executive, cancer-related illness.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bruce Gyngell - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65h99b5 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Eigil Nielsen, 81, Danish amateur football goalkeeper and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Eigil Nielsen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24668 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Gian Luigi Polidoro, 73, Italian film director and screenwriter.
- Vitaliy Popovich, 37, Ukrainian racewalker, suicide.
- Aleksander Skiba, 55, Polish volleyball player and coach.
- Nick Tremark, 87, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/tremani01.shtml|title=Nick Tremark|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-29}}
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- Enrique Alessio, 82, Argentine musician.
- Yves Gaucher, 66, Canadian abstract painter and printmaker.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Yves Gaucher - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6ns0tb2 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Otto Katharus Lind, 79, Danish resistance fighter and general.{{cite web |title=Otto K. Lind |url=https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=ottoklind |website=gravsted.dk |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=da}}
- Carlos Castillo Peraza, 53, Mexican politician, heart attack.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/11/world/carlos-castillo-53-mexican-politician.html|last=The Associated Press|author-link=The Associated Press|title=Carlos Castillo, 53, Mexican Politician|work=The New York Times|date=2000-09-11|access-date=2018-12-21}}
- Raul Roulien, 94, Brazilian actor, singer, and film director.
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- Julian Critchley, 69, British politician.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/11/guardianobituaries.obituaries|last=Biffen|first=John|title=Sir Julian Critchley: The rebel Conservative MP who gently satirised his own party, along with all the other foibles of political life at Westminster|work=The Guardian|date=2000-09-11|access-date=2018-12-21}}
- Herbert Friedman, 84, American physicist and astronomer, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Sandeep Jauhar |title=Herbert Friedman, 84, Leader in Astronomy, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/13/us/herbert-friedman-84-leader-in-astronomy-dies.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=13 September 2000 |page=B 10}}
- Chuck Holmes, 55, American adult film producer, businessman and philanthropist, AIDS-related complications.
- Veerasamy Ringadoo, 79, Mauritian politician, minister and Governor-General of Mauritius.
- Peter Robinson, 78, English football player.
- Robert S. Stevens, American politician and jurist.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-15-me-21591-story.html|title=Robert S. Stevens; Judge and State Legislator|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2000-09-15|access-date=2018-12-30}}
- Bill Waddington, 84, English music hall performer, actor, and comedian, Parkinson's disease.
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- Jakie Astor, 82, English politician and sportsman.{{cite news|last1=Pearson|first1=Richard|title=Sir John Astor Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/09/17/sir-john-astor-dies/b8169ea9-1522-431b-811f-9c5930a5aec7/|accessdate=2 February 2017|work=The Washington Post|date=17 September 2000}}
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, 81, Pakistani writer and journalist.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/2000/09/12/nat10.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020225122550/http://www.dawn.com/2000/09/12/nat10.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-02-25|last=Askari|first=M.H.|title=Zaibunissa Hamidullah passes away|work=Dawn|date=2000-09-12|access-date=2018-12-19}}
- Chandra Khonnokyoong, 91, Thai Maechi.
- William Nierenberg, 81, American physicist and member of the Manhattan Project, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Andrew C. Revkin |author-link1=Andrew Revkin |title=William A. Nierenberg, 81, Physicist and Military Policy Adviser |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/13/us/william-a-nierenberg-81-physicist-and-military-policy-adviser.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=13 September 2000 |page=B 10}}
- Lester Novros, 91, American artist and animator.
- Ben Wicks, 73, British-Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and author, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Ben Wicks - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65n0nb8 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
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- Herbert H. Bateman, 72, American politician, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Herbert H. Bateman - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w61c4sm1 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Peter Browne, 76, Australian politician.
- Joe Dale, 79, English footballer.
- Philipp Fehl, 80, Austrian artist and art historian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Philipp Fehl - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6mg83k4 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Ham Heung-chul, 69, South Korean football player and manager.
- Martin James Monti, 78, US Army Air Force pilot.
- William Wilson Quinn, 92, US Army officer.{{cite news |author1= |title=William W. Quinn, 92, General and Former Intelligence Officer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/12/us/william-w-quinn-92-general-and-former-intelligence-officer.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=12 September 2000 |page=B 10}}
- Joe Skubitz, 94, American politician.{{cite web |title=Skubitz, Joe 1906–2000 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000472 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=5 May 2023}}
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- Leonard Alufurai, 74-75, Solomon Island bishop.{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Clive |title=Alufurai, Leonard - Biographical entry - Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia, 1893-1978 |url=https://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000362b.htm |access-date=2023-08-19 |website=www.solomonencyclopaedia.net |language=en-gb}}
- Juan Ibáñez Díez-Gutiérrez, 62, Mexican actor, film director, producer and writer.
- Konrad Kujau, 62, German illustrator and forger, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Konrad Kujau, 62, 'Hitler Diaries' Swindler |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/14/world/konrad-kujau-62-hitler-diaries-swindler.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=14 September 2000 |page=B 11}}
- Gary Olsen, 42, English actor (2point4 Children, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The Bill), cancer.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/923900.stm|title=Sitcom star Olsen dies|work=BBC News|date=2000-09-13|access-date=2019-02-25}}
- Alfredo Pasotti, 75, Italian road bicycle racer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Alfredo Pasotti |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/alfredo-pasotti |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Stanley Turrentine, 66, American jazz tenor saxophonist.{{cite news |author1=Ben Ratliff |author-link1=Ben Ratliff |title=Stanley Turrentine, 66, Dies; Known for Earthy Blues Style |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/14/arts/stanley-turrentine-66-dies-known-for-earthy-blues-style.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=14 September 2000 |page=B 11}}
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- Lloyd Anderson, 98, American business executive.Drosendahl, Glenn. "[https://historylink.org/File/20547 The Mountaineers]" (https://historylink.org/ : accessed March 2, 2020) History Link Essay 20547 Posted April 20, 2018
- Jānis Gilis, 57, Soviet and Latvian football player.
- Betty Jeffrey, 92, Australian writer.
- Howard Johnson, 89, British politician.{{cite news |last1=Roth |first1=Andrew |title=Obituary: Howard Johnson |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/26/guardianobituaries |access-date=3 November 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=26 September 2000}}
- Rolf Kauka, 83, German comic artist.{{cite web |title=Rolf Kauka |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kauka_rolf.htm |website=lambiek.net |access-date=3 November 2024}}
- Jerzy Lipiński, 91, Polish racing cyclist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jerzy Lipiński |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/jerzy-lipiński |website=procyclingstats.com |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Duane Swanson, 87, American basketball player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Duane Swanson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/7196 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Pedro Morales Torres, 68, Chilean football manager.
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- George Christopher, 92, Greek-American politician.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=George Christopher, 92, Dies; Lured Giants to San Francisco |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/16/us/george-christopher-92-dies-lured-giants-to-san-francisco.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=16 September 2000 |page=A 13}}
- Jerzy Giedroyc, 94, Polish writer and political activist.{{cite news |author1=William H. Honan |author-link1=William Honan |title=Jerzy Giedroyc, 94, Literary Voice of Polish Democracy Movement |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/20/arts/jerzy-giedroyc-94-literary-voice-of-polish-democracy-movement.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=20 September 2000 |page=C 24}}
- Jean Halain, 80, French film screenwriter.
- Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale, 86, British politician.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/sep/19/guardianobituaries1|last=Roth|first=Andrew|title=Lord Erroll: Popular Tory exercising varied talents in Whitehall and industry|work=The Guardian|date=2000-09-18|access-date=2019-01-03}}
- Cheng Kejie, 66, Chinese government official, execution by lethal injection.
- Igor Luzhkovsky, 62, Russian swimmer and Olympian.
- George Myatt, 86, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0b0d19f5|last=Green|first=John F.|title=George Myatt|work=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2018-12-29}}
- Beah Richards, 80, American actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, ER), Emmy winner (1988, 2000), pulmonary emphysema.{{cite news |author1=Mel Gussow |author-link1=Mel Gussow |title=Beah Richards, 80, Actress in Stalwart Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/16/arts/beah-richards-80-actress-in-stalwart-roles.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=16 September 2000 |page=A 13}}
- Hwang Sun-won, 85, Korean short story writer, novelist, and poet.
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- David Flusser, 83, Israeli professor of Early Christianity.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=David Flusser |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12669104j |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
- Jennifer Gan, 62, American actress.
- George Kanahele, 70, American native Hawaiian activist, historian and author.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=George Kanahele - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83123217 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Frank John Kerr, 82, Australian astronomer and physicist.
- Harmar Nicholls, 87, British politician.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1355597/Lord-Harmar-Nicholls.html Lord Harmar-Nicholls]. The Daily Telegraph, 16 September 2000.
- Jean Yancey, 86, American entrepreneur and motivational speaker, heart failure.
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- Nadina Abarth-Žerjav, 88, Slovene-Italian businesswoman.{{cite web|url=https://nonsolomacchine.blogspot.com/2011/09/spazio_23.html |title=Nadina Abarth-Zerjav - notice of death |website=nonsolomacchine.blogspot.com }}
- Ioan Alexandru, 58, Romanian poet, essayist and politician.
- M. H. M. Ashraff, 51, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, helicopter crash.
- Dori Brenner, 53, American actress (Altered States, The Charmings, Ned and Stacey), complications from cancer.{{cite web|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2588803264.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220183409/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2588803264.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2016|title=Brenner, Dori (1946–2000)|work=Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages|editor=Anne Commire|editor-link=Anne Commire|date=January 1, 2007 |access-date=2023-05-05}}
- John Perkovich, 76, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/perkojo01.shtml|title=John Perkovich|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-29}}
- Alexandra Petrova, 19, Russian model and beauty pageant contestant, murdered.
- Dharma Vira, 94, Indian politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dharma Vira - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6q3481n |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
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- Hester Burton, 86, English children's writer.
- Cruz Martínez Esteruelas, 68, Spanish politician.
- Georgiy Gongadze, 31, Georgian-Ukrainian journalist and film director, homicide.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/monitoring/media_reports/932310.stm|title=Outspoken Ukraine journalist missing|work=BBC News|date=2000-09-19|access-date=2023-05-05}}
- Armand Mestral, 82, French actor and singer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Armand Mestral |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13897445k |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
- Nicole Reinhart, 24, American cyclist, cycling accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/18/sports/cycling-crash-kills-cycling-champ.html|last=The Associated Press|title=CYCLING; Crash Kills Cycling Champ|work=The New York Times|date=2000-09-18|access-date=2019-01-03}}
- Dem Rădulescu, 68, Romanian actor, heart attack.{{Citation | url=https://www.cinemagia.ro/actori/dem-radulescu-2681/| title=Dem Rădulescu - Actor - CineMagia.ro| newspaper=Cinemagia| access-date=6 February 2018}}
- Chico Salmon, 59, Panamanian baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/671e566a|last=Wolinsky|first=Russell|title=Chico Salmon|work=Society for American Baseball Research|access-date=2018-12-29}}
- Bakht Singh, 97, Indian evangelist, Bible teacher and preacher[https://www.horebchurch.com/bro-bakht-singh/ BRO. BAKHT SINGH]
- Henry T. Weinstein, 76, American film producer.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Henry Weinstein, 76, Producer For Film, Television and Theater |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/24/nyregion/henry-weinstein-76-producer-for-film-television-and-theater.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=24 September 2000 |page=1 54}}
- Paula Yates, 41, British television presenter and journalist, drug overdose.{{cite news |author1=Sarah Lyall |author-link1=Sarah Lyall |title=Paula Yates, 40, British Television Host and Rock-Scene Celebrity |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/19/arts/paula-yates-40-british-television-host-and-rock-scene-celebrity.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=29 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=19 September 2000 |page=B 8}}
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- Glyde Butler, 68, Australian politician.
- Gilbert Carpentier, 80, French television show producer.
- Tony Graboski, 84, Canadian ice hockey player.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tony Graboski Stats - Hockey-Reference.com |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Tony+Graboski |website=hockey-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Dawn Langley Simmons, 77, English author and biographer, Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |author1=Dinitia Smith |author-link1=Dinitia Smith |title=Dawn Langley Simmons, Flamboyant Writer, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/24/nyregion/dawn-langley-simmons-flamboyant-writer-dies-at-77.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=24 September 2000 |page=1 53}}
- Chen Yuefang, 37, Chinese basketball player and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - Chen Yuefang |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5178 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023}}
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- Joseph Epes Brown, 80, American scholar of Native American traditions.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Joseph Epes Brown |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb11894213d |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
- Ann Doran, 89, American character actress.{{cite news |author1= |title=Ann Doran, 89, Character Actress |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/03/arts/ann-doran-89-character-actress.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=14 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=3 October 2000 |page=B 10}}
- Fulvio Mingozzi, 74, Italian actor.
- Karl Robatsch, 70, Austrian chess player and botanist, cancer.
- Gloria Talbott, 69, American actress, kidney failure.{{cite book|last=Lentz|first=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2000: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786410248|page=215|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XjGCwAAQBAJ&q=%22Gloria+Talbott%22+actress&pg=PA215|access-date=2018-12-16}}
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- Theresa Ahearn, 49, Irish politician, cancer.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0920/ahearn.html|title=Tributes paid to Fine Gael TD Theresa Ahearn|work=RTÉ News|date=20 September 2000}}
- Dorothy Emmet, 95, British philosopher and academic.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Frauendatenbank fembio.org |url=https://www.fembio.org/biographie.php/frau/frauendatenbank?fem_id=8841 |website=fembio.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=de |date=}}
- Mona Moore, 83, British painter and illustrator.
- Jeanloup Sieff, 66, French photographer, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Jeanloup Sieff - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6w99zqd |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Stanislav Stratiev, 59, Bulgarian playwright.
- Gherman Titov, 65, Soviet cosmonaut, heart failure.{{cite news |author1=Michael Wines |author-link1=Michael Wines |title=Gherman Titov, 65, Second In Quest to Be First in Space |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/22/world/gherman-titov-65-second-in-quest-to-be-first-in-space.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=22 September 2000 |page=A 25}}
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- Robert Wright Campbell, 73, American author and scriptwriter.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-01-me-29799-story.html|last=Oliver|first=Myrna|title=Robert W. Campbell; Author, Scriptwriter|work=Los Angeles Times|date=2000-10-01|access-date=2019-01-03}}
- Jacques Flynn, 85, Canadian lawyer and politician.
- Bengt Hambraeus, 72, Swedish-Canadian organist, composer and musicologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Bengt Hambraeus - Library of Congress |url=https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83178722 |website=id.loc.gov |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Iskandar Khatloni, 45, Tajikistani writer and journalist, murdered.
- Ognjen Petrović, 52, Serbian goalkeeper.{{cite web |title=Ognjen Petrović |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ognjen-petrovic/ |website=worldfootball.net |access-date=5 May 2023}}
- Frederic Seaman, 94, Indian field hockey player and Olympic champion.{{cite web |title=Olympedia - FrederickSeaman |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/19246 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023}}
- John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, 85, British aristocrat.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/05/guardianobituaries|last=Roth|first=Andrew|title=The Duke of Sutherland: He sold off art works and the ancestral London home, but maintained the family horseracing tradition|work=The Guardian|date=2000-10-04|access-date=2019-01-03}}
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- Yehuda Amichai, 76, Israeli poet, cancer.{{cite news |author1=Mel Gussow |author-link1=Mel Gussow |title=Yehuda Amichai, Poet Who Turned Israel's Experience Into Verse, Dies at 76 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/23/us/yehuda-amichai-poet-who-turned-israel-s-experience-into-verse-dies-at-76.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=3 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=23 September 2000 |page=A 14}}
- Willie Cook, 76, American jazz trumpeter.{{cite news |author1=Ben Ratliff |author-link1=Ben Ratliff |title=Willie Cook, 76, Lead Trumpeter With Gillespie and Ellington |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/21/arts/willie-cook-76-lead-trumpeter-with-gillespie-and-ellington.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 May 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=21 October 2000 |page=B 8}}
- Vincenzo Fagiolo, 82, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Vincenzo Fagiolo |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12210733w |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr}}
- Dov Feigin, 93, Israeli sculptor.
- Alexei Kostrikin, 71, Russian mathematician.
- Mike Nixon, 88, American football player, coach and scout.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Mike Nixon Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/N/NixoMi20.htm |website=pro-football-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Anthony Read, 87, British Army general.
- Saburō Sakai, 84, Japanese flying ace during World War II, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Saburo Sakai Is Dead at 84; War Pilot Embraced Foes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/08/world/saburo-sakai-is-dead-at-84-war-pilot-embraced-foes.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=8 October 2000 |page=1 45}}
- Bill Sommers, 77, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sommebi01.shtml|title=Bill Sommers|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-29}}
- Otto Walzhofer, 74, Austrian football player and coach.
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- Hanson Taylor Dowell, 94, Canadian ice hockey administrator and politician.
- Eiichi Kudo, 71, Japanese film director, cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Eiichi Kudo - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6wz1k56 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Václav Migas, 56, Czech international footballer.[https://www.idnes.cz/sport/ostatni/zemrel-vaclav-migas.A_2000M224S10E Zemřel Václav Migas - iDNES.cz]
- Aurelio Rodríguez, 52, Mexican Major League Baseball player, traffic accident.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/24/sports/baseball-former-tiger-killed-in-crash.html|last=The Associated Press|title=Former Tiger Killed in Crash|work=The New York Times|date=2000-09-24|access-date=2019-01-05}}
- Carl Rowan, 75, American government official, journalist and author.{{cite news |author1=Elaine Sciolino |title=Carl Rowan, Writer and Crusader, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/24/us/carl-rowan-writer-and-crusader-dies-at-75.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=24 September 2000 |page=1 54}}
- Kenny Smith, 76, Canadian ice hockey player.{{cite news|url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/smithke01.html|title=Ken Smith|work=www.hockey-reference.com, Sports Reference|access-date=2019-01-05}}
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- Basil Bernstein, 75, British sociologist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Basil Bernstein - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67n2xdv |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Janice Biala, 97, Polish-American artist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Janice Biala - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w66h4p30 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Dorr Bothwell, 98, American artist and designer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Dorr Bothwell - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w65723tj |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Antony Darnborough, 86, British film producer and director.
- Marcel Lambert, 81, Canadian politician.
- Jean Malléjac, 71, French bicycle racer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=matchID - Jean Malléjac |url=https://deces.matchid.io/id/yWMhMEhXFxlc |website=Fichier des décès |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=fr |date=}}
- Stephen McKeag, 30, Northern Irish loyalist paramilitary, drug overdose.
- Horacio Rivero, Jr., 90, Puerto Rican four-star admiral.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Adm. Horacio Rivero Jr., 90, Vice Chief of Naval Operations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/28/us/adm-horacio-rivero-jr-90-vice-chief-of-naval-operations.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=28 September 2000 |page=C 27}}
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- Tom Baker, 79, British Anglican priest.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/05/guardianobituaries.religion|last=Harries|first=Richard|title=Very Rev Tom Baker: Dean who ran 'the happiest cathedral in England'|work=The Guardian|date=2000-10-04|access-date=2019-01-05}}
- Buster Matheney, 44, American basketball player, shot.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Buster Matheney Stats - Basketball-Reference.com |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/search/search.fcgi?search=Buster+Matheney |website=basketball-reference.com |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Heberto Padilla, 68, Cuban poet, heart attack.{{cite news |author1=Celestine Bohlen |title=Heberto Padilla, 68, Cuban Poet, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/28/arts/heberto-padilla-68-cuban-poet-is-dead.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=28 September 2000 |page=C 27}}
- Tommy Reilly, 81, English musician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Tommy Reilly |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13898899v |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=French |date=}}
- Edy Schmid, 89, Swiss field handball player and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Edy Schmid |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/32668 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- R. S. Thomas, 87, Welsh poet.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/29/arts/r-s-thomas-87-clergyman-poet-drawn-by-the-welsh-countryside.html|title=R. S. Thomas, 87, Clergyman Poet Drawn by the Welsh Countryside|work=The New York Times|date=2000-09-29|access-date=2019-01-05}}
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- Neva Abelson, 89, American research physician (co-discovered the blood test for the Rh blood factor).{{cite news|url=https://news.wsu.edu/2000/10/02/wsu-alumna-and-supporter-neva-abelson-dies/|title=WSU Alumna and Supporter Neva Abelson Dies|work=WSU Insider, Washington State University|date=2000-10-02|access-date=2019-01-04}}
- Nick Fatool, 85, American jazz drummer.{{cite news |author1= |title=Nick Fatool, 85, Drummer Who Kept the Beat for Swing-Era Bands |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/05/arts/nick-fatool-85-drummer-who-kept-the-beat-for-swing-era-bands.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=5 October 2000 |page=B 10}}
- Paul Gouyon, 89, French cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Paul Gouyon |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb119056074 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=French |date=}}
- Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim, 82, Malaysian judge.
- Robert Lax, 84, American poet.{{cite news |author1=Eric Pace |author-link1=List of The New York Times employees |title=Robert Lax, 84, Minimalist Poet Known for Experimental Forms |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/24/arts/robert-lax-84-minimalist-poet-known-for-experimental-forms.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 December 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=24 October 2000 |page=C 23}}
- Aleksandras Lileikis, 93, Lithuanian-American Holocaust perpetrator during World War II.
- Richard Mulligan, 67, American actor (Soap, Empty Nest, Little Big Man), Emmy winner (1980, 1989), cancer.{{cite news |author1=Lawrence Van Gelder |author-link1=Lawrence Van Gelder |title=Richard Mulligan, 67, Actor On 'Soap' and 'Empty Nest' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/29/arts/richard-mulligan-67-actor-on-soap-and-empty-nest.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=29 September 2000 |page=A 25}}
- Baden Powell, 63, Brazilian guitarist, pneumonia.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/27/arts/baden-powell-63-guitarist-who-pioneered-bossa-nova.html|last=Romero|first=Simon|title=Baden Powell, 63, Guitarist Who Pioneered Bossa Nova|work=The New York Times|date=2000-09-27|access-date=2018-12-19}}
- Carl Sigman, 91, American songwriter.{{cite news |author1=Douglas Martin |title=Carl Sigman, 91, Songsmith Who Made Generations Hum |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/30/arts/carl-sigman-91-songsmith-who-made-generations-hum.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=30 September 2000 |page=A 18}}
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- Mario Arillo, 88, Italian naval officer.[http://www.marina.difesa.it/storiacultura/storia/medaglie/Pagine/MarioArillo.aspx Mario Arillo on the website of the Italian Navy.]
- Joshua Russell Chandran, 82, Indian Christian theologian.
- David Jennens, 71, English rower and Olympian.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – David Jennens |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/37342 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Sammy Luftspring, 84, Canadian boxer.{{cite news|url=http://www.ontariojewisharchives.org/Explore/Themed-Topics/Sammy-Luftspring|title=Sammy Luftspring|work=Ontario Jewish Archives|access-date=2019-01-05}}
- Isaac Oceja, 85, Spanish football player and coach.
- Frank Wills, 52, American security guard, discovered Watergate break-in, brain cancer.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/29/us/frank-wills-52-watchman-foiled-watergate-break-in.html|last=Clymer|first=Adam|title=Frank Wills, 52; Watchman Foiled Watergate Break-In|work=The New York Times|date=2000-09-29|access-date=2019-01-05}}
- Oh Yun-kyo, 40, South Korean football player.
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- Ted Gehring, 71, American actor.
- Peter Gennaro, 80, American dancer and choreographer (Annie).{{cite news |author1=Lawrence Van Gelder |author-link1=Lawrence Van Gelder |title=Peter Gennaro, Choreographer of 'Annie,' Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/30/arts/peter-gennaro-choreographer-of-annie-dies-at-80.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 January 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=30 September 2000 |page=A 18}}
- V. E. Howard, 88, American minister and radio evangelist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=V. E. Howard - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6t22m5d |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Mike McKevitt, 71, American politician.{{cite web |title=MCKEVITT, James Douglas (Mike), 1928 – 2000 |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M000513 |website=bioguide.congress.gov |access-date=5 May 2023}}
- Roger Nott, 91, Australian politician.
- Carlos Revilla, 67, Spanish voice actor, heart attack.[https://www.eldiario.es/vertele/videos/actualidad/muere-director-doblaje-simpsons_1_7795441.html Muere el director de doblaje de Los Simpsons] (in Spanish)
- Phot Sarasin, 95, Thai diplomat and politician.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Pote Sarasin - Social Networks and Archival Context |url=https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6vv6g25 |website=snaccooperative.org |publisher= |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Pierre Trudeau, 80, Prime Minister of Canada, prostate cancer.{{cite news |author1=Michael T. Kaufman |author-link1=Michael T. Kaufman |title=Pierre Trudeau Is Dead at 80; Dashing Fighter for Canada |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/29/world/pierre-trudeau-is-dead-at-80-dashing-fighter-for-canada.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=19 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=29 September 2000 |page=A 1}}
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- Myles Ferguson, 19, Canadian actor, traffic collision.
- William Fry, 91, Australian politician.
- John Grant, 67, British politician.{{cite news|last=Pearce|first=Edward|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/04/guardianobituaries.obituaries|title=John Grant: Labour defector caught out by the SDP collapse|work=The Guardian|date=2000-10-04|access-date=2018-12-19}}
- Lynn Lovenguth, 77, American baseball player.{{cite news|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lovenly01.shtml|title=Lynn Lovenguth|work=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2018-12-29}}
- Maningning Miclat, 28, Filipino poet and painter, suicide by jumping.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Maningning Miclat |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb167337234 |website=catalogue.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=French |date=}}
- Carlos Savage, 81, Mexican film editor and actor.
- Vidoje Žarković, 73, Yoguslav-Montenegrin communist politician.
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- Sisir Kumar Bose, 80, Indian freedom fighter and writer.
- Lina Bryans, 91, Australian modernist painter.
- Iván Esperón, 88, Argentine football player and coach.
- Zoran Gopčević, 45, Yugoslav water polo player (silver medal winner in 1980 Summer Olympics).{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Zoran Gopčević |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/55008 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Ragnhild Michelsen, 89, Norwegian actress.
- Erno Paasilinna, 65, Finnish writer and journalist, cancer.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Erno Paasilinna |url=http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb120591796 |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France |access-date=5 May 2023 |language=French |date=}}
- Sir Fred Pontin, 93, English businessman.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/04/guardianobituaries2|last=Barker|first=Dennis|title=Sir Fred Pontin: Shrewd businessman who caught the mood of Britain's postwar holidaymakers|work=The Guardian|date=2000-10-03|access-date=2019-01-05}}
- Luis Rubén di Palma, 55, Argentine racing driver, helicopter crash.{{Cite web |last=Vignone |first=Pablo |date=1 October 2000 |title=Murió Luis Rubén Di Palma y no se habrá sorprendido |url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/2000/00-10/00-10-01/pag30.htm |access-date=2025-03-27 |website=Página/12 |language=es}}
- Dennis Sandole, 87, American jazz guitarist, composer, and music educator.{{cite news |author1=Ben Ratliff |author-link1=Ben Ratliff |title=Dennis Sandole, Jazz Guitarist And an Influential Teacher, 87 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/08/nyregion/dennis-sandole-jazz-guitarist-and-an-influential-teacher-87.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=8 October 2000 |page=1 46}}
- Joe Sheridan, 85, Irish politician.
- Mario Valota, 82, Swiss fencer and Olympic medalist.{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Olympedia – Mario Valota |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/23380 |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=5 May 2023 |language= |date=}}
- Joe Watson, 48, Australian football player, liver cancer.
- Joseph Weber, 81, American physicist, lymphoma.{{cite news |author1=James Glanz |author-link1=James Glanz |title=Joseph Weber Dies at 81; A Pioneer in Laser Theory |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/09/us/joseph-weber-dies-at-81-a-pioneer-in-laser-theory.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=16 December 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=9 October 2000 |page=B 10}}
- Howard Winstone, 61, Welsh boxer.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/oct/02/guardianobituaries|last=Lewis|first=Mike|title=Howard Winstone: Boxer frustrated in the ring but loved by the crowd|work=The Guardian|date=2000-10-01|access-date=2019-01-07}}
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