In the year 2009
958 Notable deaths
Lyudmila Yegorova
Artistic gymnast (1931-2009).
Born February 24th, 1931 in Lomonosov.
Died May 21st, 2009 at 78 years old in Kaliningrad.
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.
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]
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.
Julia García-Valdecasas
Spanish politician (1944–2009).
Born January 29th, 1944 in Barcelona.
Died February 5th, 2009 at 65 years old in Barcelona (pneumonia).
Ryurik Lonin
Vepsian ethnographer (1930-2009).
Born September 22nd, 1930 in Kaskesoja.
Died July 17th, 2009 at 78 years old in Shyoltozero.
Sándor Katona
Association footballer (1943-2009).
Born February 21st, 1943 in Budapest.
Died May 16th, 2009 at 66 years old in Budapest. [ref]
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]
Ernő Kolczonay
Fencer (1953–2009).
Born May 15th, 1953 in Budapest.
Died October 4th, 2009 at 56 years old in Budapest (liver disease). [ref]
Roberto Amadei
Catholic bishop (1933-2009).
Born February 13th, 1933 in Verdello.
Died December 29th, 2009 at 76 years old in Bergamo.
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]
Vera Fischer
Croatian sculptor (1925-2009).
Born January 27th, 1925 in Zagreb.
Died July 14th, 2009 at 84 years old in Zagreb.
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]
Aldo Valentini
Chilean footballer (1938-2009).
Born November 25th, 1938 in Valparaíso.
Died October 24th, 2009 at 70 years old in Santiago.
Edgar Buchwalder
Swiss cyclist (1916-2009).
Born August 2nd, 1916 in Kleinlützel.
Died April 9th, 2009 at 92 years old in Dornach.
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]
Gennady Garbuzov
Boxer.
Born September 11th, 1930 in Moscow.
Died October 21st, 2009 at 79 years old in Moscow.
Carl-Ebbe Andersen
Danish rower (1929–2009).
Born January 19th, 1929 in Roskilde.
Died June 14th, 2009 at 80 years old in Roskilde.
Renzo Sambo
Italian rower (1942–2009).
Born January 17th, 1942 in Treviso.
Died August 10th, 2009 at 67 years old in Cesiomaggiore. [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.
Tomislav Crnković
Croatian footballer (1929-2009).
Born June 17th, 1929 in Kotor.
Died January 17th, 2009 at 79 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
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]
Louis Proost
Belgian road bicycle racer (1935–2009).
Born April 7th, 1935 in Halle. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 2009 at 73 years old in Lier.
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Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn. Mahatma Gandhi