In the year 2009
886 Notable deaths
Eluana Englaro
Italian medical ethics case.
Born November 25th, 1970 in Lecco.
Died February 9th, 2009 at 38 years old in Udine (skin cancer). [ref]
Herbert Morris
American rower.
Born July 16th, 1915 in Seattle.
Died July 22nd, 2009 at 94 years old in Maple Valley. [ref]
Liang Yusheng
Hong kong writer (1924-2009).
Born April 5th, 1924 in Mengshan County.
Died January 22nd, 2009 at 84 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Marilyn French
Novelist, critic (1929-2009).
Born November 21st, 1929 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died May 2nd, 2009 at 79 years old in New York City (heart failure). [ref]
Dave Laut
Athletics competitor (1956–2009).
Born December 21st, 1956 in Findlay.
Died August 27th, 2009 at 52 years old in Oxnard. [ref]
Billy Lee Riley
American rockabilly musician, singer, record producer and songwriter (1933–2009).
Born October 5th, 1933 in Pocahontas.
Died August 2nd, 2009 at 75 years old in Jonesboro (cancer). [ref]
Marwa El-Sherbini
Egyptian handball player and pharmacist (1977–2009).
Born October 7th, 1977 in Alexandria.
Died July 1st, 2009 at 31 years old in Dresden (stabbing). [ref]
Patriarch Pavle of Serbia
Patriarch of serbia.
Born September 11th, 1914 in Kućanci.
Died November 15th, 2009 at 95 years old in Belgrade.
Edith Lucie Bongo
First lady of gabon (1964-2009).
Born March 10th, 1964 in Brazzaville.
Died March 14th, 2009 at 45 years old in Rabat (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 341 to 350 of 886
Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot