Editing 1972 (section)

===September===
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* [[September 1]] – [[He Xiangning]], Chinese revolutionary, feminist, politician, painter and poet (b. [[1878]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chinesenewart.com/chinese-artists15/hexiangning.htm|title=He Xiangning – Chinese New Art – chinesenewart|website=chinesenewart.com}}</ref>
* [[September 2]] – [[Ivan Yumashev (admiral)|Ivan Yumashev]], Soviet admiral (b. [[1895]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/83309/Yumashev-Ivan-Stepanovich.htm|title=Yumashev, Ivan Stepanovich – TracesOfWar.com|website=tracesofwar.com}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] ([[Munich massacre]]):
** [[Yossef Romano]], Israeli weightlifter (b. [[1940]])
** [[Moshe Weinberg]], Israeli wrestling coach (b. [[1939]])
* [[September 6]] ([[Munich massacre]]):
** [[David Berger (weightlifter)|David Berger]], Israeli weightlifter (b. [[1944]])
** [[Ze'ev Friedman]], Israeli weightlifter (b. [[1944]])
** [[Yossef Gutfreund]], Israeli wrestling referee (b. [[1931]])
** [[Eliezer Halfin]], Israeli wrestler (b. [[1948]])
** [[Amitzur Shapira]], Israeli athletics coach (b. [[1932]])
** [[Kehat Shorr]], Israeli shooting coach (b. [[1919]])
** [[Mark Slavin]], Israeli wrestler (b. [[1954]])
** [[Andre Spitzer]], Israeli fencing coach (b. [[1945]])
* [[September 8]] – [[Warren Kealoha]], American Olympic swimmer (b. [[1903]])
* [[September 12]] – [[William Boyd (actor)|William Boyd]], American actor (b. [[1895]])
* [[September 13]] – [[Zoel Parenteau]], American composer (b. [[1883]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/15/archives/zoel-raientiau-stage-composer-arranger-who-also-wrote-scores-is.html|title=Zoel Parenteau, Stage Composer|work=The New York Times|date=September 15, 1972|page=40}}</ref>
* [[September 15]]
** [[Ásgeir Ásgeirsson]], 2nd President of Iceland (b. [[1894]])
** [[Geoffrey Fisher]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1887]])
* [[September 17]] – [[Akim Tamiroff]], Armenian actor (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{Cite news|date=September 19, 1972|title=Akim Tamiroff, Actor, Is Dead; Had Screen Career of 35 Years|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/09/19/archives/-akim-tamiroff-actor-is-dead1-had-screen-career-of-35-years-exert.html|access-date=2021-06-19|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – [[Robert Casadesus]], French pianist (b. [[1899]])
* [[September 21]] – [[Henry de Montherlant]], French writer (b. [[1896]])
* [[September 25]] – [[Max Fleischer]], American animator (b. [[1883]])