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]
Deaths 311 to 320 of 886
To the most trivial actions, attach the devotion and mindfulness of a hundred monks. To matters of life and death, attach a sense of humor. Zhuangzi