In the year 2009
886 Notable deaths
Vitaly Ginzburg
Russian physicist (1916–2009).
Born October 4th, 1916 in Moscow.
Died November 8th, 2009 at 93 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
John Mayhew
British musician (1947-2009).
Born March 27th, 1947 in Ipswich.
Died March 26th, 2009 at 61 years old in Glasgow. [ref]
Russell L. Ackoff
American organizational theorist (1919–2009).
Born February 12th, 1919 in Philadelphia.
Died October 29th, 2009 at 90 years old in Paoli (surgical complications). [ref]
John David Carson
American actor (1952-2009).
Born March 6th, 1952 in North Hollywood.
Died October 27th, 2009 at 57 years old in Las Vegas (lymphoma). [ref]
Lorissa McComas
American actor/model (1970-2009).
Born November 26th, 1970 in Columbus.
Died November 3rd, 2009 at 38 years old in Waverly (dystrophy). [ref]
Jane Randolph
American film actress (1915–2009).
Born October 30th, 1915 in Youngstown.
Died May 4th, 2009 at 93 years old in Gstaad (disease). [ref]
al-Tayyib Salih
Sudanese writer.
Born July 12th, 1929 in Sudan, Al Dabbah. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2009 at 79 years old in London (kidney failure). [ref]
João Bernardo Vieira
Ancient president of guinea-bissau (1939-2009).
Born April 27th, 1939 in Bissau.
Died March 2nd, 2009 at 69 years old in Bissau (ballistic trauma, deliberate murder). [ref]
Ivan van Sertima
British africanist in new jersey.
Born January 26th, 1935 in Guyana.
Died May 25th, 2009 at 74 years old in Highland Park. [ref]
Oleg Yankovsky
Soviet and russian actor (1944-2009).
Born February 23rd, 1944 in Karsakpay.
Died May 20th, 2009 at 65 years old in Moscow (pancreatic cancer).
Deaths 251 to 260 of 886
It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius