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In the year 2009
889 Notable deaths
Habib Tanvir
Indian actor.
Born September 1st, 1923 in Raipur.
Died June 8th, 2009 at 85 years old in Bhopal. [ref]
John Keel
American writer (1930-2009).
Born March 25th, 1930 in New York City.
Died July 3rd, 2009 at 79 years old in New York City. [ref]
Carl Ballantine
American entertainer (1917-2009).
Born September 27th, 1917 in Chicago.
Died November 3rd, 2009 at 92 years old in Hollywood Hills (disease). [ref]
Shyamala Gopalan
Indian-american biomedical scientist and researcher (1938–2009).
Born April 7th, 1938 in Chennai.
Died February 11th, 2009 at 70 years old in Oakland (colorectal cancer). [ref]
John Hope Franklin
African-american historian.
Born January 2nd, 1915 in Rentiesville.
Died March 25th, 2009 at 94 years old in Durham. [ref]
Budd Schulberg
American writer (1914–2009).
Born March 27th, 1914 in Manhattan.
Died August 5th, 2009 at 95 years old in Westhampton Beach. [ref]
José Torres
Puerto rican boxer.
Died January 19th, 2009 at 72 years old in Ponce (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Satyananda Saraswati
Yogi (1923-2009).
Born December 24th, 1923 in Almora.
Died December 5th, 2009 at 85 years old in Deoghar district.
Tuulikki Pietilä
Finnish artist (1917–2009).
Born February 18th, 1917 in Seattle.
Died February 23rd, 2009 at 92 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Guillermo Endara
President of panama (1936-2009).
Born May 12th, 1936 in Panama City.
Died September 28th, 2009 at 73 years old in Panama City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Johnny Kerr
American basketball player and coach (1932-2009).
Born July 17th, 1932 in Chicago.
Died February 26th, 2009 at 76 years old in Chicago (prostate cancer). [ref]
Marek Edelman
(1919–2009) jewish resistance member.
Born January 1st, 1922 in Gomel. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2009 at 87 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
Fritz Darges
German ss-officer (1913–2009).
Born February 8th, 1913 in Dülseberg.
Died October 25th, 2009 at 96 years old in Celle. [ref]
Janet Jagan
President of guyana, prime minister of guyana, nurse (1920-2009).
Born October 20th, 1920 in Chicago.
Died March 28th, 2009 at 88 years old in Georgetown (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Don Hewitt
American television news producer (1922–2009).
Born December 14th, 1922 in New York City.
Died August 19th, 2009 at 86 years old in Bridgehampton (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Stephen Toulmin
English philosopher (1922–2009).
Born March 25th, 1922 in London.
Died December 4th, 2009 at 87 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
Tibetan politician (1910–2009).
Born February 1st, 1910 in Lhasa.
Died December 23rd, 2009 at 99 years old in Beijing. [ref]
I. J. Good
British statistician and cryptographer.
Born December 9th, 1916 in London.
Died April 5th, 2009 at 92 years old in Radford. [ref]
Meir Amit
Israeli politician (1921-2009).
Born March 17th, 1921 in Tiberias. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2009 at 88 years old in Tel-Aviv.
George Russell
American pianist and composer.
Born June 23rd, 1923 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2009 at 86 years old in Boston (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Sulim Yamadayev
Chechen warlord (1973-2009).
Born June 21st, 1973 in Benoy.
Died March 28th, 2009 at 35 years old in Emirate of Dubai.
Yasmin Ahmad
Malaysian film director (1958–2009).
Born January 7th, 1958 in Kampung Bukit Treh.
Died July 25th, 2009 at 51 years old in Petaling Jaya (stroke). [ref]
Antonio de Nigris
Mexican footballer (1978–2009).
Born April 1st, 1978 in Monterrey.
Died November 16th, 2009 at 31 years old in Larissa (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Dell Hymes
American anthropologist and linguist.
Born June 7th, 1927 in Portland.
Died November 13th, 2009 at 82 years old in Charlottesville (Alzheimer's disease).
Deaths 201 to 225 of 889
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