In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Virginia Carroll
American actress (1913–2009).
Born December 2nd, 1913 in Los Angeles.
Died July 23rd, 2009 at 95 years old in Santa Barbara. [ref]
Harold Norse
American writer, poet, and artist (1916-2009).
Born July 6th, 1916 in New York City.
Died June 8th, 2009 at 92 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Shinkichi Tajiri
American-dutch visual artist (1923-2009).
Born December 7th, 1923 in Los Angeles.
Died March 15th, 2009 at 85 years old in Baarlo. [ref]
Pierre Chaunu
French historian & academic (1923-2009).
Born August 17th, 1923 in Belleville-sur-Meuse.
Died October 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Caen (falling from height). [ref]
Shota Chochishvili
Georgian professional wrestler and judoka (1950–2009).
Born July 10th, 1950 in Ghvlevi.
Died August 27th, 2009 at 59 years old in Gori (leukemia). [ref]
Peter Zadek
German theatre director (1926–2009).
Born May 19th, 1926 in Berlin. [ref]
Died July 30th, 2009 at 83 years old in Hamburg (disease). [ref]
Olivier Clément
French historian and orthodox theologian (1921–2009).
Born November 17th, 1921 in Aniane.
Died January 15th, 2009 at 87 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Alfred Hrdlicka
Austrian sculptor and chess player (1928-2009).
Born February 27th, 1928 in Vienna. [ref]
Died December 5th, 2009 at 81 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Adriano Directo Emperado
American martial artist (1926–2009).
Born June 15th, 1926 in Honolulu.
Died April 4th, 2009 at 82 years old in Honolulu. [ref]
Pierre Harmel
Belgian politician (1911-2009).
Born March 16th, 1911 in Uccle.
Died November 15th, 2009 at 98 years old in Brussels. [ref]
Karine Ruby
French snowboarder (1978-2009).
Born January 4th, 1978 in Bonneville.
Died May 29th, 2009 at 31 years old in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. [ref]
Ian Catford
British linguist (1917–2009).
Born March 26th, 1917 in Edinburgh.
Died October 10th, 2009 at 92 years old in Shoreline.
Charles Camilleri
Maltese composer (1931–2009).
Born September 7th, 1931 in Ħamrun.
Died January 3rd, 2009 at 77 years old in Malta. [ref]
Barbara Rudnik
German actress (1958–2009).
Born July 27th, 1958 in Kirchen.
Died May 23rd, 2009 at 50 years old in Munich (breast cancer).
Gilles Carle
Film director (1928–2009).
Born July 31st, 1928 in Maniwaki. [ref]
Died November 28th, 2009 at 81 years old in Granby (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Tommy Casey
Northern irish footballer (1930-2009).
Born March 11th, 1930 in Comber.
Died January 13th, 2009 at 78 years old in Somerset. [ref]
Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Italian film actress (1943–2009).
Born May 20th, 1943 in Tirana.
Died July 15th, 2009 at 66 years old in Rome (lung cancer).
Jorge Enrique Adoum
Ecuadorian writer (1926-2009).
Born June 29th, 1926 in Ambato.
Died July 3rd, 2009 at 83 years old in Quito. [ref]
Oskar Danon
Yugoslav composer (1913–2009).
Born February 7th, 1913 in Sarajevo.
Died December 18th, 2009 at 96 years old in Belgrade.
Georges Cravenne
French film producer (1914-2009).
Born January 24th, 1914 in Kairouan.
Died January 10th, 2009 at 94 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Arnold Meri
Estonian soldier allied with the soviet union (1919-2009).
Born July 1st, 1919 in Tallinn.
Died March 27th, 2009 at 89 years old in Tallinn (lung cancer). [ref]
László Tisza
Hungarian physicist (1907-2009).
Born July 7th, 1907 in Budapest.
Died April 15th, 2009 at 101 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Shōichi Nakagawa
Minister of finance of japan (1953-2009).
Born July 19th, 1953 in Shibuya.
Died October 4th, 2009 at 56 years old in Tokyo. [ref]
Marcos Moshinsky
Mexican physicist (1921–2009).
Born April 20th, 1921 in Kyiv.
Died April 1st, 2009 at 87 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Gertrude Baines
American supercentenarian, oldest living person in the world.
Born April 6th, 1894 in Shellman.
Died September 11th, 2009 at 115 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure). [ref]
Deaths 576 to 600 of 958
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe