- Sep 3 Sugar Ramos [Ultiminio Ramos], Cuban-Mexican boxer (World Featherweight champion 1963-64), dies at 75
- Sep 6 Jim McDaniels, American basketball forward (All American 1971; Western Kentucky Uni; No. 1 overall pick ABA Draft 1971; ABA All-Star 1972; Carolina Cougars), dies from diabetes complications at 69
- Sep 7 Gene Michael, American baseball shortstop, and general manger (NY Yankees), dies of a heart attack at 79
- Sep 8 Catherine Hardy Lavender, American 4x100m runner (Olympic gold 1952), dies at 87
- Sep 8 Isabelle Daniels, American sprinter (Olympic bronze 56), dies at 80
Jake LaMotta (1922-2017)
Sep 19 American boxer (world middleweight champion 1949-51, immortalised in 'Raging Bull'), dies at 95
- Sep 29 Ludmila Belousova, Russian figure skater (Olympic gold USSR pairs 1964, 68; World C'ship gold pairs 1965, 66, 67, 68 [Oleg Protopopov]), dies at 81
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