In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Miodrag Jovanović
Serbian footballer (1922-2009).
Born January 17th, 1922 in Belgrade.
Died December 14th, 2009 at 87 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Alfred Swift
South african cyclist (1931-2009).
Born June 25th, 1931 in Durban.
Died April 13th, 2009 at 77 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Franco Andreoli
Swiss footballer (1915-2009).
Born December 2nd, 1915 in Canton of Ticino.
Died February 5th, 2009 at 93 years old
Svetlana Ulmasova
Soviet distance runner.
Born February 4th, 1953 in Novyye Balykly.
Died April 6th, 2009 at 56 years old in Bashkortostan. [ref]
Tomislav Crnković
Croatian footballer (1929-2009).
Born June 17th, 1929 in Kotor.
Died January 17th, 2009 at 79 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
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]
Ivo Rudić
Australian soccer player (1942-2009).
Born January 24th, 1942 in Split.
Died November 22nd, 2009 at 67 years old in Split.
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).
Ignacio Pérez
Colombian footballer (1934-2009).
Born December 19th, 1934 in Medellín.
Died November 16th, 2009 at 74 years old in Medellín (myocardial infarction).
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]
Ghukas Chubaryan
Armenian sculptor.
Born June 16th, 1923 in Yerevan.
Died March 23rd, 2009 at 85 years old in Yerevan.
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.
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]
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]
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.
Juan Carlos Muñoz
Argentine footballer and manager (1919–2009).
Born May 6th, 1919 in Avellaneda. [ref]
Died November 22nd, 2009 at 90 years old in Buenos Aires (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ryurik Lonin
Vepsian ethnographer (1930-2009).
Born September 22nd, 1930 in Kaskesoja.
Died July 17th, 2009 at 78 years old in Shyoltozero.
Leland Merrill
Olympic wrestler.
Born October 4th, 1920 in Danville.
Died July 28th, 2009 at 88 years old in Princeton.
Ivan Biakov
Soviet biathlete (1944-2009).
Born September 21st, 1944 in Isakovtsy.
Died November 4th, 2009 at 65 years old in Kyiv.
Ilya Darevsky
Zoologist, herpetologist (1924-2009).
Born December 18th, 1924 in Kyiv.
Died August 8th, 2009 at 84 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Eva Dawes
Athletics competitor.
Born September 17th, 1912 in Toronto.
Died May 30th, 2009 at 96 years old in Thames Ditton. [ref]
Willy Breinholst
Writer, screenwriter (1918–2009).
Born June 27th, 1918 in Fredensborg.
Died September 25th, 2009 at 91 years old [ref]
Eligio Echagüe
Paraguayan footballer (1938-2009).
Born December 31st, 1938 in Concepción.
Died December 6th, 2009 at 70 years old in Lambaré.
Glenn Davis
American track athlete and football player (1934-2009).
Born September 12th, 1934 in Wellsburg.
Died January 28th, 2009 at 74 years old in Barberton. [ref]
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Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. Arthur Schopenhauer