page_title: 2017
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 / Deaths / September
caption_attribution_description: English: Postcard photo of boxer Jake LaMotta written and signed by him in 1952.
context_page_description: 2017 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2017th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 17th year of the 3rd millennium, the 17th year of the 21st century, and the 8th year of the 2010s decade.
  2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
context_section_description: September 1
  Shelley Berman, American actor, comedian, writer, teacher, and poet (b. 1925)
  Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, British cardinal (b. 1932)
  September 3
  John Ashbery, American poet (b. 1927)
  Walter Becker, American musician (b. 1950)
  September 5
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American Nobel physicist (b. 1920)
  Holger Czukay, German musician (b. 1938)
  September 6
  Carlo Caffarra, Italian cardinal (b. 1938)
  Kate Millett, American feminist writer (b. 1934)
  Lotfi A. Zadeh, Azerbaijani-born American mathematician (b. 1921)
  September 7 – Türkân Akyol, Turkish politician (b. 1928)
  September 8
  Pierre Bergé, French businessman (b. 1930)
  Blake Heron, American actor (b. 1982)
  Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (b. 1933)
  Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (b. 1936)
  Don Williams, American musician (b. 1939)
  September 9 – Velasio de Paolis, Italian cardinal (b. 1935)
  September 10
  Hans Alfredson, Swedish actor (b. 1931)
  Len Wein, American comic book writer (b. 1948)
  September 11
  Tuanku Abdul Halim, Malaysian sultan, 5th & 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (b. 1927)
  J. P. Donleavy, Irish-American author (b. 1926)
  Peter Hall, British film director (b. 1930)
  September 13 – Frank Vincent, American actor (b. 1937)
  September 15
  María Cristina Arango Vega, First Lady of Colombia (b. 1928)
  Harry Dean Stanton, American actor (b. 1926)
  September 16 – Arjan Singh, Indian diplomat (b. 1919)
  September 17 – Bobby Heenan, American professional wrestling manager (b. 1944)
  September 19
  Bernie Casey, American actor, poet, and football player (b. 1939)
  Jake LaMotta, American boxer (b. 1922)
  Massimo Natili, Italian racing driver (b. 1935)
  John Nicholson, New Zealand racing driver (b. 1941)
  September 21 – Liliane Bettencourt, French businesswoman (b. 1922)
  September 22 – Paavo Lonkila, Finnish cross-country skier (b. 1923)
  September 23 – Charles Bradley, American singer (b. 1948)
  September 24 – Gisèle Casadesus, French actress (b. 1914)
  September 25 – Liz Dawn, English actress (b. 1939)
  September 26 – Barry Dennen, American actor (b. 1938)
  September 27
  Hugh Hefner, American magazine publisher (b. 1926)
  Anne Jeffreys, American actress and singer (b. 1923)
  September 28 – Benjamin Whitrow, English actor (b. 1937)
  September 29
  Tom Alter, Indian actor (b. 1950)
  Ludmila Belousova, Russian pair skater (b. 1935)
  September 30
  Monty Hall, Canadian-American television host (b. 1921)
  Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (b. 1966)
caption: Jake LaMotta
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