Deaths In September 2023

In September 2023, we lost many well-known people from the music, film, and TV industries. Keep scrolling to see the list of celebrities who died in September 2023.

Deaths in September 2023

1 September 2023

• Dennis Austin, 76, American computer programmer, co-creator of Microsoft PowerPoint, metastatic lung cancer.
• Robert Becerra, 64, American guitarist (Stains).
• Ken Bennett, 83, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Jimmy Buffett, 76, American singer-songwriter (“Margaritaville”, “Cheeseburger in Paradise”), founder of Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville, Merkel-cell carcinoma.
• Gerald P. Carmen, 93, American diplomat, representative to the European Office of the UN (1984–1986) and administrator of the GSA (1981–1984).
• Rudy Carrié [es], 85, Argentine actor (Responsibility).
• Răzvan Gorcinski, 42, Romanian drummer, sepsis.
• Hadino Hishongwa, 80, Namibian politician, MP (1989–2005).
• Karim Al Iraqi, 68, Iraqi poet, cancer.
• Charles Joseph Knight, 91, Canadian doctor, and surgeon general (1988–1990).
• Bill Malley, 88, American production designer (The Exorcist, The Fury, The Ninth Configuration).
• Jelaing Mersat, 74, Malaysian politician, MP (2004–2013).
• Raymond Moriyama, 93, Canadian architect (Canadian War Museum, Embassy of Canada, Tokyo).
• Shozaburo Nakamura, 89, Japanese politician, minister of justice (1998–1999) and MP (1979–2005).
• Olivier Picard, 83, French Hellenist.
• Prasad, 88, Indian actor (Anadha Shilpangal, Sumangali, Shapamoksham).
• Bill Richardson, 75, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1997), UN ambassador (1997–1998), governor of New Mexico (2003–2011).
• Sitt Nyein Aye, 67, Burmese artist and political activist
• Nels J. Smith, 84, American politician, member (1963–1979), and speaker of (1977–1979) the Wyoming House of Representatives, traffic collision
• Milka Stojanović, 86, Serbian operatic soprano (National Theatre in Belgrade).
• Amin Syam, 77, an Indonesian politician, and governor of South Sulawesi (2003–2008), had kidney failure.
• Tempt One, 54, American graffiti artist, complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Ludovic Vaty, 34, a French basketball player (JSA Bordeaux Basket, national team), had complications from a heart attack.

2 September 2023

• Walter Arlen, 103, Austrian-born American composer and music critic.
• Naldo Dasso, 92, Argentine Olympic equestrian (1956, 1960).
• Jack Golson, 96, British-born Australian archaeologist.
• Max Gomez, 72, Cuban-born American medical journalist (WNBC, WCBS-TV).
• Salif Keïta, 76, Malian footballer (Saint-Étienne, Valencia, national team).
• Robert A. Lamb, 72, British-American virologist.
• Paul Kazuhiro Mori, 84, Japanese Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Tokyo (1985–2000)
• Lefty SM, 31, Mexican rapper, shot
• Michele Miraglia, 88, Italian politician, senator (1976–1983).
• Ilija Mitić, 83, Serbian-American footballer (San Jose Earthquakes, Oakland Clippers, United States national team)
• Surjya Narayan Patro, 74, Indian politician, speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly (2019–2022).
• Adrien Ouellette, 83, Canadian politician, MNA (1976–1985).
• Ivana Pavlová [cs], 77, Czech dancer and actress (Starci na chmelu).
• Mark Pearson, 83, English footballer (Manchester United, Fulham, Sheffield Wednesday).
• Morteza Poursamadi, 70, Iranian cinematographer (Gilaneh, Hush! Girls Don’t Scream, Intoxicated by Love).
• Marcia de Rousse, 70, American actress (True Blood, St. Elsewhere, Schooled).
• R. S. Shivaji, 66, Indian actor (Apoorva Sagodharargal, Kolamaavu Kokila, Dharala Prabhu).

3 September 2023

• Jean Bergougnoux, 83, French businessman, president of the SNCF (1994–1995)
• Ruschell Boone, 48, Jamaican-born American newscaster, pancreatic cancer.
• Amando de Miguel, 86, Spanish sociologist.
• Alexandru Dicusar [ro], 81, Moldovan engineer.
• Gerry Doherty, 70, British trade unionist, general secretary of TSSA (2004–2011)
• José Gregori, 92, Brazilian jurist and politician, minister of justice (2000–2001)
• Peter Gustavsson, 65, Swedish ice hockey player (Colorado Rockies, Fort Worth Texans).
• Miklós Hanó, 66, Hungarian politician, MP (1998–2002, 2010–2014).
• Gilberto Hernández, 26, Panamanian footballer (C.A. Independiente de La Chorrera), shot.
• Carme Junyent, 68, Spanish Catalan linguist, pancreatic cancer.
• Brad Maxwell, 66, Canadian ice hockey player (Minnesota North Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks), lung cancer.
• Simon Pearson, 54, British drummer (The Wedding Present, Cinerama, Goya Dress).
• Jingles Pereira, 77, Portuguese-born South African football player (Cape Town City, Kaizer Chiefs) and manager (Orlando Pirates).
• Piloo Reporter, 84, Indian cricket umpire
• Paul Roach, 95, American football coach (Wyoming Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders).
• Morgan Samuelsson, 55, Swedish ice hockey player (Luleå HF, Södertälje SK, AIK IF) and coach.
• José Sébéloué, 74, French singer and musician (La Compagnie Créole).
• Heath Streak, 49, Zimbabwean cricketer (Matabeleland, Warwickshire, national team), liver cancer.
• Tsai Kun-lin [zh], 92, Taiwanese activist and publisher.
• David Watkins, 81, Welsh rugby league (Salford Red Devils, national team) and rugby union (national team) player.

4 September 2023

• Danas Andriulionis, 71, Lithuanian painter.
• Yunus Bandu, 81, Indonesian military officer and politician, regent of Sidenreng Rappang (1988–1993) and Luwu (1994–1999)
• Boris Barth [de], 61, German historian.
• Guðbergur Bergsson, 90, Icelandic writer (The Swan).
• Wilma Briggs, 92, American baseball player (Fort Wayne Daisies, South Bend Blue Sox).
• Teté Caturla, 85, Cuban singer (Cuarteto d’Aida).
• Jonty Farmer, 78, New Zealand Olympic sailor (1968, 1976).
• Edith Grossman, 87, American literary translator, pancreatic cancer.
• Murray G. Hall, 76, Canadian Germanist and specialist in literature.
• Steve Harwell, 56, American singer (Smash Mouth), liver failure.
• Hameur Hizem, 85, Tunisian football manager (US Monastir, Stade Tunisien, national team).
• Sherali Joʻrayev, 76, Uzbek singer, actor, and politician, MP (1990–1995).
• Tail Dragger Jones, 82, American Chicago blues singer.
• Tirso del Junco, 98, Cuban-American politician and Olympic rower (1948).
• Muthoni Kirima, 92, Kenyan guerrilla fighter (Mau Mau uprising).
• Peter Lashley, 86, Barbadian cricketer (West Indies, national team).
• Alex McIntosh, 89, Canadian politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (1984–1988).
• Ed Meador, 86, American football player (Los Angeles Rams).
• Filip Minařík, 48, Czech jockey, suicide.
• Violeta Mițul, 26, Moldovan footballer (Einherji, national team), fall.
• Mick Molloy, 85, Irish Olympic long-distance runner (1968).
• Denis Monette, 86, Canadian writer and journalist.
• Ireneusz Michaś, 85, Polish veterinarian and politician.
• Ferid Murad, 86, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1998).
• Gérard Orth, 87, French virologist.
• Napoleon Pop, 78, Romanian economist and politician, deputy (2000–2004).
• Jurate Rosales, 93, Lithuanian-born Venezuelan journalist and amateur historian.
• E. Mary Smallwood, 103, British historian and academic.
• Anton Tus, 91, Croatian military officer, chief of the general staff (1991–1992).
• John Wolfe Jr., 69, American attorney and politician.
• Gary Wright, 80, American singer-songwriter (“Dream Weaver”, “Love Is Alive”) and musician (Spooky Tooth), Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

5 September 2023

• Albert Azaryan, 94, Armenian gymnast, Olympic champion (1956, 1960).
• Otta Bednářová, 96, Czech journalist and dissident (Charter 77), co-founder of VONS.
• María Teresa Campos, 82, Spanish journalist and television presenter (Cada día), respiratory failure.
• Pierre Camu, 100, Canadian geographer and civil servant.
• Necmettin Cevheri, 93, Turkish politician, minister of tourism (1969–1971) and MP (1965–1973, 1990–2002).
• Jürgen Claus, 88, German artist and author.
• Christopher Coker, 70, British political scientist and philosopher.
• Tom Davies, 48, British-American bassist (Nebula), leukemia.
• Kenneth M. Dye, 87, Canadian accountant and civil servant, auditor general (1981–1991).
• Adam Exner, 94, Canadian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kamloops (1974–1982), archbishop of Winnipeg (1982–1991) and Vancouver (1991–2004).
• Joe Fagin, 83, British singer (“Breakin’ Away / That’s Livin’ Alright”).
• Enrique Forero, 80, Colombian botanist.
• Antonio Galves, 76, Brazilian mathematician (Galves–Löcherbach model), member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
• Bruce Guthro, 62, Canadian singer-songwriter (“Walk This Road”, “Falling”) and musician (Runrig), cancer.
• Lee Halliday, 95, American singer and record producer.
• Molly Holzschlag, 60, American author (The Zen of CSS Design) and lecturer.
• Yuri Kondratiev, 69, Ukrainian academic and mathematician.
• Richard Laviolette, 41, Canadian singer-songwriter, assisted suicide.
• George Lefont, 85, American movie theater owner (Plaza Theatre).
• Bernard de Marcken de Mercken, 88, Belgian baron and politician, member of the Parliament of the Brussels-Capital Region (1989–1995).
• Hassan Rahnavardi, 96, Iranian physician, politician and weightlifter, twice MP.
• Ion Ruscuț, 67, Romanian voice actor.
• Shabtai Shavit, 84, Israeli intelligence officer, director of Mossad (1989–1996).
• John Stevenson, 86, British screenwriter (Brass, Coronation Street), Alzheimer’s disease.
• Ivan Šuker, 65, Croatian politician and economist, minister of finance (2003–2010).
• Anatol Ugorski, 80, Russian-born German pianist.
• Corinna Werwigk-Hertneck, 70, German lawyer and politician.

6 September 2023

• Raymond Ackerman, 92, South African business retailer, chairman of Checkers (1956–1966) and Pick n Pay Stores (1966–2020).
• José María Agüero, 76, Costa Rican footballer (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense, national team).
• Didi Biçaku, 99, Albanian historian and partisan.
• Marc Bohan, 97, French fashion designer (Dior).
• Marcel Boiteux, 101, French economist, mathematician, and civil servant.
• Robyn Broughton, 80, New Zealand netball coach (Southern Sting, Central Pulse, FastNet Ferns).
• John Cairney, 93, Scottish actor (A Night to Remember, Cleopatra, Jason and the Argonauts), author and painter.
• Julie Cassidy, 58, Australian legal scholar.
• Larry Chance, 82, American doo-wop singer (The Earls).
• Ebadur Rahman Chowdhury, 76, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1988–1996, 2001–2006).
• Richard Davis, 93, American jazz bassist.
• John Winston Foran, 71, Canadian politician and police officer, New Brunswick MLA (2003–2010), pancreatic cancer.
• Alberto Ginulfi, 81, Italian footballer (Roma, Hellas Verona, Cremonese).
• Ian Hamilton, 55, English footballer (Scunthorpe United, West Bromwich Albion).
• Jim Tom Hedrick, 82, American television personality (Moonshiners), kidney cancer.
• Lucrecia Hernández Mack, 49, Guatemalan politician, MP (since 2020), cancer.
• Jeong Si-chae, 87, South Korean politician, MNA (1981–1988, 1992–1996), minister of agriculture, forestry and fisheries (1996–1997).
• Adnan Al-Kaissie, 84, Iraqi professional wrestler (AWA, WWWF, WWF).
• Dermot Keogh, 78, Irish historian.
• Kim No-sik, 78, South Korean politician, MNA (1981–1985, 2008–2012).
• Hans-Ulrich Klose, 86, German politician, MP (1983–2013) and mayor of Hamburg (1974–1981), complications from Alzheimer’s disease.
• Lothar Koch, 83, German politician, member of the Lower Saxon Landtag (1994–2017).
• Ihor Kozlovskyi, 69, Ukrainian historian and theologian, heart attack.
• Gareth Miles, 85, Welsh author and translator.
• Kjell-Rune Milton, 75, Swedish ice hockey player (1972 Olympics, Frölunda, Kölner Haie).
• Shabbir Mirza, Pakistani actor (Salam Pakistan), cancer.
• Giuliano Montaldo, 93, Italian film director (Machine Gun McCain, Sacco & Vanzetti, Giordano Bruno), screenwriter and actor.
• Silas Muriuki, 74, Kenyan politician, MP (2007–2013).
• Malini Rajurkar, 82, Indian classical singer.
• Steve Roden, 59, American contemporary artist and musician (Forms of Paper).
• Aditya Dicky Singh, 57, Indian wildlife conservationist and photographer, heart attack.
• Louis Vitale, 91, American Franciscan friar and peace activist, co-founder of Nevada Desert Experience.
• Whitey Von Nieda, 101, American basketball player (Baltimore Bullets), oldest living NBA player.

7 September 2023

• Oraldo Britos, 90, Argentine politician, MP (1973–1976, 1983–2003) and minister of labour (2001)
• Oded Eran, 82, Israeli diplomat, ambassador to Jordan (1997–2000) and the European Union (2002–2007), head negotiator for the Israeli–Palestinian peace process (1999–2000).
• Marie-Thérèse Gantenbein-Koullen, 85, Luxembourgish politician, deputy (2004–2009).
• Charles Gayle, 84, American jazz saxophonist and pianist.
• Wayne Greenstreet, 74, New Zealand cricketer (Wellington, Central Districts)
• Jean-Christian Grinevald, 78, French stage director.
• Geechy Guy, 59, American stand-up comedian.
• Frédérique Hébrard, 96, French screenwriter and actress.
• Edward Hide, 86, British jockey.
• María Jiménez, 73, Spanish singer.
• Jerzy Klechta , 84, Polish journalist, publicist and writer
• Enver Mamedov, 100, Russian diplomat and mass media manager, first deputy chairman of the State Committee of Television and Radio Broadcasting of the Soviet Union (1962–1985).
• Ginger Mayson, 68, American college volleyball coach (Michigan State Spartans).
• Edgar Moron, 82, German politician, member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (1990–2010).
• Peter C. Newman, 94, Canadian journalist (The Canadian Establishment), complications from Parkinson’s disease.
• Akira Nishimura, 69, Japanese composer, jaw cancer.
• Guido Rhodio, 87, Italian politician, president of Calabria (1992–1994).
• Margherita Rinaldi, 88, Italian lyric soprano.^[169]
• Tengiz Semjonov, 82, Russian documentary director (The Unknown War) and animation producer.
• Raimundo Varela, 75, Brazilian broadcaster, politician and television presenter.

8 September 2023

• Daniel Alicea, 50, Puerto Rican boxer, leukemia.
• Monique Bégin, 87, Canadian politician, MP (1972–1984), minister of national revenue (1976–1977) and twice of health.
• Didier Berthet, 61, French Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Saint-Dié (since 2016).
• Ronald Creagh, 94, French sociologist.
• Karowei Dorgu, 65, Nigerian-born English bishop.
• Stan Dromisky, 92, Canadian politician, MP (1993–2004).
• Leopold Grausam, 80, Austrian football player (Rapid Vienna, national team) and manager (Floridsdorfer AC).
• Sašo Hribar, 63, a Slovenian radio and television personality, heart attack.
• Richard Hu, 96, Singaporean politician, MP (1984–2001), minister of health (1985–1987) and finance (1985–2001).^[132]
• Jacques Julliard, 90, French historian, columnist and essayist.
• John Kelly, 75, Irish hurler (Tipperary).
• Shoukat Ali Laleka, 62, Pakistani politician, and member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab (2013–2018, 2018–2023).
• Mylon LeFevre, 78, American Christian rock singer, cancer.
• Lisa Lyon, 70, an American bodybuilder and photography model (Robert Mapplethorpe), has stomach cancer.
• G. Marimuthu, 56, an Indian film director (Kannum Kannum, Pulivaal) and actor (Ethirneechal), heart attack.
• Tunku Ampuan Najihah, 100, Malaysian royal, Raja Permaisuri Agong (1994–1999).
• Ajit Ninan, 68, Indian political cartoonist.
• Miodrag Novaković, 82–83, Serbian cineast, writer, and film director.
• Dolores Nunes, 82, Brazilian lawyer and politician, deputy (1995–1999), COVID-19.
• Ivo Pauwels [nl], 85, Belgian actor (Het Beest).
• Paweł Sanakiewicz [pl], 68, Polish actor.
• Brett Sawyer, 63, American professional wrestler (NWA, SCW).
• Anthony Sully, 79, American serial killer.
• Felicia Taylor, 59, American news correspondent (CNN International) and anchor (WNBC).
• Buichi Terasawa, 68, Japanese manga artist (Goku Midnight Eye, Cobra), heart attack.
• Keith Usherwood Ingold, 94, British-Canadian chemist.
• Adi Winarso, 72, Indonesian politician, mayor of Tegal (1999–2009).
• Mike Yarwood, 82, English comedian, impressionist and actor (Three of a Kind).

9 September 2023

• William B. Black, 81, American politician, and member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1986–2010.
• Mangosuthu Buthelezi, 95, South African politician and Zulu prince, minister of home affairs (1994–2004), MP (since 1994), and chief minister of KwaZulu (1977–1994).
• Amara Camara, Guinean diplomat, and aid worker.
• Rubén Darío Carolini, 79, Argentine paleontologist, discoverer of the Giganotosaurus.
• Pierre Claisse, 99, French veterinarian and politician, deputy (1986–1988)
• Domenico De Masi, 85, Italian sociologist and academic.
• John Harris, 84, English footballer (Walsall, Wolverhampton Wanderers).
• Cezary Kussyk , 87, Polish actor.
• Christian Lara, 84, Guadeloupean film director (The Legend)
• Jerzy Orzeł, 70, Polish entrepreneur and politician, MP (1989–1991).
• Rafał Paczkowski [pl], 61, Polish sound engineer, musician and composer.
• Günter Schliwka, 67, German Olympic weightlifter (1980).
• Max Simeoni, 94, French Corsican politician, MEP (1989–1994).
• Rainer Troppa, 65, German footballer (Energie Cottbus, BFC Dynamo, East Germany national team)

10 September 2023

• Chowdhury Khurshid Alam, 83, Bangladeshi politician, MP (1986–1990).
• Robert S. Bennett, 84, American attorney (Clinton–Lewinsky scandal), kidney failure.
• Evgeny Brazhnik, 78, Russian conductor.
• Hernán Carrasco, 100, Chilean football manager (Águila, Colo-Colo, El Salvador national team).
• Brendan Croker, 70, English musician (The Notting Hillbillies), leukaemia.
• Lloyd Hines, 72, Canadian politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly (2013–2021).
• Vasyl Karlenko [uk], 72, Ukrainian biathlon competitor and coach.
• Hamidou Laanigri, 84, Moroccan intelligence officer, director of the DGSN (2003–2006).
• Nico Ladenis, 89, British chef and restaurateur.
• Hans Plenk, 85, German luger, Olympic bronze medallist (1964).
• Charlie Robison, 59, American singer-songwriter, cardiac arrest.
• Matthew Stewart, 41, American trumpeter (Streetlight Manifesto).
• Pierre Trần Thanh Chung, 95, Vietnamese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kon Tum (1995–2003).
• Mabel Walker, 94, American Olympic sprinter (1948).
• Sir Ian Wilmut, 79, British embryologist (Dolly), complications from Parkinson’s disease.
• Yuan Renguo, 66, Chinese liquor industry executive, politician, and convicted embezzler, chairman of Maotai (2000–2018) and deputy (2003–2008, 2013–2018).

11 September 2023

• Gérald Bataille, 69, Haitian evangelical pastor and community leader.
• Dick Bertel, 92, American radio and television personality (NBC, Mutual Broadcasting System, Voice of America).
• Benito Castro, 77, Mexican musician, comedian (Los Hermanos Castro) and actor (Como dice el dicho), fall.
• Éva Fahidi, 97, Hungarian Holocaust survivor and author.
• Giovanni Gambardella [it], 88, Italian entrepreneur and manager.
• Dedi Graucher, 62, Israeli singer, cancer.
• Mek Habsah, 67, Malaysian actress.
• Juan C. Harriott Jr., 86, Argentine polo player.
• Lee Sang-hoon, 90, South Korean military officer and politician, minister of national defense (1988–1990).
• Point Given, 25, American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.
• Yvonne Přenosilová [cs], 76, Czech singer.
• Howard Safir, 81, American law enforcement official, New York City police (1996–2000) and fire (1994–1996) commissioner, sepsis.
• Jan Tabachnyk, 78, Ukrainian variety composer, accordionist and politician, MP (2006–2014).
• Endel Tulving, 96, Estonian-born Canadian psychologist and neuroscientist.
• Maria Luisa Vincenzoni [it], 67, Italian journalist (RAI).
• Uwe Wesel, 90, German academic, lawyer and legal historian.
• Akintola Williams, 104, Nigerian chartered accountant, co-founder of the Nigerian Stock Exchange.

12 September 2023

• Rana Maqbool Ahmad, Pakistani politician, senator (since 2018).
• Roser Amadó, 79, Spanish architect (La Vila Olímpica del Poblenou).
• Beytocan, 67, Turkish-born Swedish Kurdish singer and musician, cancer.
• Olof Björner, 80, Swedish researcher (Bob Dylan).
• Jean Boht, 91, English actress (Bread, Funny Man, Distant Voices, Still Lives), complications from dementia.
• Benedetto Capizzi, 79, Italian mobster (Cosa Nostra).
• Cariman [ar], 87, Egyptian actress.
• Román Chalbaud, 91, Venezuelan film director (Adolescence of Cain, El Pez que Fuma, Carmen, la que contaba 16 años).
• Dominique Colonna, 95, French football player (Reims, national team) and manager (Cameroon national team).
• Damian Evans, Australian-Canadian archeologist, discovered medieval cities surrounding Angkor Wat.
• Brandon Hunter, 42, American basketball player (Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic).
• Elizabeth Jeffreys, 82, British Byzantine scholar.
• Gordon Kennett, 70, English motorcycle speedway racer.
• Roy Kidd, 91, American Hall of Fame college football coach (Eastern Kentucky Colonels).^[
• László Kutas, 87, Hungarian sculptor.
• Kwak Soon-ok [ko], 91, South Korean singer.
• MohBad, 27, Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter.
• Subaschandra Nemwang, 70, Nepalese politician, chairman of the Constituent Assembly (2008–2015), heart attack.
• Luiz Antônio Piá [pt], 81, Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film and television director.
• Schelte van Heemstra, 82, Dutch diplomat.
• Mike Williams, 36, American football player (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Buffalo Bills), complications from a construction accident.
• Zeus, 3, American Great Dane dog, world’s tallest dog, pneumonia following cancer surgery.

13 September 2023

• Manik Bhide, 88, Indian Hindustani classical singer.
• Tu’uakitau Cokanauto, 78, Fijian politician, MP (1999–2001).
• Ichikawa En’ō II, 83, Japanese kabuki actor, arrhythmia.
• Oleksandr Kuzmenko [uk], 75, Ukrainian actor (At the River).
• Lee Sang-hee, 85, South Korean politician, MNA (1981–1988, 1996–2004), minister of science and technology (1988–1990).
• Perrie Mans, 82, South African snooker player.
• John McDonald, 79, Australian rugby league player (Manly Warringah, national team) and coach (Queensland).
• Gogineni Prasad, 73, Indian film producer (Palnati Puli, Sri Shirdi Saibaba Mahathyam) and dubbing engineer.
• Eko Prawoto [id], 65, Indonesian architect.
• Liudvikas Narcizas Rasimavičius, 84, Lithuanian politician, MP (1990–1992).
• Mircea Snegur, 83, Moldovan politician, president (1990–1997) and MP (1990, 1998–2001), cancer.
• Sohanur Rahman Sohan, 62, Bangladeshi film director (Keyamat Theke Keyamat, Ananta Bhalobasha, Se Amar Mon Kereche), stroke.
• Pepe Soriano, 93, Argentine actor (Rebellion in Patagonia, Grandma, Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación).
• Teng Rujun, 76, Chinese actor (Red Sorghum, Postmen in the Mountains), Golden Rooster winner (1999).
• Jan Wieczorek, 88, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Opole (1981–1992) and bishop of Gliwice (1992–2011).

14 September 2023

• Marcel Honorat Léon Agboton, 82, Beninese Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of Kandi (1994–2000) and Porto Novo (2000–2005), and archbishop of Cotonou (2005–2010).
• Lauch Faircloth, 95, American politician, member of the U.S. Senate (1993–1999) and North Carolina secretary of commerce (1977–1985).
• Bjarni Felixson, 86, Icelandic footballer (KR, national team).
• Luca Giustolisi, 53, Italian water polo player, Olympic bronze medallist (1996), cancer.
• Carol Harter, 82, American academic administrator, president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1995–2006).
• Rio Kapadia, 66, Indian actor (Mumbai Meri Jaan, Khuda Haafiz, The Big Bull).
• Igor Kechaev, 62, Russian actor (Paper Soldier, Under Electric Clouds) and film director.
• Michael McGrath, 65, American actor (Nice Work If You Can Get It, Spamalot, The Secret of Kells), Tony winner (2012).
• Mohammad Mohammad-Ali [fa], 75, Iranian writer.
• Pat Nebo, Nigerian production designer (October 1) and art director.
• Ivan Pop [uk], 85, Ukrainian Ruthenian historian, Slavist and writer.
• Roy Roper, 100, New Zealand rugby union player (Taranaki, national team).
• Sunil Shroff, Indian actor (Kabaad: The Coin, Shiddat, OMG 2).
• Basil van Rooyen, 84, South African racing driver, mesothelioma.
• Antoni Vila Casas, 92, Spanish pharmaceutical executive and philanthropist, founder of Fundació Vila Casas.

15 September 2023

• Gökhan Abur, 80, Turkish musician, meteorologist and weather presenter.
• Fernando Botero, 91, Colombian painter and sculptor (Woman with Mirror, The Hand, Adam), complications from pneumonia.
• Claude Cormier, 63, Canadian landscape architect, complications from Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
• Hana Doušová, 74, Czech Olympic basketball player (1976).
• Vyacheslav Grishechkin [ru], 61, Russian actor (The Drayman and the King, Theatrical Novel, Asiris Nuna).
• Kim Il-chol, 90, North Korean military officer, minister of defence (1997–2009) and member of the National Defence Commission (1988–2010).
• Franco Migliacci, 92, Italian lyricist (“Nel blu, dipinto di blu”, “La bambola”) and actor (Ladro lui, ladra lei).
• Samir Mukherjee, 80, Indian actor (Hirak Rajar Deshe).
• Burhan Sargun, 94, Turkish footballer (Fenerbahçe, national team).
• Alexander Shishlyannikov, 72, Tajik military officer, minister of defence (1993–1995).
• Vanessa Show, 73, Argentine travesti performer, heart attack.
• Theo Toemion [id], 66, Indonesian economist and politician.
• Yoshiko Tsuchida [jp], 75, Japanese manga artist.
• Paul Woseen, 56, Australian musician (The Screaming Jets) and songwriter (“Helping Hand”)

16 September 2023

• Ron Barassi, 87, Australian Hall of Fame football player (Melbourne) and coach (Carlton, North Melbourne), complications from a fall.
• Nikolai Dobronravov, 94, Russian poet, lyricist (“And the Battle Is Going Again”, “Nezhnost'”), and actor (The Return of Vasili Bortnikov).
• Milo Hrnić, 73, Croatian pop singer, infection.
• Gita Mehta, 80, Indian-American writer (Karma Cola, A River Sutra) and filmmaker.
• Colin Murphy, 79, English football player (Folkestone) and manager (Lincoln City, Vietnam national team).
• C. R. Omanakuttan, 80, Indian writer and humorist, haemorrhage.
• Handry Satriago, 54, Indonesian conglomerate executive (General Electric).
• Qasem Taei, 63, Iraqi Marji’.
• Wimie Wilhelm [nl], 62, Dutch actress (Baantjer)

17 September 2023

• Oya Alasya , 74, Turkish actress (Sev Kardeşim, From the Village to the City).
• Pepe Domingo Castaño [es], 80, Spanish radio and television presenter (Carrusel Deportivo, 300 millones), singer and writer.
• Joy Chambers, 76, Australian actress (The Restless Years, The Young Doctors, Neighbours).
• Petr Charvát, 74, Czech historian, archaeologist and academic.
• Emile Duprée, 86, Canadian professional wrestler (Stampede Wrestling) and promoter (Grand Prix Wrestling).
• Louis Gooren, 79, Dutch endocrinologist.
• Ryszard Jedliński, 70, Polish Olympic handball player (1980)
• Muhammad Mahdi al-Khorasani, 94, Iraqi grand ayatollah.
• Aleksandr Khvan, 65, Russian film director (Dyuba-Dyuba, It Is Easy to Die, Carmen) and actor.
• Hennadiy Lahuta, 49, Ukrainian politician, governor of Kherson Oblast (2021–2022).
• Arthur Longbottom, 90, English footballer (Queens Park Rangers, Port Vale, Oxford United).
• Sami Azara al-Majun, 91, Iraqi politician.
• Ronnie McKinnon, 83, Scottish footballer (Rangers, Durban United, national team).
• Ashraf Moselhy [ar], 49, Egyptian actor.
• Kevin Neale, 78, Australian football player (St Kilda) and coach (Ainslie, Central District), complications from Alzheimer’s disease
• Aníbal de Peña, 90, Dominican singer, pianist and composer.
• Lies Adji Rachman, 78, Indonesian musician (Dara Puspita), complications from diabetes.
• Ali Asghar Rahmani Khalili, 79, Iranian politician, MP (1980–1988, 2000–2004).
• Trisha Stratford, 72, New Zealand neuropsychotherapist (Married at First Sight).

18 September 2023

• Evgeny Bazhanov, 76, Russian political scientist and diplomat.
• Henry Boucha, 72, American ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota North Stars), Olympic silver medalist (1972).
• Krzysztof Bujar, 61, Polish Olympic ice hockey player (1992).
• Byun Hee-bong, 81, South Korean actor (Barking Dogs Never Bite, The Host, Okja), pancreatic cancer.
• Constance Clayton, 89, American educator and civic leader
• Felice Farina, 69, Italian film director (Condominio)
• Grimanesa Jiménez [es], 86, Chilean actress (La Colorina, Papi Ricky).
• Brereton C. Jones, 84, American horse breeder and politician, lieutenant governor (1987–1991) and governor of Kentucky (1991–1995).
• Lyubov Maikova, Russian actress (Could One Imagine?, Forgotten Melody for a Flute, Where is the Nophelet?).
• Seiji Mataichi, 79, Japanese politician, MP (2001–2019).
• Joe Matt, 60, American cartoonist (Peepshow), heart attack.
• Chandran Nair, 77–78, Singaporean poet, heart attack.
• Zdeněk Návrat, 92, Czech Olympic ice hockey player (1956).
• Noh Young-guk [ko], 74, South Korean actor (Eyes of Dawn, The Great King, Sejong, The King of Tears, Lee Bang-won).
• Tarachand Patel, 81, Indian politician, MP (1999–2004).
• Marinho Peres, 76, Brazilian football player (Barcelona, national team) and manager (Belenenses).
• Kate de Romero, 79, Puerto Rican first lady (1977–1985).
• Syed Salahuddin Zaki, 77, Bangladeshi film director (Ghuddi) and screenwriter (Nodir Naam Modhumoti, Lalsalu).

19 September 2023

• Rónán Mac Aodha Bhuí, 53, Irish broadcaster (RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta).
• Billy Chemirmir, 50, Kenyan-American convicted murderer.
• Harildo Deda [pt], 83, Brazilian actor (Colonel Delmiro Gouveia, Word and Utopia, Lower City) and stage director.
• Lou Deprijck, 77, Belgian singer-songwriter (“Ça plane pour moi”), musician (Two Man Sound) and record producer.
• JoAnne A. Epps, 72, American legal scholar, president of Temple University (2023).
• Per Gahrton, 80, Swedish politician, MP (1976–1979, 1994–1995) and MEP (1999–2004), founder of the Green Party.
• Egil Johansen, 61, Norwegian footballer (Vålerenga, national team), complications from ALS.
• Severino Lojodice, 89, Italian footballer (Cremonese, Roma, Brescia).
• Buddy Teevens, 66, American football coach (Dartmouth Big Green), complications from bicycle accident.
• Gianni Vattimo, 87, Italian philosopher (Hermeneutic Communism) and politician, MEP (1999–2004, 2009–2014).
• Alexey Yanin, 40, Russian actor (S. S. D.).