Deaths in 2017

The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2017. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months". Names under each date are reported in alphabetical order by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are reported here also if notable.

• Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.

September

Shelley Berman
1925 – 2017

Xiang Shouzhi
1917 – 2017

John Ashbery
1927 – 2017

Nicolaas Bloembergen
1920 – 2017

Lotfi A. Zadeh
1921 – 2017

Gene Michael
1938 – 2017

Pierre Bergé
1930 – 2017

Pierre Pilote
1931 – 2017

Nancy Dupree
1927 – 2017

Abdul Halim
1927 – 2017

Edith Windsor
1929 – 2017

Pete Domenici
1932 – 2017

Frank Vincent
1937 – 2017

Harry Dean Stanton
1926 – 2017

Arjan Singh
1919 – 2017

Bobby Heenan
1944 – 2017

Jake LaMotta
1922 – 2017

Liliane Bettencourt
1922 – 2017

Paavo Lonkila
1923 – 2017

Charles Bradley
1948 – 2017

Gisèle Casadesus
1914 – 2017

1

• Shelley Berman, 92, American comedian and actor (You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Meet the Fockers, Curb Your Enthusiasm), Grammy Award winner (1959), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Charles Gordon-Lennox, 10th Duke of Richmond, 87, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1989–1999) and Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex (1990–1994).
• Peadar Lamb, 87, Irish actor (Reflections, Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks).
• Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, 85, English Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Arundel and Brighton (1977–2000) and Westminster (2000–2009), bladder cancer.
• Gin D. Wong, 94, Chinese-born American architect (LAX Theme Building, ARCO Building, Crystal Cathedral campus), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

2

• Viktor Cherepkov, 75, Russian politician, Mayor of Vladivostok (1993–1994; 1996–1998), lung cancer.
• Halim El-Dabh, 96, Egyptian composer and ethnomusicologist.
• Xiang Shouzhi, 99, Chinese general, commander of the Nanjing Military Region (1982–1990) and the Second Artillery Corps (1975–1977), heart failure.

3

• John Ashbery, 90, American poet (Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror) and art critic, Pulitzer Prize winner (1976).
• Walter Becker, 67, American Hall of Fame musician (Steely Dan), songwriter ("Do It Again", "Deacon Blues", "Cousin Dupree") and producer (Two Against Nature), Grammy winner (2001).
• Joan Colom, 96, Spanish photographer.
• Dave Hlubek, 66, American musician (Molly Hatchet) and songwriter ("Flirtin' with Disaster"), heart attack.
• Victor Krasin, 88, Ukrainian-born Russian-American human rights activist and economist, founder of the Initiative Group for the Defense of Human Rights in the USSR.
• Piet Ouderland, 84, Dutch footballer (Ajax, AZ Alkmaar and the national team) and basketball player (national team), heart attack.
• John P. White, 80, American politician, United States Deputy Secretary of Defense (1995–1997), complications from Parkinson's disease.

4

• Sultan Ahmed, 64, Indian politician, MP (since 2009), cardiac arrest.
• David Consunji, 95, Filipino engineer and industrialist, Secretary of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (1970–1975).
• Mountaga Diallo, 74/75, Senegalese diplomat, Force Commander of MONUSCO (2000–2004) and Ambassador to Russia (since 2005), heart attack.
• Les McDonald, 84, British-Canadian triathlon runner and administrator, President of the International Triathlon Union (1989–2008), pneumonia.
• Rogéria, 74, Brazilian actress (A Maldição do Sanpaku, Ambitious Women, Mulheres no Poder) and drag queen, sepsis complicated by urinary tract infection.
• Gastone Moschin, 88, Italian actor (The Birds, the Bees and the Italians, Amici miei – Atto III, The Godfather Part II), heart disease.

5

• Nicolaas Bloembergen, 97, Dutch-American physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics (1981), heart and respiratory failure.
• Holger Czukay, 79, German musician (Can). (death announced on this date)
• Christie Davies, 76, British sociologist.
• Gauri Lankesh, 55, Indian journalist and political activist, shot.
• Hansford Rowe, 93, American actor (V, Dark Skies, Nuts), car crash.
• Tom Wright, 93, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators), complications from a stroke.

6

• Carlo Caffarra, 79, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Ferrara–Comacchio (1995–2003) and Bologna (2003–2015), brain cancer.
• Nicolae Lupescu, 76, Romanian football player (national team, Rapid Bucureşti, Admira Wacker Wien) and manager (Rapid Bucureşti), liver cancer.
• Jim McDaniels, 69, American basketball player (Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves).
• Kate Millett, 82, American feminist writer (Sexual Politics) and human rights activist, cardiac arrest.
• Mike Neville, 80, British television broadcaster (BBC North East, ITV Tyne Tees), pancreatic cancer.
• Noel Picard, 78, Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Flames).
• Solomon Efimovich Shulman, 81, Belarusian writer (Power and Destiny) and movie director (In Broad Daylight, On the Slopes of Elbruce, In Ancient Khiv), heart failure.
• Lotfi A. Zadeh, 96, Azerbaijani-born American mathematician (Fuzzy logic).

7

• Türkân Akyol, 88, Turkish politician and academic, Minister of Health and Social Security (1971), rector of University of Ankara (1980–1982) and Minister of State (1992–1995), lung infection.
• Jeremiah Goodman, 94, American illustrator (Interior Design), complications from pneumonia.
• Mike Hicks, 80, British politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party (1988–1998), heart attack.
• Kim Ki-duk, 83, South Korean movie director (Yongary: Monster from the Deep, Five Marines, The Young Teacher) and professor (Seoul Institute of the Arts), lung cancer.
• Gene Michael, 79, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Detroit Tigers), manager (Chicago Cubs) and executive (New York Yankees), World Series winner (1978), heart attack.
• Tomás Villanueva, 64, Spanish politician, Vice President of Castile and León (2001–2003), heart attack.

8

• Pierre Bergé, 86, French businessman and activist, co-founder of Yves Saint Laurent, complications from myopathy.
• Isabelle Daniels, 80, American sprinter, Olympic bronze medalist (1956).
• Troy Gentry, 50, American country music singer (Montgomery Gentry), helicopter crash.
• Blake Heron, 35, American actor (Shiloh, We Were Soldiers, Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher).
• Jerry Pournelle, 84, American science fiction author (King David's Spaceship, The Prince, Janissaries) and journalist (Byte), complications from a stroke.
• Ljubiša Samardžić, 80, Serbian actor (Vruć vetar) and director (Natasha).
• Don Williams, 78, American Hall of Fame country music singer-songwriter ("I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me", "Tulsa Time", "I Believe in You"), emphysema.

9

• Frank Aarebrot, 70, Norwegian political scientist, complications from heart surgery.
• Michael Friedman, 41, American composer and lyricist (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), complications from AIDS.
• Oscar E. Huber, 100, American politician, member of the South Dakota House of Representatives (1961–1972).
• Pierre Pilote, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Bisons), cancer.

10

• Hans Alfredson, 86, Swedish actor (The Emigrants, The Apple War, Out of an Old Man's Head), movie director (The Simple-Minded Murderer, Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story, False as Water), writer (Ägget är löst) and comedian (Hasse & Tage).
• Xavier Atencio, 98, American animator, lyricist and engineer (Pirates of the Caribbean, Haunted Mansion).
• Nancy Dupree, 89, American historian (A Historical Guide to Afghanistan, An Historical Guide to Kabul, A Guide to the National Museum) and administrator (Kabul University), multiple organ failure.
• René Laurentin, 99, French theologian.
• James Morwood, 73, English classical scholar, heart attack.
• Don Ohlmeyer, 72, American entertainment executive (NBC, ABC Sports), cancer.
• B. V. Radha, 69, Indian actress (Thazhampoo, Bhale Adrushtavo Adrushta, Mahadeshwara Pooja Phala), heart attack.
• Len Wein, 69, American comic book writer (X-Men, Justice League of America) and editor (Swamp Thing, Watchmen), co-creator of Wolverine, heart attack.

11

• Abdul Halim of Kedah, 89, Malaysian sultan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (1970–1975, 2011–2016) and Sultan (since 1958).
• J. P. Donleavy, 91, Irish-American novelist (The Ginger Man, A Fairy Tale of New York) and playwright, stroke.
• Alfred Gadenne, 71, Belgian politician, Mayor of Mouscron (since 2006), murder by slit throat.
• Sir Peter Hall, 86, British theatre (Waiting for Godot) and movie director (She's Been Away, The Camomile Lawn, Aquarius), Director of the National Theatre (1973–1988), complications from dementia.
• António Francisco dos Santos, 69, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Aveiro (2006–2014) and Porto (since 2014), heart attack.

12

• Heiner Geißler, 87, German politician, Secretary General of the CDU (1977–1989) and Federal Minister of Youth, Family and Health (1982–1985), congestive heart failure.
• Alex Hawkins, 80, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Atlanta Falcons), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Siegfried Köhler, 94, German conductor (Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Royal Swedish Opera).
• Allan MacEachen, 96, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (1977–1979, 1980–1984), MP for Inverness—Richmond (1953–1958, 1962–1968) and Cape Breton Highlands—Canso (1968–1984).
• Edith Windsor, 88, American LGBT rights activist, lead the plaintiff in United States v. Windsor.

13

• Pete Domenici, 85, American politician, Senator from New Mexico (1973–2009) and Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico (1967–1970), complications from abdominal surgery.
• Per Fugelli, 73, Norwegian physician.
• Slavko Goldstein, 89, Croatian Holocaust survivor, screenwriter (Signal Over the City, Operation Stadium), and politician, President of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (1989–1990), pneumonia.
• Grant Hart, 56, American singer-songwriter ("Turn On the News", "Makes No Sense at All", "Could You Be the One") and drummer (Hüsker Dü), liver cancer.
• Kazimierz Ryczan, 78, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kielce (1993–2014).
• Frank Vincent, 80, American actor (The Sopranos, Goodfellas, Casino), complications from heart surgery.

14

• Arnold Chan, 50, Canadian politician and lawyer, MP for Scarborough—Agincourt (2014–2017) and Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (since 2015), nasopharynx cancer.
• Basil Gogos, 78, Egyptian-born American magazine cover painter (Famous Monsters of Filmland), heart attack.
• Marcel Herriot, 83, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Verdun (1987–1999) and Soissons (1999–2008).
• Ata Kandó, 103, Hungarian-born Dutch photographer.
• Otto Wanz, 74, Austrian professional wrestler (AWA, NJPW) and promoter (CWA), heart failure.

15

• María Cristina Arango Vega, 88, Colombian consort, First Lady (1970–1974).
• Violet Brown, 117, Jamaican supercentenarian, world's oldest living person (since 2017), heart failure complicated by dehydration.
• Dwijen Sharma, 88, Bangladeshi naturalist and science writer (Shamoli Nishorgo, Jiboner Shesh Nei, Nishorgo Nirman O Nandonik Bhabna), recipient of the Ekushey Padak (2015), kidney disease.
• Albert Speer Jr., 83, German architect (Expo 2000).
• Harry Dean Stanton, 91, American actor (Paris, Texas, Alien, The Green Mile), lung cancer.

16

• Bautista Álvarez, 84, Spanish historian and politician, President of the Galician People's Union (1964–1977), heart attack.
• Penny Chenery, 95, American racehorse owner and breeder (Secretariat), complications from a stoke.
• Ted Christopher, 59, American racecar driver (NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour), plane crash.
• Mitchell Flint, 94, American fighter pilot (Navy, 101 Squadron) and lawyer, complications from pneumonia.
• José Florencio Guzmán, 88, Chilean politician, Minister of National Defense (1998–1999).
• Nicolaas Jouwe, 93, Papua New Guinean politician, President of the New Guinea Council (1961–1962).
• Nabeel Qureshi, 34, American Christian apologist writer (Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity, No God But One—Allah or Jesus), stomach cancer.
• Marcelo Rezende, 65, Brazilian journalist (Rede Globo) and television presenter (Cidade Alerta), multiple organ failure complicated by pancreatic cancer.
• Petr Šabach, 66, Czech novelist (Jak potopit Austrálii, Babičky, Čtyři muži na vodě).
• Arjan Singh, 98, Indian military personnel (Marshal of the Indian Air Force) and politician, Chief of the Air Staff (1964–1969), Ambassador to Switzerland and the Holy See (1971–1974), and Lieutenant Governor of Delhi (1989–1990), heart attack.

17

• Bonnie Angelo, 93, American journalist (Time) and writer (First Mothers: The Women Who Shaped the Presidents), complications from dementia.
• Eugenio Bersellini, 81, Italian football player (Brescia Calcio, Monza, Lecce) and manager (Como, Internazionale, Torino), pneumonia.
• René Drucker Colín, 80, Mexican scientist, researcher, and journalist, President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences (2000–2002).
• Lady Mary Fairfax, 95, Polish-born Australian philanthropist, complications from heart disease.
• William F. Goodling, 89, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 19th congressional district (1975–2001), complications from a cerebral aneurysm.
• Bobby Heenan, 72, American wrestler (WWE, AWA, WCW), commentator (Prime Time Wrestling, All American Wrestling, Monday Night Raw) and manager (André the Giant), complications from throat and tongue cancer.
• Bob Holland, 70, Australian cricketer (New South Wales, Weillington Firebirds), brain cancer.
• Lucy Ozarin, 103, American psychiatrist, respiratory failure.

18

• Jean Plaskie, 76, Belgian footballer (Anderlecht, national team).
• Afzal Ahsan Randhawa, 80, Pakistani writer (Deeva tey Darya, Sheesha Aik Lashkaray Dou, Munna Koh Lahore) and politician, member of the National Assembly of Pakistan (1972–1977).

19

• Sir Brian Barder, 83, British diplomat, High Commissioner to Nigeria (1988–1991) and High Commissioner to Australia (1991–1994).
• Bernie Casey, 78, American actor (Revenge of the Nerds, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) and football player (San Francisco 49ers, Los Angeles Rams).
• Leonid Kharitonov, 84, Russian opera singer ("The Song of the Volga Boatmen"), member of the Alexandrov Ensemble (1953–1972) and People’s Artist of the RSFSR (1986).
• Jake LaMotta, 95, American boxer and comedian, inspiration for Raging Bull, complications from pneumonia.
• José Salcedo, 68, Spanish movie editor (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead, All About My Mother), Goya winner (1989, 1996, 2000).
• David Shepherd, 86, British artist and conservationist, Parkinson's disease.

20

• Ene Mihkelson, 72, Estonian novelist (Ahasveeruse uni).
• Lillian Ross, 99, American journalist (The New Yorker) and author, stroke.
• Arne Solli, 79, Norwegian military officer.
• Sir Teddy Taylor, 80, Scottish politician, MP for Glasgow Cathcart (1964–1979) and Rochford and Southend East (1980–2005) and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland (1976–1979).

21

• Liliane Bettencourt, 94, French businesswoman (L'Oréal), heiress and socialite.
• William G. Stewart, 84, British game show host (Fifteen to One) and television producer (The Price Is Right).

22

• Mohammed Mahdi Akef, 89, Egyptian religious and political leader, head of the Muslim Brotherhood (2004–2010), sepsis.
• Paavo Lonkila, 94, Finnish cross-country skier, Olympic champion (1952).
• Shmuel Moreh, 84, Iraqi-born Israeli writer and Arabic professor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
• Börje Vestlund, 57, Swedish politician, MP (since 2002).

23

• Charles Bradley, 68, American singer ("No Time For Dreaming", "Heart of Gold", "Changes"), stomach cancer.
• Elizabeth D. Phillips, 72, American educator and academic administrator.
• Samuel H. Young, 94, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 10th congressional district (1973–1975), complications from Alzheimer's disease.

24

• Valery Asapov, 51, Russian army general, shot.
• Washington Benavides, 87, Uruguayan poet (Tata Vizcacha) and musician, complications from pneumonia.
• Gisèle Casadesus, 103, French actress (The Children of the Marshland, Sarah's Key, My Afternoons with Margueritte), respiratory failure.
• Joseph M. McDade, 85, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district (1963–1999), heart failure.

25

• Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 37, Egyptian woman, world's second heaviest woman (since 2016), septic shock caused by kidney failure.
• Elizabeth Dawn, 77, British actress (Coronation Street), emphysema.
• Anatoly Gromyko, 85, Soviet-Russian scientist (Russian Academy of Sciences) and diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1961–1965), Ambassador to the United States (1973–1974) and Ambassador to East Germany (1974–1975).
• Bobby Knutt, 71, British actor (Coronation Street, Benidorm, Emmerdale) and comedian (The Comedians), heart attack.
• Jan Tříska, 80, Czech actor (Andersonville, The Karate Kid Part III, 2010: The Year We Make Contact), complications from a fall.

26

• Antony Booth, 85, British actor (Till Death Us Do Part, Coronation Street) and political activist, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Květa Fialová, 88, Czech actress (Lemonade Joe).

Months

• January 2017
• February 2017
• March 2017
• April 2017
• May 2017
• June 2017
• July 2017
• August 2017

Related pages

• Deaths in 2014
• Deaths in 2015
• Deaths in 2016

Other websites

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
• The Telegraph obituaries