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In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Axel Pilmark
Danish footballer (1925-2009).
Born November 23rd, 1925 in Copenhagen.
Died July 13th, 2009 at 83 years old
Nikolay Anikin
Russian cross-country skier (1932-2009).
Born January 25th, 1932 in Ishim.
Died November 14th, 2009 at 77 years old in Duluth (cancer).
Jacqueline Laurent
French actress (1918–2009).
Born August 6th, 1918 in Brienne-le-Château.
Died December 18th, 2009 at 91 years old in Grasse.
Jan Arlazorov
Russian actor and stand-up comic (1947-2009).
Born August 26th, 1947 in Moscow.
Died March 7th, 2009 at 61 years old in Charité (cancer).
Norbert Eschmann
Swiss footballer (1933-2009).
Born September 19th, 1933 in Besançon.
Died May 13th, 2009 at 75 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
Viktor Paskov
Bulgarian writer, musician, musicologist and screenwriter (1949–2009).
Born September 10th, 1949 in Sofia.
Died April 17th, 2009 at 59 years old in Bern (lung cancer). [ref]
Hugo Loetscher
Swiss writer (1929-2009).
Born December 22nd, 1929 in Zurich.
Died August 18th, 2009 at 79 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Zygmunt Chychła
Polish boxer (1926–2009).
Born November 5th, 1926 in Gdańsk.
Died September 22nd, 2009 at 82 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Ingvar Carlsson
Swedish rally driver (1947-2009).
Born April 2nd, 1947 in Nyköping.
Died October 28th, 2009 at 62 years old in Nyköping.
Ede Király
Hungarian figure skater (1926–2009).
Born February 23rd, 1926 in Budapest.
Died August 10th, 2009 at 83 years old in Canada. [ref]
Sjur Refsdal
Norwegian astrophysicist.
Born December 30th, 1935 in Oslo.
Died January 29th, 2009 at 73 years old in Oslo.
Mary Carrillo
Spanish actress (1919–2009).
Born October 14th, 1919 in Toledo.
Died July 31st, 2009 at 89 years old in Madrid (Alzheimer's disease).
Jordi Solé Tura
Spanish politician (1930-2009).
Born May 23rd, 1930 in Mollet del Vallès. [ref]
Died December 4th, 2009 at 79 years old in Barcelona (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Vladimir Beekman
Estonian writer (1929-2009).
Born August 23rd, 1929 in Tallinn.
Died October 3rd, 2009 at 80 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Antonio Durán Durán
Spanish football player (1924-2009).
Born August 19th, 1924 in Arbúcies.
Died January 11th, 2009 at 84 years old in Åkersberga.
Nikola Kovachev
Bulgarian footballer (1934-2009).
Born June 4th, 1934 in Blagoevgrad.
Died November 26th, 2009 at 75 years old in Sofia. [ref]
Danny Kladis
Racecar driver.
Born February 10th, 1917 in Crystal City.
Died April 26th, 2009 at 92 years old in Joliet.
Robèrt Lafont
French linguist (1923–2009).
Born March 16th, 1923 in Nîmes.
Died June 24th, 2009 at 86 years old in Florence. [ref]
Renata Mauro
Italian television presenter (1934-2009).
Died March 28th, 2009 at 74 years old in Biella.
Jim McWithey
American racing driver.
Born July 4th, 1927 in Indiana.
Died February 1st, 2009 at 81 years old in Gainesville. [ref]
Torsten Lindberg
Swedish footballer and manager (1917–2009).
Born April 14th, 1917 in Nässjö.
Died August 31st, 2009 at 92 years old in Malmö.
Daniel Acharuparambil
Roman catholic indian archbishop (1939–2009).
Born May 12th, 1939 in Pallippuram.
Died October 26th, 2009 at 70 years old in Kerala. [ref]
Klavdiya Boyarskikh
Russian cross-country skier (1939-2009).
Born November 11th, 1939 in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
Died December 12th, 2009 at 70 years old in Yekaterinburg. [ref]
Héctor Facundo
Argentine footballer (1937-2009).
Born November 2nd, 1937 in Buenos Aires.
Died November 13th, 2009 at 72 years old in Buenos Aires.
Boris Pokrovsky
Soviet and russian opera director (1912-2009).
Born January 23rd, 1912 in Moscow.
Died June 5th, 2009 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
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