The following people died in September 2011.
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 2011
1 Sidney Asch, 92, American lawyer, judge, and author. Mark Blackburn, 58, British numismatist, cancer. Jan Lammers, 84, Dutch Olympic athlete (1948). *Liu Huang A-tao, 90, Taiwanese activist, first comfort woman to sue Japan for compensation. Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi, 67, Bahraini opposition leader, founder of the PFLB and the NDA. Alexandru Pesamosca, 81, Romanian surgeon and pediatrician, cardiac arrest. Kamal Salibi, 82, Lebanese historian.
2 Edgar Benson, 88, Canadian politician and diplomat. Roberto Bruce, 32, Chilean television journalist, plane crash. Felipe Camiroaga, 44, Chilean television presenter, plane crash. Tony Corsari, 84, Belgian television host, cancer. Allan Hubbard, 83, New Zealand businessman, car accident. Shrinivas Khale, 85, Indian composer. Lennart Magnusson, 87, Swedish Olympic silver medal-winning (1952) fencer. Herbert Mataré, 98, German physicist, European co-inventor of the transistor.Herbert Mataré José María Montes, 91, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Chascomús (1983–1996). Katsuichi Mori, 81, Japanese Olympic diver.Katsuichi Mori Biographical information Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, 39, Malaysian television camera operator (Bernama), shot. Trulshik Rinpoche, 88, Tibetan lama. Jehangir Sabavala, 89, Indian artist. Bernard Smith, 94, Australian art historian and critic. Alberto Zalamea Costa, 82, Colombian journalist and politician, Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy.
3 Renato Barisani, 92, Italian sculptor and painter. Júlia Bonet Fité, 89, Andorran businesswoman. Julio Casas Regueiro, 75, Cuban politician, Vice President and Defense Minister (since 2008), heart attack. Andrzej Maria Deskur, 87, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (1973–1984). Don Fambrough, 88, American football player and head coach (University of Kansas), injuries from a fall. Finn Helgesen, 92, Norwegian Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) speed skater. John Hoover, 91, American artist. Sándor Képíró, 97, Hungarian World War II veteran acquitted of Nazi war crimes. Sumant Misra, 88, Indian tennis player.
4 Lalla Aicha, 81, Moroccan princess, first female Arab ambassador, Ambassador to United Kingdom (1965–1969); Greece (1969–1970); Italy (1970–1973). Hugh Fox, 79, American poet and novelist. Hilde Heltberg, 51, Norwegian musician, cancer. Dave Hoover, 56, American comic book artist (Captain America, Starman). Bill Kunkel, 61, American video game designer and magazine editor, heart attack. Mino Martinazzoli, 79, Italian politician, after long illness. Jag Mundhra, 62, Indian film director (Bawandar). Hakkı Ögelman, 71, Turkish physicist. Lee Roy Selmon, 56, American Hall of Fame football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), stroke. Sarah Webb, British housing executive. Dana Wilson, 28, New Zealand rugby league player, car accident.
5 Robert Ballaman, 85, Swiss footballer, participated in 1954 World Cup. Reidar Børjeson, 80, Norwegian Olympic figure skater (1952). Andrew Zolile T. Brook, 81, South African Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Umtata (1979–1995). Angioletta Coradini, 65, Italian astrophysicist, cancer. Charles S. Dubin, 92, American film and television director (Hawaii Five-O, Kojak, M*A*S*H). Carol Frick, 78, American Olympic diver.Carol Frick Biographical information Salvatore Licitra, 43, Italian tenor, injuries from a motor scooter accident. Vann Nath, 66, Cambodian painter. Bobby Rhine, 35, American soccer player (FC Dallas), heart attack. Peter Thuruthikonam, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vijayapuram (1988–2006), heart attack.
6 Hans Apel, 79, German politician, Finance Minister (1974–1978) and Defence Minister (1978–1982). Jordan Belson, 85, American filmmaker, heart failure. Bruce Dan, 64, American researcher (toxic shock syndrome), complications of a bone marrow transplant. Dan David, 82, Romanian-born Israeli businessman and philanthropist, brain hemorrhage. Archduke Felix of Austria, 95, Austrian royal, last surviving child of Charles I of Austria. Michael S. Hart, 64, American author, inventor of the e-book and founder of Project Gutenberg, heart attack. George Kuchar, 69, American film director, prostate cancer. Little Tokyo, 70, Japanese professional wrestler, heart attack. Ted Longshaw, 85, British businessman and sports administrator. Janusz Morgenstern, 88, Polish filmmaker. Wardell Quezergue, 81, American music arranger, producer and bandleader, heart failure. Raphaël Marie Ze, 78, Cameroonian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sangmélima (1992–2008).
7 Max Boisot, 67, British academic, cancer. Gabriel Bullet, 90, Swiss Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (1970–1993). Derek Grierson, 79, Scottish footballer. *Jang Hyo-jo, 55, South Korean baseball player (Samsung Lions, Lotte Giants), liver cancer. Harold Mair, 92, Australian politician. Eddie Marshall, 73, American jazz drummer. Gabriel Valdés, 92, Chilean politician and diplomat, President of the Senate of Chile (1990–1996), Foreign Minister (1964–1970). Hiroe Yuki, 62, Japanese badminton player. Notable ice hockey players and coaches among the 44 killed in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash: Vitaly Anikeyenko, 24, Ukrainian defenseman (Metallurg Novokuznetsk) Mikhail Balandin, 31, Russian defenseman (UHC Dynamo, HC CSKA Moscow, Mytishchi Atlant) Gennady Churilov, 24, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Pavol Demitra, 36, Slovak centre (St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota Wild) Robert Dietrich, 25, German defenseman (DEG Metro Stars, Milwaukee Admirals, EC Peiting) Marat Kalimulin, 23, Russian defenseman (HC Lada Togliatti, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Alexander Kalyanin, 23, Russian right wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Alexander Karpovtsev, 41, Russian coach and former player (New York Rangers, Chicago Blackhawks, HC Dynamo Moscow), world champion (as player, 1993) Andrei Kiryukhin, 24, Russian right wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Nikita Klyukin, 21, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world U18 champion (2007) Igor Korolev, 41, Russian coach and former player (Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Atlant Moscow Oblast) Stefan Liv, 30, Swedish goalie (HV71, Toledo Storm, HC Sibir), Olympic gold medalist (2006), world champion (2006) Jan Marek, 31, Czech centre (HC Oceláři Třinec, HC Sparta Praha, Metallurg Magnitogorsk) Brad McCrimmon, 52, Canadian coach and former player (Philadelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings, Hartford Whalers) Sergei Ostapchuk, 21, Belarusian right wing (Rouyn-Noranda Huskies, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Karel Rachůnek, 32, Czech defenseman (Ottawa Senators, Orli Znojmo, New Jersey Devils), world champion (2010) Ruslan Salei, 36, Belarusian defenseman (Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks) Maxim Shuvalov, 18, Russian defenseman (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Kārlis Skrastiņš, 37, Latvian defenseman (Nashville Predators, Dallas Stars, HK Riga 2000) Pavel Snurnitsyn, 19, Russian left wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Daniil Sobchenko, 20, Russian centre (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world junior champion (2011) Ivan Tkachenko, 31, Russian left/right wing (HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Pavel Trakhanov, 33, Russian defenseman (HC MVD, Severstal Cherepovets, HC CSKA Moscow) Yuri Urychev, 20, Russian defenseman (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl), world junior champion (2011) Josef Vašíček, 30, Czech centre (Carolina Hurricanes, New York Islanders, HC Slavia Prague), world junior champion (2000), world champion (2005) Alexander Vasyunov, 23, Russian left wing (Lowell Devils, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl) Alexander Vyukhin, 38, Ukrainian goalie (Sokil Kyiv, HC Sibir, Avangard Omsk) Artem Yarchuk, 21, Russian left wing (Lokomotiv Yaroslavl)
8 David Bitner, 62, American political leader, Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (2011), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Mary Fickett, 83, American actress (All My Children), complications from Alzheimer's disease. Jesse Jefferson, 62, American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays), prostate cancer. Usman Jibrin, 68–69, Nigerian air force officer and politician, Governor of North Central State (1975–1977).Nigeria: Ex-Kaduna Governor Usman Jibrin Dies Keo Nakama, 91, American swimmer. Sir Hilary Synnott, 66, British diplomat. Võ Chí Công, 99, Vietnamese politician, President (1987–1992). Emilianos Zacharopoulos, 96, Turkish-born Greek Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan (since 1959).
9 Valentino Braitenberg, 85, Italian neuroscientist. Werner Geeser, 63, Swiss Olympic cross-country skier, cancer. Laurie Hughes, 87, English football player (Liverpool). Daniel Hulet, 66, Belgian cartoonist. William Lesick, 88, Canadian politician, MP for Edmonton East (1984–1988). Herbert Lomas, 87, British poet. *Ignace Matondo Kwa Nzambi, 79, Congolese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Basankusu (1974–1998) and Molegbe (1998–2007). Khairy Shalaby, 73, Egyptian writer. Peter Sneath, 87, British microbiologist.
10 David E. L. Choong, 82, Malaysian badminton player. Graham Collier, 74, British jazz bassist. Bernice Lake, 78, Anguillan-born Antiguan jurist, first Eastern Caribbean woman to be appointed Queen's Counsel. Cecil Marshall, 71, Canadian cricketer. Sabino Augusto Montanaro, 89, Paraguayan politician, Minister of the Interior (1968–1989). Eric Prabhakar, 86, Indian Olympic athlete (1948). Cliff Robertson, 88, American actor (Charly, Spider-Man, PT 109, Falcon Crest ), Oscar winner (1969). Sam Pata Emani Tagelagi, 75, Niuean politician, first Speaker of the Niue Assembly (1976–1993), long illness.
11 Douglas Allen, Baron Croham, 93, British civil servant, Head of the Home Civil Service (1974–1977). Art Atwood, 37, American bodybuilder, heart attack. Christian Bakkerud, 26, Danish racing driver, injuries sustained in a car accident. Lilly Bølviken, 97, Norwegian judge. Cliff Brittle, 69, English sports administrator, Chairman of the Rugby Football Union (1996–1998). Shirley Chambers, 97, American actress. Cláudio Deodato, 64, Brazilian Olympic footballer (1968).Cláudio Deodato - Que fim levou? - Terceiro Tempo Arthur Evans, 68, American gay rights activist and author, aortic aneurysm. Ralph Gubbins, 79, English football player (Bolton Wanderers, Hull City, Tranmere Rovers). İsmet Kotak, 72, Turkish Cypriot journalist and politician, Member of Parliament, Labour Minister (1969–1976), Industry Minister (1982–1983), aortic dissection. Isabell Masters, 98, American politician, third-party candidate for President of the United States (1984, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004). Yuli Ofer, 87, Romanian-born Israeli businessman and entrepreneur. Walter C. Righter, 87, American clergyman, bishop in the Episcopal Church, after long illness. Andy Whitfield, 39, Welsh-born Australian actor (Spartacus: Blood and Sand), non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
12 Bill Cash, 92, American Negro league baseball player. Frits Castricum, 64, Dutch politician, Member of the House of Representatives (1977–1994) and the Senate (1999–2003). Alexander Galimov, 26, Russian ice hockey player, injuries sustained in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. Mohammed Ghani Hikmat, 82, Iraqi sculptor, kidney failure. Peter van Huizen, 79, Malaysian Olympic field hockey player. Ralph Lomma, 87, American mini golf entrepreneur. Wade Mainer, 104, American bluegrass musician, heart failure. Allen Morgan, 86, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1948) coxswain, cancer. Petro Tronko, 96, Ukrainian academician.
13 Walter Bonatti, 81, Italian mountain climber. John Calley, 81, American movie studio executive. Wilma Lee Cooper, 90, American country music singer, natural causes.