In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Jim McWithey
American racing driver.
Born July 4th, 1927 in Indiana.
Died February 1st, 2009 at 81 years old in Gainesville. [ref]
Gennadiy Shatkov
Boxer (1932–2009).
Born May 27th, 1932 in Saint Petersburg.
Died January 14th, 2009 at 76 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Helvi Sipilä
Finnish politician, lawyer and diplomat (1915–2009).
Born May 5th, 1915 in Helsinki.
Died May 15th, 2009 at 94 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Axel Pilmark
Danish footballer (1925-2009).
Born November 23rd, 1925 in Copenhagen.
Died July 13th, 2009 at 83 years old
Giulio Bosetti
Italian actor and director (1930–2009).
Born December 26th, 1930 in Bergamo.
Died December 24th, 2009 at 78 years old in Milan (cancer). [ref]
Anna-Maria Müller
East german luger (1949–2009).
Born February 23rd, 1949 in Friedrichroda.
Died August 23rd, 2009 at 60 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Anne-Marie Blanc
Swiss actress (1919–2008).
Born September 2nd, 1919 in Vevey.
Died February 5th, 2009 at 89 years old in Zurich.
Gino Munaron
Racecar driver.
Born April 2nd, 1928 in Turin.
Died November 22nd, 2009 at 81 years old in Valenza.
Jobie Dajka
Australian racing cyclist (1981–2009).
Born December 11th, 1981 in Bourke.
Died April 4th, 2009 at 27 years old in Adelaide. [ref]
Lis Løwert
Actress (1919-2009).
Born December 7th, 1919 in Copenhagen.
Died November 26th, 2009 at 89 years old
Kabun Mutō
Japanese politician (1926-2009).
Born November 18th, 1926 in Kakamigahara.
Died November 4th, 2009 at 82 years old in Tokyo (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Jabr Muadi
Israeli politician (1919-2009).
Born April 1st, 1919 in Yarka. [ref]
Died June 20th, 2009 at 90 years old in Yarka.
Arda Mandikian
Greek mezzo-soprano (1924–2009).
Born September 1st, 1924 in İzmir.
Died November 8th, 2009 at 85 years old in Athens.
Heini Walter
Swiss formula one driver (1927-2009).
Born July 28th, 1927 in Alpthal.
Died May 12th, 2009 at 81 years old in Aesch. [ref]
Traugott Buhre
German actor (1929–2009).
Born June 21st, 1929 in Chernyakhovsk.
Died July 26th, 2009 at 80 years old in Dortmund. [ref]
Thomas Amlong
American rower (1935–2009).
Born June 15th, 1935 in Fort Knox.
Died January 26th, 2009 at 73 years old in New Haven.
Yevheniia Miroshnychenko
Ukrainian opera singer (1931–2009).
Born June 12th, 1931 in Hrafske.
Died April 27th, 2009 at 77 years old in Kyiv. [ref]
Yvon Bourges
French politician (1921–2009).
Died April 18th, 2009 at 87 years old in 5th arrondissement of Paris.
Björn Borg
Swedish swimmer (1919–2009).
Born November 14th, 1919 in Västra Götaland County.
Died April 13th, 2009 at 89 years old in Zurich. [ref]
Kálmán Markovits
Hungarian water polo player (1931–2009).
Born August 26th, 1931 in Budapest.
Died December 5th, 2009 at 78 years old in Budapest.
Gwendoline Konie
Zambian politician (1938-2009).
Born October 9th, 1938 in Lusaka.
Died March 14th, 2009 at 70 years old in Lusaka.
Lino Aldani
Italian science fiction writer (1926–2009).
Born March 29th, 1926 in San Cipriano Po.
Died January 31st, 2009 at 82 years old in Pavia (lung cancer). [ref]
Abraham Ravitz
Israeli politician (1934-2009).
Born January 13th, 1934 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2009 at 75 years old in Jerusalem (heart failure). [ref]
Ivan Jensen
Danish footballer (1922-2009).
Born November 10th, 1922 in Copenhagen.
Died January 26th, 2009 at 86 years old in Vedbæk. [ref]
Héctor Rossetto
Argentine chess player (1922–2009).
Born September 8th, 1922 in Bahía Blanca.
Died January 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Buenos Aires.
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The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. J.K. Rowling