- Sep 1 Benay Venuta [Benvenuta Rose Crooke], American actress, singer and dancer (Annie Get Your Gun; Call Me Mister), dies of lung cancer at 84
- Sep 2 Vaclav Neummann, Czech conductor, dies at 74
- Sep 4 Chuck Greenberg, new age musician (Shadowfax), dies at 45
- Sep 5 James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, American pianist, dies at 95
- Sep 9 Ida Carroll, English double bassist, educator, administrator (Northern School of Music, 1956-72), and composer, dies at 89
- Sep 12 Larry Gales, American jazz double-bassist, dies of leukemia at 59
- Sep 19 Mr. Bo [Louis Collins], American electric blues guitarist and singer, dies at 63
- Sep 21 Vernell Townsend, American blues and gospel singer, dies at 64
- Sep 22 (Dorothy) "Dolly" Collins, British folk songwriter, arranger, piano player, and composer, dies at 62
- Sep 23 Lawrence "Booker T." Laury, American boogie-woogie and blues pianist and singer, dies at 81
- Sep 24 Lauri Saikkola, Finnish violinist (Viipuri Symphony, 1923–34; Helsinki Philharmonic, 1934–65), and composer (Laulusarja; Unen kaivo), dies at 89
- Sep 25 Dorothy Dickson, American actress and dancer (Paying the Piper, Danny Boy), dies at 102
- Sep 27 Alexander "Sasha" Argov [Abramovich], Israeli composer, dies at 80
- Sep 27 Christopher Shaw, British composer, dies at 71
- Sep 28 Allen Johnson, American doo-wop baritone vocalist (The Marcels - "Blue Moon"), dies of cancer at 55
- Sep 29 Seger Ellis, American jazz pianist, pop vocalist, songwriter, and bandleader, dies at 91 [1]
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