- Sep 2 Benny Payne, American jazz pianist (Cab Calloway; Billy Daniels Show), dies at 78 or 79 [some sources cite date as January 2]
- Sep 2 Philip Radcliffe, English composer, dies at 81
- Sep 7 Vladimir Alexandrovich Vlasov, Russian-Soviet conductor and composer, dies at 83
- Sep 15 Virginia Gregg, American radio and screen actress, singer and double bassist, dies of lung cancer at 70
- Sep 22 Bernie Cummins, American jazz drummer and big band bandleader ("Dark Eyes"), dies at 86
- Sep 27 Cliff Burton, American rock bassist (Metallica), dies in bus crash at 24
- Sep 28 Robert Helpmann, Australian actor, choreographer and dancer (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Don Quixote), dies at 77
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