Died September 2016

The Lady Chablis, a transgender entertainer known best for playing a drag queen comedian in the 1997 film “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,” died Sept. 8, 2016, …

John Hostetter, a veteran character actor who was known best for his role as the unflappable stage manager on TV’s “Murphy Brown,” died Sept. 2, 2016, of cancer. He was …

Cary Blanchard, a former NFL All-Pro kicker for the Indianapolis Colts, died Sept. 6, 2016, according to his wife. He was 47. Mindi Blanchard told the news media she believed …

Bobby Chacon, a former two-time world boxing champion, has died, according to multiple news sources. He was 64.

Best-selling children’s author was known for her “Llama Llama” stories…

Leslie Martinson, the prolific TV and film director who worked on “Batman: The Movie,” “PT 109,” and “The Brady Bunch.”

Phyllis Schlafly, a constitutional lawyer who successfully campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution during the 1970s, died Sept. 5, 2016, according to multiple news …

Hugh O’Brian, the actor who was known best for playing the title role on the 1950s TV Western “The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,” died Sept. 5, 2016, at …

Dabney Montgomery, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who marched for civil rights with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Sept. 3, 2016, of natural causes, according to …

Managed gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A. and Eazy-E.