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In the year 2009
886 Notable deaths
Henry Allingham
British supercentenarian,who lived to age 113.
Born June 6th, 1896 in London. [ref]
Died July 18th, 2009 at 113 years old in Brighton (disease). [ref]
Augusto Boal
Brazilian writer (1931–2009).
Born March 16th, 1931 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died May 2nd, 2009 at 78 years old in Rio de Janeiro (leukemia). [ref]
Zbigniew Religa
Polish cardiac surgeon and politician (1938-2009).
Born December 16th, 1938 in Miedniewice, Masovian Voivodeship.
Died March 8th, 2009 at 70 years old in Warsaw (lung cancer). [ref]
Leszek Kołakowski
Philosopher, historian of ideas (1927–2009).
Born October 23rd, 1927 in Radom. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2009 at 81 years old in Oxford. [ref]
Val Avery
American actor (1924-2009).
Born July 14th, 1924 in Philadelphia.
Died December 12th, 2009 at 85 years old in Greenwich Village. [ref]
Ellie Greenwich
American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer (1940-2009).
Born October 23rd, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Died August 26th, 2009 at 68 years old in Upper West Side (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
American scholar of queer theory (1950-2009).
Born May 2nd, 1950 in Dayton. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2009 at 58 years old in New York City, Manhattan (breast cancer). [ref]
Marianne Stone
English actress (1922–2009).
Born August 23rd, 1922 in London.
Died December 21st, 2009 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Tapan Sinha
Indian film director (1924–2009).
Born October 22nd, 1924 in Kolkata.
Died January 15th, 2009 at 84 years old in Kolkata (bronchopneumonia). [ref]
Gaafar Nimeiry
Sudanese president (1931-2009).
Born January 1st, 1931 in Omdurman.
Died May 30th, 2009 at 78 years old in Khartoum.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 886
I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix