In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Dudu Topaz
Israeli comedian (1946-2009).
Born September 20th, 1946 in Haifa.
Died August 20th, 2009 at 62 years old in Ramla (hanging to death). [ref]
Mari Trini
Spanish singer-songwriter.
Born July 12th, 1947 in Caravaca de la Cruz.
Died April 7th, 2009 at 61 years old in Murcia (lung cancer). [ref]
Edwin S. Shneidman
Thanatologist and co-founder of suicidology (1918-2009).
Died May 15th, 2009 at 91 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Johannes Mario Simmel
Austrian writer (1924–2009).
Born April 7th, 1924 in Vienna.
Died January 1st, 2009 at 84 years old in Lucerne. [ref]
Salvatore Samperi
Italian film director (1944–2009).
Born July 26th, 1944 in Padua.
Died March 5th, 2009 at 64 years old in Rome.
Ruth Ford
American actress (1911-2009).
Born July 7th, 1911 in Brookhaven. [ref]
Died August 12th, 2009 at 98 years old in New York City. [ref]
Shilendra Kumar Singh
Indian diplomat and politician (1932–2009).
Born January 24th, 1932.
Died December 1st, 2009 at 77 years old [ref]
Tohir Yo‘ldosh
Uzbekistani islamist (1967–2009).
Born October 2nd, 1967 in Namangan.
Died August 27th, 2009 at 41 years old in Pakistan (drone warfare).
H. C. Robbins Landon
American musicologist (1926–2009).
Born March 6th, 1926 in Boston. [ref]
Died November 23rd, 2009 at 83 years old in Rabastens. [ref]
Pierre Paulin
French designer (1927–2009).
Born July 9th, 1927 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 13th, 2009 at 81 years old in Montpellier.
Marcella Althaus-Reid
Argentine theologian (1952-2009).
Born May 11th, 1952 in Rosario.
Died February 20th, 2009 at 56 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Hubert van Es
Dutch photographer (1941–2009).
Born July 6th, 1941 in Hilversum.
Died May 15th, 2009 at 67 years old in Hong Kong (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Inger Christensen
Poet, novelist, essayist, editor (1935-2009).
Born January 16th, 1935 in Vejle.
Died January 2nd, 2009 at 73 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Peter Landin
British computer scientist (1930–2009).
Born June 5th, 1930 in Sheffield.
Died June 3rd, 2009 at 78 years old in England.
George Perle
American composer (1915–2009).
Born May 6th, 1915 in Bayonne.
Died January 23rd, 2009 at 93 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Luis Aguilé
Argentine singer, songwriter and actor (1936–2009).
Born February 24th, 1936 in Buenos Aires.
Died October 10th, 2009 at 73 years old in Madrid (stomach cancer). [ref]
Albert Barillé
French film producer (1920–2009).
Born February 14th, 1920 in Warsaw.
Died February 11th, 2009 at 88 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Barry Flanagan
British sculptor (1941–2009).
Born January 11th, 1941.
Died August 31st, 2009 at 68 years old in Santa Eulària des Riu (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Oleg Shenin
Russian politician (1937-2009).
Born July 22nd, 1937 in Akhtubinsky District.
Died May 28th, 2009 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Henri Pousseur
Belgian composer (1929-2009).
Born June 23rd, 1929 in Malmedy.
Died March 6th, 2009 at 79 years old in Brussels (pneumonia).
Erich Leo Lehmann
American statistician (1917-2009).
Born November 20th, 1917 in Strasbourg.
Died September 12th, 2009 at 91 years old in Berkeley.
Rafael Escalona Martínez
Compositor, pintor, escritor, diseñador.
Born May 26th, 1926 in Patillal. [ref]
Died May 13th, 2009 at 82 years old in Bogotá. [ref]
Hildegard Behrens
German operatic soprano (1937-2009).
Born February 9th, 1937 in Varel.
Died August 18th, 2009 at 72 years old in Tokyo (aortic aneurysm). [ref]
Deaths 476 to 500 of 958
We are born from a quiet sleep, and we die to a calm awakening. Zhuangzi