Deaths in September 2009

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

September 2009

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Dick Berg, 87, American screenwriter and television producer, fall.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-dick-berg2-2009sep03-story.html |title=Dick Berg dies at 87; television and film writer and producer |first=Dawn C. |last=Chmielewski |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Jake Drake-Brockman, 53, British musician (Echo & the Bunnymen) and sound recordist, motorcycle accident.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8234908.stm |title='Fifth Bunnyman' killed in crash |website=BBC News}}
Jock Buchanan, 74, Scottish footballer (Hibernian).{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/hibs-home-euro-score-jock-buchanan-dies-after-illness-1-1217114 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110132226/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/hibs-home-euro-score-jock-buchanan-dies-after-illness-1-1217114 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-10 |title=Hibs' home Euro score Jock Buchanan dies after illness |work=The Scotsman}}
Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa, 91, British television executive and conservationist.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/6134170/Lord-Buxton-of-Alsa.html |title=Lord Buxton of Alsa |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito, 66, Brazilian judge (Supreme Federal Court) (2007–2009), pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |url=http://globalarbitrationreview.com/news/article/18807/carlos-alberto-menezes-direito-1942-2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055348/http://globalarbitrationreview.com/news/article/18807/carlos-alberto-menezes-direito-1942-2009 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito, 1942-2009 |website=Global Arbitration Review}}
Gulab Mohanlal Hiranandani, 78, Indian admiral.[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Vice-Admiral-Hiranandani-cremated-with-full-Naval-honours/article16878966.ece Vice-Admiral Hiranandani cremated with full Naval honours]
Jang Jin-young, 37, South Korean actress, stomach cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/113_51041.html |title=Actress Jang Dies at 35 |date=1 September 2009 |work=The Korea Times}}
Wycliffe Johnson, 47, Jamaican Reggae musician and composer, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/arts/music/06steely.html |title=Wycliffe Johnson, Boisterous Reggae Producer and Musician, Dies at 47 |date=6 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Erich Kunzel, 74, American conductor (Cincinnati Pops Orchestra), cancer.[http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2009/08/31/daily20.html Cincinnati Pops’ Erich Kunzel dies]
Wayne E. Meyer, 83, American Rear-Admiral, Aegis Combat System manager, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-wayne-meyer2-2009sep02-story.html |title=Wayne E. Meyer dies at 83; retired Navy rear admiral |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 2, 2009}}
Francis Rogallo, 97, American aeronautical inventor (Rogallo wing).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/us/05rogallo.html |title=F. M. Rogallo, Father of Hang Gliding, Dies at 97 |date=5 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
John Stephens, 43, American football player (New England Patriots), NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1988), traffic collision.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nsudemons.com/news/2009/9/2/58462.aspx |title=Wreck claims NSU football great John Stephens |access-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110130554/http://www.nsudemons.com/news/2009/9/2/58462.aspx |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Alexis Tioseco, 28, Filipino-born Canadian film critic, shot.{{cite web |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/09/01/09/fil-canadian-film-critic-lover-shot-dead-qc-home |title=Fil-Canadian film critic, lover shot dead in QC home |website=ABS-CBN News}}
Sir Oliver Wright, 88, British diplomat.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/6146978/Sir-Oliver-Wright.html |title=Sir Oliver Wright |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=September 6, 2009}}

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Hylton Ackerman, 62, South African cricketer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/423011.html |title=Hylton Ackerman dies aged 62 |website=ESPNcricinfo |date=September 2, 2009}}
Guy Babylon, 52, American musician (Elton John band), heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.eltondaily.com/2009/09/farewell-guy-babylon-december-20-1956.html |title=Farewell Guy Babylon (December 21, 1956 – September 2, 2009) |website=Elton Daily}}
Brian Boshier, 77, British cricketer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/424100.html?CMP=OTC-RSS |title=Leicestershire's Brian Boshier dies aged 77 |website=ESPNcricinfo |date=September 8, 2009}}
Jon Eydmann, 41, British band manager (Suede), heart attack.{{cite web |title=British tourist Jon Peter Eydmann dies after dive into Lake Como |website=The Daily Telegraph |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110144635/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/6127775/British-tourist-Jon-Peter-Eydmann-dies-after-dive-into-Lake-Como.html |archive-date=2019-11-10 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/6127775/British-tourist-Jon-Peter-Eydmann-dies-after-dive-into-Lake-Como.html}}
Donald Hamilton Fraser, 80, British painter.{{cite news |url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4645320.donald-hamilton-fraser/ |title=Donald Hamilton Fraser |work=Oxford Mail}}
Bill Hefner, 79, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for North Carolina (1975–1999), brain aneurysm.[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/us/08hefner.html Bill Hefner, Former Congressman, Dies at 79]
Virve Kiple, 82, Estonian ballet dancer, actress, and director.{{cite web|author=Йосеф КАЦ |url=http://www.moles.ee/07/Aug/23/8-1.php |title=архив газеты "Молодежь Эстонии" |publisher=Moles.ee |date=2007-08-23 |accessdate=2021-01-24}}
Tibor Kristóf, 67, Hungarian voice actor, Hungarian voice of Sean Connery, Morgan Freeman and Darth Vader.{{Cite web |url=http://www.kiskegyed.hu/forro/hirek/meghalt-kristof-tibor-2204 |title=Meghalt Kristóf Tibor |language=hu |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110131814/http://www.kiskegyed.hu/forro/hirek/meghalt-kristof-tibor-2204 |archive-date=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead}}
Abdullah Laghmani, 40s, Afghan Secret Service chief, bomb blast.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/world/asia/03afghan.html |title=Deputy Chief of Intelligence Is Slain in Afghanistan |date=3 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Mr Percival, 33, Australian pelican, animal actor (Storm Boy), natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-09-03/storm-boy-pelican-dies/1416234?section=australia |title=Storm Boy pelican dies |date=3 September 2009 |website=ABC News}}
John Poole, 82, British sculptor.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/a-john-poole-sculptor-lettercutter-and-restorer-whose-love-of-architecture-informed-his-monumental-works-1821285.html |title=A. John Poole: Sculptor, letter-cutter and restorer whose love of architecture informed his monumental works |date=16 November 2009 |work=The Independent}}
Christian Poveda, 52, French photojournalist and documentary filmmaker, shot.{{cite web |url=http://en.rsf.org/salvador-death-of-a-journalist-who-combined-03-09-2009,34382.html |title=Death of a journalist who combined professionalism with strong humanistic convictions |website=Reports Without Borders |access-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110132023/http://en.rsf.org/salvador-death-of-a-journalist-who-combined-03-09-2009,34382.html |url-status=dead }}
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, 60, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (since 2004), helicopter crash.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110811072053/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-03/india/28065464_1_ysr-reddy-helicopter-crash-y-s-rajasekhara-reddy Andhra Pradesh CM YSR Reddy dead in chopper crash]
Mohamed Alí Seineldín, 75, Argentine military commander and putschist (Carapintadas).{{cite news |url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/10823 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110131622/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/10823 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-10 |title=Seineldín dies at 75 |work=Buenos Aires Herald}}
Robert Spinrad, 77, American computer pioneer, director of the Palo Alto Research Center, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/07/technology/07spinrad.html |title=Robert Spinrad, a Pioneer in Computing, Dies at 77 |date=7 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Ismael Valenzuela, 74, American jockey, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://sports.gaeatimes.com/2009/09/02/hall-of-fame-jockey-milo-valenzuela-dies-at-74-after-long-illness-25067/ |title=Hall of Fame jockey Milo Valenzuela dies at 74 after long illness |website=Gaea Times}}
Jeffrey Wernick, 56, American animation executive (DIC Animation City) and sports agent.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/people-news/jeffrey-wernick-dies-at-56-1118008818/ |title=Jeffrey Wernick dies at 56 |date=18 September 2009 |work=Variety}}

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Nicky Chapman, Baroness Chapman, 48, British peer, member of the House of Lords, brittle bone disease.{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/local-stories/death-of-people-s-peer-baroness-nicky-chapman-at-48-1-2298018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110131657/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/local-stories/death-of-people-s-peer-baroness-nicky-chapman-at-48-1-2298018 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-10 |title=Death of 'people's peer' Baroness Nicky Chapman at 48 |newspaper=Yorkshire Post}}
Hulda Regehr Clark, 80, Canadian alternative medicine practitioner.{{cite web |url=http://inmemoryofdrhuldaclark.com/dr-hulda-clark-memorial/in-memorium-of-dr-hulda-clark/ |title=Dr Hulda Clark |website=In Memory of Dr Hulda Clark |access-date=January 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812074513/http://inmemoryofdrhuldaclark.com/dr-hulda-clark-memorial/in-memorium-of-dr-hulda-clark/ |archive-date=August 12, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Christine D'haen, 85, Belgian poet.{{cite web |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2009/09/03/schrijfster_christinedhaenisoverleden-1-591639/ |title=Schrijfster Christine D'haen is overleden |language=nl}}
Giovanni Melis Fois, 92, Italian Bishop of Nuoro (1970–1992).{{cite web |url=http://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmelis.html |title=Bishop Giovanni Melis Fois |first=David M. |last=Cheney |work=Catholic-Hierarchy}}
Caro Jones, 86, American casting director (Rocky, The Karate Kid, Green Acres), multiple myeloma.{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/2009/film/news/casting-director-caro-jones-dies-1118008403/ |title=Casting director Caro Jones dies |date=10 September 2009 |work=Variety}}
Edith Kaplan, 85, American neuropsychologist.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary-preview.aspx?n=edith-kaplan&pid=133995097&referrer=186 |title=Edith Kaplan's Obituary in New York Times |website=Legacy}}
Alec MacLachlan, 30, British hostage in Iraq (death confirmed on this date).{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.uk.hostage/index.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711030803/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/03/iraq.uk.hostage/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |title=British hostage's body identified in Iraq |website=CNN}}
Ronald Sarre, 77, Australian cricketer.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7754.html Ron Sarre]
Yukhym Shkolnykov, 70, Ukrainian association football coach.{{cite web |url=http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/news/4aa341e1.html |title=Помер заслужений тренер України Юхим Школьников |work=UA-Football |language=uk}}

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Buddy Blattner, 89, American sportscaster, baseball and table tennis player, complications from lung cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-buddy-blattner5-2009sep05-story.html |title=Buddy Blattner dies at 89; former major leaguer and longtime sportscaster |first=Claire |last=Noland |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Iain Cuthbertson, 79, British actor (Gorillas in the Mist, The Railway Children).{{cite web |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2009/iain-cuthbertson/ |title=Iain Cuthbertson |work=The Stage}}
Allan Ekelund, 91, Swedish film producer, collaborator with Ingmar Bergman.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfi.se/sv/svensk-filmdatabas/Item/?type=PERSON&itemid=61106 |title=Allan Ekelund}}
Guy Guillabert, 78, French Olympic bronze medal-winning (1956) rower.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/guy-guillabert-1.html |title=Guy Guillabert Bio, Stats, and Results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811193136/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/guy-guillabert-1.html |archive-date=2011-08-11}}
Siegfried Gurschler, 83, Austrian sports shooter.{{cite web |title=Siegfried Gurschler |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/41217 |website=Olympedia |access-date=18 October 2023}}
Skip Miller, 62, American music industry executive, president of Motown Records, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-skip-miller12-2009sep12-story.html |title=Skip Miller dies at 62; former Motown Records president |first=Valerie J. |last=Nelson |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Franz Olah, 99, Austrian politician, Interior Minister (1963–1964).{{Cite web |url=http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2009-09-04/16131/Franz_Olah_dies_aged_99 |title=Franz Olah dies aged 99 |access-date=2009-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912000301/http://austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2009-09-04/16131/Franz_Olah_dies_aged_99 |archive-date=2009-09-12 |url-status=dead}}
Carl Reindel, 74, American actor (Bullitt, Tora! Tora! Tora!, The Andromeda Strain).{{cite web |url=http://www.tributes.com/show/Carl-Reindel-86816700 |title=Carl Reindel Obituary - Valley Village, California |website=Tributes}}
Keith Waterhouse, 80, British author and playwright (Billy Liar), natural causes.{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/keith-waterhouse-leeds-author-and-playwright-dies-1-2227243 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004070105/http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/keith-waterhouse-leeds-author-and-playwright-dies-1-2227243 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-04 |title=Keith Waterhouse: Leeds author and playwright dies |newspaper=Yorkshire Evening Post}}
Bill Welch, 68, American politician, mayor of State College, Pennsylvania, complications after leg surgery.{{cite web |url=http://www.voicesweb.org/node/3189 |title=Sad news - State College Mayor Bill Welch passed away |website=Voices of Central Pa |access-date=October 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917225859/http://www.voicesweb.org/node/3189 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

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Gani Fawehinmi, 71, Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, lung cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.my-nigeria.com/2009/09/05/gani-fawehinmi-dies-at-71/ |title=Gani Fawehinmi dies at 71 |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100131100041/http://www.my-nigeria.com/2009/09/05/gani-fawehinmi-dies-at-71/ |archive-date=January 31, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
Carl Hovde, 82, American professor, Dean during the Columbia University protests of 1968, lung cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/11/nyregion/11hovde.html |title=Carl F. Hovde, Former Columbia Dean, Dies at 82 |date=11 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Mickie Jones, 56, American bassist (Angel), liver cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/original-angel-bassist-mickie-jones-loses-battle-with-cancer/ |title=Original Angel Bassist Mickie Jones Loses Battle With Cancer |date=6 September 2009 |website=Blabbermouth}}
Liang Shoupan, 93, Chinese aerospace engineer.{{Cite web|url=http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2009/9/223198.shtm|title=著名导弹和火箭专家梁守槃院士逝世|date=2009-09-09|website=Sciencenet|access-date=2019-05-02}}
Jesse Mahelona, 26, American football player (Tennessee Titans), traffic collision.{{cite news |url=http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/sep/05/bc-hi-fatal-crash1st-ld/?sports |title=Former NFL player dies in Hawaii car crash |website=Victoria Advocate}}
Richard Merkin, 70, American artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/richard-merkin-1-776043 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020230843/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/richard-merkin-1-776043 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-20 |title=Richard Merkin |work=The Scotsman}}
Saifur Rahman, 77, Bangladeshi politician, longest-serving Finance Minister, traffic collision.{{cite web |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2009/09/05/saifur-rahman-killed-in-car-crash |title=Saifur Rahman killed in car crash |website=Bdnews24.com}}
Ron Raikes, 61, American politician, Nebraska state senator (1998–2008), farm accident.{{cite web |url=http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/57607317.html |title=Former State Senator Killed In Farming Accident |agency=Associated Press |website=WOWT |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911182652/http://www.wowt.com/news/headlines/57607317.html |archive-date=September 11, 2009 |url-status=dead}}
Richard D. Robinson, 88, American educator.{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/obit-robinson.html |title=Richard Robinson, Sloan professor emeritus, 88}}
Charlie Waller, 87, American football coach.{{cite news |url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/longtime-football-coach-charlie-waller-dies/0sHgCb3SUr7Y7oQmkWtBpI/ |title=Longtime football coach Charlie Waller dies |website=Atlanta Journal-Constitution}}

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Christopher John Banda, 35, Malawian footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.supersport.com//football/article.aspx?headline=Malawi%20player%20dies%20on%20pitch&id=314984 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721053107/http://www.supersport.com//football/article.aspx?headline=Malawi%20player%20dies%20on%20pitch&id=314984 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-21 |title=Malawi player dies on pitch |website=SuperSport}}
Harcharan Singh Brar, 90, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Punjab (1995–1996).{{Cite web |url=http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/18514/38/ |title=Former CM of Punjab Harcharan Singh Brar dies, Punjab Govt Declare holiday on Monday |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219174801/http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/18514/38/ |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Vanja Drach, 77, Croatian actor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.24sata.hr/show/clanak/vanja-drach-77-preminuo-u-klinici-za-plucne-bolesti/134103/?context=naslovnica&web_page_id=main_page |title=Vanja Drach (77) preminuo u Klinici za plućne bolesti |language=hr |access-date=2009-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910071017/http://www.24sata.hr/show/clanak/vanja-drach-77-preminuo-u-klinici-za-plucne-bolesti/134103/?context=naslovnica&web_page_id=main_page |archive-date=2009-09-10 |url-status=dead}}
Gerhart Friedlander, 93, German-born American nuclear chemist, coronary disease.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/12/nyregion/12friedlander.html |title=Gerhart Friedlander, Nuclear Chemist, Dies at 93 |date=12 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Helgi Hóseasson, 89, Icelandic activist.{{cite web |url=http://www.grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Icelands-original-protestor |title=Helgi Hóseasson - Iceland's original protestor - dead at 89 |work=The Reykjavik Grapevine |date=6 September 2009 |access-date=2013-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107000808/http://www.grapevine.is/News/ReadArticle/Icelands-original-protestor |archive-date=2014-01-07 |url-status=dead}}
José Francisco Fuentes, 43, Mexican politician, shot.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna32707883 |title=Mexican congressional candidate, family slain |date=6 September 2009 |website=NBC News}}
Catherine Gaskin, 80, Irish-born Australian novelist, ovarian cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-girl-with-the-golden-pen-20090917-ftof.html |title=The girl with the golden pen: Catherine Gaskin, 1929-2009 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
Nada Iveljić, 79, Croatian writer.{{cite news |url=http://www.glasistre.hr/vijesti/arhiva/104853 |title=Umrla književnica Nada Iveljić |work=Glas Istre |language=hr}}
John Merino, 42, Ecuadorian colonel, head of presidential security for Rafael Correa, swine flu.{{cite news |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14089&ArticleId=343213 |title=Ecuadorian President′s Security Chief Dies from Swine Flu |work=Latin American Herald Tribune |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-date=December 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228143540/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?CategoryId=14089&ArticleId=343213 |url-status=dead }}
David J. Ritchie, 58, American game designer.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cantonrep/obituary.aspx?n=david-james-ritchie&pid=132567682 |title=David James Ritchie's Obituary in The Repository |website=Legacy}}
Sim, 83, French comic actor.{{cite news |url=http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/le-comique-francais-sim-decede-a-l-age-de-83-ans_784695.html |title=Le comique français Sim décède à l'âge de 83 ans |language=fr |date=4 February 2017}}
Tatyana Ustinova, 96, Russian geologist.{{cite web |url=http://www.lenta.ru/news/2009/09/07/ustinova/ |title=В Ванкувере скончалась первооткрывательница Долины гейзеров |language=ru}}
Stephen White, 81, Irish Gaelic footballer, member of Ireland Team of the Century, after short illness.{{Cite news |url=http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/sport/stephen-white-was-arguably-louth-s-greatest-player-of-all-time-1-1980124 |title=Stephen White was arguably Louth's greatest player of all time |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110144651/http://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/sport/stephen-white-was-arguably-louth-s-greatest-player-of-all-time-1-1980124 |archive-date=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead}}
Sir David Williams, 78, British academic, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1989–1996), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/22/david-williams-obituary |title=Sir David Williams obituary |work=The Guardian}}

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Medea Chakhava, 88, Georgian theatre and film actress.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110715215312/http://www.rustavi2.com/news/includes/get_news_print.php?id_news=33433&ct=0 Medea Chakhava dies at 88]
Junior Coghlan, 93, American silent film actor.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-frank-coghlan17-2009sep17-story.html |title=Frank Coghlan Jr. dies at 93; actor played Billy Batson in landmark Captain Marvel serial |date=17 September 2009 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Norman Curtis, 84, English football player and manager (Sheffield Wednesday, Doncaster Rovers).{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-curtis-sheffield-wednesday-fullback-whose-thunderous-penalties-won-him-a-place-in-fans-hearts-1790063.html |title=Norman Curtis: Sheffield Wednesday full-back whose thunderous penalties won him a place in fans' hearts |date=19 September 2009 |work=The Independent}}
John T. Elson, 78, American religion editor (Time).{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/business/media/18elson.html |title=John T. Elson, Editor Who Asked 'Is God Dead?' at Time, Dies at 78 |date=18 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Eddie Locke, 79, American jazz drummer.{{Cite web |url=http://jazztimes.com/sections/news/articles/25067-eddie-locke-dies-at-79 |title=Eddie Locke Dies at 79 |access-date=2009-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228182503/http://jazztimes.com/sections/news/articles/25067-eddie-locke-dies-at-79 |archive-date=2011-12-28 |url-status=dead}}
Fred Mills, 74, Canadian musician (Canadian Brass), traffic collision.{{cite news |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/09/09/met_547491.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110145226/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/09/09/met_547491.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-10 |title=UGA music professor, trumpeter dies in wreck |work=The Augusta Chronicle}}
Ra'anan Naim, 73, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1981–1984).[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=527 Knesset Members: Raanan Naim]
Colin Sharp, 56, British musician and writer, brain haemorrhage.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Writer%20who%20inspired%20stars%20dies%20aged%2056.-a0207683762 |title=Writer who inspired stars dies aged 56 |website=The Free Library}}
Paul Lê Đắc Trọng, 91, Vietnamese Bishop of Hanoi (1994–2006).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bleda.html |title=Bishop Paul Lê Dac Trong |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Christos Vartzakis, 98, Greek athlete.{{cite web |url=http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.a8lhtismos&id=80097 |title=Απεβίωσε ο μεγάλος αθλητής Χρήστος Βαρτζάκης |language=el}}

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Aleksandr Aksyonov, 85, Belarusian PM of Byelorussian SSR (1978–1983), Soviet Ambassador to Poland (1983–1986).{{cite web |url=http://www.rulers.org/2009-09.html |title=September 2009 |website=Rulers}}
Army Archerd, 90, American entertainment columnist (Variety), malignant mesothelioma.{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/2009/film/news/variety-s-army-archerd-dies-at-87-1118008272/ |title=Variety's Army Archerd dies at 87 |first=Tim |last=Gray |date=9 September 2009 |work=Variety}}
Ray Barrett, 82, Australian film, television and theatre actor, brain hemorrhage.{{cite web |title=Actor Ray Barrett dies |date=2009-09-08 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/actor-ray-barrett-dies-20090909-fg9q.html}}
Aage Bohr, 87, Danish physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in Physics (1975).{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/6169714/Aage-Bohr.html |title=Aage Bohr |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Mike Bongiorno, 85, American-born Italian television presenter, heart failure.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20090908/world-news/mike-bongiorno-dies.272694 |title=Mike Bongiorno dies |work=Times of Malta}}
Rica Erickson, 101, Australian naturalist, artist and author.{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/erickson-rica.html |title=Erickson, Rica (1908-2009) |last=Hewson |first=Helen |website=Australian National Herbarium}}
Henry S. Fitch, 99, American herpetologist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cnah.org/news.asp?id=530 |title=In Memoriam: Henry S. Fitch |access-date=2009-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115812/http://www.cnah.org/news.asp?id=530 |archive-date=2011-09-27 |url-status=dead}}
Rogelio Borja Flores, 74, Filipino sports writer, respiratory failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/171895/sports/veteran-sports-scribe-flores-74 |title=Veteran sports scribe Flores, 74 |website=GMA News}}
Annie Le, 24, American graduate student, strangled.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/14/missing.yale.student/index.html |title=Yale student's killing 'completely senseless,' roommate says |website=CNN}}
Kyle Woodring, 42, American drummer (Survivor), apparent suicide by hanging.{{Cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1765098,mellencamp-drummer-hanging-091109.article |title=Drummer for Mellencamp, Survivor found dead in home |access-date=October 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914104944/http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1765098,mellencamp-drummer-hanging-091109.article |archive-date=September 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}}

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Kevin Carmody, 84, Australian cricket umpire.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/4854.html |title=Kevin Carmody |website=ESPNcricinfo}}
Eric Davidson, 94, Canadian blind mechanic, survivor of the Halifax Explosion.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-explosion-survivor-dies-1.846305 |title=Halifax Explosion survivor dies}}
Anthony G. Evans, 66, British scientist.{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.com/obits/2009/sep/23/anthony-evans/ |title=Obituary: Anthony G. Evans |work=The Santa Barbara Independent}}
Léon Glovacki, 81, French footballer, played in 1954 FIFA World Cup.{{Cite web |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2009/20090911_162754_leon-glovacki-n-est-plus.html |title=Léon Glovacki n'est plus |language=fr |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914120101/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2009/20090911_162754_leon-glovacki-n-est-plus.html |archive-date=September 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}}
James Krenov, 88, American cabinetmaker.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/us/20krenov.html |title=James Krenov, Wood and Word Worker, Is Dead at 88 |work=The New York Times}}
Stanley Cornwell Lewis, 103, British painter and illustrator.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=museumheritage&contentid=CONT425992 |title=Stanley Cornwell Lewis MBE (1905-2009) |access-date=December 16, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608232728/http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=museumheritage&contentid=CONT425992 |archive-date=June 8, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Steve Mann, 66, American songwriter and guitarist.{{cite web |url=http://www.stevemanngtr.com/ |title=Steve Mann |website=SteveMannGtr |access-date=2010-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323054247/http://www.stevemanngtr.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-23 |url-status=dead}}
Frank Mazzuca, 87, Canadian businessman, mayor of Capreol, Ontario.{{cite web |url=http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2009/sept/mazzuca100909.aspx |title=Mazzuca was a political force: Mayor}}
Sultan Munadi, 32, Afghan journalist, translator and correspondent (The New York Times), shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/asia/10munadi.html |title=Sultan Munadi: A Gentle Stalwart |date=10 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Andrzej Śliwiński, 70, Polish Bishop of Elbląg (1992–2003).{{cite web |url=http://visnews-en.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/in-memoriam_18.html |title=In Memoriam |website=Vatican Information Service}}

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John Asquith, 77, English cricketer.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/8814.html John Asquith]
Frank Batten, 82, American businessman, founder of The Weather Channel.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/nov/05/frank-batten-obituary |title=Frank Batten obituary |first=Michael |last=Carlson |date=5 November 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Lou Bender, 99, American basketball pioneer who popularized the sport in New York City, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/sports/basketball/13bender.html |title=Lou Bender, Columbia Star Who Helped Popularize Basketball in New York, Dies at 99 |date=13 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Kerry Brown, 51, Canadian professional wrestler, liver failure.{{cite news |url=http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/winnipeg/2009/09/13/10869901-sun.html |title=Local wrestler dies: Liver failure kills Kerry 'Pitbull' Brown at 51 |website=Winnipeg Sun}}
Lisle C. Carter, 83, American administrator, complications from pneumonia.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/24/AR2009092404730.html |title=Lisle C. Carter Jr., HEW Official, First UDC President, Dies |first=Lauren |last=Wiseman |date=25 September 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Lyn Hamilton, 65, Canadian author, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/mystery-author-lyn-hamilton-dies-1.818333 |title=Mystery author Lyn Hamilton dies |work=CBC News}}
Sam Hinton, 92, American folk singer and marine biologist.{{cite web |url=http://www.samhinton.org/ |title=Sam Hinton 31 March 1917 - 10 September 2009 |website=The Sam Hinton Website}}
Margaret Holmes, 100, Australian peace activist.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/25/margaret-holmes-obituary |title=Margaret Holmes obituary |first=Michelle |last=Cavanagh |date=25 November 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Robert H. Miller, 90, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (1988–1990).{{cite web |url=http://www.cjonline.com/news/state/2009-09-10/former_chief_justice_dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204105628/http://www.cjonline.com/news/state/2009-09-10/former_chief_justice_dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-02-04 |title=Former chief justice dies |website=CJOnline}}
Gertrude Noone, 110, American supercentenarian, oldest person in Connecticut and world's oldest military veteran.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-gertrude-noone12-2009sep12-story.html |title=Gertrude Noone dies at 110; world's oldest known living military veteran |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Patricia Robinson, 79, Trinidadian economist, First Lady (1997–2003), wife of A. N. R. Robinson.{{cite news |url=http://guardian.co.tt/news/general/patricia-robinson-passes-away-6.2.320935.5bf606eaa3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505160440/http://guardian.co.tt/news/general/patricia-robinson-passes-away-6.2.320935.5bf606eaa3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2019-05-05 |title=Patricia Robinson passes away |work=The Trinidad Guardian}}
Yoshifumi Tajima, 91, Japanese actor (Mothra vs. Godzilla), esophageal cancer.{{cite web |url=http://r25.yahoo.co.jp/keyword/detail/?kw=%E7%94%B0%E5%B3%B6%E7%BE%A9%E6%96%87 |title=田島義文 |language=ja |website=Yahoo! |access-date=2010-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722101443/http://r25.yahoo.co.jp/keyword/detail/?kw=%E7%94%B0%E5%B3%B6%E7%BE%A9%E6%96%87 |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead}}
Tony Thornton, 49, American professional boxer, injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident.{{cite web |url=http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/tony-thornton-passes-22669 |title=Tony Thornton passes |date=11 September 2009 |website=Fight News |access-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110170644/http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/tony-thornton-passes-22669 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}

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Sarane Alexandrian, 82, French art historian and philosopher.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sarane-alexandrian-french-art-historian-poet-and-righthand-man-to-andr-breton-1810460.html |title=Sarane Alexandrian: French art historian, poet and right-hand man to André Breton |date=28 October 2009 |work=The Independent}}

*Juan Almeida Bosque, 82, Cuban politician, Vice President of the Council of State, cardiac arrest.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/Septiembre%202009/nac-1-12-9-09.htm |title=Falleció el Comandante de la Revolución Juan Almeida Bosque |language=es |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110170547/http://www.nnc.cubaweb.cu/Septiembre%202009/nac-1-12-9-09.htm |archive-date=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead}}

James E. Bromwell, 89, American politician, Representative for Iowa (1961–1965).{{Cite web |url=http://thegazette.com/obituaries/bromwell-james-edward/ |title=Bromwell, James Edward |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110172353/http://thegazette.com/obituaries/bromwell-james-edward/ |archive-date=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead}}
Jim Carroll, 60, American author (The Basketball Diaries), poet and musician, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/books/14carroll.html |title=Jim Carroll, Poet and Punk Rocker Who Wrote 'The Basketball Diaries', Dies at 60 |date=14 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Mool Chand Chowhan, 82, Indian sports official.{{cite web |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/olympic-official-mool-chand-chowhan-dies_100246205.html |title=Olympic official Mool Chand Chowhan dies |website=thaindian |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-date=March 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164638/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sports/olympic-official-mool-chand-chowhan-dies_100246205.html |url-status=dead }}
Pierre Cossette, 85, Canadian television producer, brought the Grammy Awards to television.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-pierre-cossette12-2009sep12-story.html |title=Pierre Cossette dies at 85; 'father' of the Grammy Awards telecast |first=Randy |last=Lewis |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Larry Gelbart, 81, American comedy writer (M*A*S*H) and blogger (The Huffington Post), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-larry-gelbart12-2009sep12-story.html |title=Larry Gelbart dies at 81; 'MASH' writer |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Bob Greenberg, 75, American record executive, stroke.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090926070313/https://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS197826+14-Sep-2009+PRN20090914 Music Executive Bob Greenberg Dies]
Zakes Mokae, 75, South African-born American actor (Gross Anatomy), complications from a stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/theater/15mokae.html |title=Zakes Mokae, Tony-Winning Actor, Is Dead at 75 |date=15 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Georgios Papoulias, 82, Greek politician and diplomat, Foreign Minister (1989, 1990), suicide by gunshot.{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=1051994&lngDtrID=244 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914045120/http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=1051994&lngDtrID=244 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-09-14 |title=Αυτοκτόνησε ο πρέσβης επί τιμή και πρώην υπουργός Γιώργος Παπούλιας |language=el}}
John Pattison, 92, New Zealand World War II pilot.{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2864025/NZ-Battle-of-Britain-veteran-John-Pattison-dies |title=NZ Battle of Britain veteran John Pattison dies |date=14 September 2009 |website=Stuff.co.nz}}

*Henny van Schoonhoven, 39, Dutch footballer, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.rtvutrecht.nl/nieuws/217048/henny-van-schoonhoven-39-overleden.html~reacties |title=Henny van Schoonhoven (39) overleden |work=RTV Utrecht |language=nl}}

Crystal Lee Sutton, 68, American union organizer, inspiration for Norma Rae, brain cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/us/15sutton.html |title=Crystal Lee Sutton, the Real-Life 'Norma Rae,' Is Dead at 68 |date=15 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Felicia Tang, 31, Singaporean-born American actress and model, suffocated.{{cite news |url=https://homicide.latimes.com/post/felicia-lee/ |title=Felicia Lee, 31 |website=Los Angeles Times}}
Yoshito Usui, 51, Japanese manga artist (Crayon Shin-chan), mountaineering accident.{{cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/09/20/national/body-found-on-mount-arafune-may-be-missing-cartoonist-usui/ |title=Body found on Mount Arafune may be missing cartoonist Usui |work=The Japan Times}}

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Norman Borlaug, 95, American agronomist and humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1970), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/sep/13/norman-borlaug-obituary |title=Norman Borlaug |first=Christopher |last=Reed |date=13 September 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Dominik Brunner, 50, German businessman and manager, blunt trauma.{{cite news |url=http://www.bild.de/news/bild-english/news/killer-teen-gang-let-go-six-days-before-attack-9764460.bild.html |title=Killer teen S-Bahn gang let go before deadly attack}}
Jeanne Clemson, 87, American theatre director, actress and educator, Parkinson's disease.{{Cite web |url=http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/242238_Jeanne-Clemson-dies-at-87.html |title=Jeanne Clemson dies at 87 |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110170014/http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/242238_Jeanne-Clemson-dies-at-87.html |archive-date=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead}}
Raj Singh Dungarpur, 73, Indian cricket player and administrator.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/424650.html |title=Raj Singh Dungarpur dies aged 73 |website=ESPNcricinfo |date=September 12, 2009}}
George Eckstein, 81, American television writer and producer (The Fugitive), lung cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-george-eckstein13-2009sep13-story.html |title=George Eckstein dies at 81; TV writer-producer wrote final episode of 'The Fugitive' |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 13, 2009}}
Edward Gelsthorpe, 88, American marketing executive.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/business/28gelsthorpe.html |title=Edward Gelsthorpe, Master Marketer, Dies at 88 |date=28 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Alfred Gottschalk, 79, German-born American President of Hebrew Union College, Reform Judaism leader, traffic collision.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/us/15gottschalk.html |title=Alfred Gottschalk, 79, Scholar of Reform Judaism, is Dead |date=September 15, 2009 |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |newspaper=The New York Times}}
William Hoffman, 84, American novelist.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/entertainment-life/novelist-william-hoffman-dies-at/article_109e9c93-f243-57c9-af20-8735a7e5381d.html |title=Novelist William Hoffman dies at 84 |work=Richmond Times-Dispatch}}
Shah Abdul Karim, 93, Bangladeshi musician, respiratory problems.{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=105736 |title=Baul Samrat laid to rest |date=13 September 2009 |work=The Daily Star}}
Jack Kramer, 88, American tennis player, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jack-kramer14-2009sep14-column.html |title=Jack Kramer dies at 88; champion ushered in era of pro tennis |first=Bill |last=Dwyre |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 17, 2014}}
Armando Manhiça, 66, Portuguese international footballer.[https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=782 Armando Manhiça]
Brian Mier, 74, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Waverley (1982–1996).{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/people-in-parliament/re-member/details/24/1460 |title=Remember Database: Brian William Mier |website=Parliament of Victoria}}
Antônio Olinto, 90, Brazilian writer, multiple organ failure.{{cite web |url=http://g1.globo.com/Noticias/Rio/0,,MUL1301920-5606,00.html |title=Morre no Rio o escritor Antônio Olinto |language=pt}}
Danny Pang, 42, Taiwanese-born American hedge fund manager.{{cite magazine |url=https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2009/09/shady_financier_danny_pang_die.html |title=Danny Pang Dies As Mysteriously As He Lived |magazine=New York}}
Willy Ronis, 99, French photographer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.france24.com/en/20090912-french-photographer-willy-ronis-dies-post-war-paris-art-culture |title=Photographer Willy Ronis dies aged 99 |access-date=2009-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090915174250/http://www.france24.com/en/20090912-french-photographer-willy-ronis-dies-post-war-paris-art-culture |archive-date=2009-09-15 |url-status=dead}}
T. R. Satishchandran, 80, Indian Administrative Service officer.{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/T.R.-Satish-Chandran-dead/article16513237.ece |title=T.R. Satish Chandran dead |date=September 12, 2009 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=August 9, 2018}}
Fred Sherman, 86, American economist and business commentator.{{cite news |url=http://articles.philly.com/2009-09-13/news/25268358_1_fred-sherman-kyw-financial-news |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131110161009/http://articles.philly.com/2009-09-13/news/25268358_1_fred-sherman-kyw-financial-news |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |title=Fred Sherman, 86, longtime business commentator |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer}}
Lawrence B. Slobodkin, 81, American ecologist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/nyregion/22slobodkin.html |title=Lawrence B. Slobodkin, Pioneering Ecologist, Dies at 81 |work=The New York Times}}
Bill Sparkman, 51, American substitute teacher and census worker, hanged.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hanged-census-worker-bill-sparkman-was-a-naive-school-teacher/ |title=Hanged Census Worker Bill Sparkman Was a "Naive" School Teacher |website=CBS News}}

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Philip Aziz, 86, Canadian artist, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/philip-aziz-wanted-his-work-to-express-spiritual-truths/article4356414/ |title=Philip Aziz wanted his work to express spiritual truths |work=The Globe and Mail}}
Felix Bowness, 87, British actor (Hi-de-Hi!). {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8255264.stm |title=Hi-de-Hi actor Bowness dies at 87 |website=BBC News}}
Paul Burke, 83, American actor (Naked City), leukemia.{{cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/celebrities/index.ssf/2009/09/new_orleansborn_actor_paul_bur.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125051726/http://www.nola.com/celebrities/index.ssf/2009/09/new_orleansborn_actor_paul_bur.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-11-25 |title=Paul Burke, New Orleans-born actor, dies |website=Nola.com}}
Malcolm Casadaban, 60, American molecular genetics professor, plague.{{cite web |url=http://www.blacklistednews.com/?news_id=5641 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711021636/http://www.blacklistednews.com/?news_id=5641 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-07-11 |title=University of Chicago researcher dies after exposure to plague bacteria |website=Blacklisted News}}
Lonny Frey, 99, American baseball player, oldest living MLB All-Star.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/seattletimes/obituary.aspx?n=linus-r-frey-lonny&pid=132914556 Linus R. "Lonny" Frey]
Arnold Laven, 87, American film and television director (The Rifleman, The Big Valley), pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-director-producer-arnold-laven-88915 |title=TV director, producer Arnold Laven dies at 87 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}
Paul Shirtliff, 46, English footballer (Sheffield Wednesday, Northampton Town), cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/paul-shirtliff-obituary-1-2760226 |title=Paul Shirtliff : Obituary |newspaper=Sheffield Star |access-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110171125/http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/paul-shirtliff-obituary-1-2760226 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Sarah E. Wright, 80, American novelist, complications from cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/04wright.html |title=Sarah E. Wright, Novelist of Black Experience in the Depression, Dies at 80 |date=4 October 2009 |work=The New York Times}}

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Keith Floyd, 65, British chef, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8256260.stm |title=Celebrity chef Keith Floyd dies |website=BBC News}}
Henry Gibson, 73, American actor (Laugh-In, The Blues Brothers, Boston Legal), cancer.[https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-henry-gibson17-2009sep17-story.html Henry Gibson dies at 73; original cast member of 'Laugh-In']
Bobby Graham, 69, British session drummer, stomach cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/127349/UK-s-king-of-drums-dies-at-69 |title=UK's king of drums dies at 69 |first=Katherine |last=Fenech |date=15 September 2009 |newspaper=Daily Express}}

*Jing Shuping, 91, Chinese businessman, founder of Minsheng Bank.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/china-economy-minsheng-idUSPEK19539720090915 |title=Founder of China's private Minsheng Bank dies |date=15 September 2016 |website=Reuters}}

Mike Leyland, 68, Australian travel documentary host (Leyland Brothers), complications of Parkinson's disease.{{cite web |title=Leyland brother dies at 68 |date=2009-09-14 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819083410/https://www.smh.com.au/national/leyland-brother-dies-at-68-20090914-fnnl.html |archive-date=2022-08-19 |url-status=live |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/leyland-brother-dies-at-68-20090914-fnnl.html}}
Ralph S. Moore, 102, American horticulturist, natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.allvoices.com/news/4165151/s/38730471-rose-master-ralph-moore-dies-at-102 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131118020350/http://www.allvoices.com/news/4165151/s/38730471-rose-master-ralph-moore-dies-at-102 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-18 |title=Rose master Ralph Moore dies at 102 |website=Allvoices.com}}
Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, 30, Kenyan terrorist, airstrike.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/15/world/africa/15raid.html |title=U.S. Kills Top Qaeda Militant in Southern Somalia |date=15 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Jody Powell, 65, American White House Press Secretary for President Jimmy Carter, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/14/jody.powell/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924115617/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/14/jody.powell/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2009 |title=Carter press secretary Powell dead |website=CNN}}
John Rarick, 85, American politician, Representative for Louisiana (1967–1975), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://stei-23794.tributes.com/obituary/print/86760562 |title=John Rarick - Former U.S. Rep. and a segregationist who served four terms in Congress from Louisiana |website=Tributes.com}}
Darren Sutherland, 27, Irish boxer, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, suicide by hanging.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/sep/15/frank-maloney-darren-sutherland |title=Frank Maloney treated for heart attack after death of Darren Sutherland |date=15 September 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Patrick Swayze, 57, American actor (Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Point Break), pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-patrick-swayze15-2009sep15-story.html |title=Patrick Swayze dies at 57; star of the blockbuster films 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Ghost' |first=Valerie J. |last=Nelson |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Lily Tembo, 27, Zambian musician, songwriter and journalist, complications from gastritis.{{Cite web |url=http://www.postzambia.com/content/view/13658/50 |title=Singer Lily T dies |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923234917/http://www.postzambia.com/content/view/13658/50 |archive-date=September 23, 2009 |url-status=dead}}
Titus, 35, African silverback gorilla.{{cite web |url=https://gorillafund.org/the-death-of-silverback-titus/ |title=The Death of Silverback Titus |website=Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International |access-date=2020-03-02}}
Bartholomew Yu Chengti, 90, Chinese clandestine Roman Catholic prelate.{{cite web |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/hanc0.htm |title=Bishop Bartholomew Yu Cheng-ti |work=GCatholic.org}}
Elio Zagato, 88, Italian car designer.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6655142/Elio-Zagato.html |title=Elio Zagato |work=The Daily Telegraph}}

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Nicu Constantin, 70, Romanian actor.{{cite web |url=http://www.antena3.ro/stiri/showbiz/a-murit-actorul-nicu-constantin_80265.html |title=A murit actorul Nicu Constantin |language=ro}}
George Crumbley, 86, American founder of the Peach Bowl.[https://www.ajc.com/sports/george-crumbley-peach-bowl-founder-dies/k36y4sIs1vMRYbLoss69eK/ George Crumbley, Peach Bowl founder, dies]
Fred Cusick, 90, American sports commentator (Boston Bruins), complications from bladder cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/09/16/fred_cusick_at_90_the_velvety_voice_of_the_bruins_for_decades/ |title=Fred Cusick, 90, velvety voice of the Bruins for nearly 5 decades |first=Bryan |last=Marquard |date=16 September 2009 |work=Boston Globe}}
Leon Eisenberg, 87, American child psychiatrist, prostate cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/health/research/24eisenberg.html |title=Dr. Leon Eisenberg, Pioneer in Autism Studies, Dies at 87 |date=24 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Tommy Greenhough, 77, British cricketer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lccc.co.uk/index.php?p=news&id=3236 |title=Tommy Greenhough 1931-2009 |access-date=2009-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616104329/http://www.lccc.co.uk/index.php?p=news&id=3236 |archive-date=2011-06-16 |url-status=dead}}

*Troy Kennedy Martin, 77, British screenwriter (Z-Cars, Edge of Darkness, The Italian Job), liver cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/uk-ireland/the-italian-job-screenwriter-troy-kennedy-martin-dies-at-77/5005724.article |title=The Italian Job screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin dies at 77 |website=ScreenDaily}}

Michael Knox, 48, American co-founder of Park Place Productions, producer of John Madden Football, colon cancer.{{cite news |url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/content/20090926_Software_expert_produced_Madden_football_video_game |title=Software expert produced 'Madden' football video game |newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin}}
Espiridion Laxa, 79, Filipino independent film producer, prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/172464/showbiz/pep-film-producer-atty-espiridion-laxa-succumbs-to-prostate-cancer |title=PEP: Film producer Atty. Espiridion Laxa succumbs to prostate cancer |website=GMA News}}
Gerald Lestz, 95, American columnist and author, founder of the Demuth Museum.{{Cite web |url=http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/242307_-Nice-guy--Gerald-Lestz-dies-at-95.html |title='Nice guy' Gerald Lestz dies at 95 |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110181925/http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/242307_-Nice-guy--Gerald-Lestz-dies-at-95.html |archive-date=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead}}
Lincoln Maazel, 106, American singer and actor.[https://www.tvinsider.com/people/lincoln-maazel/ Lincoln Maazel]
Vladimír Padrta, 56, Slovak Olympic basketball player.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092837/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/vladimir-padrta-1.html Vladimír Padrta]
Kallie Reyneke, 87, South African Olympic racewalker.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418064314/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/kallie-reyneke-1.html Kallie Reyneke]
Trevor Rhone, 69, Jamaican playwright, heart attack.{{cite news |url=http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/sep/15/bc-cb-jamaica-obit-rhone/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223125845/http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/sep/15/bc-cb-jamaica-obit-rhone/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-02-23 |title=Jamaican playwright Trevor Rhone dies at 69 |website=Victoria Advocate}}

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Brian Barron, 69, British journalist and war correspondent, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8259005.stm |title=BBC reporter Barron dies aged 69 |website=BBC News}}
Timothy Bateson, 83, British actor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/obituaries/27349-timothy-bateson-1926-2009-r-i-p.html |title=Timothy Bateson (1926-2009) R.I.P. |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203151455/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/obituaries/27349-timothy-bateson-1926-2009-r-i-p.html |archive-date=December 3, 2009 |url-status=dead}}
Myles Brand, 67, American NCAA president, pancreatic cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.freep.com/article/20090916/SPORTS08/90916072/1056/SPORTS08/NCAA-president-Myles-Brand-dies |title=NCAA president Myles Brand dies |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923201957/http://www.freep.com/article/20090916/SPORTS08/90916072/1056/SPORTS08/NCAA-president-Myles-Brand-dies |archive-date=September 23, 2009 |url-status=dead}}
W. Horace Carter, 88, American newspaper website, 1953 Pulitzer Prize winner, heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/21/us/21carter.html |title=W. Horace Carter, 88, a Publisher Whose Paper Challenged the Klan, Dies |date=21 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Monte Clark, 72, American football player and coach (Detroit Lions), cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ksby.com/news/former-lions-coach-monte-clark-passes-away/ |title=Former Lions coach Monte Clark passes away |access-date=2013-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110182151/http://www.ksby.com/news/former-lions-coach-monte-clark-passes-away/ |archive-date=2013-11-10 |url-status=dead}}
Luciano Emmer, 91, Italian film director (Three Girls from Rome).{{cite news |url=http://www.repubblica.it/2009/09/sezioni/persone/luciano-emmer/luciano-emmer/luciano-emmer.html |title=Addio a Luciano Emmer il papà di Carosello |work=la Repubblica |language=it}}
Sotero Laurel, 90, Filipino politician, Senator (1986–1992), President Pro Tempore (1990–1991).{{cite web |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/172386/news/nation/former-sen-sotero-laurel-passes-away-at-90 |title=Former Sen. Sotero Laurel passes away at 90 |website=GNA News}}
John Littlewood, 78, British chess player{{Cite web |url=http://www.englishchess.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=384:john-littlewood-25051931-16092009&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 |title=John Littlewood 25/05/1931–16/09/2009 |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928074756/http://www.englishchess.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=384:john-littlewood-25051931-16092009&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 |archive-date=September 28, 2009 |url-status=dead}}
Lori Mai, 31, German-American folk rock singer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{cite web |url=http://www.tikonline.de/star-news/vip-news/64058/trauer-um-lori-mai.html |title=Trauer um Lori Mai |website=TIKonline |language=de}}
Ernst Märzendorfer, 88, Austrian conductor.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131110182306/http://austriantimes.at/index.php?id=16464-newentry Conductor Märzendorfer dies aged 88]
Julian Niemczyk, 89, American Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1986–1989), cardiac arrest.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/21/AR2009092103625_5.html |title=Obituaries: Julian M. Niemczyk Ambassador, Air Force Colonel |date=22 September 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Filip Nikolic, 35, French singer and actor, drug overdose.{{cite news |url=http://next.liberation.fr/musique/2009/09/16/deces-de-filip-nikolic-des-2be3_679709 |title=Décès de Filip Nikolic des 2Be3 |language=fr}}
Steve Romanik, 85, American football player (Chicago Bears).{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2009/09/staff_photo_by_bryan_littelste.html |title=Former NFL player, city commissioner Steve Romanik dies |website=NJ.com}}
Melvin Simon, 82, American shopping mall developer (Simon Property Group), producer (Porky's), Indiana Pacers owner.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/19/AR2009091902713.html |title=Melvin Simon, 82, Dies; Commercial Real Estate Magnate Co-Owned Indiana Pacers |date=20 September 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Mary Travers, 72, American singer (Peter, Paul and Mary), leukemia.{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/id/32886244 |title=Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary dies |website=Today}}
Dorothy Wellman, 95, American dancer and actress, widow of William Wellman.{{cite web |url=https://www.variety.com/2009/scene/people-news/dorothy-wellman-dies-at-95-1118008823/ |title=Dorothy Wellman dies at 95 |date=18 September 2009 |work=Variety}}

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Tommy Burnett, 67, American politician, Tennessee House of Representatives (1970–1990).{{cite news |url=http://nashvillepost.com/news/2009/9/17/state_bids_farewell_to_legendary_legislator_tommy_burnett |title=State bids farewell to legendary legislator Tommy Burnett |website=Nashville Post |access-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110182639/http://nashvillepost.com/news/2009/9/17/state_bids_farewell_to_legendary_legislator_tommy_burnett |url-status=dead }}
Virginia Chadwick, 64, Australian politician, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/446598/virginia-chadwick-dies-a-trailblazer-in-parliament/ |title=Virginia Chadwick dies: A trailblazer in Parliament |first=Martin |last=Dinneen |date=18 September 2009 |newspaper=The Newcastle Herald}}
Frank Deasy, 49, Irish Emmy Award-winning screenwriter (Prime Suspect: The Final Act), liver cancer.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8261774.stm |title=Death of award-winning TV writer |website=BBC News}}
Dick Durock, 72, American actor and stuntman (Swamp Thing), pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33729/rip-dick-durock |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929093206/https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/33729/rip-dick-durock |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 September 2009 |title=RIP Dick Durock |date=14 May 2012 |website=Dread Central}}
Sue Eakin, 90, American history professor.{{Cite news |date=September 24, 2009 |title=Avoyelles historian Dr. Sue Lyles Eakin dies in Bunkie at age 90 |pages=2 |work=The Marksville Weekly News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80253675/avoyelles-historian-dr-sue-lyles-eakin/ |access-date=2021-06-25}}
Bernie Fuchs, 76, American illustrator, esophageal cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/18/AR2009091803542.html |title=Bernie Fuchs, 76, Dies; Illustrator Defined Mid-Century Era |first=Adam |last=Bernstein |date=19 September 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Dick Hoover, 79, American professional bowler.{{cite web |url=http://www.bowlingdigital.com/bowl/node/7107 |title=Professional Bowlers Association Pioneer Dick Hoover dies |website=Bowlingdigital}}
Randy Johnson, 65, American football quarterback (Atlanta Falcons).[https://www.ajc.com/sports/football/first-falcons-randy-johnson-dead/JKPkmS8cjaD2ckwpYYccDJ/ First Falcons QB Randy Johnson dead at 65]
Leon Kirchner, 90, American Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/09/18/leon_kirchner_harvard_teacher_wrote_bold_daring_music_won_pulitzer_at_90/ |title=Leon Kirchner; Harvard teacher wrote bold, daring music, won Pulitzer; at 90 |first=Jeremy |last=Eichler |date=18 September 2009 |work=Boston Globe}}
Bob Kowalkowski, 65, American football player and coach (Detroit Lions).{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2009/09/lions_mourn_death_of_exguard_b.html |title=Lions mourn death of ex-guard Bob Kowalkowski |website=MLive.com}}
Robert Searcy, 88, American member of the Tuskegee Airmen, colorectal cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-robert-searcy19-2009sep19-story.html |title=Robert Searcy dies at 88; member of Tuskegee Airmen in World War II |first=Molly |last=Hennessy-Fiske |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Noordin Mohammad Top, 41, Malaysian terrorist, shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/17/AR2009091700701.html |title=Indonesian Police Kill Asia's Most Wanted Islamist Militant |first=Andrew |last=Higgins |date=18 September 2009 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Geoff Williamson, 86, Australian Olympic bronze medal-winning (1952) rower.{{cite web |url=http://www.rowingaustralia.com.au/news_latest-news_archive_aj.shtm |title=Archived news items: Passing of an Olympian |access-date=2010-08-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205054153/http://www.rowingaustralia.com.au/news_latest-news_archive_aj.shtm |archive-date=2010-12-05}}

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Peter Denyer, 62, British actor (Please Sir!).{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/peter-denyer-actor-who-played-the-slow-but-lovable-dennis-in-please-sir-1793529.html |title=Peter Denyer: Actor who played the slow but lovable Dennis in 'Please Sir' |date=26 September 2009 |work=The Independent}}
James Donnewald, 84, American politician, Illinois Treasurer (1983–1987).{{cite news |url=http://www.sj-r.com/x2023996143/Former-Illinois-Treasurer-James-Donnewald-dies-at-84 |title=Former Illinois Treasurer James Donnewald dies at 84 |newspaper=The State Journal-Register}}
Doug Fisher, 89, Canadian journalist and politician, MP for Port Arthur (1957–1965).{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/celebrated-political-columnist-douglas-fisher-dies-at-89-1.834532 |title=Celebrated political columnist Douglas Fisher dies at 89 |website=CBC News}}
Pearl Hackney, 92, British actress, widow of Eric Barker.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/6274759/Pearl-Hackney.html |title=Pearl Hackney |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Mahlon Hoagland, 87, American biochemist.{{cite web |url=http://www.vpr.net/news_detail/85911/molecular-biologist-mahlon-hoagland-dies-at-87/ |title=Molecular biologist Mahlon Hoagland dies at 87 |website=Vermont Public Radio}}
Doreen Jensen, 76, Canadian sculptor.Twigg, Alan. "JENSEN, Doreen." ABCBookWorld. ABC Book World, 2005. Web. 04 Mar. 2016. http://www.abcbookworld.com/view_author.php?id=3702
Irving Kristol, 89, American neoconservative advocate and editor (The Public Interest), lung cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/irving-kristol-godfather-of-neo-conservatism-dies-at-89 |title=Irving Kristol, 'Godfather' of Neo-Conservatism, Dies at 89 |date=18 September 2009 |website=Fox News Channel}}
Natalia Shvedova, 92, Russian lexicologist.{{cite web |url=http://www.ruslang.ru/agens.php?id=publica&sp=144 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721190636/http://www.ruslang.ru/agens.php?id=publica&sp=144 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-21 |title=Наталия Юльевна Шведова |language=ru}}
John J. Wild, 95, American physician, co-developer of ultrasound use in cancer detection.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/health/07wild.html |title=John Wild, 95, a Developer of Ultrasound in Cancer Diagnoses, Dies |date=7 October 2009 |work=The New York Times}}

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Gabriel Beaudry, 82, Canadian Olympic rower.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120511/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/gabriel-beaudry-1.html Gabriel Beaudry]
Willy Breinholst, 91, Danish author.{{cite web |url=http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/article.php/id-25316265.html |title=Willy Breinholst er død - 91 år |language=da |date=25 September 2009}}
Alan Deyermond, 77, British hispanist.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/oct/14/alan-deyermond-obituary |title=Alan Deyermond obituary |first=Nicholas |last=Round |date=14 October 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Arthur Ferrante, 88, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher), natural causes.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-arthur-ferrante21-2009sep21-story.html |title=Arthur Ferrante dies at 88; half of the popular piano duo Ferrante and Teicher |first=Claire |last=Noland |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Stevie Gray, 42, British footballer (Aberdeen FC).[https://web.archive.org/web/20090929041011/http://sport.scotsman.com/aberdeenfc/Former-Dons-winger-Gray-found.5666605.jp Former Dons winger Gray found dead at age of 42]
Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411486/bio |title=Víctor Israel |website=IMDb}}
Monty Kaser, 67, American professional golfer, prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/kansas/obituary-preview.aspx?n=lamont-a-kaser-monty&pid=133646598&referrer=1170 |title=Lamont A. "Monty" Kaser's Obituary in The Wichita Eagle |website=Legacy}}
Milton Meltzer, 94, American historian and author, esophageal cancer.[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/books/25meltzer.html Milton Meltzer, Prolific Author, Dies at 94]
Maurizio Montalbini, 56, Italian sociologist and caver, heart failure.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/6216073/Maurizio-Montalbini.html |title=Maurizio Montalbini |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Elizaveta Mukasei, 97, Russian Soviet-era spy, wife of Mikhail Mukasei.{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/134470/Sultry-spy-who-fooled-Hollywood |title=Sultry spy who fooled Hollywood |date=17 October 2009 |work=Daily Express}}
Jose Antonio Ortega Bonet, 79, Cuban-born businessman and philanthropist, founder of Sazón Goya Food Company, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/22/business/22ortega.html |title=José Antonio Ortega Bonet, Food Executive, Dies at 79 |date=22 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Roc Raida, 37, American DJ (The X-Ecutioners), cardiac arrest after a spinal cord injury.{{cite news |last1=Noz |first1=Andrew |title=Roc Raida: A Grandmaster Gone |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120030709&t=1606565139129 |access-date=28 November 2020 |work=NPR |date=3 November 2009}}
Joseph-Marie Sardou, 86, French archbishop Emeritus of Monaco.{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsardou.html |title=Archbishop Joseph-Marie Sardou |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Eduard Zimmermann, 80, German journalist and television presenter.{{cite news |url=http://www.rp-online.de/panorama/fernsehen/eduard-zimmermann-gestorben-aid-1.2014182 |title='Aktenzeichen ... XY ungelöst': Eduard Zimmermann gestorben |newspaper=Rheinische Post}}

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Mario Bertolo, 80, French cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=1988 |title=Maurice Bertolo |website=Cycling Archives}}
Freddy Bienstock, 86, American music website (Carlin America).{{cite web |url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/freddy-bienstock-dies/040807 |title=Freddy Bienstock dies |website=Music Week}}
Hernan Córdoba, 19, Colombian footballer, traffic collision.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=4489483 |title=Celebrating Colombian players die in car crash |website=ESPN}}
Bertil Gärtner, 84, Swedish Lutheran bishop of Gothenburg (1970–1991).{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/biskop-bertil-gartner-avliden/ |title=Biskop Bertil Gärtner avliden |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |language=sv |date=20 September 2009}}
John Hart, 91, American actor (The Lone Ranger).{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-john-hart23-2009sep23-story.html |title=John Hart dies at 91; the other 'Lone Ranger' |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Ken Hough, 80, New Zealand cricketer and footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/story/426032.html |title=Double international Ken Hough dies |website=ESPNcricinfo}}
Yusuf Khan, 79-80, Pakistani actor, cardiac arrest.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/prominent-pak-actor-yousuf-khan-passes-away/article22683.ece |title=Prominent Pak actor Yousuf Khan passes away |work=The Hindu}}
Booker Moore, 50, American football player (Buffalo Bills), heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2009/09/former_flint_southwestern_stan.html |title=Former Flint Southwestern standout Booker Moore dies |website=MLive.com|date=September 21, 2009 }}
Bayo Ohu, 45, Nigerian journalist and news editor (The Guardian), shot.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2009/sep/22/press-freedom-nigeria |title=Nigerian news editor murdered |first=Roy |last=Greenslade |date=22 September 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Eddy Prentice, 88, New Zealand cricketer.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22692/22692.html |title=The Home of CricketArchive |website=CricketArchive}}

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Robert Ginty, 60, American actor and director, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/people-news/exterminator-star-robert-ginty-dies-1118008945/ |title='Exterminator' star Robert Ginty dies |date=22 September 2009 |work=Variety}}
Michael Lockett, 29, British soldier, improvised explosive device.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/sep/22/dead-soldier-military-cross |title=Soldier killed in Afghanistan had been awarded Military Cross |first=Richard |last=Norton-Taylor |date=22 September 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Myroslav Marusyn, 85, Ukrainian archbishop, Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmarusyn.html |title=Archbishop Miroslav Stefan Marusyn |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Piers Merchant, 58, British politician, MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (1983–1987) and Beckenham (1992–1997), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/6224063/Piers-Merchant.html |title=Piers Merchant |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Parviz Meshkatian, 54, Iranian musician and composer, cardiac arrest.{{cn|date=August 2021}}
Junzo Shono, 88, Japanese author, member of the Japan Art Academy.{{cite news |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/09/23/national/obituary-junzo-shono/ |title=Obituary: Junzo Shono |date=23 September 2009 |work=The Japan Times}}
Sula Wolff, 85, British child psychiatrist.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/oct/22/sula-wolff-obituary |title=Sula Wolff obituary |work=The Times}}

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Marco Achilli, 60, Italian footballer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=32259&L=en|title=Condolences for Marco Achilli|access-date=September 9, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010192719/http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=32259&L=en|url-status=dead}}
Manuel Bermejo Hernández, 73, Spanish politician, MP for Cáceres.{{cite web |url=http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/524361/0/muere/bermejo/hernandez/ |title=Muere Manuel Bermejo Hernández |language=es |website=20Minutos|date=September 23, 2009 }}
Kole Čašule, 88, Macedonian writer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111228182523/http://www.mia.com.mk/default.aspx?vId=67716901&lId=2&pmId=505 Kole Casule dies]
Edward Delaney, 79, Irish sculptor.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/oct/19/edward-delaney-obituary |title=Edward Delaney obituary |first=P. J. |last=Gillan |date=19 October 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Olaf Dufseth, 91, Norwegian Olympic Nordic combined and cross-country skier.{{cite news |url=http://www.ostlendingen.no/sport/8211-han-var-birkebeinerkongen-1.4033431 |title=Han var Birkebeinerkongen |language=no |date=25 September 2009}}
Andréa Maltarolli, 46, Brazilian telenovela screenwriter (Beleza Pura), cancer.[http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u627494.shtml Morre aos 46 anos Andrea Maltarolli, autora de "Beleza Pura"] {{in lang|pt}}
Bruce McPhee, 82, Australian race car driver, won Hardie Ferodo 500 (1968).[https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/bruce-mcphee-was-a-racer-and-a-thinker Bruce McPhee was a racer and a thinker]
Dirce Migliaccio, 75, Brazilian actress, pneumonia.[http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u627412.shtml Atriz Dirce Migliaccio morre, aos 76, no Rio de Janeiro] {{in lang|pt}}
Summer Squall, 22, American thoroughbred racehorse, 1990 Preakness Stakes winner, euthanized.{{Cite web |url=http://www.wjbf.com/story/21704616/legendary-horse-summer-squall-dies |title=Legendary horse Summer Squall dies |access-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110214539/http://www.wjbf.com/story/21704616/legendary-horse-summer-squall-dies |url-status=dead }}
Charlotte Turgeon, 97, American chef and author, influenza.{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/10/06/charlotte_turgeon_97_author_teacher_of_french_cooking/ |title=Charlotte Turgeon, 97; author, teacher of French cooking |first=Gloria |last=Negri |date=6 October 2009 |work=Boston Globe}}
S. Varalakshmi, 84, Indian actress and singer, complications from a fall.{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/50174.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927090027/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/50174.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-09-27 |title=Veteran actress passes away |website=IndiaGlitz}}
Wess, 64, Italian singer, placed third in Eurovision Song Contest 1975.{{cite web |url=http://www.esctoday.com/14348/wess_italy_1975_dies_at_64/ |title=Eurovision Wess (Italy 1975) dies at 64 |date=23 September 2009 |website=ESCToday}}

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Paul B. Fay, 91, American politician, Acting Secretary of the Navy (1963), Alzheimer's disease.{{cite news |url=http://www.almanacnews.com/news/2009/09/25/jfk-friend-paul-red-fay-dies-in-woodside-they-met-in-pt-boat-training-during-world-war-ii |title=JFK-friend Paul 'Red' Fay dies in Woodside; they met in PT boat training during World War II |work=The Almanac}}
Gigolo FRH, 26, German-bred dressage horse, four-time Olympic gold medalist, euthanized.{{cite web |url=https://horsesdaily.com/article/memoriam-isabell-werths-olympic-champion-gigolo-frh-passes-away |title=In Memoriam - Isabell Werth's Olympic Champion Gigolo FRH Passes Away |website=Horses Daily}}
Ertuğrul Osman, 97, Turkish 43rd Head of the Imperial Ottoman Dynasty, lung and kidney failure.{{cite news |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-187867-101-osmanoglu-the-eldest-ottoman-dynasty-member-passes-away.html |title=Osmanoğlu, the eldest Ottoman dynasty member, passes away |newspaper=Today's Zaman |access-date=2009-09-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090928080134/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-187867-101-osmanoglu-the-eldest-ottoman-dynasty-member-passes-away.html |archive-date=2009-09-28}}
Dennis Pacey, 80, British footballer (Leyton Orient, Millwall), aneurysm.{{Cite web |url=http://www.leytonorient.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10439~1814057,00.html |title=Dennis Pacey |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224104751/http://www.leytonorient.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10439~1814057,00.html |archive-date=February 24, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Stuart Robertson, 65, British-born Canadian journalist and gardener, complications from pneumonia.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090927084718/http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Gardening+columnist+Stuart+Robertson+true+gentleman/2025280/story.html Gazette's longtime gardening columnist Stuart Robertson has died]
Bill Speirs, 57, British trade union leader, after long illness.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8270690.stm |title=Union champion Speirs dies at 57 |website=BBC News|date=September 23, 2009 }}
George M. Sullivan, 87, American politician, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska (1967–1981), lung cancer.[https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/article/former-mayor-george-sullivan-dead-87/2009/09/24/ Former Mayor George Sullivan dead at 87]
Marie Wadley, 102, American co-founder of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum.{{cite news |url=http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/x546262557/Co-founder-of-museum-dies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503210146/http://www.muskogeephoenix.com/local/x546262557/Co-founder-of-museum-dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-05-03 |title=Co-founder of museum dies |work=Muskogee Phoenix}}
Don Yarborough, 83, American politician, Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Texas-politician-Donald-Yarborough-dies-at-83-1736099.php |title=Texas politician Donald Yarborough dies at 83 |work=Houston Chronicle}}

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Nelly Arcan, 36, Canadian novelist, suicide by hanging.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-writer-nelly-arcan-dies-at-35-1.864704 |title=Quebec writer Nelly Arcan dies at 35}}
Susan Atkins, 61, American murderer ('Manson Family' member), brain cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-susan-atkins26-2009sep26-story.html |title=Susan Atkins dies at 61; imprisoned Charles Manson follower |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy, 80, Indian Bishop of Nellore.{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbala.html |title=Bishop Pudhota Chinniah Balaswamy |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Keith Batchelor, 78, Australian rules footballer (Collingwood, North Melbourne).[https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/keith-batchelor/ Keith Batchelor]
Terry Bly, 73, British footballer (Norwich City, Peterborough United), heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://peterborough.vitalfootball.co.uk/terry-bly-rip/ |title=Terry Bly - RIP |website=VitalFootball.co.uk|date=September 25, 2009 }}
Forrest Church, 61, American Unitarian Universalist minister, author and theologian, esophageal cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/nyregion/27church.html |title=Rev. Forrest Church, Who Embraced a Gospel of Service, Dies at 61 |date=27 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Cryptoclearance, 25, American thoroughbred racehorse, complications from colic surgery.[https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/146618/prominent-sire-cryptoclearance-dies-at-age-25 Prominent Sire Cryptoclearance Dies at Age 25]
Joseph Satoshi Fukahori, 84, Japanese Bishop of Takamatsu.{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfukahori.html |title=Bishop Joseph Satoshi Fukahori |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Joseph Gurwin, 89, Lithuanian-born American textile manufacturer and philanthropist, heart failure.[https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/federation-loses-a-pillar-in-joseph-gurwin-89-2/ Federation Loses A Pillar In Joseph Gurwin, 89]
Kevork Hovnanian, 86, Iraqi-born American businessman, founder of Hovnanian Enterprises.{{cite web |url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/kevork_hovnanian_founder_of_re.html |title=Kevork Hovnanian, founder of Red Bank real estate firm, dies at 86 |website=NJ.com|date=September 26, 2009 }}
Rogers McVaugh, 100, American botanist.{{cite web |url=http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/Collectors/McVaugh.htm |title=Rogers McVaugh (30 May 1909 – 24 Sept. 2009) |website=UNC Herbarium |access-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613025154/http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/Collectors/McVaugh.htm |url-status=dead }}
Sir Howard Morrison, 74, New Zealand singer, heart attack.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10599294 |title=Sir Howard Morrison 'totara' of entertainment |first=Yvonne |last=Tahana |date=24 September 2009 |work=The New ZealandHerald}}
Emile Norman, 91, American artist, natural causes.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Pioneering-California-artist-Emile-Norman-dies-3215841.php |title=Pioneering California artist Emile Norman dies |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}
Robert Sahakyants, 59, Armenian animator, complications from heart surgery.[https://www.armenianow.com/news/10526/animator_death_heart_failure_claim Animator Death: Heart failure claims well-known Armenian artist Robert Sahakyants]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Egon Solymossy, 87, Hungarian Olympic athlete (death announced on this date).{{cite web |url=http://www.bama.hu/baranya/sport/87-evesen-elhunyt-solymossy-egon-atleta-259337 |title=87 évesen elhunyt Solymossy Egon atléta |language=hu |date=24 September 2009}}
Mimi Weddell, 94, American actress (Student Bodies, The Thomas Crown Affair).{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-mimi-weddell4-2009oct04-story.html |title=Mimi Weddell dies at 94; the subject of 'Hats off' |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Margo Wilson, 66, Canadian psychologist.{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/margo-wilsons-research-shed-light-on-evolutionary-psychology/article1325580/ |title=Margo Wilson's research shed light on evolutionary psychology |work=The Globe and Mail}}

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István Bujtor, 67, Hungarian actor and director, coccidiosis.{{cite web |url=http://index.hu/kultur/klassz/2009/09/25/bujtor_csopi_elott_es_csopi_utan/ |title=Meghalt Bujtor István |date=September 25, 2009 |language=hu}}
Pierre Falardeau, 62, Canadian film director, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/sovereigntist-filmmaker-pierre-falardeau-dies-1.832311 |title=Sovereigntist filmmaker Pierre Falardeau dies |website=CBC News}}
Alicia de Larrocha, 86, Spanish pianist.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/arts/music/26larrocha.html |title=Alicia de Larrocha, Pianist, Dies at 86 |date=26 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Maria Gulovich Liu, 87, Slovakian resistance member, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-maria-gulovich-liu1-2009oct01-story.html |title=Maria Gulovich Liu dies at 87; helped American agents during WWII |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Clifton Maloney, 71, American businessman, husband of U.S. Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, mountaineering accident.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2009/09/26/rep-maloneys-husband-dies-in-climb/ |title=Rep. Maloney's husband dies in climb |first=Ginger Adams |last=Otis |date=26 September 2009 |work=New York Post}}
Steeve Nguema Ndong, 37, Gabonese Olympic judoka.{{Cite web |url=http://gabaoathletes.ning.com/profile/EquipeGabaoAthletes |title=Steeve Nguema Ndong |language=fr |access-date=September 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909123946/http://gabaoathletes.ning.com/profile/EquipeGabaoAthletes |archive-date=September 9, 2011 |url-status=live}}
Francis Noel-Baker, 89, British politician, MP for Brentford and Chiswick (1945–1950) and Swindon (1955–1969).{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/6240722/Francis-Noel-Baker.html |title=Francis Noel-Baker |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Bob Stupak, 67, American casino owner (Vegas World, Stratosphere Las Vegas), leukemia.{{cite news |url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/25/bob-stupak-builder-stratosphere-and-vegas-world-di/ |title=Bob Stupak, builder of Stratosphere and Vegas World, dies at 67 |date=25 September 2009 |work=Las Vegas Sun}}
David Will, 72, British vice president of FIFA, former Brechin City F.C. chairman, cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/former-fifa-campaigner-and-sfa-administrator-david-will-dies-aged-72-1-471217 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110225737/http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/former-fifa-campaigner-and-sfa-administrator-david-will-dies-aged-72-1-471217 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-11-10 |title=Former FIFA campaigner and SFA administrator David Will dies, aged 72 |work=The Scotsman}}

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Sir John Dyke Acland, 16th Baronet, 70, British aristocrat, traffic collision.{{cite web |url=http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/aristocrat-dies-in-road-traffic-accident-1-1098702 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426222304/http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/aristocrat-dies-in-road-traffic-accident-1-1098702 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-26 |title=Aristocrat dies in road traffic accident |website=Luton Today}}
Geoff Barrowcliffe, 77, British footballer (Derby County).{{cite news |url=http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Barrowcliffe-Rams-legend-stayed-close-Ilkeston-roots/story-11616265-detail/story.html |title=Barrowcliffe a Rams legend who stayed close to Ilkeston roots |date=29 September 2009 |work=Derby Telegraph |access-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110230124/http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Barrowcliffe-Rams-legend-stayed-close-Ilkeston-roots/story-11616265-detail/story.html |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Tony Chua, 43-44, Filipino sports executive, Barako Bulls team manager, drowning during Tropical Storm Ondoy.{{cite web |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/09/27/09/former-pba-chairman-tony-chua-drowns-ondoy%E2%80%99s-floodwaters |title=Former PBA chairman Tony Chua drowns in Ondoy's floodwaters |first=Joel |last=Orellana |work=ABS-CBN News}}
Zygmunt Chychła, 83, Polish boxer, 1952 Olympic gold medalist.{{cite web |url=http://pomorskie.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/34873,zmarl-zygmunt-chychla-bokserski-mistrz-olimpijski-w-1952,id,t.html |title=Zmarł Zygmunt Chychła - bokserski mistrz olimpijski w 1952 roku |first=Paweł |last=Kowalski |date=30 September 2009 |language=pl}}
W. I. B. Crealock, 89, British yacht designer.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-william-crealock10-2009oct10-story.html |title=W.I.B. Crealock dies at 89; yacht designer and author |first=Tony |last=Perry |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Amy Farris, 40, American fiddler and singer-songwriter, suicide.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-amy-farris2-2009oct02-story.html |title=Amy Farris dies at 40; fiddler-singer was part of L.A. roots music scene |first=Randy |last=Lewis |work=Los Angeles Times}}
John Hyson, 81, American museum curator and historian.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2009/09/29/dr-john-m-hyson-jr/ |title=Dr. John M. Hyson Jr. |work=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110225727/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-09-29/news/0909280043_1_history-of-dentistry-dental-history-maryland-dental-school |url-status=live }}
Ingvi Sigurður Ingvarsson, 84, Icelandic diplomat.{{Cite web | url=http://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1298472/ | title=Ingvi S. Ingvarsson}}
Paul Medhurst, 55, British-New Zealand cyclist.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/paul-medhurst-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040550/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/paul-medhurst-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Paul Medhurst Bio, Stats, and Results}}
Nihat Nikerel, 59, Turkish actor, heart attack.{{Cite news |url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-188174-screen-and-stage-actor-nikerel-dies-at-59.html |title=Screen and stage actor Nikerel dies at 59 |access-date=2013-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219213527/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-188174-screen-and-stage-actor-nikerel-dies-at-59.html |archive-date=2013-12-19 |url-status=dead}}
Alfred Oglesby, 42, American football player (Miami Dolphins).{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OgleAl20/splits/ |title=Alfred Oglesby |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}
Soeprapto, 85, Indonesian politician, Governor of Jakarta (1982–1987).{{Cite news |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/26/former-jakarta-governor-r-soeprapto-dies-85.html |title=Former Jakarta governor R Soeprapto dies at 85 |access-date=2009-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929051844/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/26/former-jakarta-governor-r-soeprapto-dies-85.html |archive-date=2009-09-29 |url-status=dead}}
David Underdown, 84, British historian, author of definitive work on Pride's Purge.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/oct/26/david-underdown-obituary |title=David Underdown obituary |first=Paul |last=Lay |date=26 October 2009 |work=The Guardian}}

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Alimsultan Alkhamatov, 44, Russian politician and official, head of the Khasavyurt region of Dagestan, shot.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8279324.stm |title=Dagestan official shot in Moscow |website=BBC News|date=September 28, 2009 }}
John Connell, 69, American artist.{{Cite web |url=http://www.harwoodmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/114 |title=John Connell: Cheap Secrets of The East |access-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-date=January 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109214822/http://harwoodmuseum.org/exhibitions/view/114 |url-status=dead }}
Ivan Dykhovichny, 61, Russian film director, screenwriter, cancer.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
Donald Fisher, 81, American businessman, founder of The Gap, cancer.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Donald-Fisher-Gap-co-founder-dies-3216153.php |title=Donald Fisher, Gap co-founder, dies |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}
John Holmes, 57, British rugby league player, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-holmes-rugby-league-player-celebrated-as-leeds-greatest-1797039.html |title=John Holmes: Rugby league player celebrated as Leeds' greatest |date=3 October 2009 |work=The Independent}}
Charles Snead Houston, 96, American physician, mountaineer, inventor, author and filmmaker.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/04/charles-houston-obituary |title=Charles Houston obituary |first=Ed |last=Douglas |date=4 October 2009 |work=The Guardian}}
Hans-Heinrich Jescheck, 94, German professor.{{Cite book|last=Fellgiebel|first=Walther-Peer

|authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel|year=2000|origyear=1986|title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

|trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches|language=German|location=Friedberg, Germany|publisher=Podzun-Pallas|isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6}}

Li Hou, 86, Chinese politician.{{cite news |date=19 October 2009 |title=国务院港澳事务办公室原党组书记李后逝世 |url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/GB/64093/87393/10211653.html |work=People's Daily |language=Chinese}}
Manuel Mandel, 72, Brazilian Olympic rower.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032328/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/manuel-mandel-1.html Manuel Mandel]
Donal McLaughlin, 102, American architect, designer of the Flag of the United Nations, esophageal cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/arts/design/02mclaughlin.html |title=Donal McLaughlin, Designer of United Nations Emblem, Dies at 102 |date=2 October 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Dewald Roode, 69, South African academic, fall.{{cite web |url=http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/commerce/news/2009/100109_roode.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005175128/http://www.commerce.uct.ac.za/commerce/news/2009/100109_roode.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-10-05 |title=Prof Dewald Roode |website=University of Cape Town, Faculty of Commerce}}
William Safire, 79, American speechwriter and journalist (The New York Times), pancreatic cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/28/us/28safire.html |title=William Safire, Political Columnist and Oracle of Language, Dies at 79 |date=28 September 2009 |work=The New York Times}}

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Apostolos of Kilkis, 85, Greek bishop of Kilkis.{{cite web |url=http://www.naftemporiki.gr/localnews/story.asp?id=1720713 |title=Κιλκίς: Απεβίωσε ο Μητροπολίτης Απόστολος |language=el |access-date=2009-10-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222050850/http://www.naftemporiki.gr/localnews/story.asp?id=1720713 |archive-date=2012-02-22}}
René Bliard, 76, French footballer (Stade Reims).{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-09-28-3178445782_x.htm |title=Former France striker Bliard dies at 76 |work=USA Today}}
Guillermo Endara, 73, Panamanian politician, President (1989–1994).{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/28/panama.endara/ |title=Former Panama president Endara dies |website=CNN}}
Imre Katzenbach, 45, Hungarian footballer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.origo.hu/sport/sport-futball/2010/03/katzenbach-imre-portre-az-mtk-volt-focistajat-csalas-ugyeben-korozik|title="Manapság sokszoros válogatott lehetne" - portré Katzenbach Imréről|publisher=origo.hu}}
Ulf Larsson, 53, Swedish actor, stage director and revue artist.{{cite news |url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/nyheter/skadespelaren-ulf-larsson-dod/ |title=Skådespelaren Ulf Larsson död |language=sv |date=29 September 2009}}
Best Ogedegbe, 55, Nigerian footballer, complications from surgery.{{cite web |url=http://www.modernghana.com/news/274848/1/best-ogedegbe-ex-nigerian-goalkeeper-dies-of-brain.html |title=Best Ogedegbe, ex-Nigerian goalkeeper, dies of brain tumor |website=Modern Ghana}}
Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, 83, Peruvian archbishop Emeritus of Arequipa.{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsaml.html |title=Archbishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira |website=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Don Thompson, 85, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).[http://sports.outsidethebeltway.com/2009/10/former-brooklyn-dodger-of-don-thompson-dead-at-85/index.html Former Brooklyn Dodger OF Don Thompson dead at 85]

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Micheline Beauchemin, 79, Canadian tapestry and textile artist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/quebec-textiles-artist-micheline-beauchemin-dies-1.855578 |title=Quebec textiles artist Micheline Beauchemin dies |website=CBC News}}
Henry Bellmon, 88, American Governor of Oklahoma (1963–1967; 1987–1991), U.S. Senator (1969–1981), Parkinson's disease.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/01/us/politics/01bellmon.html |title=Henry Bellmon, Governor and Senator, Dies at 88 |date=1 October 2009 |work=The New York Times}}
Ebony Dickinson, 32, American basketball player, breast cancer.{{cite web |url=https://redstormsports.com/news/2010/2/25/Women_s_Basketball_To_Honor_Memory_Of_Ebony_Dickinson.aspx |title=Women's Basketball To Honor Memory Of Ebony Dickinson |website=Redstorm Sports}}
Gunnar Haugan, 84, Norwegian character actor.{{cite news |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article3294459.ece |title=Radioprofilen Gunnar Haugan er død |language=no |access-date=2013-02-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629113555/http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article3294459.ece |archive-date=2011-06-29}}
Julian Hope, 2nd Baron Glendevon, 59, British opera producer, cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/6309196/Lord-Glendevon.html |title=Lord Glendevon |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Margo Johns, 90, British actress.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6319240/Lives-Remembered.html |title=Lives Remembered: Margo Johns |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Greg Ladanyi, 57, American record producer and recording engineer, complications from a fall.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/greg-ladanyi-grammywinning-record-producer-noted-for-his-work-with-jackson-browne-and-toto-1835537.html |title=Greg Ladanyi: Grammy-winning record producer noted for his work with Jackson Browne and Toto |date=7 December 2009 |work=The Independent}}
Jean Ladd, 86, American baseball player (AAGPBL).{{cite web |url=https://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/jean-ladd/434 |title=Jean Ladd |website=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League |access-date=2019-05-31}}
Ray Nettles, 60, American-born Canadian football player (BC Lions), cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=293103 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091210030719/https://www.tsn.ca/cfl/story/?id=293103 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-12-10 |title=Canadian Football Hall of Famer Ray Nettles passes away}}
John L. Pollock, 69, American philosopher.{{cite web |url=http://uanews.org/story/regents-professor-john-pollock-1940-2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111181705/http://uanews.org/story/regents-professor-john-pollock-1940-2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 11, 2013 |title=Regents' Professor John Pollock, 1940-2009 |website=UA News|date=October 5, 2009 }}
Pavel Popovich, 78, Ukrainian-born Soviet cosmonaut.{{cite web |url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-093009b.html |title=Pavel Popovich, sixth man in orbit, dies |website=collectSPACE News}}
Ed Sherman, 97, American football coach (Muskingum College).{{cite web |url=https://footballfoundation.org/news/2009/10/1/_51612.aspx?path=football |title=College Football Hall Fame Coach Ed Sherman Passes Away |website=National Football Foundation}}
Nick Strutt, 62, British country musician.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6269990/Lives-Remembered.html |title=Lives Remembered: Nick Strutt |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Sperantza Vrana, 81, Greek film actress, singer and writer, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://news.in.gr/culture/article/?aid=1058302 |title=Πέθανε από ανακοπή καρδιάς η Σπεράντζα Βρανά |language=el}}
Vladimir Yakovlev, 79, Soviet Olympic sailor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62463|title=Olympedia – Vladimir Yakovlev}}

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Sir Alastair Aird, 78, British Royal courtier.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/6252026/Sir-Alastair-Aird.html |title=Sir Alastair Aird |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Pentti Airikkala, 64, Finnish rally driver, prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79077 |title=Rally star Airikkala dies |work=Autosport}}
Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.{{cite news |url=http://elpais.com/diario/2009/10/01/necrologicas/1254348001_850215.html |title=Rafael Arozarena, poeta y novelista, autor de 'Mararía' |date=1 October 2009 |work=El País |language=es}}
Robert S. Baker, 93, British film and television producer (The Saint, The Persuaders!).{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/6516512/Robert-Baker.html |title=Robert Baker |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
John Couey, 51, American murderer, killer of Jessica Lunsford (the inspiration for Jessica's Law), prostate cancer.{{cite news |url=http://tbo.com/news/jessica-lunsfords-killer-john-couey-dies-of-cancer-68773 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111181022/http://tbo.com/news/jessica-lunsfords-killer-john-couey-dies-of-cancer-68773 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013 |title=Jessica Lunsford's killer, John Couey, dies of cancer |date=30 September 2009 |work=The Tampa Tribune}}
Robert Haase, 86, American lawyer.{{cite act|url= https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2009/related/proposals/ajr110 |title= Resolution relating to the life and public service of Robert D. Haase |type= Assembly Joint Resolution |index= 110 |date= 2009 |legislature= Wisconsin Legislature |accessdate= October 2, 2022 }}
Roland La Starza, 82, American actor and professional boxer.{{cite web |url=http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingforum/55917-r-i-p-roland-lastarza.html |title=R.I.P. Roland La Starza |website=SaddoBoxing}}
Raúl Magaña, 69, Salvadoran footballer and manager, gastric cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6429&idArt=4070176 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004003541/http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=6429&idArt=4070176 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-10-04 |title=Hasta siempre, Araña |language=es |website=El Salvador}}
Byron Palmer, 89, American actor, natural causes.{{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings4-2009oct04,0,7487404.story |title=PASSINGS: Byron Palmer, Dr. John Miller Hyson Jr. |work=Chicago Tribune}}
Birender Singh, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Haryana (1967), cardiac arrest.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-haryana-cm-rao-birender-singh-dead/article26945.ece |title=Former Haryana CM Rao Birender Singh dead |work=The Hindu}}
Victor Van Schil, 69, Belgian cyclist.[http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7835 Victor Van Schil]

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2009-09-01,2009-09-30&adult=include List of September 2009 deaths] at IMDb

*2009-09