- Sep 2 Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
- Sep 4 David Brown, American rock bassist (Santana, 1967-71, 1974-76), dies of liver and kidney failure at 53
- Sep 12 Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (Wonderland), dies at 66
- Sep 21 Bengt Hambraeus, Swedish Canadian composer and organist, dies at 72
- Sep 24 Ian "Spike" Spice, British drummer (Breathe - "Hands To Heaven", Flash Cadillac), dies at 34
- Sep 26 Baden Powell, Brazilian jazz and samba guitarist, dies of bacterial pneumonia at 63
- Sep 26 Nick Fatool, American jazz and session drummer, dies at 85
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