Deaths in September 2000
The following is a list of notable deaths in September 2000.
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 2000
1
- Olavi Ahonen, 77, Finnish film actor and comedian.
- Barbara Brooke, Baroness Brooke of Ystradfellte, 92, British politician.
- Dee Caperton Kessel, 57, American politician and Miss West Virginia.
- Alexander Rhea, 81, American industrialist.
2
- Jean Speegle Howard, 73, American actress.[1]
- Elvera Sanchez, 95, American dancer.[2]
- Curt Siodmak, 98, German-American novelist and screenwriter (The Wolf Man, Donovan's Brain).[3]
- Audrey Wise, 68, British politician.[4]
3
- Richard W. Abbe, 74, American jurist (Associate Justice of the California Second District Court of Appeal, Division Six).[5]
- Edward Anhalt, 86, American screenwriter and filmmaker (winner of 1950 Academy Award for Best Story for Panic in the Streets).[6]
- R. H. Harris, 84, American gospel singer (Soul Stirrers).[7]
- Jack Simmons, 85, British transport historian.[8]
- Walt Stanchfield, 81, American animator (Walt Disney Studios).
- Clyde Sukeforth, 98, American baseball player.[9]
4
- Sir John Beith, 86, British diplomat.[10]
- David Brown, 53, American bass guitarist (Santana).
- Pinky May, 89, American baseball player.[11]
- Mihály Mayer, 66, Hungarian water polo player, Olympic champion (1964).
- Mukri, 78, Indian film actor.
- Mary Shepard, 90, English illustrator of children's books.
5
- Carlo M. Cipolla, 78, Italian economic historian.
- Roy Fredericks, 57, West Indian cricketer, cancer.
- George Musso, 90, American football player (Chicago Bears) and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[12]
- Abdul Haris Nasution, 81, Indonesian general.[13]
6
- Kees van Aelst, 83, Dutch Olympic water polo player (1936 Summer Olympics.[14]
- Breanna Lynn Bartlett-Stewart, 0, notable American stillborn baby girl.
- David E. Bell, 81, American public servant, director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (1961–1962).[15]
- Jiří Sovák, 79, Czech actor.
7
- Bruce Gyngell, 71, Australian television executive, cancer-related illness.
- Gian Luigi Polidoro, 73, Italian film director and screenwriter.
- Nick Tremark, 87, American baseball player.[16]
- George Wright, 70, English footballer.
8
- Carlos Castillo Peraza, 53, Mexican politician.[17]
- Yves Gaucher, 66, Canadian abstract painter and printmaker.
- Otto K. Lind, 79, Danish resistance fighter and later general.
- István Moldován, 88, Hungarian painter and graphic artist.
9
- Sir Julian Critchley, 69, British politician.[18]
- Herbert Friedman, 84, American engineer, cancer.
- Alan Miller, 75, Australian rules football coach.
- Robert S. Stevens, American politician and jurist.[19]
10
- Jakie Astor, 82, English politician and sportsman.
- Paolo Gislimberti, 33, Italian volunteer firefighter and youth coach, racing accident.
- Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, 81, Pakistani writer and journalist.[20]
- Chandra Khonnokyoong, 91, Thai Maechi (nun).
11
- Herbert H. Bateman, 72, American politician in Virginia.
- Peter Browne, 76, Australian politician.
- Joe Dale, 79, English footballer.
- Willard A. Downes, 91, American artist and illustrator.
- Philipp Fehl, 80, Austrian artist and art historian.
- Harry Gould, 86, Welsh professional golfer.
- Martin James Monti, 78, US Army Air Force pilot.
- William Wilson Quinn, 92, US Army officer.
- Myron Spaulding, 94, American sailor, yacht designer and concert violinist.
12
- Konrad Kujau, 62, German illustrator and forger, cancer.
- Gary Olsen, 42, English actor, cancer.[21]
- Stanley Turrentine, 66, American jazz tenor saxophonist.[22]
13
- Betty Jeffrey, 92, Australian writer.
- Duane Swanson, 87, American basketball player.
- Thurman "Fum" McGraw, 73, American football player.
- Howard Johnson, 89, British politician.
14
- Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale, 86, British politician.[23]
- Jerzy Giedroyc, 94, Polish writer and political activist.[24]
- George Myatt, 86, American baseball player.[25]
- Beah Richards, 80, American actress (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner).[26]
15
- Vincent Canby, 76, American film and theatre critic, cancer.
- David Flusser, 83, Israeli professor of Early Christianity.
- Jennifer Gan, 62, American actress.
- Zanvyl Krieger, 94, American businessman and philanthropist.
- Jean Yancey, 86, American entrepreneur and motivational speaker, heart failure.
16
- M. H. M. Ashraff, 51, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, helicopter crash.
- Şükriye Dikmen, Turkish painter.
- Georgiy Gongadze, 31, Ukrainian journalist.[27]
- Joseph C. Howard Sr., 77, American judge.
- John Perkovich, 76, American baseball player.[28]
- Alexandra Petrova, 19, Russian model and beauty pageant contestant, murdered.
- Dharma Vira, 94, Indian politician.
17
- Dem Rădulescu, 68, Romanian actor.
- Nicole Reinhart, 24, American cyclist.[29]
- Chico Salmon, 59, Panamanian baseball player.[30]
- Sir Philip Woodfield, 77, British civil servant.
- Paula Yates, 41, British television presenter and journalist.[31]
18
- Glyde Butler, 68, Australian politician.
- Gilbert Carpentier, 80, French television show producer.
- Dawn Langley Simmons, 77, English author and biographer, Parkinson's disease.
- Chen Yuefang, 37, Chinese basketball player.
19
- Ann Doran, 89, American character actress.[32]
- Anthony Robert Klitz, 83, British artist.
- Gloria Talbott, 69, American actress.[33]
20
- Sururi Gümen, 80, Turkish-born American illustrator.
- Kimweri Mputa Magogo, Tanzania traditional leader.
- Mona Moore, 83, British painter and illustrator.
- Stanislav Stratiev, 59, Bulgarian playwright.
- Gherman Titov, 65, Soviet cosmonaut.[34]
21
- Robert Wright Campbell, 73, American author and scriptwriter.[35]
- Robert Peterson, 76, American poet.
- John Egerton, 6th Duke of Sutherland, 85, British aristocrat.[36]
22
- Yehuda Amichai, 76, Israeli poet.[37]
- Sir Antony Read, 87, British Army general.
- Saburō Sakai, 84, Japanese World War II flying ace.[38]
- Bill Sommers, 77, American baseball player.[39]
23
- Aurelio Rodríguez, 52, Mexican Major League Baseball player.[40]
- Carl Rowan, 75, American government official, journalist and author.[41]
- Kenny Smith, 76, Canadian ice hockey player.[42]
24
- Dorr Bothwell, 98, American artist anddesigner.
- Jerry Claiborne, 72, American football player and coach.
- Marcel Lambert, 81, Canadian politician.
- Jean Malléjac, 71, French bicycle racer.
- Stephen McKeag, 30, Northern Irish loyalist, murdered.
- Horacio Rivero Jr., 90, Puerto Rican four-star admiral.
- Dean C. Strother, 92, US Air Force four-star general.
25
- Tom Baker, 79, British Anglican priest.[43]
- Nat Fein, 86, American newspaper photographer.
- Kayalakakam M. George, 77, Indian banker.
- Tommy Reilly, 81, English musician.
- R. S. Thomas, 87, Welsh poet.[44]
26
- Neva Abelson, 89, American research physician (co-discovered the blood test for the Rh blood factor.[45]
- Nick Fatool, 85, American jazz drummer.
- Richard Mulligan, 67, American actor (Soap, Empty Nest).[46]
- Baden Powell, 63, Brazilian guitarist.[47]
- Carl Sigman, 91, American songwriter.[48]
27
- Mario Arillo, 88, Italian naval officer during World War II.
- Joshua Russell Chandran, 82, Indian Christian theologian.
- David Jennens, 71, English rower.
- Sammy Luftspring, 84, Canadian boxer.[49]
- Isaac Oceja, 85, Spanish football player and coach.
- Eileen O'Connell, 53, Canadian politician, breast cancer.
- Frank Wills, 52, American security, discovered Watergate break-in.[50]
28
- Peter Gennaro, 80, American dancer and choreographer (Annie).[51]
- V. E. Howard, 88, American minister and radio evangelist.
- Manuel Martín Jr., 65, Cuban theatre director.
- Roger Nott, 91, Australian politician.
- Carlos Revilla, 67, Spanish voice actor, heart attack.[52]
- Pote Sarasin, 95, Thai diplomat and politician.
- Pierre Trudeau, 80, Prime Minister of Canada.[53]
29
- Sir William Fry, 91, Australian politician.
- John Grant, 67, British politician.[54]
- Lynn Lovenguth, 77, American baseball player.[55]
- Maningning Miclat, 28, Filipino poet and painter.
- Bridget Plowden, Lady Plowden, 90, British educationalist.
30
- Zoran Gopčević, 45, Yugoslav water polo player (silver medal winner in 1980 Summer Olympics).[56]
- Erno Paasilinna, 65, Finnish writer and journalist.
- Sir Fred Pontin. 93, English businessman.[57]
- Joseph Weber, 81, American physicist.[58]
- Howard Winstone, 61, Welsh boxer.[59]
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