In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Akmal Shaikh
Taxi driver and criminal executed for drug offences in china.
Born April 5th, 1956 in Pakistan.
Died December 29th, 2009 at 53 years old in Ürümqi (lethal injection). [ref]
Samak Sundaravej
Thai politician (1935-2009).
Born June 13th, 1935 in Bangkok.
Died November 24th, 2009 at 74 years old in Bangkok (liver cancer). [ref]
Jean Martin
French actor (1922-2009).
Born March 6th, 1922 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 2nd, 2009 at 86 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Julius Shulman
American photographer (1910–2009).
Born October 10th, 1910 in Brooklyn.
Died July 15th, 2009 at 98 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Griffin Bell
American judge (1918-2009).
Born October 31st, 1918 in Americus.
Died January 5th, 2009 at 90 years old in Atlanta (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Nelly Arcan
Canadian novelist (1973–2009).
Born March 5th, 1973 in Lac-Mégantic.
Died September 24th, 2009 at 36 years old in Montreal (hanging to death). [ref]
Edward Goldsmith
British environmentalist, writer and philosopher (1928–2009).
Born November 8th, 1928 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died August 21st, 2009 at 80 years old in Siena. [ref]
Virginia Prince
American transgender activist (1912–2009).
Born November 23rd, 1913 in Los Angeles.
Died May 2nd, 2009 at 95 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
William Alston
American christian philosopher (1921–2009).
Born November 29th, 1921 in Shreveport.
Died September 13th, 2009 at 87 years old in Onondaga County.
Lukas Foss
American composer (1922-2009).
Born August 15th, 1922 in Berlin.
Died February 1st, 2009 at 86 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vasily Aksyonov
Soviet-american writer (1932-2009).
Born August 20th, 1932 in Kazan.
Died July 6th, 2009 at 76 years old in Moscow (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Hugh Hopper
English bass guitarist (1945–2009).
Born April 29th, 1945 in Canterbury.
Died June 7th, 2009 at 64 years old (leukemia). [ref]
Ramses Shaffy
Dutch-french singer and actor (1933–2009).
Born August 29th, 1933 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Died December 1st, 2009 at 76 years old in Amsterdam (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Edward Schillebeeckx
Belgian theologian (1914-2009).
Born November 12th, 1914 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died December 23rd, 2009 at 95 years old in Nijmegen. [ref]
Ernst Barkmann
German world war ii soldier (1919–2009).
Born August 25th, 1919 in Kisdorf.
Died June 27th, 2009 at 89 years old in Kisdorf. [ref]
Bud Shank
American jazz saxophonist and flautist (1926–2009).
Born May 27th, 1926 in Dayton.
Died April 2nd, 2009 at 82 years old in Tucson (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Valentin Varennikov
Soviet general and russian politician (1923-2009).
Born December 15th, 1923 in Krasnodar.
Died May 6th, 2009 at 85 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Robert Anderson
American playwright, screenwriter, and theater producer (1917–2009).
Born April 28th, 1917 in Manhattan.
Died February 9th, 2009 at 91 years old in Manhattan (pneumonia).
Luís Cabral
Prime minister of guinea-bissau (1931-2009).
Born April 11th, 1931 in Bissau.
Died May 30th, 2009 at 78 years old in Torres Vedras (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Lloyd Ruby
American racing driver (1928-2009).
Born January 12th, 1928 in Wichita Falls.
Died March 23rd, 2009 at 81 years old in Wichita Falls. [ref]
Natalya Estemirova
Russian human rights activist (1958-2009).
Born February 28th, 1958 in Kamyshlov.
Died July 15th, 2009 at 51 years old in Gazi-Yurt. [ref]
Edith Lucie Bongo
First lady of gabon (1964-2009).
Born March 10th, 1964 in Brazzaville.
Died March 14th, 2009 at 45 years old in Rabat (cancer). [ref]
Jan Kaplický
Czech architect and designer (1937-2009).
Born April 18th, 1937 in Prague. [ref]
Died January 14th, 2009 at 71 years old in Prague. [ref]
Jackie Ronne
American explorer (1919–2009).
Born October 13th, 1919 in Baltimore.
Died June 14th, 2009 at 89 years old in Bethesda (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Deaths 326 to 350 of 958
In my end is my beginning. Mary, Queen of Scots