Obituary: P. C. Vey, dead at age 70
P. C. Vey, the American cartoonist whose work appeared in The New Yorker, MAD Magazine and National Lampoon, died on September 17, 2026, aged 70. Known professionally as Peter C.…
Deaths on September 17
This archive lists notable deaths associated with September 17 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on September 17, 2026.
Glen Middlemiss died at age 70
Glen Middlemiss, the Australian footballer who played for Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League, died on September 17, 2026, aged 70. Known in full as Glen Russell…
Death of Patrick Zelnik at age 79
Patrick Zelnik, the French music publisher who helped shape the country’s recording industry, died on September 17, 2026, at age 79 in Paris. Born on November 10, 1946, he began…
Death of Jerry Thomas Howard at age 90
Jerry Thomas Howard, an American politician and member of the Missouri Senate, died on September 17, 2026, at age 90. A Democrat, he also served in the Missouri House of…
Michael Sweetney death at age 43
Michael Sweetney, the American basketball player who played for the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls, died on September 17, 2026, aged 43. Born in Washington, D.C., he attended Oxon…
Ron Hurst dead at age 95
Ron Hurst, a Canadian ice hockey player who spent part of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, died on September 17, 2026, aged 95. Born in Toronto on May…
Obituary: Anay Beltrán Reyes, dead at age 44
Anay Beltrán Reyes, a Mexican politician and incumbent federal deputy, died on September 17, 2026, aged 44. Affiliated with Morena, she represented the State of Mexico’s 8th district in the…
Alfredo Mantica passed away at age 83
Alfredo Mantica, the Italian politician and business advisor who served as a senator from 1996 to 2013, died on September 17, 2026, aged 83. Born in Rimini on July 17,…
Alla Akhundova passes away at age 86
Alla Akhundova, the Azerbaijani poet, screenwriter and translator, died on September 17, 2026, aged 86. Born in Moscow on October 27, 1939, she studied at the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute…
Jon Kyl has died at age 84
Jon Kyl, an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from Arizona and later as a lobbyist, died on September 17, 2026, aged 84. A Republican, he represented Arizona…
Sway obituary: died at age 44
Sway, the British rapper and record producer known off stage as Derek Andrew Safo, died on September 17, 2026, aged 44. Born in Hornsey on September 5, 1982, he began…
Duncan Sheik dies at 56
Duncan Sheik, the American singer-songwriter and composer known for “Barely Breathing” and the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, died on September 17, 2026, at age 56. The cause was organ failure.…
Bryan Kelly passes away at age 92
Bryan Kelly, the English composer, conductor and pianist from Oxford, died on September 17, 2026, aged 92. Born Bryan George Kelly on January 3, 1934, he studied at the Royal…
Obituary: Hans Andersson-Tvilling, dead at age 98
Hans Andersson-Tvilling, the Swedish ice hockey player and footballer, died on September 17, 2026, aged 98. Born Hans Lennart Andersson in Bromma, he represented Sweden in ice hockey at the…
Death of Shao Qihui at age 92
Shao Qihui, the Chinese politician who served as governor of Heilongjiang from 1989 to 1994, died on September 17, 2026, aged 92. Born in June 1934 in Yixing, Jiangsu, he…
William Gummow obituary: died at age 83
William Gummow, the Australian jurist who served as a justice of the High Court of Australia from 1995 to 2012, died on September 17, 2026, aged 83. Born William Montague…
Ginger Molloy passed away at age 88
Ginger Molloy, a New Zealand motorcycle racer, died on September 17, 2026, aged 88. Born in Gisborne on December 25, 1937, he became a Grand Prix road racer who competed…
Sergei Tchepikov dies at age 59
Sergei Tchepikov, the Russian politician, biathlete and cross-country skier, died on September 17, 2026, aged 59. Born Sergei Vladimirovich Tchepikov in Khor, in what was then the Russian SFSR of…
Alla Akhundova passes away at age 86
Alla Akhundova, the Azerbaijani poet, screenwriter and translator, died on September 17, 2026, aged 86. Born in Moscow on October 27, 1939, she built a career across poetry, drama and…
Gary McCracken died at age 75
Gary McCracken, a Canadian musician and drummer, died on September 17, 2026, aged 75. He was best known as the drummer for Max Webster from 1976 until the band dissolved…
Oscar Wambrauw dies at age 57
Oscar Wambrauw, an Indonesian academic and professor of economics at Cenderawasih University, died on September 17, 2026, aged 57. He had served as the university’s rector from 2022 until his…
Ludmila Javorová, died aged 94
Ludmila Javorová, a Czech Roman Catholic theologian, died on September 17, 2026, aged 94. Born in Brno in 1932, she came from a Catholic family and worked for the underground…
Richard Morávek has died at age 56
Richard Morávek, a Czech entrepreneur, developer and investor, died on September 17, 2026, aged 56, from complications of a head injury. Based in Olomouc, he built his career in business…
Blas Wilfredo Omar Jaime dies at age 92
Blas Wilfredo Omar Jaime, the last native speaker of Chaná and a transporter, died on September 17, 2026, aged 92. Born in Nogoyá, Argentina, on February 2, 1934, he was…
Obituary: Mac Percival, dead at age 86
Mac Percival, an American football placekicker who played for the Chicago Bears and Dallas Cowboys, died of colorectal cancer on September 17, 2026, aged 86. Born in Vernon, Texas, on…
Death of E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan at age 78
E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan, a lawyer and politician who represented Tamil Nadu in Parliament, died on September 17, 2026, aged 78. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served…
Death of Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif at age 62
Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif, a Pakistani politician and member of the Punjab Assembly, died on September 17, 2026, at age 62 after a cardiac arrest. Known also as Chaudhry Muhammad Hanif…
Obituary: Kōichi Watanabe, dead at age 68
Kōichi Watanabe, a Japanese politician who served as a member of the House of Representatives and as mayor of Iwamizawa, died on September 17, 2026, aged 68. A member of…
Barry T. Parker obituary: died at age 93
Barry T. Parker, an American politician who served in both the New Jersey General Assembly and the State Senate, died on September 17, 2026, aged 93. A Republican, he was…
Eliana Moreno dead, Eliana Moreno, News journalist KNBC, aircraft accident
Eliana Moreno, a news journalist for KNBC and KVEA, died on September 17, 2026, in an aircraft accident. She was among two people aboard a Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil owned by…
Jeffery Lee obituary: died at age 49
Jeffery Lee, an American convicted murderer who was executed by lethal injection, died on September 17, 2026, at age 49. Born Jeffery James Lee in Alabama, he was also known…
Diane Martel, died aged 63
American music video director and choreographer Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Death of Mario de at age 76
Spanish computer scientist and academic Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Gary Faigin died at age 74
American realist painter Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Lucien Bellavia dies at age 65
French footballer (Thionville Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Florin Marin death at age 72
Romanian football player (Rapid București Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
István Kiss passes away at age 76
Hungarian Olympic gymnast (1972) Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Jean Danguillaume died at age 92
French racing cyclist Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Pierre-Jean Ruff dies at age 93
French Protestant pastor Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Death of George Sievwright at age 88
Scottish footballer (Macclesfield Town Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Jim Fahnhorst passes away at age 66
American football player (San Francisco 49ers) Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Robo Shankar has died at age 46
Indian stand up comedian and actor (Maari Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Gennady Zhilin obituary: died at age 79
Russian jurist Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Jean-Paul Imbert passes away at age 83
French organist and teacher Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
René Homier-Roy passes away at age 85
Canadian journalist and television presenter Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Charles Guthrie, dies at 86
British field marshal Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Hans Enoksen passes away at age 69
Greenlandic politician Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Obituary: Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, dead at age 79
Austrian art historian Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Lionel Vinche passes away at age 88
Belgian painter Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Amade Camal dead at age 71
Mozambican transport industry executive and politician Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Donald S. dies at age 97
American author and academic Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Ambroise Dupont dead at age 88
French politician Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Fausto Amodei obituary: died at age 91
Italian politician and singer Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Joseph Urusemal has died at age 74
Micronesian politician Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Dame Joan death at age 95
New Zeland anthropologist Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Adam Niemiec dies at 78
Polish basketball player Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Yehuda Zvi death at age 93
Slovak-born Israeli legal scholar Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Sandra Noll passed away at age 89
American dancer Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Paul A. passed away at age 91
American historian Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Drummond Rennie obituary: died at age 89
American nephrologist Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Sareeta Domingo, died aged 44
44-45 Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Gajanan Mehendale obituary: died at age 77
77 Indian historian Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Franklin Southworth has died at age 96
American linguist Died on Thursday September 18th 2025
Malcolm Mitchell-Thomson, passes away at age 3
British peer Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Zulya Kamalova dies at age 55
Australian singer Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Chungdak Koren, died aged 73
73–74 Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Kazu Yuzuki obituary: died at age 69
69–70 Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Roy Reiman passes away at age 90
American philanthropist and publicist Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Victor Halberstadt obituary: died at age 85
Dutch economist and academic Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Regina Becker-Schmidt died at age 86
86–87 Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Harry W. has died at age 97
97–98 Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Death of Taimuraz Batagov at age 84
Russian military officer Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Itsuo Sonobe death at age 95
Japanese lawyer and judge Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Nam Jae-hui passed away at age 90
South Korean politician Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Harrison J. died at age 88
American politician Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Cho Gyeong-mok, died aged 87
South Korean politician Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Lech Sołuba passes away at age 76
Polish actor Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Steve Hardwick died at age 68
English footballer (Oxford United Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Donnell Thompson death at age 65
American football player (Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts) Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Peter Tiboris died at age 78
American conductor Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Gerti Bogdani died at age 44
Albanian politician Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Flávio Araújo dies at 90
Brazilian sports commentator (Rádio Bandeirantes Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Paul Imiéla dies at 81
French footballer (Amiens) Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Obituary: Pierre Alonzo, dead at age 84
French football player (Red Star Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Minnie Mendoza obituary: died at age 89
Cuban-American baseball player (Minnesota Twins) Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Johnny Thunder died at age 93
American singer ("Loop de Loop") Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Yuko Arakida dies at age 70
Japanese volleyball player Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Salvatore Schillaci death at age 59
Italian footballer (Messina Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Graeme Clyne dead at age 83
Australian rules footballer (Fitzroy) Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Nelson DeMille died at age 81
American novelist Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Obituary: JD Souther, dead at age 78
American singer-songwriter Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Ernesto Franco passed away at age 68
Italian academic and writer Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Xabier Añoveros dead at age 80
Spanish academic and historian Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Philip Williams has died at age -1
Canadian actor (Jason X Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Jean Beaufils death at age 88
French politician Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Bud Irving died at age 98
Canadian football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Death of Curtis McCormack at age 72
American politician Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Norman Ackroyd died at age 86
English artist Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024
Dame Elizabeth dead at age 85
British academic and museum director Died on Wednesday September 18th 2024