- Sep 2 Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
- Sep 2 Curt Siodmak, German-born author (b. 1907)
- Sep 3 Edward Anhalt, American screenwriter (Escape to Athena), dies at 86
- Sep 4 David Brown, American guitarist (Santana) dies of liver and kidney failure at 53
- Sep 5 Roy Fredericks, West Indian cricketer (brilliant WI lefty opener 169 v Aust 1975), dies at 57
- Sep 6 Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, first Kleihauer-Betke stillbirth (b. 2000)
- Sep 6 Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian army general, dies at 81
- Sep 9 Julian Critchley, British journalist and politician, dies at 69
- Sep 10 Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b. 1921)
- Sep 12 Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), dies at 66
- Sep 14 Beah Richards, American actress, poet, playwright and author (Roots, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner), dies at 80
- Sep 14 Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish writer and political activist, dies at 94
- Sep 14 Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale, British Conservative politician, dies at 86
- Sep 15 Vincent Canby, American movie critic (NY Times), dies at 76
- Sep 16 Georgiy Gongadze, Ukrainian journalist (b. 1969)
- Sep 17 Nicole Reinhart, American cyclist (b. 1976)
- Sep 17 Paula Yates, English TV personality (The Big Breakfast), dies of a drug overdose at 41
- Sep 19 Anthony Robert Klitz, British artist (b. 1917)
- Sep 19 Ann Doran, American actress (Longstreet, Shirley, Rebel Without a Cause), dies at 89
- Sep 19 Gloria Talbott, American film and television actress, sometimes known as "the Scream Queen" for her work in B-movies, dies of kidney failure at 69
- Sep 20 Gherman Titov, cosmonaut (b. 1935)
- Sep 21 Bryan Smith, Man who ran over Stephen King (b. 1957)
- Sep 21 Bengt Hambraeus, Swedish Canadian composer and organist, dies at 72
- Sep 22 Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator and flying ace of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, dies at 84
- Sep 22 Yehuda Amichai, Israeli poet (Now and in Other Days), dies at 76
- Sep 23 Aurelio RodrÃguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
- Sep 23 Carl Rowan, American journalist (b. 1925)
- Sep 25 R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet, dies at 87
- Sep 26 Richard Mulligan, American actor (Soap, Empty's Nest, Big Bus), dies at 67
- Sep 26 Baden Powell, Brazilian guitarist (b. 1937)
- Sep 26 Nick Fatool, American jazz and session drummer, dies at 85
Pierre Trudeau
Sep 28 Pierre Trudeau, 15th Canadian Prime Minister (Liberal: 1968-79, 1980-84), dies of Parkinson's disease and prostate cancer at 80
Pierre Trudeau