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