- Sep 1 Jimi Jamison, American rock singer (Survivor, 1984-89, 2000-06, 2011-14 - "High On You"), dies of a stroke at 63
- Sep 4 Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian rock singer-songwriter (Soda Stereo), dies of cardiac arrest after 4 years in a coma at 55
- Sep 4 Włodzimierz Kotoński, Polish composer, dies at 89
- Sep 8 Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter, arranger (Jimmie Lunceford; Duke Ellington), orchestra leader, and teacher dies at 96
- Sep 8 Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (Adriana Lecouvreur; La Voix Humaine), dies at 104
- Sep 9 Antonín Tučapský, Czech composer, teacher, and choral conductor, dies at 86
- Sep 9 Robert 'Trob' Young, Scottish musician (Primal Scream), found dead at 49
- Sep 10 Oldřich František Korte, Czech pianist, composer, and writer, dies at 88
- Sep 11 Antoine Duhamel, French composer, dies at 89
- Sep 11 Bob Crewe, American songwriter and producer ("Big Girls Don't Cry"), dies at 83
- Sep 12 Joe Sample, American jazz and session keyboardist and composer (The Jazz Crusaders), dies of mesothelioma at 75
- Sep 12 Salah El Mahdi, Tunisian composer, conductor, musicologist, and artistic director, dies at 89
- Sep 17 George Hamilton IV, American country musician, dies from complications from a heart attack at 77
- Sep 19 Francisco Feliciano, Filipino conductor and composer (Pokpok Alimpako), dies at 73
- Sep 20 Polly Bergen [Nellie Burgin], American actress, singer, television host, and writer (Winds of War - "Rhoda"; The Helen Morgan Story), dies of natural causes at 84
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