- Sep 1 Tom Collins, Canadian ice skating promoter ('Champions On Ice'), dies from stroke complications at 88
- Sep 3 Peter Lindbergh, German fashion photographer and director, dies at 74
- Sep 5 Jimmy Johnson, American session guitarist and co-founder of the Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, dies at 76
Robert Mugabe
Sep 6 Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean revolutionary, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (1980-87) and 1st black President of Zimbabwe (1988-2017), dies at 95
Robert Mugabe
- Sep 6 Abdul Qadir, Pakistan cricket spin bowler (67 Tests; 236 wickets; best 9/56 1987), dies of cardiac arrest at 63
- Sep 9 Brian Barnes, English golfer (Ryder Cup 1969-79), dies of cancer at 74
- Sep 11 B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (1998-99) who liberalized Indonesia's press and political party laws, dies of heart failure at 83
T. Boone Pickens
Sep 11 T. Boone Pickens, American business person and oil tycoon (Shamrock, Mesa Petroleum Co) known as the 'Oracle of Oil', dies at 91
T. Boone Pickens
- Sep 11 Daniel Johnston, American musician and visual artist (Hi, How Are You), dies of a suspected heart attack at 58
- Sep 13 Eddie Money [Mahoney], singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight), dies of esophageal cancer at 70
- Sep 14 John Ralston, American College Football Hall of Fame linebacker, coach and executive (Cal, Stanford, Denver Broncos), dies at 92
- Sep 15 Ric Ocasek [Richard Otcasek], American musician (The Cars - Best Friend's Girl; Shake It Up), found dead at 75
- Sep 15 Mike Stefanik, American auto racer (9 NASCAR Modified Championships), dies in a plane crash at 61
- Sep 17 Cokie Roberts, American pioneering newscaster (ABC, NPR), dies of cancer at 75
- Sep 17 Harold Mabern Jr., American post-bop jazz pianist and composer, dies at 83
- Sep 18 Fernando Ricksen, Dutch soccer midfielder (12 caps; Glasgow Rangers), dies of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at 43
- Sep 19 Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, 2nd President of Tunisia (1987-2011). dies in exile at 83
- Sep 20 Howard Cassady, American College Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1955, Ohio State; NFL C'ship 1957, Detroit Lions), dies at 85
- Sep 20 Su Beng [Lim Tiau-hui], Taiwanese revolutionary, 'Father of Taiwanese Independence' (Taiwan’s 400-Year History), dies at 100
- Sep 21 Shuping Wang, Chinese doctor who exposed China's HIV crisis, dies at 59
- Sep 21 Christopher Rouse, American composer (1993 Pulitzer Prize for Music), dies at 70
- Sep 23 Robert Hunter, American lyricist and singer-songwriter (Grateful Dead), dies at 78
- Sep 25 Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist (Mozart Interpretation), dies at 91
Jacques Chirac
Sep 26 Jacques Chirac, President of France (1995-2007) and Prime Minister of France (1974-76, 1986-88), dies at 86
Jacques Chirac