In the year 2009
889 Notable deaths
Richard Todd
Irish-british actor (1919-2009).
Born June 11th, 1919 in Dublin. [ref]
Died December 3rd, 2009 at 90 years old in Grantham (cancer). [ref]
Paul Burke
Actor (1926-2009).
Born July 21st, 1926 in New Orleans. [ref]
Died September 13th, 2009 at 83 years old in Palm Springs (leukemia, lymphoma). [ref]
Chuck Daly
American basketball coach.
Born July 20th, 1930 in St. Marys.
Died May 9th, 2009 at 78 years old in Jupiter (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Shi Pei Pu
Chinese opera singer, spy (1938–2009).
Born December 21st, 1938 in Shandong. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2009 at 70 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Vivian Maier
French-american photographer (1926–2009).
Born February 1st, 1926 in New York City.
Died April 21st, 2009 at 83 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Allen Klein
American businessman, music publisher (1931–2009).
Born December 18th, 1931 in Newark.
Died July 4th, 2009 at 77 years old in New York City (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Francis Magalona
Filipino rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, director (1964-2009).
Born October 4th, 1964 in Manila.
Died March 6th, 2009 at 44 years old in Pasig (leukemia). [ref]
Dorothy Bridges
Actress and poet from the united states (1915-2009).
Born September 19th, 1915 in Worcester.
Died February 16th, 2009 at 93 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Robert Enke
German association football player.
Born August 24th, 1977 in Jena.
Died November 10th, 2009 at 32 years old in Neustadt am Rübenberge (suicide by train). [ref]
Betsy Blair
American actress (1923–2009).
Born December 11th, 1923 in Cliffside Park.
Died March 13th, 2009 at 85 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Robert Louis-Dreyfus
French/swiss billionaire (1946-2009).
Born June 14th, 1946 in Paris.
Died July 4th, 2009 at 63 years old in Zürich (leukemia). [ref]
Clement Freud
English broadcaster, writer, politician and chef (1924-2009).
Born April 24th, 1924 in Berlin.
Died April 15th, 2009 at 84 years old in London. [ref]
Antony Alda
American actor (1956-2009).
Born December 9th, 1956 in France.
Died July 3rd, 2009 at 52 years old in Los Angeles (liver cirrhosis).
Maurice Jarre
French composer and conductor (1924-2009).
Born September 13th, 1924 in 5th arrondissement of Lyon. [ref]
Died March 29th, 2009 at 84 years old in Malibu (cancer).
Paul Samuelson
American economist.
Born May 15th, 1915 in Gary. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2009 at 94 years old in Belmont. [ref]
Mohammed Yusuf
Militant islamist leader (1970-2009).
Born January 29th, 1970 in Yobe State.
Died July 30th, 2009 at 39 years old in Maiduguri (extra-judicial killing). [ref]
Dan O'Bannon
American film director, screenwriter, actor (1946-2009).
Born September 30th, 1946 in St. Louis.
Died December 17th, 2009 at 63 years old in Los Angeles (Crohn's disease). [ref]
Sydney Chaplin
American film and theater actor (1926-2009).
Born March 31st, 1926 in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 2009 at 82 years old in Rancho Mirage (stroke).
Gale Storm
American actress, singer (1922–2009).
Born April 5th, 1922 in Bloomington.
Died June 27th, 2009 at 87 years old in Danville. [ref]
Qian Xuesen
Chinese rocket scientist (1911-2009).
Born December 11th, 1911 in Shanghai.
Died October 31st, 2009 at 97 years old in People's Liberation Army General Hospital.
Lux Interior
American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band the cramps (1946–2009).
Born October 21st, 1946 in Akron.
Died February 4th, 2009 at 62 years old in Glendale (aortic dissection). [ref]
Billy Powell
American musician.
Born June 3rd, 1952 in Corpus Christi.
Died January 28th, 2009 at 56 years old in Orange Park (myocardial infarction). [ref]
John Mortimer
British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author (1923-2009).
Born April 21st, 1923 in Hampstead.
Died January 16th, 2009 at 85 years old in Turville. [ref]
Wayne Allwine
American voice actor (1947–2009).
Born February 7th, 1947 in Glendale. [ref]
Died May 18th, 2009 at 62 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction, diabetes). [ref]
Amin al-Hafez
3rd president of the syrian arab republic (1921–2009).
Born November 12th, 1921 in Aleppo. [ref]
Died December 17th, 2009 at 88 years old in Aleppo. [ref]
Deaths 76 to 100 of 889
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø