Fela Kuti, Nigerian musician and political activist (b. 1938) August 4 – Jeanne Calment, French supercentenarian, oldest person ever lived (b. 1875) August 6 – Jürgen Kuczynski, German economist and communist (b. 1904) August 10 – Conlon Nancarrow, American-born composer (b. 1912) August 12 – Luther Allison, American musician (b. 1939) August 16 – Sultan Ahmad Nanupuri, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and teacher (b. 1914) August 20 – Norris Bradbury, American physicist (b. 1909) August 21 Misael Pastrana Borrero, 23rd President of Colombia (b. 1923) Yuri Nikulin, Soviet and Russian actor and clown (b. 1921) August 22 – Matti Sippala, Finnish athlete (b. 1908) August 23 Eric Gairy, 1st Prime Minister of Grenada (b. 1922) John Kendrew, British molecular biologist (b. 1917) August 24 – Louis Essen, English physicist (b. 1908) August 27 – Sally Blane, American actress (b. 1910) August 30 – Ernst Wilimowski, German–Polish footballer (b. 1916) August 31 Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961) Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (b. 1955) September September 1 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929) September 2 – Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905) September 4 Hans Eysenck, German-born British psychologist (b. 1916) Aldo Rossi, Italian architect and designer (b. 1931) September 5 Sir Georg Solti, Hungarian-born British conductor (b. 1912) Mother Teresa, Indian nun, missionary and saint (b. 1910) September 7 – Mobutu Sese Seko, 2nd President of Zaire (b. 1930) September 9 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (b. 1907) September 10 – Fritz Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1929) September 12 – Stig Anderson, Swedish talent manager (b. 1931) September 17 Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (b. 1913) Jan P. Syse, Norwegian politician, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1930) September 18 – Jimmy Witherspoon, American blues singer (b. 1920) September 19 – Rich Mullins, American Christian musician (b. 1955) September 23 – Shirley Clarke, American filmmaker (b. 1919) September 25 – Jean Françaix, French composer (b. 1912) September 28 – Ho Feng-Shan, Chinese diplomat (b. 1901) September 29 – Roy Lichtenstein, American artist (b. 1923) October October 1 – Francisco Aramburu, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922) October 4 Otto Ernst Remer, German Wehrmacht officer (b. 1912) Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese video game franchise creator (b. 1941) October 5 – Brian Pillman, American professional wrestler (b. 1962) October 7 − Orlando Ramón Agosti, Argentine general (b. 1924) October 11 – Ivan Yarygin, Soviet and Russian heavyweight wrestler (b. 1948)