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In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Kazumi Takada
Japanese association football player (1951–2009).
Born June 28th, 1951 in Shizuoka.
Died October 1st, 2009 at 58 years old in Suginami.
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]
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.
Arthur Frank McKinlay
American rower.
Born January 20th, 1932 in Detroit.
Died August 10th, 2009 at 77 years old in Royal Oak. [ref]
Vera Fischer
Croatian sculptor (1925-2009).
Born January 27th, 1925 in Zagreb.
Died July 14th, 2009 at 84 years old in Zagreb.
August Kiuru
Cross-country skier.
Born July 12th, 1922 in Gromovo.
Died February 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Hartola. [ref]
Elizaveta Mukasei
Soviet spy (1912-2009).
Born March 29th, 1912 in Ufa.
Died September 19th, 2009 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Lucas Abadamloora
Roman catholic bishop of navrongo-bolgatanga, ghana.
Born December 22nd, 1938 in Navrongo.
Died December 23rd, 2009 at 71 years old in Bolgatanga.
Lyudmila Yegorova
Artistic gymnast (1931-2009).
Born February 24th, 1931 in Lomonosov.
Died May 21st, 2009 at 78 years old in Kaliningrad.
Roberto Amadei
Catholic bishop (1933-2009).
Born February 13th, 1933 in Verdello.
Died December 29th, 2009 at 76 years old in Bergamo.
Ernő Kolczonay
Fencer (1953–2009).
Born May 15th, 1953 in Budapest.
Died October 4th, 2009 at 56 years old in Budapest (liver disease). [ref]
Adriano Durante
Italian professional road bicycle racer (1940–2009).
Born July 24th, 1940 in Treviso.
Died June 23rd, 2009 at 68 years old in Oderzo.
Ingeborg Mello
Argentine shot putter and discus thrower (1919–2009).
Born January 4th, 1919 in Berlin.
Died October 25th, 2009 at 90 years old in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Sándor Katona
Association footballer (1943-2009).
Born February 21st, 1943 in Budapest.
Died May 16th, 2009 at 66 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Julia García-Valdecasas
Spanish politician (1944–2009).
Born January 29th, 1944 in Barcelona.
Died February 5th, 2009 at 65 years old in Barcelona (pneumonia).
Edgar Buchwalder
Swiss cyclist (1916-2009).
Born August 2nd, 1916 in Kleinlützel.
Died April 9th, 2009 at 92 years old in Dornach.
Renzo Sambo
Italian rower (1942–2009).
Born January 17th, 1942 in Treviso.
Died August 10th, 2009 at 67 years old in Cesiomaggiore. [ref]
Gennady Garbuzov
Boxer.
Born September 11th, 1930 in Moscow.
Died October 21st, 2009 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Klára Fried-Bánfalvi
Hungarian sprint canoer (1931–2009).
Born May 9th, 1931 in Budapest.
Died July 15th, 2009 at 78 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Aldo Valentini
Chilean footballer (1938-2009).
Born November 25th, 1938 in Valparaíso.
Died October 24th, 2009 at 70 years old in Santiago.
Carl-Ebbe Andersen
Danish rower (1929–2009).
Born January 19th, 1929 in Roskilde.
Died June 14th, 2009 at 80 years old in Roskilde.
Hélder Proença
Guinea-bissauan politician (1956-2009).
Born December 31st, 1956 in Bissau.
Died June 5th, 2009 at 52 years old in Bissau (assassination). [ref]
József Sákovics
Hungarian fencer and coach (1927–2009).
Born July 26th, 1927 in Budapest.
Died January 2nd, 2009 at 81 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Aad Bak
Dutch footballer (1926-2009).
Born June 18th, 1926 in Rotterdam.
Died January 16th, 2009 at 82 years old in Schiedam. [ref]
László Orbán
Hungarian boxer (1949–2009).
Born December 9th, 1949 in Szekszárd.
Died July 15th, 2009 at 59 years old in Budapest.
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Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht