- Sep 1 Olga de Haas, Dutch ballerina, dies as a result of anorexia nervosa at 33
- Sep 5 Joe Negroni, American rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 37
- Sep 6 Tom Wilson, American record producer (Sun Ra; Bob Dylan; Simon & Garfunkel; Mothers of Invention; Velvet Underground), dies of a heart attack at 47
Keith Moon (1946-1978)
Sep 7 British rock drummer (The Who - "Bell Boy"), dies of a drug overdose at 32
- Sep 8 Pancho Vladigerov, Bulgarian pianist, composer (Vardar Rhapsody; Song to Peace), and pedagogue, dies at 79
- Sep 24 Ruth Etting, American stage, radio, and screen singer ("Shine On Harvest Moon"; "Ten Cents A Dance"), and actress (Roman Scandals; Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80
- Sep 30 Beryl Booker, American swing and cool jazz pianist (Dinah Washington), dies at 56
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