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In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Sunita Deshpande
Indian writer (1926-2009).
Born July 3rd, 1926 in Mumbai.
Died November 7th, 2009 at 83 years old in Pune.
Peter Zezel
Canadian ice hockey player (1965-2009).
Born April 22nd, 1965 in Scarborough.
Died May 26th, 2009 at 44 years old in Toronto (anemia). [ref]
Harold Guy Hunt
49th governor of alabama (1933-2009).
Born June 17th, 1933 in Holly Pond.
Died January 30th, 2009 at 75 years old in Birmingham (lung cancer). [ref]
D. K. Pattammal
Indian singer (1919–2009).
Born March 28th, 1919 in Kanchipuram.
Died July 16th, 2009 at 90 years old in Chennai (disease). [ref]
Marcel Jacob
Swedish bassist (1964–2009).
Born January 30th, 1964 in Stockholm.
Died July 21st, 2009 at 45 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Oleg Yankovsky
Soviet and russian actor (1944-2009).
Born February 23rd, 1944 in Karsakpay.
Died May 20th, 2009 at 65 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
John David Carson
American actor (1952-2009).
Born March 6th, 1952 in North Hollywood.
Died October 27th, 2009 at 57 years old in Las Vegas (lymphoma). [ref]
Virginia Davis
American actress (1918–2009).
Born December 31st, 1918 in Kansas City.
Died August 15th, 2009 at 90 years old in Corona (disease). [ref]
Maurice Druon
French novelist.
Born April 23rd, 1918 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 14th, 2009 at 90 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris.
John Mayhew
British musician (1947-2009).
Born March 27th, 1947 in Ipswich.
Died March 26th, 2009 at 61 years old in Glasgow. [ref]
Vitaly Ginzburg
Russian physicist (1916–2009).
Born October 4th, 1916 in Moscow.
Died November 8th, 2009 at 93 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Olga San Juan
American actress (1927–2009).
Born March 16th, 1927 in Brooklyn.
Died January 3rd, 2009 at 81 years old in Burbank (kidney failure). [ref]
Arthur Erickson
Canadian architect and urban planner (1924–2009).
Born June 14th, 1924 in Vancouver. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2009 at 84 years old in Vancouver. [ref]
João Bernardo Vieira
President of guinea-bissau (1939-2009).
Born April 27th, 1939 in Bissau.
Died March 2nd, 2009 at 69 years old in Bissau (deliberate murder, gunshot wound). [ref]
Russell L. Ackoff
American organizational theorist (1919–2009).
Born February 12th, 1919 in Philadelphia.
Died October 29th, 2009 at 90 years old in Paoli (surgical complications). [ref]
Claude Berri
French actor, screenwriter, film producer, and film director (1934-2009).
Born July 1st, 1934 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died January 12th, 2009 at 74 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (stroke). [ref]
Jane Randolph
American film actress (1915–2009).
Born October 30th, 1915 in Youngstown.
Died May 4th, 2009 at 93 years old in Gstaad (disease). [ref]
Ivan van Sertima
British africanist in new jersey.
Born January 26th, 1935 in Guyana.
Died May 25th, 2009 at 74 years old in Highland Park. [ref]
Lorissa McComas
American actor and model (1970-2009).
Born November 26th, 1970 in Columbus.
Died November 3rd, 2009 at 38 years old in Waverly (dystrophy). [ref]
al-Tayyib Salih
Sudanese novelist and short story writer (1929–2009).
Born July 12th, 1929 in Al Dabbah.
Died February 19th, 2009 at 79 years old in London (kidney failure). [ref]
Mildred Cohn
American biochemist (1913–2009).
Born July 12th, 1913 in The Bronx.
Died October 12th, 2009 at 96 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Norm Van Lier
American basketball player (1947–2009).
Born April 1st, 1947 in East Liverpool.
Died February 26th, 2009 at 61 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Gerald Cohen
Canadian philosopher (1941–2009).
Born April 14th, 1941 in Montreal.
Died August 5th, 2009 at 68 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Adolf Merckle
Businessman, billionaire (1934–2009).
Born March 18th, 1934 in Dresden.
Died January 5th, 2009 at 74 years old in Blaubeuren. [ref]
Mike Bongiorno
American-born italian television host (1924-2009).
Born May 26th, 1924 in New York City.
Died September 8th, 2009 at 85 years old in Monaco (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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