page_title: 2017 in the United States
section_title: September
hierarchical_section_title: 2017 in the United States / Deaths / September
caption_attribution_description: The American basketball player James Ronald (called Jim) McDaniels playing in defence during a game with his team, the Snaidero Udine. Italy, 1975.
context_page_description: Events in the year 2017 in the United States.
context_section_description: September 1
  Shelley Berman, comedian, actor and writer (b. 1925)
  Jackie Burkett, football player (b. 1936)
  Bud George, politician (b. 1927)
  Paul Moreno, politician (b. 1931)
  Paul Schaal, baseball player (b. 1943)
  September 2
  Halim El-Dabh, Egyptian-born composer, musician, and ethnomusicologist (b. 1921)
  Elizabeth Kemp, actress (b. 1951)
  Murray Lerner, documentary filmmaker (b. 1927)
  Michael Simanowitz, politician (b. 1971)
  Lucky Varela, politician (b. 1935)
  Drew Wahlroos, football player (b. 1980)
  September 3
  John Ashbery, poet (b. 1927)
  Walter Becker, jazz-rock musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
  John Byrne Cooke, bluegrass musician, novelist, and photographer (b. 1940)
  Dave Hlubek, rock guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
  John P. White, government official (b. 1937)
  September 4
  Bob Kehoe, soccer player and coach (b. 1928)
  John Wilson Lewis, political scientist and sinologist (b. 1930)
  Harry Meshel, politician (b. 1924)
  September 5
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-born physicist (b. 1920)
  Gina Mason, politician (b. 1960)
  Gin D. Wong, Chinese-born architect (b. 1922)
  Tom Wright, baseball player (b. 1923)
  September 6
  Daniel Federman, medical educator (b. 1928)
  Walter Guralnick, dentist and centenarian (b. 1916)
  Jim McDaniels, basketball player (b. 1948)
  Kate Millett, feminist writer, activist, and artist (b. 1934)
  Lotfi A. Zadeh, Azerbaijani-born mathematician (b. 1921)
  September 7
  Jeremiah Goodman, painter and illustrator (b. 1922)
  Mark P. Mahon, politician (b. 1930)
  Gene Michael, baseball player, manager, and executive (b. 1938)
  Charles Owens, football player and golfer (b. 1932)
  September 8
  Isabelle Daniels, sprinter and Olympic bronze medalist (b. 1937)
  A. Joseph DeNucci, boxer and politician (b. 1939)
  Blake Heron, actor (b. 1982)
  Daniel McNeill, politician (b. 1947)
  Jerry Pournelle, science fiction writer and journalist (b. 1933)
  Don Williams, country singer, musician, and songwriter (b. 1939)
  September 9
  Jim Donohue, baseball player (b. 1937)
  Michael Friedman, composer and lyricist (b. 1975)
  Oscar E. Huber, politician (b. 1917)
  September 10
  Xavier Atencio, animator and Disney imagineer (b. 1919)
  Nancy Dupree, historian (b. 1927)
  Don Ohlmeyer, television producer and network executive (b. 1945)
  Len Wein, comics writer and editor (b. 1948)
  September 11
  Mel Didier, baseball scout (b. 1927)
  Mark LaMura, actor (b. 1948)
  September 12
  Charles F. Knight, business executive (b. 1939)
  Gary I. Wadler, internist and sports physician (b. 1939)
  Edith Windsor, LGBT rights activist (b. 1929)
  September 13
  Pete Domenici, politician; U.S. Senator from New Mexico (1973–2009) (b. 1932)
  Gary Otte, convicted murderer (b. 1971)
  Frank Vincent, actor (b. 1937)
  September 14
  George Englund, film producer, director, editor, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
  Basil Gogos, illustrator (b. 1939)
  Grant Hart, rock musician and songwriter (b. 1961)
  Tommy Irvin, politician (b. 1929)
  September 15
  Herbert W. Kalmbach, attorney and banker (b. 1921)
  Myrna Lamb, playwright (b. 1930)
  Harry Dean Stanton, actor and singer (b. 1926)
  September 16
  Penny Chenery, racehorse owner and breeder (b. 1922)
  Ted Christopher, racing driver (b. 1958)
  Ben Dorcy, roadie (b. 1925)
  Mitchell Flint, lawyer and World War II aviator (b. 1923)
  Brenda Lewis, operatic soprano and actress (b. 1921)
  Nabeel Qureshi, Christian apologist (b. 1983)
  Bucky Scribner, football player (b. 1960)
  September 17
  Bonnie Angelo, journalist (b. 1924)
  William F. Goodling, politician; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1975–2001) (b. 1927)
  Bobby Heenan, professional wrestler, manager, and commentator (b. 1944)
  Dave Hilton, baseball player (b. 1950)
  Lucy Ozarin, psychiatrist (b. 1914)
  September 18
  Ronald E. Carrier, university president (b. 1932)
  Paul E. Gray, electrical engineer and university president (b. 1932)
  Paul Horner, writer and humorist (b. 1978)
  Mark Selby, rock musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1961)
  Pete Turner, photographer (b. 1934)
  September 19
  Bernie Casey, football player and actor (b. 1939)
  Jake LaMotta, boxer and comedian (b. 1922)
  Johnny Sandlin, record prod
caption: Jim McDaniels
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