- Sep 2 Bruce Waibel, American touring and session rock bassist (Gregg Allman; Firehouse), takes his own life at 45
- Sep 3 (Rebert) R. H. Harris, American gospel singer (The Soul Stirrers), dies at 84
- Sep 4 Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
- Sep 4 Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and orchestra leader (Ripley's Game), dies at 82
- Sep 5 Gisele MacKenzie [LaFlèche], Canadian singer and actress (Your Hit Parade), dies at 76
- Sep 5 Ian Hunter, British impresario of classical music, dies at 84
- Sep 7 Warren Zevon, American rock singer-songwriter and musician ("Werewolves of London"; "Lawyers, Guns and Money"; "Excitable Boy"), dies of pleural mesothelioma at 56
Johnny Cash (1932-2003)
Sep 12 American country singer ("I Walk the Line"; "Ring of Fire"; "A Boy Named Sue"), dies at 71
- Sep 14 John Serry, Sr., American classical, jazz, and bolero accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator, dies at 88
- Sep 15 Jack Brymer, British classical clarinetist (Royal Philharmonic; BBC Symphony; London Symphony), and teacher, dies at 88
- Sep 16 Sheb Wooley, American vocalist (Purple People Eater, Hee Haw), dies at 82
- Sep 17 Ljubica Marić, Serbian composer (Songs Of Space; Octoïcha), pianist, and pedagogue, dies at 94
- Sep 19 Anatoly Bogatyrev, Belarusian composer, dies at 90
- Sep 19 Johnny Best, American big band jazz and session trumpeter (Artie Shaw; Glenn Miller), dies at 89
- Sep 19 Slim Dusty [David Kirkpatrick], Australian country music singer-songwriter, dies of cancer at 76
- Sep 21 Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (Because All Men Are Brothers; A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore), dies at 88
- Sep 24 Rosalie Allen, American country singer, yodeler, and disc jockey, dies of congestive heart failure at 79
- Sep 26 Augustinus Franz Kropfreiter, Austrian organist and composer, dies at 67
- Sep 26 Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter ("Addicted To Love"; The Power Station), dies of a heart attack at 54
- Sep 26 Shawn Lane, American session rock, jazz, and world fusion guitarist, dies of lung issues at 40
- Sep 27 Donald O'Connor, American dancer and actor (Singin' in the Rain), dies at 78
- Sep 27 Paul Burlison, American rockabilly musician (The Rock N Roll Trio), dies at 74
- Sep 30 Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly guitarist (Rockabilly Hall of Fame, 1998), dies of cancer at 64 [1]
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