Deaths in September 2015
The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2015. For notable deaths before the current month, please see "Previous months".
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, cause of death, reference (must be added) are added.
September 2015[change | change source]
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- September 1 - Gurgen Dalibaltayan, 89, Armenian military commander.[1]
- September 1 - Will Provine, 73, American science historian, brain cancer.[2]
- September 1 - Antonio Nirta, 96, Italian criminal.[3]
- September 1 - Aleksandar Stipčević, 84, Croatian historian of the Illyrians.[4]
- September 1 - Richard G. Hewlett, 92, American public historian.[5]
- September 1 - Willy Stähle, 61, Dutch waterskier, Olympic (1972) and world champion (1971).[6] (death announced on this date)
- September 1 - Dean Jones, 84, American actor (The Love Bug, The Shaggy D.A., Beethoven), complications from Parkinson's disease.[7]
- September 1 - Boomer Castleman, 70, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, inventor of the palm pedal, cancer.[8]
- September 1 - Ben Kuroki, 98, American Air Force gunner of World War II.[9]
- September 2 - Charles Gyamfi, 85, Ghanaian footballer (Fortuna Düsseldorf) and coach (national team).[10]
- September 2 - Aleksander Mandziara, 75, Polish footballer and coach.[11]
- September 2 - Simo Salminen, 82, Finnish comic actor.[12]
- September 2 - Brianna Lea Pruett, 32, American singer and songwriter.[13]
- September 3 - Leon Gorman, 80, American businessman, President (1967–2001) and Chairman (2001–2013) of L.L.Bean, cancer.[14]
- September 3 - Jean-Luc Préel, 74, French politician, member of the French National Assembly for Vendée (1988–2012).[15]
- September 3 - Zhang Zhen, 100, Chinese general.[16]
- September 3 - Chandra Bahadur Dangi, 75, Nepalese primordial dwarf, shortest man in recorded history, pneumonia.[17]
- September 3 - Sir Adrian Cadbury, 86, British businessman and rower, chairman of Cadbury.[18]
- September 3 - Judy Carne, 76, British actress (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In), pneumonia.[19]
- September 4 - Geoffrey Bolton, 83, Australian historian.[20]
- September 4 - Graham Brazier, 63, New Zealand musician and songwriter (Hello Sailor), heart attack.[21]
- September 4 - Wilfred de Souza, 88, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Goa (1993–1994, 1998).[22]
- September 4 - Rico Rodriguez, 80, Cuban-born British trombonist (The Specials).[23]
- September 4 - Jean Darling, 93, American silent movie actress (Our Gang movie series).[24]
- September 4 - Sylvie Joly, 80, French actress (Going Places, Get Out Your Handkerchiefs) and comedian, heart attack.[25]
- September 5 - Aadesh Shrivastava, 51, Indian composer and singer, cancer.[26]
- September 5 - Alan Steel, 79, Italian bodybuilder and actor (Samson, The Rebel Gladiators, Hercules Against the Moon Men).[27]
- September 6 - Ralph Milne, 54, Scottish footballer (Dundee United, Manchester United), liver disease.[28]
- September 6 - Calvin J. Spann, 90, American fighter pilot (Tuskegee Airmen).[29]
- September 6 - Martin Milner, 83, American actor (Adam-12, Valley of the Dolls, Route 66).[30]
- September 7 - Candida Royalle, 64, American pornographic actress, producer and director, ovarian cancer.[31]
- September 7 - Susan Allen, 64, American harpist, brain cancer.[32]
- September 8 - Andrew Kohut, 73, American political scientist, leukemia.[33]
- September 8 - Joost Zwagerman, 51, Dutch author, suicide.[34]
- September 8 - Ebby Halliday, 104, American realtor and businesswoman.[35]
- September 8 - Willi Fuggerer, 73, German track cyclist, Olympic bronze medalist (1964).[36] (death announced on this date)
- September 9 - Einar H. Ingman, Jr., 85, American soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor.[37]
- September 10 - Franco Interlenghi, 83, Italian actor (I Vitelloni, I Vinti).[38]
- September 10 - Norman Farberow, 97, American psychologist and pioneer of suicidology.[39]
- September 10 - Dick Moore, 89, American actor (The Beloved Rogue, Sergeant York, Miss Annie Rooney), complications from dementia.[40]
- September 10 - James E. Proctor, Jr., 79, American politician, member of the Maryland House of Delegates (since 1990).[41]
- September 10 - Antoine Lahad, 88, Lebanese military officer, leader of South Lebanon Army (1984–2000), heart attack.[42]
- September 11 - Alan Purwin, 53, American helicopter pilot and aerial film operator (Transformers, Star Trek, Jurassic World), plane crash.[43]
- September 12 - Hrvoje Petar, 61, Croatian politician of Polish ethnicity
- September 12 - Adrian Frutiger, 87, Swiss typeface designer.[44]
- September 13 - Moses Malone, 60, American Hall of Fame basketball player (Philadelphia 76ers, Houston Rockets), heart disease.[45]
- September 14 - Fred DeLuca, 67, American businessman, co-founder of Subway, leukemia.[46]
- September 14 - Corneliu Vadim Tudor, 65, Romanian politician, Member of the European Parliament (2009–2014), journalist and editor (România Liberă, AGERPRES), heart attack.[47]
- September 14 - Adam Purple, 84, American environmental activist, heart attack.[48]
- September 15 - Harry J. Lipkin, 94, Israeli nuclear physicist.[49]
- September 15 - Meir Pa'il, 89, Israeli politician and military historian, Member of the Knesset (1974–1980), complications from Alzheimer's disease.[50]
- September 15 - Bernard Van De Kerckhove, 74, Belgian racing cyclist.[51]
- September 15 - Mihai Volontir, 81, Moldovan actor (In the Zone of Special Attention).[52]
- September 16 - Guy Béart, 85, French singer-songwriter, heart attack.[53]
- September 16 - Ton van de Ven, 71, Dutch industrial designer.[54]
- September 16 - David Ashby, 65, British motorcycle speedway rider, cancer.[55]
- September 17 - Milo Hamilton, 88, American Hall of Fame sportscaster (Houston Astros), leukemia.[56]
- September 17 - Sir David Willcocks, 95, British choirmaster, director of music at Choir of King's College, Cambridge.[57]
- September 17 - Dettmar Cramer, 90, German football manager (Bayern Munich).[58]
- September 17 - Vadim Kuzmin, 78, Russian theoretical physicist.[59]
- September 18 - Mario Benjamín Menéndez, 85, Argentine military officer, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1982).[60]
- September 18 - Eduardo Bonvallet, 60, Chilean football commentator, suicide by hanging.[61]
- September 18 - Marcin Wrona, 42, Polish film and television director (Demon, Medics), suicide by hanging.[62]
- September 18 - Nancy Bernstein, 55, American visual effects producer (Digital Domain) and movie producer (Rise of the Guardians), colorectal cancer.[63]
- September 19 - Mishael Cheshin, 79, Israeli judge (Supreme Court of Israel), cancer.[64]
- September 19 - Masajuro Shiokawa, 93, Japanese politician, Minister of Finance (2001–2003), pneumonia.[65]
- September 19 - Jackie Collins, 77, English novelist, breast cancer.[66]
- September 20 - Jack Larson, 87, American playwright and actor (Adventures of Superman).[67]
- September 20 - C. K. Williams, 78, American poet, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2000), multiple myeloma.[68]
- September 20 - Siegfried Gottwald, 72, German mathematician.[69]
- September 21 - Yoram Gross, 88, Polish-born Australian animation producer and director (Blinky Bill series).[70]
- September 21 - Armen Movsisyan, 53, Armenian politician, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources (2001–2014), cancer.[71]
- September 22 - James David Santini, 78, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1975–1983), esophageal cancer.[72]
- September 22 - Richard G. Scott, 86, American apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[73]
- September 22 - Phyllis Tickle, 81, American religious author, lung cancer.[74]
- September 22 - Yogi Berra, 90, American Hall of Fame baseball player (New York Yankees) and manager (New York Mets), winner of 13 World Series titles, natural causes.[75]
- September 22 - Al Seckel, 57, American optical illusion collector and sceptic.[76] (death announced on this date)
- September 23 - Mike Gibson, 75, Australian sports journalist and broadcaster, suicide.[77]
- September 23 - Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa, 75, Spanish actor (Solas).[78]
- September 23 - Dragan Holcer, 70, Croatian footballer (Hajduk Split).[79]
- September 23 - Denis Sonet, 89, French Catholic priest and marriage counselor.[80]
- September 24 - Ellis Kaut, 94, German author (Pumuckl).[81]
- September 25 - Moti Kirschenbaum, 76, Israeli journalist and media personality.[82]
- September 25 - Claudio Baggini, 79, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vigevano (2000–2011).[83]
- September 25 - John Galvin, 86, American army general, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1987—1992).[84]
- September 26 - Homa Rousta, 69, Iranian actress, cancer.[85]
- September 26 - Manuel Oltra, 93, Spanish composer, pneumonia.[86]
- September 27 - Syed Ahmed, 73, Indian politician, Governor of Jharkhand (2011–2015) and Governor of Manipur (since 2015), cancer.[87]
- September 27 - John Guillermin, 89, British movie director and producer.[88]
- September 27 - Pietro Ingrao, 100, Italian politician, President of the Chamber of Deputies (1976–1979), journalist and partisan.[89]
- September 27 - Wilton Felder, 75, American saxophonist (The Crusaders) and bassist.[90]
- September 27 - Frank Tyson, 85, English cricketer, journalist and commentator.[91]
- September 27 - Kallen Pokkudan, 78, Indian environmental activist and writer.[92]
- September 27 - Denise Lor, 86, American singer and actress.[93]
- September 28 - Ignacio Zoco, 76, Spanish footballer (Real Madrid).[94]
- September 28 - Frank Martinus Arion, 78, Dutch Antillean author.[95]
- September 28 - Michael Burgess, 70, Canadian tenor, cancer.[96]
- September 28 - Walter Dale Miller, 89, American politician, Governor of South Dakota (1993-1995).[97]
- September 28 - Frankie Ford, 76, American singer ("Sea Cruise").[98]
- September 29 - Hellmuth Karasek, 81, German literary critic and journalist (Der Spiegel).[99]
- September 29 - Phil Woods, 83, American saxophonist ("Just the Way You Are"), emphysema.[100]
- September 30 - Kelly Gissendaner, 47, American convicted criminal (malice murder), executed by lethal injection.[101]
- September 30 - Claude Dauphin, 64, French businessman, cancer.[102]
- September 30 - Guido Altarelli, 74, Italian theoretical physicist.[103]
- September 30 - Ricky Talan, 54, Dutch footballer (AZ, Vitesse), brain cancer.[104]
Previous months[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Մահացել է նվիրյալ զինվորական. գեներալ-գնդապետ Գուրգեն Դալիբալթայանը (in Armenian)
- ↑ William Provine, history of science scholar, dies at 73
- ↑ Morto capostipite della 'ndrangheta, a 96 anni è deceduto il boss che guidava l'anonima sequestri Archived 2015-09-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ↑ Ka vdekur Aleksandar Stipçeviq Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Albanian)
- ↑ Richard G. Hewlett
- ↑ Voormalig waterskiester Willy Stähle overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Dean Jones, Star of Classic Disney Family Films, Dies at 84
- ↑ Nashville mourns Boomer Castleman
- ↑ Ben Kuroki Dies at 98; Overcame Bias Against Japanese-Americans to Fight for U.S.
- ↑ C.K. Gyamfi: Legendary Ghanaian footballer and coach dies
- ↑ Zmarł Aleksander Mandziara (Polish)
- ↑ Näyttelijä Simo Salminen on kuollut Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ↑ "Singer/Songwriter Brianna Lea Pruett R.I.P. 1983-2015". Archived from the original on 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Leon Gorman, LL Bean's Grandson and Company Leader, Dies
- ↑ L'ancien député Jean-Luc Préel est décédé (in French)
- ↑ 中央军委原副主席张震逝世 享年101岁(图) (in Chinese)
- ↑ The World’s Shortest Man Dies, a Photo Tribute to Nepal’s Chandra Bahadur Dangi
- ↑ "Adrian Cadbury, British corporate governance leader, dies at 86". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Judy Carne dies: Northampton's 'Sock it to me' girl dies aged 76
- ↑ Prominent West Australian historian Geoffrey Bolton dies
- ↑ Hello Sailor frontman Graham Brazier dies aged 63
- ↑ Former Goa Chief Minister Wilfred De Souza passes away
- ↑ The Specials trombonist Rico Rodriguez dies aged 80
- ↑ "Death of Jean Darling". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Mort de l'actrice et humoriste Sylvie Joly (in French)
- ↑ Bollywood music composer Aadesh Shrivastava dies of cancer
- ↑ Addio a Sergio Ciani, l'Alan Steel del cinema italiano: da Ercole a Maciste Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
- ↑ Dundee United legend Ralph Milne dies after battle with liver disease
- ↑ Tuskegee Airman Who Flew 26 Missions Over Germany Dies at 90
- ↑ Martin Milner Dead, Adam-12 star died at 83
- ↑ Orphaned ex-porn star dies of cancer
- ↑ Sadness at death of a pioneering harpist, aged 64
- ↑ "Pollster Andrew Kohut dies at age 73". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Schrijver Joost Zwagerman pleegt zelfmoord (in Dutch)
- ↑ Ebby Halliday, Dallas Real Estate’s Most Beloved Icon, Has Died at 104
- ↑ Willi Fuggerer im Alter von 73 Jahren verstorben (in German)
- ↑ Medal of Honor recipient Einar Ingman dies at 85
- ↑ Addio a Franco Interlenghi, volto simbolo del Neorealismo (in Italian)
- ↑ "Suicide Prevention's Founding Father Dies on World Suicide Prevention Day". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Dick Moore Dead: Former Child Star Was 89
- ↑ Del. James Proctor, Maryland lawmaker, dies at 79
- ↑ Ex-SLA chief Antoine Lahad dies at 88
- ↑ "2 Killed, Including Helinet Founder Alan Purwin, In Colombia Plane Crash". Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Desaparece el maestro de la tipografía moderna, Adrian Frutiger (in Spanish)
- ↑ Three-time NBA MVP Moses Malone dies at age 60
- ↑ Subway Founder Fred DeLuca Dies at Age 67
- ↑ Corneliu Vadim Tudor a murit in Spitalul Militar din Capitala. Politicianul ar fi suferit un infarct (in Romanian)
- ↑ Lower East Side Garden Activist Adam Purple Dies at the Age of 84
- ↑ Renowned Israeli Physicist, Who Founded Dimona Nuclear Research Facility, Dies at 94
- ↑ Former MK Meir Pa'il passes away at 89
- ↑ Bernard Van de Kerckhove (74) is gestorven Archived 2015-09-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Dutch)
- ↑ Renumitul actor Mihai Volontir s-a stins din viață Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine, accesat la 15 septembrie 2015
- ↑ Le chanteur Guy Béart est mort (in French)
- ↑ Oud-ontwerper Ton van de Ven (71) van Efteling overleden (in Dutch)
- ↑ Speedway legend David Ashby loses cancer fight
- ↑ "Hall of Game broadcaster Milo Hamilton dies at age 88". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Sir David Willcocks choirmaster
- ↑ Bayern Munich lead tributes after coach Dettmar Cramer dies aged 90
- ↑ КУЗЬМИН Вадим Алексеевич (in Russian)
- ↑ Murió Mario Benjamín Menéndez, el exgobernador de facto de Las Malvinas (in Spanish)
- ↑ El parte policial sobre la muerte de Bonvallet habla de suicidio Archived 2015-10-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ↑ Polish Film Director Marcin Wrona Dies Unexpectedly
- ↑ Nancy Bernstein, Visual Effects Veteran, Dies at 55
- ↑ Mishael Cheshin, Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice, Dies at 79
- ↑ "Former Finance Minister Shiokawa dies at 93". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Jackie Collins Has Died
- ↑ Jack Larson, a Playwright Better Known as Jimmy Olsen in ‘Superman,’ Dies at 87
- ↑ C. K. Williams, Poet Who Tackled Moral Issues, Dies at 78
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Siegfried Gottwald Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ↑ Herald-Sun, Film producer Yoram Gross has died at age 88
- ↑ Armenia ex-minister of energy dies
- ↑ Former Nevada Rep. Jim Santini dies at 78
- ↑ Elder Richard G. Scott dies at 86
- ↑ "Rest In Peace: Phyllis Tickle". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Yogi Berra dies at age 90
- ↑ Al P. Seckel
- ↑ "Legendary sports commentator and journalist Mike Gibson dies aged 75". Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Muere el actor Carlos Álvarez-Nóvoa a los 75 años (in Spanish)
- ↑ Nakon teške bolesti preminuo Dragan Holcer (in Croatian)
- ↑ Le P. Denis Sonet est mort (in French)
- ↑ Ellis Kaut ist tot (in German)
- ↑ Iconic Israeli Journalist Moti Kirschenbaum Dies at 76
- ↑ Addio all'ex vescovo di Vigevano (in Italian)
- ↑ Wakefield Native General John R. Galvin Dies at Age of 86
- ↑ هما روستا، بازیگر ایرانی درگذشت (in Persian)
- ↑ Muere el compositor de sardanas Manuel Oltra (in Spanish)
- ↑ Manipur Governor Syed Ahmed Dies in Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital
- ↑ Le réalisateur de La Tour infernale est mort (in French)
- ↑ Addio a Pietro Ingrao, morto a Roma lo storico dirigente del Pci (in Italian)
- ↑ "Legendary Crusaders Sax Man Wilton Felder Passes Away". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Former England fast bowler Tyson dies aged 85
- ↑ "Kerala's Mangrove Man Kallen Pokkudan Passes Away at 78". Archived from the original on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ DENISE HORINE Obituary
- ↑ Former Real Madrid player Ignacio Zoco dies aged 76
- ↑ Schrijver Frank Martinus Arion (Dubbelspel) overleden op 78-jarige leeftijd (in Dutch)
- ↑ Canadian tenor Michael Burgess dies at 70
- ↑ "Former South Dakota Governor Walter Miller dies at 89 (KSFY-9/29/2015)". Archived from the original on 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ ""The New Orleans Dynamo," Frankie Ford, dies at age 76". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
- ↑ Literaturkritiker Hellmuth Karasek ist tot (in German)
- ↑ Phil Woods, Saxophonist Revered in Jazz, Dies at 83
- ↑ Georgia's only woman on death row is executed
- ↑ Oil trade giant and Trafigura founder Dauphin dies
- ↑ Morto il fisico Guido Altarelli (in Italian)
- ↑ Oud-voetballer Ricky Talan (54) overleden (in Dutch)