In the year 2009
889 Notable deaths
Venetia Burney
British schoolteacher, namer of the dwarf planet pluto.
Born July 11th, 1918 in England.
Died April 30th, 2009 at 90 years old in Banstead.
Thomas Hill
American actor.
Born June 2nd, 1927 in Mussoorie.
Died April 20th, 2009 at 81 years old in Bloomington. [ref]
Helen Levitt
American photographer (1913-2009).
Born August 31st, 1913 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died March 29th, 2009 at 95 years old in Greenwich Village. [ref]
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Former caretaker prime minister of pakistan.
Born August 14th, 1931 in Shaheed Benazirabad District.
Died November 20th, 2009 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Soviet and russian actor (1928—2009).
Born February 8th, 1928 in Pavlovsky Posad.
Died December 4th, 2009 at 81 years old in Moscow (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Jean Jadot
Catholic archbishop (1909-2009).
Born November 23rd, 1909 in City of Brussels.
Died January 21st, 2009 at 99 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. [ref]
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
South african politician (1940-2009).
Born October 9th, 1940 in Durban.
Died December 16th, 2009 at 69 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Willem Johan Kolff
Dutch medical researcher (1911–2009).
Born February 14th, 1911 in Leiden.
Died February 11th, 2009 at 97 years old in Delaware County. [ref]
Jane Bryan
Film actress; united states federal arts commission member (1918-2009).
Born June 11th, 1918 in Hollywood.
Died April 8th, 2009 at 90 years old in Pebble Beach. [ref]
Thomas Berry
American priest (1914–2009).
Born November 9th, 1914 in Greensboro.
Died June 1st, 2009 at 94 years old in Greensboro. [ref]
Jim Dickinson
American musician (1941–2009).
Born November 15th, 1941 in Little Rock.
Died August 15th, 2009 at 67 years old in Memphis. [ref]
Paul Naschy
Spanish actor, screenwriter, and director (1934–2009).
Born September 6th, 1934 in Madrid. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2009 at 75 years old in Madrid (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Barry Letts
British actor, writer and director (1925-2009).
Born March 26th, 1925 in Leicester.
Died October 9th, 2009 at 84 years old in Devon. [ref]
Lino Lacedelli
Italian mountain climber (1925–2009).
Born December 4th, 1925 in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Died November 20th, 2009 at 83 years old in Cortina d'Ampezzo. [ref]
Tyeb Mehta
Indian artist.
Born July 26th, 1925 in Kapadvanj.
Died July 2nd, 2009 at 83 years old in Mumbai (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Henry Bellmon
American politician (1921-2009).
Born September 3rd, 1921 in Tonkawa.
Died September 29th, 2009 at 88 years old in Enid (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Alicia de Larrocha
Spanish pianist.
Born May 23rd, 1923 in Barcelona. [ref]
Died September 25th, 2009 at 86 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Rosanna Schiaffino
Italian actress (1939-2009).
Born November 25th, 1938 in Genoa.
Died October 17th, 2009 at 70 years old in Milan (breast cancer). [ref]
Richard John Neuhaus
Canadian-american christian writer.
Born May 14th, 1936 in Pembroke.
Died January 8th, 2009 at 72 years old in Manhattan (cancer). [ref]
Noordin Mohammad Top
Malaysian terrorist (1968-2009).
Born August 11th, 1968 in Kluang. [ref]
Died September 17th, 2009 at 41 years old in Mojosongo (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri
South african politician (1937-2009).
Born September 18th, 1937 in Kroonstad.
Died April 6th, 2009 at 71 years old in Pretoria. [ref]
Sheng-yen
Taiwanese buddhist monk, religious scholar, and writer (1931–2009).
Born January 22nd, 1931.
Died February 3rd, 2009 at 78 years old in Taipei (kidney failure). [ref]
Reinhard Mohn
German businessman and philanthropist (1921-2009).
Born June 29th, 1921 in Gütersloh.
Died October 3rd, 2009 at 88 years old in Steinhagen.
Chris Connor
American jazz singer (1927–2009).
Born November 8th, 1927 in Kansas City.
Died August 29th, 2009 at 81 years old in Toms River (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 276 to 300 of 889
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson