- Sep 9 Bill Cratty, American modern dancer and choreographer, dies of liver cancer at 47
- Sep 9 Lucio Battisti, Italian pop singer and composer, dies of cancer at 55
- Sep 10 Vernon Guy, American R&B and gospel singer (Cool Sounds; Sharpees), dies in a car accident at 53
- Sep 14 (Laten) Johnny Adams, American blues, jazz and gospel singer (Reconsider Me), dies of prostate cancer at 66
- Sep 17 William Hugh Albright, American composer and musician, dies at 53
- Sep 21 Dragutin Gostuški, Serbian composer (Concerto Accelerato), musicologist, and educator, dies at 75
- Sep 25 Russell Smith, American composer, dies at 71
- Sep 26 Betty Carter [Lillie Mae Jones], American jazz singer and scat vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 69
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