April 9th
158 Notable deaths
Pat Flaherty
Racecar driver (1926-2002).
Born January 6th, 1926 in Glendale.
Died April 9th, 2002 at 76 years old in Oxnard (disease).
Willem Sandberg
Dutch graphic designer (1897-1984).
Born October 24th, 1897 in Amersfoort.
Died April 9th, 1984 at 86 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Safvet beg Bašagić
Bosniak writer.
Born May 6th, 1870 in Nevesinje.
Died April 9th, 1934 at 63 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Vladimir Aksyonov
Soviet cosmonaut (1935–2024).
Born February 1st, 1935 in Giblitsy.
Died April 9th, 2024 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Arnold Hugh Martin Jones
British historian of classical antiquity (1904–1970).
Born March 9th, 1904 in Birkenhead. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1970 at 66 years old in Thessaloniki (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Forrest Towns
American hurdler.
Born February 6th, 1914 in Fitzgerald.
Died April 9th, 1991 at 77 years old in Athens.
Saneatsu Mushanokōji
Japanese artist (1885-1976).
Born May 12th, 1885 in Kōjimachi-ku.
Died April 9th, 1976 at 90 years old in Jikei University Daisan Hospital (uremia).
Dorrit Hoffleit
American astronomer.
Born March 12th, 1907 in Florence.
Died April 9th, 2007 at 100 years old in New Haven. [ref]
Oskar von Miller
German engineer.
Born May 7th, 1855 in Munich. [ref]
Died April 9th, 1934 at 78 years old in Munich (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vivian McGrath
Australian tennis player.
Born February 17th, 1916 in Mudgee.
Died April 9th, 1978 at 62 years old in Burradoo (disease).
Deaths 91 to 100 of 158
Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see. Helen Keller (Remember that Helen Keller was blind)