Notable Deaths in September 2026

Cassandra Wilson

Jazz singer, two-time Grammy winner: New Moon Daughter, Loverly

Rosalind Ashford

Founding member of Martha and the Vandellas

Duncan Sheik

Singer-songwriter: "Barely Breathing"; Tony-winning composer of Spring Awakening

Heart failure leading to cardiac arrest

Chad Gilbert

Founding guitarist of pop-punk band New Found Glory

Angry Anderson

Frontman of Australian hard rock band Rose Tattoo

Complications of a heart attack

Mighty Sparrow

"Calypso King of the World": "Jean and Dinah"

Jean-Paul Rappeneau

Film director: Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), The Horseman on the Roof

Richard O'Sullivan

Actor: Robin Tripp in Man About the House and Robin's Nest

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary filmmaker: The Battle of Chile, Nostalgia for the Light

Cardiorespiratory arrest

Stephanie Cole

Actress: Waiting for God, Tenko, Open All Hours, Doc Martin

Marina Vlady

Actress: The Conjugal Bed, Cannes Best Actress (1963)

Dennis Haskins

Actor: Principal Richard Belding in Saved by the Bell

Esther Rantzen

Broadcaster: That's Life!; founder of Childline and The Silver Line

Lung cancer

Gloria Steinem

Feminist journalist and activist, co-founder of Ms. magazine

Robin Morgan

Feminist poet and author, editor of Sisterhood Is Powerful

Raif Dizdarević

President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1988 to 1989)

Milan Panić

Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia (1992 to 1993), founder of ICN Pharmaceuticals

Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali

Pioneering Malaysian doctor, wife of former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad

Isao Harimoto

Japanese baseball's all-time hits leader (3,085)

Luděk Mikloško

West Ham United goalkeeper; Czechoslovakia at the 1990 World Cup

Cancer

Sandro Mazzola

Inter Milan and Italy legend, two-time European Cup winner

Bob Pettit

NBA Hall of Famer and the league's first MVP

Gordon Johncock

Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1973, 1982)