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In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Marcos Moshinsky
Mexican physicist (1921–2009).
Born April 20th, 1921 in Kyiv.
Died April 1st, 2009 at 87 years old in Mexico City. [ref]
Glauco Onorato
Italian actor and voice actor (1936-2009).
Born December 7th, 1936 in Turin.
Died December 31st, 2009 at 73 years old in Rome.
László Tisza
Hungarian physicist (1907-2009).
Born July 7th, 1907 in Budapest.
Died April 15th, 2009 at 101 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Vic Crowe
Welsh footballer (1932-2009).
Born January 31st, 1932 in Abercynon.
Died January 21st, 2009 at 76 years old in Sutton Coldfield.
Helen Watts
Welsh opera singer (1927-2009).
Born December 7th, 1927 in Milford Haven.
Died October 7th, 2009 at 81 years old in Pembroke. [ref]
Anselmo Duarte
Brazilian film director, actor and screenwriter (1920–2009).
Born April 21st, 1920 in São Paulo.
Died November 7th, 2009 at 89 years old in São Paulo (stroke). [ref]
Sima Ćirković
Serbian historian and member of serbian academy of science and arts (1929-2009).
Born January 29th, 1929 in Osijek.
Died November 14th, 2009 at 80 years old in Belgrade.
Fritz Muliar
Austrian actor (1919–2009).
Born December 12th, 1919 in Vienna.
Died May 4th, 2009 at 89 years old in Groß-Enzersdorf. [ref]
Giorgio Carbone
Italian florist and prince of seborga, founder and 1st head of state of the principality of seborga (1936–2009).
Born June 14th, 1936 in Seborga.
Died November 25th, 2009 at 73 years old in Seborga (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
Yasmine Belmadi
French actor (1976–2009).
Born January 26th, 1976 in Aubervilliers.
Died July 18th, 2009 at 33 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris (traffic collision). [ref]
Rolf Rüssmann
German footballer (1950-2009).
Born October 13th, 1950 in Schwelm.
Died October 2nd, 2009 at 58 years old in Gelsenkirchen (prostate cancer). [ref]
Karel Van Miert
Belgian politician (1942-2009).
Born January 17th, 1942 in Oud-Turnhout.
Died June 23rd, 2009 at 67 years old in Beersel (falling from height). [ref]
Víctor Israel
Film actor (1929–2009).
Born June 13th, 1929 in Puig-reig.
Died September 19th, 2009 at 80 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Pierre Bottero
French writer (1964–2009).
Born February 13th, 1964 in Barcelonnette.
Died November 8th, 2009 at 45 years old in Aix-en-Provence (motorcycle accident).
Wu Yingyin
Chinese singer (1922–2009).
Born June 23rd, 1922 in Shanghai.
Died December 17th, 2009 at 87 years old in Los Angeles.
Ruth Drexel
German actress (1930-2009).
Born July 14th, 1930 in Vilshofen an der Donau. [ref]
Died February 26th, 2009 at 78 years old in Feldkirchen (cancer). [ref]
Thomas Gill
American politician (1922–2009).
Born April 21st, 1922 in Honolulu.
Died June 3rd, 2009 at 87 years old in Honolulu. [ref]
Lenrie Peters
Gambian writer (1932–2009).
Born September 1st, 1932 in Banjul.
Died May 28th, 2009 at 76 years old in Dakar. [ref]
Yu Hyun-mok
South korean film director (1925–2009).
Born July 2nd, 1925 in Sariwon.
Died June 28th, 2009 at 83 years old in Seoul, Ilsan-gu (cerebral infarction). [ref]
Ivan Dykhovichny
Soviet and russian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer (1947–2009).
Born October 16th, 1947 in Moscow.
Died September 27th, 2009 at 61 years old in Moscow (lymphoma).
Igor Starygin
Soviet and russian actor (1946—2009).
Born June 13th, 1946 in Moscow.
Died November 8th, 2009 at 63 years old in Moscow (stroke). [ref]
Gazanfer Özcan
Turkish actor (1931–2009).
Born January 27th, 1931 in Istanbul.
Died February 17th, 2009 at 78 years old in Istanbul.
Jean-Paul Roux
French historian and turkologist (1925–2009).
Born January 5th, 1925 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 29th, 2009 at 84 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Tránsito Amaguaña
Ecuadorian indigenous activist.
Born September 10th, 1909 in Cayambe.
Died May 10th, 2009 at 99 years old in Cayambe. [ref]
Svend Auken
Danish politician (1943-2009).
Born May 24th, 1943 in Aarhus.
Died August 4th, 2009 at 66 years old in Copenhagen (prostate cancer). [ref]
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