Deaths in September 2007
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The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2007.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
September 2007
1
- Robert H. Ahmanson, 80, American businessman and philanthropist, heart attack.[1]
- Tomás Medina Caracas, 42, Colombian guerrilla member of FARC, military action.[2]
- Russell Ellington, 69, American basketball coach for the Harlem Globetrotters, lung cancer.[3]
- Sir Abraham Goldberg, 83, Scottish doctor and medical scientist.[4]
- Sally Haley, 99, American painter, natural causes.[5]
- Sir Roy McKenzie, 84, New Zealand philanthropist, harness racing breeder, trainer and competitor.[6]
- Viliam Schrojf, 76, Slovakian former football goalkeeper.[7]
- John T. Scott, 67, black person sculptor and artist.[8]
2
- Rajae Belmlih, 45, Moroccan singer, cancer.[9]
- Anthony Day, 74, American editorial page editor for the Los Angeles Times, emphysema.[10]
- Robert Fidgeon, 65, Australian television columnist and critic, cancer.[11]
- Safet Isović, 71, Bosnian singer.[12]
- Marcia Mae Jones, 83, American actress (Heidi, These Three).[13]
- Max McNab, 83, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and NHL general manager.[14]
- Pat Norton, 88, Australian Olympic backstroke swimmer.[15]
- Bill Robinson, 88, Australian rules footballer.[16]
3
- Carter Albrecht, 34, American keyboardist and guitarist (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians), shot.[17]
- Clarke Bynum, 45, American basketball player (Clemson Tigers), 2000 hijack hero, cancer.[18]
- Gustavo Eberto, 24, Argentine footballer (Boca Juniors), testicular cancer.[19]
- Sir Hamish Forbes, 91, British soldier and aristocrat.[20]
- Steve Fossett, 63, American adventurer, aircrash.[21]
- Syd Jackson, 68, New Zealand Māori rights activist, cancer.[22]
- Gift Leremi, 22, South African international footballer, car accident.[23]
- Don Maloney, 79, American writer, author on Japan.[24]
- Janis Martin, 67, American singer, cancer.[25]
- Lord Michael Pratt, 61, British writer and aristocrat.[26]
- Steve Ryan, 60, American actor (The West Wing, American Dreams, Daddio).[27]
- Mária Szepes, 98, Hungarian writer.[28]
- Jane Tomlinson, 43, British cancer activist, cancer.[29]
4
- Michael Evans, 87, American actor.[30]
- Bhamidipati Radhakrishna, 77, Indian playwright and scriptwriter.[31]
- Kumari Rukmini, 78, Indian actress and dancer.[32]
- Gigi Sabani, 54, Italian television host, heart attack.[33]
- John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, 83, British politician and aristocrat.[34]
- Ryūzō Sejima, 95, Japanese academic, chairman of the board of Asia University, World War II strategist.[35]
5
- Julieta Campos, 75, Cuban-Mexican writer, cancer.[36]
- Duan Yihe, 61, Chinese congress member who arranged the murder of his mistress, execution.[37]
- Jennifer Dunn, 66, American Representative from Washington (1993–2005), pulmonary embolism.[38]
- Paul Gillmor, 68, American Representative from Ohio since 1989.[39]
- Edward Gramlich, 68, American economics professor, governor of the Federal Reserve System, lymphocytic leukemia.[40]
- Charlotte Zucker, 86, American actress.
- Thomas Hansen, 31, Norwegian musician known as "Saint Thomas", combination of prescribed drugs.[41]
- D. James Kennedy, 76, American evangelical Protestant pastor and theologian, founder of Coral Ridge Ministries.[42]
- Nikos Nikolaidis, 67, Greek film director, pulmonary edema.[43]
6
- Martin Čech, 31, Czech international ice hockey player, car accident.[44][45]
- Eva Crane, 95, British bee expert.[46][47]
- Allan Crite, 97, American artist, natural causes.[48]
- Billy Darnell, 81, American professional wrestler of the 1940s–1960s famous for feuds with Buddy Rogers.[49]
- Wolfgang Franke, 95, German sinologist.[50]
- Evald Gering, 89, Canadian Olympic shooter.[51]
- Ian Gray, 69, British comics writer.[52]
- Jack Hawkes, 92, British botanist.[53]
- John Kelly, 71, Provisional Irish Republican Army founder-member and Northern Ireland Assembly member (1998–2003), cancer.[54]
- Madeleine L'Engle, 88, American writer (A Wrinkle in Time), natural causes.[55]
- Lee Ae-jung, 20, South Korean actress, complications of brain cancer.[56]
- Ronald Magill, 87, British actor (Amos Brearly on Emmerdale Farm).[57][58]
- Bill Muller, 42, American film critic and journalist.[59]
- Luciano Pavarotti, 71, Italian operatic tenor, pancreatic cancer.[60]
- Percy Rodriguez, 89, Canadian character actor and movie trailer narrator, kidney problems.[61]
- Byron Stevenson, 50, British footballer (Wales, Leeds United, Birmingham City), throat cancer.[62]
7
- Alex, 31, American-born African grey parrot, subject of animal language experiments.[63]
- Sir John Compton, 82, St. Lucian Prime Minister (1979, 1982–1996, 2006–2007), stroke.[64]
- Norman Deeley, 73, British footballer (Wolverhampton Wanderers).[65]
- Russell E. Dougherty, 87, American former commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command.[66]
- Joseph W. Eschbach, 74, American doctor and kidney specialist whose research led to treatment of anemia, cancer.[67]
- Joseph Rudolph Grimes, 84, Liberian foreign minister (1960–1972).[68]
- Sidney Leviss, 90, American politician and judge.[69]
- Gabriel Baccus Matthews, 59, Liberian foreign minister (1980–1981, 1990–1993).[70]
- Mark Weil, 55, Uzbek theatre director, stabbed.[71]
8
- Lord Bethell, 69, British historian of Eastern and Central Europe, human rights campaigner, Parkinson's disease.[72]
- Jean-François Bizot, 63, French journalist, creator of "Actuel", Radio Nova, cancer.[73]
- Adrian Esquino Lisco, 68, Salvadoran indigenous rights activist and spiritual chief, complications from diabetes.[74]
- Vincent Serventy, 91, Australian writer and conservationist.[75]
9
- Hannes Brewis, 87, South African rugby union player.[76]
- Angie Brooks, 78, Liberian diplomat and jurist.[77]
- Ian Campbell, 81, British politician, MP for Dunbartonshire West (1970–1983) and Dumbarton (1983–1987).[78]
- Han Dingxiang, 71, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, detained for loyalty to the Vatican.[79]
- ASHK Sadek, 73, Bangladeshi politician.[80]
- Helmut Senekowitsch, 73, Austrian football player and manager.[81]
- Zoran Tadić, 66, Croatian film director.[82]
- Hughie Thomasson, 55, American guitarist (Outlaws), heart attack.[83]
- Sir Tasker Watkins VC, 88, British jurist and businessman, Lord Justice of Appeal and former WRU President, after short illness.[84]
- Xu Simin, 93, Hong Kong magazine publisher, pro-Beijing supporter, organ failure.[85]
10
- Loretta King Hadler, 90, American film actress, natural causes.[86]
- James Leasor, 83, British novelist and biographer.[87]
- Joe Rantz, 93, American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.[88]
- Dame Anita Roddick, 64, British entrepreneur and founder of The Body Shop, brain haemorrhage.[89]
- Arthur Ross, 96, American businessman and philanthropist known for his contribution to Central Park.[90]
- Joe Sherlock, 76, Irish Teachta Dála for Cork East (1981–1982, 1987–1992, 2002–2007).[91]
- Ted Stepien, 82, American businessman and former owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.[92]
- Enrique Torres, 85, American professional wrestler.[93]
- Jane Wyman, 90, American Academy Award-winning actress (Johnny Belinda), 1984 Golden Globe winner (Falcon Crest), first wife of Ronald Reagan.[94]
11
- John Garrett, 76, British politician, MP for Norwich South 1974–1983 and 1987–1997.[95]
- Ian Porterfield, 61, British footballer and manager (scored Sunderland's 1973 FA Cup winner), colon cancer.[96]
- Gene Savoy, 80, American explorer and religious mystic, claimed discovery of over 40 lost cities in Peru, natural causes.[97]
- James F. Smith, 84, American politician.[98]
- Willie Tee, 63, American singer-songwriter and producer, colon cancer.[99]
- Joe Zawinul, 75, Austrian jazz keyboardist and composer, founder of Weather Report, cancer.[100]
12
- Bobby Byrd, 73, American soul/funk singer, cancer.[101]
- Daryl Holton, 45, American convicted murderer, first man executed by electric chair in Tennessee in 47 years.[102]
- Phil Frank, 64, American cartoonist, brain cancer.[103]
- Lou Kretlow, 86, American baseball pitcher.[104]
13
- Abdul Sattar Abu Risha, 37, Iraqi leader of Anbar Salvation Council, improvised explosive device.[105]
- Gaetano Arfé, 81, Italian politician.[106]
- Robert Bates, 96, American mountaineer.[107]
- Laurel Burch, 61, American artist, osteopetrosis.[108]
- Phil Frank, 64, American cartoonist, brain tumor.[109]
- Bill Griffiths, 59, British poet and Anglo-Saxon scholar.[110]
- Augie Hiebert, 90, American who built Alaska's first television station (KTVA), cancer.[111]
- Neville Jeffress, 87, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia, pneumonia.[112]
- Colin Mitchell, 78, English cricketer.[113]
- Clare Oliver, 26, Australian cancer activist, melanoma.[114]
- Abdul Sattar Buzaigh al-Rishawi, 35, Iraqi leader of the Anbar Salvation Council, bomb.[115]
- Whakahuihui Vercoe, 79, New Zealand retired Anglican archbishop.[116]
14
- Sir Robert Honeycombe, 86, British metallurgist.[117]
- Gary Hubler, 52, American aviator, aviation accident.[118]
- Jacques Martin, 74, French presenter and former husband of Cécilia Sarkozy, cancer.[119]
- Emilio Ruiz del Rio, 84, Spanish set decorator (Pan's Labyrinth), respiratory failure.[120]
- Benny Vansteelant, 30, Belgian world champion duathlete, bike accident.[121]
15
- Leslie Holligan, 29, Guyanese footballer, heart failure.[122]
- Colin McRae, 39, British World Rally champion, helicopter crash.[123]
- Sir Jeremy Moore, 79, British soldier, commander of UK land forces in the Falklands War.[124]
- Specs Powell, 85, American jazz drummer, kidney disease.[125]
- Ernie Renzel, 100, American politician, Mayor of San Jose (1945–1946), "Father of San Jose International Airport."[126]
- Aldemaro Romero, 79, Venezuelan composer, pianist and conductor, complications of intestinal blockage.[127]
- Brett Somers, 83, American actress, comedian and panelist (Match Game), stomach and colon cancer.[128]
16
- Jean Balissat, 71, Swiss musician.[129]
- Peter Cleeland, 69, Australian politician, MHR for McEwen (1984–1990, 1993–1996), motor neurone disease.[130]
- Robert Jordan, 58, American fantasy novelist (The Wheel of Time), cardiac amyloidosis.[131][132]
- Cal Rampton, 93, American politician, Governor of Utah (1965–1977), cancer.[133]
- Garrard "Buster" Ramsey, 87, American football player and coach, pneumonia.[134]
17
- Jim Furner, 79, Australian military intelligence chief.[135]
- Stephen Medcalf, 70, British scholar.[136]
- Rappani Khalilov, 37, Chechen militant, leader of the Shariat Jamaat, terrorist, killed by Russian troops.
- Maurice King, 72, American basketball player.[137]
- Charlotte Lewis, 52, American basketball player.[138]
18
- Augustus Akinloye, 91, Nigerian politician, founder of the Ibadan Peoples Party.[139]
- Benyamin Yosef Bria, 51, Indonesian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Denpasar.[140]
- Norman Gaylord, 84, American chemist, developed permeable contact lens.[141]
- Nate Hill, 41, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins).[142]
- Pepsi Tate, 42, British bassist (Tigertailz), pancreatic cancer.[143]
- Len Thompson, 60, Australian footballer (1965–1980), heart attack.[144]
19
- Bassem Hamad al-Dawiri, 34, Iraqi sculptor, replaced Saddam Hussein statue toppled during 2003 invasion of Iraq, car accident.[145]
- Antoine Ghanem, 64, Lebanese politician, MP, car bomb.[146]
- Mike Osborne, 66, British jazz musician.[147]
- Vlatko Pavletić, 76, Croatian politician, Speaker of Parliament (1995–1999), acting President (1999–2000).[148]
- H. Emory Widener, Jr., 83, American jurist (United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit), lung cancer.[149]
20
- Mahlon Clark, 84, American clarinetist, natural causes.[150]
- Helen Elaine Freeman, 75, American endangered species (snow leopards) advocate, lung disease.[151]
- Johnny Gavin, 79, Irish international footballer and Norwich City's record goalscorer.[152]
- Kaljo Kiisk, 81, Estonian actor, film director and politician.[153]
- Viktor Shershunov, 56, Russian governor of Kostroma Oblast, car accident.[154]
- Labah Sosseh, 64, Senegalese singer.[155]
- Sir Edward Tomkins, 91, British diplomat, ambassador to The Netherlands and France.[156]
21
- Hallgeir Brenden, 78, Norwegian cross country skier, gold medallist (1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics).[157]
- Bob Collins, 61, Australian ALP senator (1987–1998) and minister (1990–1996), suicide by alcohol and drug overdose.[158]
- Alice Ghostley, 84, American actress (Designing Women, To Kill a Mockingbird, Grease), Tony winner (1965), colon cancer.[159]
- Ian Gilmour, Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar, 81, British politician.[160]
- Rex Humbard, 88, American televangelist, congestive heart failure.[161]
- Paul Konsler, 94, French Olympic shooter.[162]
- Floria Lasky, 84, American entertainment attorney and litigator, cancer.[163]
- Ángel Romero, 75, Mexican Olympic cyclist.[164]
- Petar Stambolić, 95, Serbian Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Serbia (1978–1982), President of Yugoslavia (1982–1983).[165]
- Coral Watts, 53, American serial killer, complications of prostate cancer.[166]
- Wu Xiangxiang, 92, Chinese historian.[167]
22
- Albert Fuller, 81, American harpsichordist and founder of the Aston Magna Foundation and Festival.[168]
- Herbert Gallen, 92, American chairman and owner of Ellen Tracy sportswear.[169]
- Karl Hardman, 80, American horror film producer and actor.[170]
- Richard Hornby, 85, British politician and businessman.[171]
- Marcel Marceau, 84, French mime artist.[172]
- William D. Rogers, 80, American advisor to Henry Kissinger, heart attack.[173]
- ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, 95, Iranian-born leader in the Baháʼí Faith.[174]
23
- Renzo Barbieri, 67, Italian writer.[175]
- Ken Danby, 67, Canadian painter.[176]
- Ivan Hinderaker, 91, American academic, chancellor of the University of California, Riverside (1964–1979).[177]
- John Klier, 62, British-American writer and historian.[178]
24
- Geoff Cannell, 65, Manx Member of the House of Keys and sports broadcaster, stroke.[179]
- Terry Connolly, 49, Australian judge of the ACT Supreme Court, heart attack.[180]
- Kurt Julius Goldstein, 92, German journalist and Auschwitz survivor.[181]
- André Gorz, 84, Austrian-born French social philosopher, suicide by lethal injection.[182]
- Frank Hyde, 91, Australian rugby league player and commentator.[183]
- Hiroshi Ōsaka, 44, Japanese co-founder of Bones Animation Studio, cancer.[184]
- Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky, 88, American physicist and former director of SLAC, heart attack.[185]
- Frank Sherring, 93, Canadian politician, Mayor of Lethbridge, Alberta (1962–1968), cancer.[186]
- Otto Spacek, 89, Czech World War II hero.[187]
- Lenore Tawney, 100, American fiber artist.[188]
25
- Haidar Abdel-Shafi, 88, Palestinian negotiator, stomach cancer.[189]
- Patrick Bourque, 29, Canadian bass guitarist (Emerson Drive), suicide.[190]
- Hans Colberg, 95, Danish footballer.[191]
- André Emmerich, 82, German-born American art dealer, complications from a stroke.[192]
- Jana Krishnamurthi, 79, Indian politician, President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (2001–2007).[193]
- Michael Wayne Richard, 48, American murderer, execution by lethal injection.[194]
- Bill Waller, 95, American college football coach.[195]
26
- Stanislav Andreski, 88, Polish sociologist.[196]
- Robert Bruss, 67, American real estate attorney and columnist, cancer.[197]
- Velma Wayne Dawson, 94, American creator of the Howdy Doody puppet.[198]
- Angela Lambert, 67, British journalist, historian and novelist.[199]
- Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, 90, Dutch secret agent, author and businessman.[200]
- Randy Van Horne, 83, American singer of TV theme songs (The Flintstones, The Jetsons), cancer.[201]
- Bill Wirtz, 77, American owner of the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks, cancer.[202]
27
- Nenad Bogdanović, 53, Serbian politician, mayor of Belgrade (2004–2007), lymphoma.[203]
- Dale Houston, 67, American musician (Dale and Grace).[204]
- Kenji Nagai, 50, Japanese video journalist, shot.[205]
- Bill Perry, 77, South African-born English footballer, cancer.[206]
- Marjatta Raita, 63, Finnish actress, cancer.[207]
- George Rieveschl, 91, American inventor (Benadryl), pneumonia.[208]
- Israel Segal, 63, Israeli writer and journalist, heart failure.[209]
- Avraham Shapira, 93, Israeli rabbi, Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel (1983–1993).[210]
28
- René Desmaison, 77, French mountaineer.[211]
- Charles B. Griffith, 77, American screenwriter.[212]
- Evelyn Knight, 89, American singer, lung cancer.[213]
- Adam Kozłowiecki, 96, Polish-born Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Lusaka (1955–1969).[214]
- Peter Kuiper, 78, Dutch-born German actor.[215]
- Martin Manulis, 92, American television and film producer, Emmy Award winner.[216]
- Wally Parks, 94, American drag racing and hot rod pioneer, pneumonia.[217]
- Derek Shackleton, 83, British cricketer (Hampshire and England).[218]
- Hamid Shirzadeghan, 66, Iranian footballer, lung cancer.[219]
29
- Cyril Martin, 79, South African Olympic wrestler.[220]
- Lois Maxwell, 80, Canadian actress (Dr. No, Goldfinger, A View to a Kill), colorectal cancer.[221]
- Wolfgang Preisendanz, 87, German philologist and literary critic.[222]
- Katsuko Saruhashi, 87, Japanese scientist, pneumonia.[223]
- Gyula Zsivótzky, 70, Hungarian hammer thrower, 1968 Olympics gold medallist, cancer.[224]
30
- Al Chang, 85, American two-time Pulitzer prize-nominated military photographer, leukemia.[225]
- John Henebry, 89, American Air Force major general, heart failure.[226]
- Milan Jelić, 51, Bosnian politician, president of Republika Srpska entity (2006–2007), heart attack.[227]
- Joe Mitty, 88, British founder of the Oxfam charity shop.[228]
- C. F. D. Moule, 98, British theologian and priest.[229]
- Eugene Saenger, 90, American radiologist and university professor.[230]
- Oswald Mathias Ungers, 81, German architect, pneumonia.[231]
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