Deaths in September 2005 2573369 197806179 2008-03-12T20:49:32Z RussBot 279219 Robot-assisted fix [[WP:DPL|links to disambiguation page]] Department of Justice [[Deaths in 2005]] : [[Deaths in January 2005|January]] - [[Deaths in February 2005|February]] - [[Deaths in March 2005|March]] - [[Deaths in April 2005|April]] - [[Deaths in May 2005|May]] - [[Deaths in June 2005|June]] - [[Deaths in July 2005|July]] - [[Deaths in August 2005|August]] - September - [[Deaths in October 2005|October]] - [[Deaths in November 2005|November]] - [[Deaths in December 2005|December]]- [[Deaths in January 2006|→]]<br/> The following is a list of notable people who died in [[September 2005]]. <!-- Please place entries under each date in ALPHABETICAL ORDER --> ;[[September 30|30]] *[[Monika Hellwig]], 74, [[Germany|German]]-born [[United States|American]] [[theologian]] and [[Roman Catholic]] lay leader, [[cerebral hemorrhage]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100502300.html] *[[Meier Schimmel]], 89, prominent [[Germany|German]]-born [[United States|American]] [[orthodox]] [[rabbi]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10156] *[[Sergei Starostin]], 52, [[Russia]]n linguist. ;[[September 29|29]] *[[Olga de Alaketu]], 80, [[Afro-Brazilian]] [[Candomblé]] high priestess, complications of [[diabetes]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051001/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/obit_alaketu] *[[Barry Boesch]], 51, [[Texas]] [[journalist]] and [[newspaper]] [[editing|editor]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10139] *[[Patrick Caulfield]], 69, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[artist]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10143] *[[Benjamin DeMott]], 81, prominent [[United States|American]] [[author]], [[social critic]], and [[professor]], [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/01/education/01DeMott.html] *[[Frank Haraway]], [[United States|American]] [[sports writer]] and [[journalist]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10147] *[[Austin Leslie]], 71, famed [[New Orleans]] [[chef]] (also the inspiration for the television show ''[[Frank's Place]]''), hospitalized with [[pneumonia]] since his evacuation several days after [[Hurricane Katrina]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/national/30LESLIE.html] *[[Gennadi Sarafanov]], 63, former [[Soyuz 15]] [[cosmonaut]]. ;[[September 28|28]] *[[Richard Dunn (astronomer)|Richard Dunn]], 77, [[astronomer]], former director of the [[United States|U.S.]] [[National Solar Observatory]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/national/07dunn.html] *[[Donald Harleman]], 82, [[civil engineer]] and [[water pollution]] expert, [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/14/national/14harleman.html] *[[Nora Kerr]], 61, former [[New York Times]] Sunday editor, [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/nyregion/29kerr.html] *[[Alan Matheney]], 54, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[Indiana]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/28/indiana.execution.ap/index.html] *[[Constance Baker Motley]], 84, [[United States|American]] [[civil rights]] lawyer and the first female [[African-American]] [[federal judge]], [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/nyregion/29motley.html] *[[David Nillo]], 89, [[ballet]] dancer and [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] performer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/06/arts/dance/06nillo.html] *[[Leo Sternbach]], 97, [[Austria]]n-native chemist, known as the "Father of [[Valium]]". ;[[September 27|27]] *[[Plia Albeck]], 86, former legal advisor to the [[Israel]]i government, so-called "mother" of the resettlement program. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10129] *[[Herman Ashworth]], 32, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[Ohio]]. *[[Edwin D. Goldfield]], 87, longtime [[United States|American]] [[statistician]] with [[US Census Bureau]], [[cardiovascular disease]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/10/AR2005101001622.html] *[[Ronald Golias]], 76, [[Brazil]]ian [[comedian]]. *[[Jerry Juhl]], 67, writer and puppetteer for the [[Muppets]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/obituaries/09juhl.html] *[[Brett Kebble]], 41, [[South Africa]]n [[mining]] magnate, [[murdered]]. *[[John McCabe (writer)|John McCabe]], 84, biographer of [[Laurel and Hardy]]. *[[Ronald Pearsall]], 77, English author. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/24/db2403.xml&sSheet=/portal/2005/10/24/ixportal.html] *[[Brian Roylance]], 60, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[publisher]] of "fine art" [[rock music]] memorabilia, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/arts/music/30roylance.html] *[[Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen]], 47, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[film director]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/1127797238265.html] *[[Mary Lee Settle]], 87, [[United States|American]] author (''the [[Beulah Quintet]]''), [[lung cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/books/29settle.html] ;[[September 26|26]] *[[Robert F. Corrigan]], 91, former [[United States|U.S.]] ambassador to [[Rwanda]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001727.html] *[[Helen Cresswell]], 71, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]] of children's [[literature]], [[ovarian cancer]]. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4286364.stm] *[[Steven P. Frankino]], 69, [[United States|American]] [[scholar]], [[professor]] of [[law]], and university [[Dean (education)|dean]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001733.html] *[[Monty Gopallawa]], 63, son of former [[Sri Lanka]]n president [[William Gopallawa]] and governor of [[Central Province, Sri Lanka]]. *[[Sister Jacques-Marie]] (née Monique Bourgeois), 84, [[Roman Catholic]] nun of the Dominican Order (O.P.) who was the inspiration for [[Henri Matisse|Matisse]]'s Chapel of the Rosary. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/arts/design/29jacques.html] *[[Shawntinice Polk]], 22, [[center (basketball)|center]] on the [[University of Arizona]]'s [[women's basketball]] team, [[pulmonary embolism]]. *[[Troy Steele]] (né Scott Saunders), 43, [[gay]] [[pornographic actor]] and [[AIDS]] activist. [http://www.gayvn.com/articles/241203.html] *[[Michael Wittenberg]], 43, husband of actress [[Bernadette Peters]], [[helicopter]] crash in [[Montenegro]]. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/95366.html] ;[[September 25|25]] *[[Don Adams]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] ([[Get Smart]], [[Inspector Gadget]]), lung infection while battling a bone [[lymphoma]]. *[[George Archer]], 65, [[United States|American]] [[golf]]er and [[1969]] [[The Masters Tournament|Masters]] winner, [[Burkitt's lymphoma]]. [http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ap-obit-archer&prov=ap&type=lgns] *[[Georges Arvanitas]], 74, French-born [[Greece|Greek]] jazz pianist and composer. *[[Abu Azzam]], [[Al-Qaeda]]'s second-in-command in Iraq, shot to death by [[USA|US]]forces. <!-- Conflicting reports, Americans say Sunday, Iraqis claim Monday --> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4285394.stm] *[[Tommy Bond]], 79, [[United States|American]] [[actor]] known for playing Butch on ''[[Our Gang]]'', [[heart disease]]. [http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1156972] *[[Urie Bronfenbrenner]], 88, [[Russia]]n-born [[United States|U.S.]] professor of [[psychology]], among the founders of the [[Head Start]] program in the [[United States|U.S.]], complications of [[diabetes]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/27/nyregion/27bronfenbrenner.1.html] *[[C. H. Kenneth Knisely]], 48, [[United States|American]] [[television host]], [[taxi driver]], and [[philosopher]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801775.html] *[[Steve Marcus]], 66, [[United States|American]] [[jazz]] [[saxophonist]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10135] *[[M. Scott Peck]], 69, [[United States|American]] [[psychiatrist]] and [[author]]. *[[Friedrich Peter]], 84, [[Austria]]n politician (chairman of the [[Freedom Party of Austria]] [[1958]]-[[1978]]), controversial as a former member of the [[Waffen-SS]]. *[[Stephen Salmore]], 64, prominent [[New Jersey]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[political consultant]], kidney disease. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/29/nyregion/29salmore.html] ;[[September 24|24]] *[[Leopold B. Felsen]], 81, leading [[physicist]] in the study of [[waves]], [[Holocaust]] survivor, complications of [[surgery]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/science/10felsen.html] *[[Russell Harris]], 37, [[United Kingdom|British]] mine worker, crocodile attack. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/4281866.stm] *[[Byron "Mex" Johnson]], 94, [[Negro Leagues]] baseball player, [[prostate cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10134] *[[Daniel Podrzycki]], 42, [[Poland|Polish]] [[left wing]] politician, presidential candidate. ;[[September 23|23]] *[[Borge Bek-Nielsen]], 79, [[Denmark|Danish]] businessman, known for successes in [[Malaysia]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10119] *[[James F. Bell, Jr.]], 90, former [[Ohio Supreme Court]] justice, also known for his opinion in the [[Sam Sheppard]] case. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10118] *[[Roger Brierley]], 70, [[United Kingdom|British]] actor. *[[Apolônio de Carvalho]], 93, founder of [[Brazil]]'s ruling [[Worker's Party]], [[leftist]] political icon. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10120] *[[George Croonenberghs]], 87, [[United States|American]] [[fisherman]], advisor to [[Hollywood]] films. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10130] *[[Charlie Gormley]], 67, [[Scotland|Scottish]] film director and producer (''[[Heavenly Pursuits]]''). [http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/47660.html] *[[Donna Hanson]], 65, [[Roman Catholic]] lay leader, [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10116] *[[John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne]], 80, [[United Kingdom|British]] television producer. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10111] *[[Betty Leslie-Melville]], 78, [[wildlife conservationist]] and [[giraffe]] expert, complications of [[dementia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/04/obituaries/04leslie.html] *[[Filiberto Ojeda Ríos]], 72, [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] [[nationalist]] and [[leadership|leader]] of the [[Boricua Popular Army]]. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5302284,00.html] *[[Preben Philipsen]], 95, [[Denmark|Danish]] [[movie producer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10112] ;[[September 22|22]] *[[Joop Doderer]], 84, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] actor who played [[Swiebertje]] for 17 years. [http://www.volkskrant.nl/kunst/1127365545436.html]. <!-- Naming the role is important here --> *[[Bayaman Erkinbayev]], 38, [[Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz]] former wrestler, businessman, and prominent parliamentarian, shot to death. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4270194.stm] *[[Alberto Giraldo]], 70, [[Colombia]]n [[journalist]], convicted of criminal involvement with the [[Cali cartel]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10108] *[[Leavander Johnson]], 35, [[United States|American]] former [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] [[lightweight]] champion boxer, brain injury suffered in bout. [http://sports.yahoo.com/box/news;_ylc=X3oDMTBpaHJkYzlxBF9TAzk1ODYzOTU2BHNlYwN0aA--?slug=ap-fighterdies&prov=ap&type=lgns] *[[John W. Peoples, Jr.]], 48, [[United States|American]] convicted murderer, executed in [[Alabama]]. *[[Hans Samelson]], 89, [[Stanford]] [[mathematician]], [[natural causes]]. [http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/october26/samelson-102605.html] ;[[September 21|21]] *[[Victor Futter]], 86, prominent [[United States|American]] [[lawyer]] and [[professor]], [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/nyregion/24futter.html] *[[Harry Heltzer]], 94, [[United States|American]] [[inventor]], former [[CEO]] of [[3M]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/28/business/28heltzer.html] *[[Alfredo Jordán Morales]], 55, [[Cuba]]n minister of agriculture, [[cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10105] *[[Ramón Martín Huerta]], 48, minister of public security of the [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[Politics of Mexico|federal government]], helicopter crash. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4270066.stm] <!--alphasorts under Martín--> *[[William McCampbell]], 60, [[United States|American]] lawyer and advisor on [[Iraq War]] policy, [[brain cancer]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/27/AR2005092701609.html] *[[Félix Javier Pérez]], 33, [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] [[basketball]] player and former member of the [[Puerto Rican National Basketball Team]], murdered during robbery. *[[Joseph Smagorinsky]], 81, [[meteorologist]] and [[mathematician]], pioneer in the use of mathematical modeling as a [[weather forecasting]] tool, complications of [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/30/nyregion/30SMAGORINSKY.html] *[[Albert Tocco|Albert "Caesar" Tocco]], 77, convicted [[United States|American]] [[organized crime]] boss. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10125] *[[Molly Yard]], 93, former president of the U.S. [[National Organization for Women]]. ;[[September 20|20]] *[[Paul Arlt]], 91, [[United States|American]] [[political cartoonist]] and painter ''([[New York Herald Tribune]])'', [[congestive heart failure]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/22/AR2005092202047.html] *[[Joe Bauman]], 83, [[United States|American]] longtime [[minor league baseball]] record-holder (72 home runs in [[1954]]), [[pneumonia]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10104] *[[Franzi Groszmann]], 100, last surviving [[Kindertransport]] mother, consultant on the film ''[[Into the Arms of Strangers]]''. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/obituaries/02groszmann.html] *[[Tobias Schneebaum]], 83, [[United States|American]] [[writer]], [[artist]], and [[explorer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/obituaries/24schneebaum.html] *[[Simon Wiesenthal]], 96, [[Austria]]n [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] survivor and [[Nazism|Nazi]] hunter. ;[[September 19|19]] *[[Willie Hutch]], 59, [[United States|American]] [[record producer]], [[singer]] and [[songwriter]]. [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050922/people_nm/motown_dc] *[[Paul A. Massey]], 58, [[United States|American]] publisher, [[amyotrophic lateral sclerosis]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/15/AR2005101501270.html] *[[Isao Nakauchi]], 83, [[Japan]]ese businessman, founder of [[Daiei]], [[stroke]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10095] *[[Rupert Riedl]], 80, [[Austria]]n [[zoologist]] and advocate of [[evolutionary epistemology]]. [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Riedl] *[[William Vacchiano]], 93, [[United States|American]] [[trumpeter]] and professor of music. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10109] ;[[September 18|18]] *[[Hassan Abu Basha]], 83, former [[Egypt]]ian interior minister, victim of [[1987]] assassination attempt, lung cancer. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10093] *[[Richard Britton]], 34, [[Northern Ireland]] motorcycle racer, racing accident. *[[John Bromfield]], 83, [[United States|American]] television actor. *[[Richard E. Cunha]], 83, American [[cinematographer]] and director *[[Sandra Feldman]], 65, [[United States|American]] advocate for disadvantaged students, [[teacher]] and [[organized labor|labor]] leader, [[breast cancer]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10095] *[[Joel Hirschhorn]], 67, [[United States|American]] [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning songwriter. *[[Jerome Hynes]], 45, [[Ireland|Irish]] opera director, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10107] *[[Jacques Lacarrière]], [[France|French]] author and classical translator. *[[Noel Mander]], 93, [[United Kingdom|British]] organ maker and restorer. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/obituaries/24mander.html] *[[Michael Park (rally co-pilot)|Michael Park]], 39, [[United Kingdom|British]] rally co-pilot, rally accident. *[[Plush (band)|Chas Smit]], 23, lead guitarist and backing vocalist for [[South Africa]]n acoustic rock band [[Plush (band)|Plush]], hit by car. *[[George C. Watkins]], 84, record-setting [[U.S. Navy]] [[test pilot]], [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100602034.html] *[[Clint C. Wilson, Sr.]], 90, [[African-American]] editorial cartoonist, ''[[Los Angeles Sentinel]]''. [http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/12705959.htm] [http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3881811&nav=1TjD] *[[Yegor Yakovlev]], 75, [[Russia]]n [[journalist]], leading opponent of [[press censorship]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10094] ;[[September 17|17]] *[[Donn Clendenon]], 70, [[United States|American]] [[baseball]] player; [[World Series MVP Award|MVP]] of the [[1969 World Series]], [[leukemia]]. [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2164680] *[[Max Dominique]], 60s, [[Haiti]]an priest and [[theologian]], leading proponent of [[liberation theology]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10099] *[[Jack Lesberg]], 85, [[jazz]] [[bassist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/arts/music/05lesberg.html] *[[David E. Mark]], 81, former [[United States|U.S.]] ambassador to [[Burundi]], car accident. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10110] *[[Alfred Reed]], 84, prominent [[United States|American]] composer of [[concert band]] music. *[[Edward Stutman]], 60, retired [[lawyer]] and [[United States|U.S.]] [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] official known for prosecution of alleged [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[war criminals]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/29/AR2005092902221.html] ;[[September 16|16]] *[[Stanley Burnshaw]], 99, [[United States|American]] renowned poet and literary figure. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/17/arts/17burnshaw.html] *[[Harold L. Friedman]], 82, [[United States|American]] liquid [[chemist]], complications from [[Parkinson's disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/24/nyregion/24_friedman.html] *[[Gordon Gould]], 85, [[United States|American]] pioneer in [[laser]] technology. *[[Jay M. Gould]], 90, [[United States|American]] [[epidemiologist]] and anti-nuclear activist, [[heart disease]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/19/nyregion/19gould.html] *[[Donald S. Harrington]], 91, [[Unitarian]] minister and former chairman and spokesman of the [[Liberal Party (New York State)|Liberal Party]] of [[New York]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/nyregion/20harrington.html] *[[John McMullen (engineer)|John McMullen]], 87, former owner of [[Major League Baseball|MLB]]'s [[Houston Astros]] and the [[NHL]]'s [[New Jersey Devils]]. [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/sports/3357883] *[[Constance Moore]], 85, [[United States|American]] actress ''([[Buck Rogers]])''. *[[Mzukisi Sikali]], 34, [[South Africa]]n boxer; murdered during street robbery. ;[[September 15|15]] *[[David C. Anderson]], 62, criminal justice editor of the [[New York Times]], [[cancer]] of the [[biliary tract]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/16/nyregion/16anderson.html] *[[William S. Bartman]], 58, businessman and art patron, [[multiple organ failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/22/arts/22bartman.html] *[[Guy Green (director)|Guy Green]], 91, [[United Kingdom|British]] film director and noted cinematographer. *[[Jeronimas Kacinskas]], 98, [[Lithuania]]n-born classical composer and conductor. *[[Sidney Luft|Sid Luft]], 89, [[United States|American]] film producer, [[Judy Garland]]'s third and last surviving husband. *[[Toni Trent Parker]], 58, [[African-American]] author and advocate for children's literature, [[brain tumor]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/19/books/19parker.html] ;[[September 14|14]] *[[William Berenberg]], 89, leader in the treatment and [[Physical therapy|rehabilitation]] of [[disabled]] children, professor of [[pediatrics]], emeritis, at [[Harvard Medical School]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/09/16/dr_william_berenberg_godfather_at_childrens/] *[[Jud Hurd|Justin "Jud" Hurd]], 92, cartoonist, editor and founder of ''[[Cartoonist PROfiles]]'' magazine. [http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001138948] *[[Frances Newton]], 40, executed for murder in [[Texas]]; first [[African-American]] woman executed there since [[1858]]. *[[Kenneth Turpin]], former [[Provost (education)|Provost]] of [[Oriel College, Oxford]] and Vice-Chancellor of [[University of Oxford]]. *[[Vladimir Volkoff]], 72, [[France|French-born]] [[Russia]]n spy novelist. *[[Robert Wise]], 91, [[United States|American]] film director (''[[The Sound of Music (film)|The Sound of Music]]'', ''[[West Side Story (film)|West Side Story]]''), [[heart failure]]. ;[[September 13|13]] *[[Toni Fritsch]], 60, [[Austria]]n-born football player and [[American football]] [[placekicker]] with the [[Dallas Cowboys]], [[San Diego Chargers]], [[Houston Oilers]], and [[New Orleans Saints]]. [http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/sports/3351994] *[[Cyril K. Harris]], 68, former chief [[rabbi]] of [[South Africa]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/15/international/africa/15harris.html] *[[Helen Longley]], 84, former First Lady of [[Maine]], widow of former Governor [[James B. Longley]]. [http://www.wlbz2.com/home/article.asp?id=26507] *[[Julio César Turbay Ayala]], 89, [[President of Colombia|President]] of [[Colombia]] ([[1978]]&ndash;[[1982]]). [http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/] ;[[September 12|12]] *[[Honey Bruce|Honey Harlow Bruce Friedman]], 78, widow of comedian [[Lenny Bruce]]. *[[Serge Lang]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[mathematician]] and [[political activist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/25/national/25lang.html] *[[Ronald Leigh-Hunt]], 88, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[actor]]. *[[Susan Torres|Susan Anne Catherine Torres]], 40 days, baby born to [[Susan Torres]], brain-dead woman, on [[2 August]] [[2005]], heart failure after intestinal surgery. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/12/braindead.pregnancy.ap/index.html] ;[[September 11|11]] *[[Al Casey (jazz guitarist)|Al Casey]], 89, [[United States|American]] jazz guitarist, [[colon cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/arts/music/13casey.html] *[[Pat Maloney, Sr.]], 81, flamboyant and wealthy [[United States|American]] [[trial lawyer]], [[pulmonary fibrosis]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/20/AR2005092001541.html] *[[Steve de Shazer]], 65, therapist, founder of Brief Family Therapy Center in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]] and developer of [[Solution focused brief therapy]]. *[[Chris Schenkel]], 82, [[United States|American]] [[sportscaster]], [[emphysema]]. *[[Joseph Smitherman]], 75, longtime [[mayor]] of [[Selma, Alabama]], reformed [[segregationist]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/national/13smitherman.html] *[[Henryk Tomaszewski (poster artist)|Henryk Tomaszewski]], 91, [[Poland|Polish]] internationally recognized graphic artist. *[[Sterling Weed]], 104, [[United States|American]] [[bandleader]] for nearly 80 years. ;[[September 10|10]] *[[Theodore X. Barber]], 78, [[psychologist]] renowned for his critical studies of [[hypnosis]], ruptured [[aorta]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/23/national/23barber.html] *Sir [[Hermann Bondi]], 85, mathematician & [[cosmologist]]; co-advocate (with Gold & Hoyle) of the [[Steady-State Theory]]. *[[Clarence Gatemouth Brown|Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown]], 81, [[United States|American]] [[blues]] [[musician]]. *[[Lea Nikel]], 86, [[Israel]]i [[abstract art]]ist. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/01/arts/design/01nikel.html] *[[Eugene Desmond O'Kelly]], 53, former CEO, [[KPMG]], [[cancer]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/obituaries/13okelly.html] *[[Charlie Williams (umpire)|Charlie Williams]], 61, former [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]]; the first [[African American]] umpire to work behind home plate in a [[World Series]] game, complications of [[diabetes]]. [http://www.freep.com/sports/baseball/horn17e_20050917.htm] *[[E. Stewart Williams]], 95, [[United States|American]] architect, known for "Desert Modernism". [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/07/arts/design/07williams.html] ;[[September 9|9]] *[[J. Calvin Jureit]], 87, prominent [[inventor]], head injuries suffered in fall. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/national/18jureit.html] *[[John Wayne Glover]], 72, convicted Australian serial killer nicknamed "The Granny Killer", [[suicide]], [[hanging]] *[[André Pousse]], 85, [[France|French]] [[actor]]. *[[Tarzan Taborda]], 78, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] wrestling champion, [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. ;[[September 8|8]] *[[Noel Cantwell]], 73, former [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] captain, [[cancer]]. *[[Oswald Hoffmann]], 91, American [[Lutheran]] [[Evangelism|evangelist]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10069] *[[Donald Horne]], 83, [[Australia]]n academic, historian, philosopher and intellectual. *[[Lewis Platt]], 64, former [[Hewlett Packard]] [[CEO]]. *[[Perry Stephens]], 47, [[United States|American]] actor (''[[Loving]]''). [http://www.metrocalvarychapel.org/perry-stephens.htm] [http://www.tvguide.com/soaps/soapsnews/] ;[[September 7|7]] *[[Hope Garber]], 81, Canadian entertainer and television personality, [[Alzheimer's disease]]. *[[Moussa Arafat]], 65, former head of general security in [[Gaza]], cousin of [[Yasser Arafat]], [[murdered]]. *Dame [[Eugenia Charles]], 86, former prime minister of [[Dominica]]. *[[Stanley Dancer]], 78, record-setting [[harness racing]] driver. *[[Sergio Endrigo]], 72, [[Italy|Italian]] singer and songwriter. *[[Nicolino Locche]], 66, [[Argentina|Argentine]] world [[boxing]] champion. *[[Henry Luce III]], 80, [[Publisher]] of [[Time Magazine]] and [[philanthropist]]. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/09/12/henry_luce_iii_80_was_publisher_of_time/] ;[[September 6|6]] *[[Mark Matthews]], 111, [[US Army]] [[first sergeant]], oldest living [[Buffalo Soldier]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/12/AR2005091201663.html?sub=new] *[[Octavio Medeiros]], 82, [[Brazil]]ian General, founder of the [[SNI]], [[multiple organ failure]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10056] *[[Karl von Vorse Krombein]], 93, senior [[entomologist]] at the [[Smithsonian Institution]], [[cardiac arrest]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/02/AR2005100201412.html] *[[Mercedes Tira Andrei]], 56, former Information Attache for the Philippine Embassy in Bucharest, Romania in the 1970s and veteran foreign correspondent in Washington DC for BusinessWorld, the leading business daily newspaper in the Philippines. [http://www.philippinenews.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=2800da7e89222b40333b8e11f8906aa9] ;[[September 5|5]] *[[Rizal Nurdin]], 57, Governor of [[North Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]], [[Mandala Airlines Flight 091]] crash. *[[Raja Inal Siregar]], 67, former Governor of [[North Sumatra]], [[Indonesia]], [[Mandala Airlines Flight 091]] crash. ;[[September 4|4]] *[[Bill Charmatz]], 80, [[United States|American]] [[illustrator]], especially noted for works in [[Sports Illustrated]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/10/arts/10charmatz.html] *[[Stanley Jennings]], 84, [[United States|American]] cartoonist, journalist. *[[Alan Truscott]], 80, one of the most known [[bridge (card game)|bridge]] [[columnist]]s. [http://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/nyregion/05truscott.html&OP=79e76007Q2FQ7C!rQ5BQ7CkhFQ3EQ24hhyQ2AQ7CQ2AVVGQ7CVQ26Q7CVGQ7CvSQ24rcghvQ7CVGyQ24xQ3EFhyy(Eytq] ;[[September 3|3]] *[[R.S.R. Fitter|Richard Fitter]], 92, [[United Kingdom|British]] [[natural history|naturalist]]. *[[Robert W. Funk]], 79, founder of the [[Jesus Seminar]], [[lung failure]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/10/national/10funk.html] *[[William Rehnquist]], 80, [[Chief Justice of the United States]] , [[thyroid cancer]]. [http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/09/03/rehnquist.obit/index.html] *[[Ekkehard Schall]], 75, [[Germany|German]] actor. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10051] ;[[September 2|2]] *[[Bob Denver]], 70, [[United States|American]] actor (''[[Gilligan's Island]]''), complications from [[cancer]] treatment. *[[Adrian Karsten]], 45, [[ESPN]] announcer, [[suicide]]. [http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=38&u_sid=1495275] *[[Alexandru Paleologu]], 86, [[Romania]]n diplomat. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10049] *[[Marilyn Whirry]], 72, [[United States|US]] [[Teacher of the Year]] for [[2000]], afterwards a lecturer, [[lung disease]]. [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10055] ;[[September 1|1]] *[[R. L. Burnside]], 78, [[United States|American]] [[blues]] musician. *[[Barry Cowsill]], pop-singer and writer, victim of [[Hurricane Katrina]]. [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9117582/cowsill_found_dead_in_no] *[[Anil Kumar Dutta]], artist, founder or [[Academy of Creative Art]]. *[[Jacob A. Marinsky]], 87, [[United States|American]] chemist, co-discoverer of the element [[Promethium]]. *[[Hermann Michael]], 68, [[Germany|German]] conductor, [[aplastic anemia]]. [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/arts/music/14michael.html] *[[Cassio Raposo do Amaral]], 62, [[Brazil]]ian [[plastic surgeon]] and medical professor. [[Category:2005 deaths|*09]]