In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Edwin S. Shneidman
Thanatologist and co-founder of suicidology (1918-2009).
Died May 15th, 2009 at 91 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
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]
Shilendra Kumar Singh
Indian diplomat and politician (1932–2009).
Born January 24th, 1932.
Died December 1st, 2009 at 77 years old [ref]
Marcella Althaus-Reid
Argentine theologian (1952-2009).
Born May 11th, 1952 in Rosario.
Died February 20th, 2009 at 56 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Russian mathematician (1929–2009).
Born March 30th, 1929 in Moscow.
Died February 21st, 2009 at 79 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Christian Poveda
French journalist (1955–2009).
Born January 12th, 1957 in Algiers.
Died September 2nd, 2009 at 52 years old in Tonacatepeque. [ref]
George Perle
American composer (1915–2009).
Born May 6th, 1915 in Bayonne.
Died January 23rd, 2009 at 93 years old in Manhattan. [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.
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]
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]
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]
Peter Landin
British computer scientist (1930–2009).
Born June 5th, 1930 in Sheffield.
Died June 3rd, 2009 at 78 years old in England.
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]
Henri Pousseur
Belgian composer (1929-2009).
Born June 23rd, 1929 in Malmedy.
Died March 6th, 2009 at 79 years old in Brussels (pneumonia).
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]
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]
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]
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]
Erich Leo Lehmann
American statistician (1917-2009).
Born November 20th, 1917 in Strasbourg.
Died September 12th, 2009 at 91 years old in Berkeley.
Stephen Kim Sou-hwan
South korean roman catholic cardinal and servant of god.
Died February 16th, 2009 at 86 years old in Seoul (pneumonia). [ref]
Oleg Shenin
Russian politician (1937-2009).
Born July 22nd, 1937 in Akhtubinsky District.
Died May 28th, 2009 at 71 years old in Moscow.
Conchita Cintrón
Chile-born peruvian torera (female bullfighter).
Born August 9th, 1922 in Antofagasta.
Died February 17th, 2009 at 86 years old in Lisbon (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Fernando Caldeiro
Argentine-american astronaut (1958–2009).
Born June 12th, 1958 in Buenos Aires.
Died October 3rd, 2009 at 51 years old in League City (brain cancer). [ref]
Deaths 476 to 500 of 958
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks