In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Ivo Rudić
Australian soccer player (1942-2009).
Born January 24th, 1942 in Split.
Died November 22nd, 2009 at 67 years old in Split.
Ivan Zulueta
Spanish film director (1943–2009).
Born September 29th, 1943 in San Sebastián.
Died December 30th, 2009 at 66 years old in San Sebastián. [ref]
Miodrag Jovanović
Serbian footballer (1922-2009).
Born January 17th, 1922 in Belgrade.
Died December 14th, 2009 at 87 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Svetlana Ulmasova
Soviet distance runner.
Born February 4th, 1953 in Novyye Balykly.
Died April 6th, 2009 at 56 years old in Bashkortostan. [ref]
Dodo Chichinadze
Georgian actress (1924-2009).
Born December 28th, 1924 in Kutaisi.
Died November 3rd, 2009 at 84 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Armen Haghnazarian
Iranian-armenian architect.
Died February 19th, 2009 at 67 years old in Aachen. [ref]
Kristina Brenk
Children's writer, poet and editor (1911-2009).
Born October 22nd, 1911 in Horjul.
Died November 20th, 2009 at 98 years old in Ljubljana.
Renato Izzo
Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter (1929–2009).
Born June 15th, 1929 in Campobasso.
Died July 30th, 2009 at 80 years old in Rome (stroke).
Ghukas Chubaryan
Armenian sculptor.
Born June 16th, 1923 in Yerevan.
Died March 23rd, 2009 at 85 years old in Yerevan.
Virginio De Paoli
Football player (1938-2009).
Born June 22nd, 1938 in Certosa di Pavia.
Died August 24th, 2009 at 71 years old in Brescia.
Leland Merrill
Olympic wrestler.
Born October 4th, 1920 in Danville.
Died July 28th, 2009 at 88 years old in Princeton.
Willy Breinholst
Writer, screenwriter (1918–2009).
Born June 27th, 1918 in Fredensborg.
Died September 25th, 2009 at 91 years old [ref]
Eva Dawes
Athletics competitor.
Born September 17th, 1912 in Toronto.
Died May 30th, 2009 at 96 years old in Thames Ditton. [ref]
Kazumi Takada
Japanese association football player (1951–2009).
Born June 28th, 1951 in Shizuoka.
Died October 1st, 2009 at 58 years old in Suginami.
Shunkichi Hamada
Japanese field hockey player.
Born October 19th, 1910 in Minami-Awaji.
Died December 7th, 2009 at 99 years old in Shibuya. [ref]
Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer
Norwegian politician (1923–2009).
Born October 18th, 1923 in Christiania. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2009 at 85 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Eligio Echagüe
Paraguayan footballer (1938-2009).
Born December 31st, 1938 in Concepción.
Died December 6th, 2009 at 70 years old in Lambaré.
Ilya Darevsky
Zoologist, herpetologist (1924-2009).
Born December 18th, 1924 in Kyiv.
Died August 8th, 2009 at 84 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Fernando Cornejo
Chilean footballer (1969-2009).
Born January 28th, 1969 in Quinta de Tilcoco.
Died January 24th, 2009 at 39 years old in Santiago (stomach cancer). [ref]
Hans Kleppen
Norwegian ski jumper (1907-2009).
Born March 16th, 1907 in Bø Municipality.
Died April 12th, 2009 at 102 years old in Bø Municipality. [ref]
José Carlos da Costa Araújo
Brazilian footballer (1962-2009).
Born February 7th, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died July 24th, 2009 at 47 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer). [ref]
Ivan Biakov
Soviet biathlete (1944-2009).
Born September 21st, 1944 in Isakovtsy.
Died November 4th, 2009 at 65 years old in Kyiv.
Robert Müller
German ice hockey player (1980-2009).
Born June 25th, 1980 in Rosenheim.
Died May 21st, 2009 at 28 years old in Rosenheim (brain cancer). [ref]
Arthur Frank McKinlay
American rower.
Born January 20th, 1932 in Detroit.
Died August 10th, 2009 at 77 years old in Royal Oak. [ref]
Luca Gelfi
Italian road bicycle racer (1966–2009).
Born June 21st, 1966 in Bergamo.
Died January 3rd, 2009 at 42 years old in Torre de' Roveri.
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte