In the year 2009

886 Notable deaths

Clive Granger

British economist.

Born September 4th, 1934 in Swansea. [ref]

Died May 27th, 2009 at 74 years old in La Jolla. [ref]

Pavel Popovich

Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009).

Born October 5th, 1930 in Uzyn. [ref]

Died September 29th, 2009 at 78 years old in Hurzuf (stroke). [ref]

Julius Shulman

American photographer (1910–2009).

Born October 10th, 1910 in Brooklyn.

Died July 15th, 2009 at 98 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]

Lasantha Wickrematunge

Sri lankan journalist (1958-2009).

Born April 5th, 1958 in Colombo.

Died January 8th, 2009 at 50 years old in Colombo. [ref]

Akmal Shaikh

Taxi driver and criminal executed for drug offences in china.

Born April 5th, 1956 in Pakistan.

Died December 29th, 2009 at 53 years old in Ürümqi (lethal injection). [ref]

Griffin Bell

American judge (1918-2009).

Born October 31st, 1918 in Americus.

Died January 5th, 2009 at 90 years old in Atlanta (pancreatic cancer). [ref]

Edward Goldsmith

British environmentalist, writer and philosopher (1928–2009).

Born November 8th, 1928 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.

Died August 21st, 2009 at 80 years old in Siena. [ref]

Nelly Arcan

Canadian novelist (1973–2009).

Born March 5th, 1973 in Lac-Mégantic.

Died September 24th, 2009 at 36 years old in Montreal (hanging to death). [ref]

William Alston

American christian philosopher (1921–2009).

Born November 29th, 1921 in Shreveport.

Died September 13th, 2009 at 87 years old in Onondaga County.

Jean Martin

French actor (1922-2009).

Born March 6th, 1922 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Died February 2nd, 2009 at 86 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]

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