Deaths in September 2022

The following is a list of deaths that happened in September 2022. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Each listing of death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known), and a source.
September
1
Barbara Ehrenreich, 81, American writer (Nickel and Dimed, Bait and Switch, Dancing in the Streets) and political activist, stroke.
Ravil Maganov, 67, Russian businessman, Chairman of Lukoil, fall.
Phillip Mann, 80, British-born New Zealand writer (Master of Paxwax, The Fall of the Families), teacher and theatre director.
Diane Noomin, 75, American underground cartoonist and editor (Wimmen's Comix, Twisted Sisters)
Earnie Shavers, 78, American boxer.
Robert L. Vining Jr., 91, American politician and lawyer, Judge of the U.S. District Court for Northern Georgia (since 1979).
2
Miso Cebalo, 77, Croatian chess grandmaster.
Frank Drake, 92, American astronomer and astrophysicist (Drake equation), designer of the Arecibo message and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1974).
Manuel Duarte, 77, Portuguese footballer (Leixoes, Sporting, national team).
Peter Eckersley, 43, Australian computer scientist (Let's Encrypt, Privacy Badger, HTTPS Everywhere) and cyber security activist, problems caused by cancer surgery.
3
Yuri Bashkatov, 54, Moldovan swimmer, Olympic silver medalist (1988, 1992).
Shavez Hart, 29, Bahamian track and field sprinter, shot.
Dieter Schulte, 82, German trade unionist, Chairman of DGB (1994-2002).
4
Rodrigo Gonzalez Torres, 80, Chilean politician, Mayor of Vina del Mar (1992-1994, 1996-2000) and Deputy (since 2002), aortic dissection.
Boris Lagutin, 84, Russian boxer, Olympic bronze medalist (1960) and champion (1964, 1968).
Cyrus Mistry, 54, Indian-Irish businessman, Chairman of Tata Group (2012-2016), car crash.
Ernst Pfister, 75, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Wurttemberg (1980-2011).
Thorkild Simonsen, 96, Danish politician, Mayor of Aarhus (1982-1997) and Minister of the Interior (1997-2000).
Peter Straub, 79, American writer (Julia, Ghost Story, The Talisman), problems caused by a broken hip.
5
Merlin Hanbury-Tracy, 7th Baron Sudeley, 83, British peer, member of the House of Lords (1960-1999).
Moon Landrieu, 92, American lawyer and politician, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1960-1966), Mayor of New Orleans (1970-1978) and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1979-1981), heart failure caused by a heart attack.
Mark Littell, 69, American baseball player (Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals), problems caused by heart surgery.
Lars Vogt, 51, German concert pianist and conductor, cancer.
6
Salvatore Biasco, 85, Italian economist and politician, Deputy (1996-2001).
Herman, 90, American Orthodox prelate, Primate of the Church in America (2002-2008).
Just Jaeckin, 82, French movie director (Emmanuelle, Story of O, Lady Chatterley's Lover), photographer and sculptor.
Magdalena Ruiz Guinazu, 91, Argentine journalist and human rights activist.
Edo Spier, 96, Dutch architect and politician, Senator (1991-1995).
7
Radoslav Brdanin, 74, Bosnian military officer and convicted war criminal.
James L. Fisher, 91, American academic and psychologist, President of Towson University (1969-1978).
Janos Fuzik, 64, Hungarian journalist and politician, MP (2014-2018).
Willie Los'e, 55, New Zealand-born Tongan rugby union player (Auckland, North Harbour, Tonga national team) and broadcaster.
Marsha Hunt, 104, American actress (Pride and Prejudice, Blossoms in the Dust, The Human Comedy) and activist.
Lance Mackey, 52, American dog musher, four-time Iditarod champion (2007-2010) and Yukon Quest champion (2005-2008), throat cancer.
Dagmar Schipanski, 79, German physicist and politician, member and President of the Landtag of Thuringia (2004-2009), 1999 presidential candidate.
Valeri Polyakov, 80, Russian cosmonaut.
Piet Schrijvers, 75, Dutch footballer (Ajax, national team) and manager (TOP Oss), problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Bernard Shaw, 82, American journalist (CNN), pneumonia.
8
Queen Elizabeth II, 96, British monarch and head of the Commonwealth (since 1952).
Yoel Schwartz, 82, Israeli Haredi rabbi.
Kamal Narain Singh, 95, Indian politician and lawyer, Chief Justice (1991) and Chairman of the Law Commission (1991-1994).
Sonny West, 85, American rock singer-songwriter ("Oh, Boy!", "Rave On") and guitarist.
9
Jack Ging, 90, American actor (The A-Team, The Eleventh Hour, High Plains Drifter).
Mark Miller, 97, American actor (Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Guestward, Ho!, Savannah Smiles), director and screenwriter.
Pierre Muller, 70, German-born Swiss politician, Mayor of Geneva (1999-2000, 2004-2005).
Ray Rippelmeyer, 89, American baseball player (Washington Senators) and coach (Philadelphia Phillies).
10
Menno Boelsma, 61, Dutch Olympic speed skater (1988).
William Klein, 96, American-born French photojournalist, movie director and screenwriter (Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?, Mr. Freedom, The Model Couple).
B. B. Lal, 101, Indian archaeologist, Director General of the ASI (1968-1972).
Ilja Seifert, 71, German politician, MV (1990) and MP (1990-1994, 1998-2002, 2005-2013).
11
Jean Bock, 91, Belgian politician, Mayor of Gouvy (1983-2004) and Senator (1995-1999).
Joe Hart, 78, American politician, member of the Arizona House of Representatives (1992-2001) and State Mine Inspector (2007-2021).
Javier Marias, 70, Spanish writer (A Heart So White, Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me, Dark Back of Time), translator and columnist, problems caused by COVID-19.
John W. O'Malley, 95, American academic, Catholic historian and Jesuit priest.
Krishnam Raju, 82, Indian actor (Dharmaatmudu, Bobbili Brahmanna, Radhe Shyam) and politician, MP (1998-2004), problems caused by pneumonia.
Swaroopanand Saraswati, 98, Indian religious leader, Shankaracharya of Dwarka Sharada Peetham (since 1982), heart attack.
Alain Tanner, 92, Swiss movie director (Charles, Dead or Alive, Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000, In the White City) and screenwriter.
Elias Theodorou, 34, Canadian mixed martial artist, liver cancer.
Anthony Varvaro, 37, American baseball player (Seattle Mariners, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox), car crash.
12
Ramsey Lewis, 87, American jazz funk pianist ("The 'In' Crowd"), composer and radio personality (WNUA), Grammy winner (1966, 1967, 1974), cardiac arrest.
PnB Rock, 30, American rapper ("Selfish"), shot.
13
Horacio Accavallo, 87, Argentine boxer, WBA flyweight champion (1966-1968).
Heiderose Berroth, 75, German politician, member of the Landtag of Baden-Wurttemberg (1996-2011).
Jack Charles, 79, Australian actor (The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Blackfellas, Tom White), aboriginal activist and musician, stroke.
Jean-Luc Godard, 91, French-Swiss movie director (Breathless, Bande a part, Pierrot le Fou), screenwriter and movie critic, assisted suicide.
Theophilos Kamberidis, 92, Greek politician, MP (1964-1967) and Mayor of Katerini (1987-1990).
Kostas Kazakos, 87, Greek actor (Act of Reprisal, Bullets don't come back, The Man with the Carnation), television director and politician MP (2007-2012), respiratory failure caused by lung disease.
Grzegorz Matuszak, 81, Polish sociologist and politician, Senator (2001-2005).
Ken Starr, 76, American politician and lawyer (Whitewater controversy), Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1983-1989) and Solicitor General (1989-1993), problems caused by surgery.
14
Geza Csapo, 71, Hungarian canoeist, Olympic bronze (1972) and silver medalist (1976).
Ken Douglas, 86, New Zealand trade unionist, President of the NZCTU (1984-1999).
Henry Fuhrmann, 65, American newspaper editor (Los Angeles Times).
Dimitrios Pandermalis, 82, Greek archaeologist.
Irene Papas, 93, Greek actress (Zorba the Greek, The Guns of Navarone, Z) and singer, problems caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Bill Pearl, 91, American bodybuilder and writer, problems caused by Parkinson's disease.
Maria Wittner, 85, Hungarian revolutionary and politician, MP (2006-2014).
15
Eddie Butler, 65, Welsh rugby union player (British & Irish Lions, Barbarian F.C., national team) and journalist, cardiac arrest.
Axel Jodorowsky, 57, Mexican-French actor (Santa Sangre).
Diana Maggi, 97, Italian-born Argentine actress (Campeon a la fuerza, Nacha Regules, Una Ventana a la vida).
Francescantonio Nole, 74, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tursi-Lagonegro (2000-2015) and Archbishop of Cosenza-Bisignano (since 2015).
Maanu Paul, 83, New Zealand Maori leader, cancer.
Radko Polic, 80, Slovenian actor (The Widowhood of Karolina Zasler, Balkan Express, Silent Gunpowder).
Asad Rauf, 66, Pakistani cricket player (National Bank of Pakistan, Lahore) and umpire, cardiac arrest.
Samy Vellu, 86, Malaysian politician, MP (1974-2008) and Minister of Works (1979-1989, 1995-2008) and Energy, Communications and Posts (1989-1995).
16
Allen Aylett, 88, Australian football player (North Melbourne) and administrator.
Abul Hasnat, 82, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, MP (1990), twice minister of housing and mayor of Dhaka (1977-1982, 1990).
17
Manikrao Hodlya Gavit, 87, Indian politician, MP (1980-2014).
Igor Maslennikov, 90, Russian film director (Sentimental Romance, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, Winter Cherry).
18
Kjell Espmark, 92, Swedish writer, member of the Swedish Academy.
Martha Karagianni, 82, Greek actress (Something Is Burning, Kiss the Girls, Marijuana Stop!).
19
Bishnu Sethi, 61, Indian writer and politician, Odisha MLA (2000-2004), kidney disease.
Maury Wills, 89, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates) and manager (Seattle Mariners).
20
Sergei Puskepalis, 56, Russian actor and theatre director, traffic collision.
21
Lydia Alfonsi, 94, Italian actress (Black Sabbath, The Strange Night, Open Doors).
John Hamblin, 87, English-born Australian television presenter (Play School, The Restless Years).
Sedapatti Muthiah, 76, Indian politician, twice MP, member (1977-1989) and speaker (1991-1996) of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
Raju Srivastav, 58, Indian actor (Bombay to Goa, Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya) and comedian (The Great Indian Laughter Challenge), complications from a heart attack.
22
Ren Rongrong, 99, Chinese children's author and translator.
Hesham Selim, 64, Egyptian actor, cancer.
23
Carlos Bala, 97, Argentine actor (My Family's Beautiful!) and comedian.
Louise Fletcher, 88, American actress (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Firestarter), Oscar winner (1976).
Franciszek Pieczka, 94, Polish actor (Four Tank-Men and a Dog, The Deluge, Quo Vadis).
24
Marie-Louise Fort, 71, French politician, deputy (2007-2017) and mayor of Sens (2001-2008, since 2014).
Kitten Natividad, 74, Mexican-American actress (Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, Night Patrol, Takin' It All Off) and exotic dancer.
Rahim Nawaz, 84, Bangladeshi film director (Moner Moto Bou) and producer.
Pavel Pervushin, 75, Russian heavyweight weightlifter, 110kg world champion (1973).
Pharoah Sanders, 81, American jazz saxophonist.
Amin Tarokh, 69, Iranian actor (Mother, Sara, Aghazadeh), heart disease.
25
Aicha Chenna, 81, Moroccan social worker and women's rights activist.
Aryadan Muhammed, 87, Indian politician, Kerala MLA (1977-2016).
Igor Varlamov, 51, Russian footballer (Torpedo Vladimir, Tyumen, Spartak Nalchik).
Oleksii Zhuravko, 48, Ukrainian-Russian politician, people's deputy (2006-2012), airstrike.
26
Ranesh Maitra, 88, Bangladeshi journalist, columnist and politician.
Carlos Pairetti, 86, Argentine racing driver, lung failure.
Yusuf al-Qaradawi, 96, Egyptian Islamic scholar (The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam).
S. V. Ramanan, Indian film director, producer and composer (Uruvangal Maralam).
Mark Souder, 72, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2010), pancreatic cancer.
Venetia Stevenson, 84, English-American actress (Day of the Outlaw, Seven Ways from Sundown, The Sergeant Was a Lady), complications from Parkinson's disease.
27
Gordon Dryden, 91, New Zealand broadcaster and educationalist. (death announced on this date)
28
Bruno Bolchi, 82, Italian football player (Inter, national team) and manager (Lecce).
Coolio, 59, American rapper ("Gangsta's Paradise", "Fantasic Voyage", "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)") and actor, Grammy winner (1996).
29
Alexandru Arsinel, 83, Romanian actor (Colierul de turcoaze, Everybody in Our Family).
Audrey Evans, 97, British-born American oncologist and philanthropist, co-founder of Ronald McDonald House Charities.
Mieczyslaw Gil, 78, Polish politician, MP (1989-1993), senator (2011-2015).
Rob Landsbergen, 62, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven, Hyundai Horangi), complications from Alzheimer's disease.
Yousuf Mustikhan, 74, Pakistani politician, liver cancer.
Eduardo Navarro, 43, Spanish footballer (Lleida, Huesca, Numancia).
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, 80, Venezuelan hydrologist. (death announced on this date)
Ildiko Szendrodi-Kovari, 92, Hungarian Olympic alpine skier (1952, 1964).
Paul Veyne, 92, French archaeologist and historian.
30
Shehzad Azam, 36, Pakistani cricketer (Islamabad).
San'yutei Enraku VI, 72, Japanese rakugo comedian (Shoten), lung cancer.
Alexandru Vagner, 33, Romanian footballer (Gloria Bistrita, Targu Mures, Brasov).
Yury Zaitsev, 71, Russian weightlifter, Olympic champion (1976).
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August
Related pages
List of deaths due to COVID-19
Deaths in 2014
Deaths in 2015
Deaths in 2016
Deaths in 2017
Deaths in 2018
Deaths in 2019
Deaths in 2020
Deaths in 2021
References
Other websites
The Guardian, UK obituaries
The Telegraph obituaries
Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
The New York Times, US obituaries
The Washington Post obituaries
The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries
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