In the year 2009
886 Notable deaths
Jean Dausset
French immunologist (1916-2009).
Born October 19th, 1916 in Toulouse.
Died June 6th, 2009 at 92 years old in Palma.
Konstantin Feoktistov
Soviet cosmonaut.
Born February 7th, 1926 in Voronezh.
Died November 21st, 2009 at 83 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Andrew Donald Booth
British computer scientist (1918-2009).
Born February 11th, 1918 in Elmbridge.
Died November 29th, 2009 at 91 years old in Victoria. [ref]
Al Cervi
American basketball player and coach (1917-2009).
Born February 12th, 1917 in Buffalo.
Died November 9th, 2009 at 92 years old in Rochester. [ref]
Willy Ronis
French photographer (1910-2009).
Born August 14th, 1910 in 9th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died September 12th, 2009 at 99 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Fatimah el-Sharif
Queen consort of libya (1911–2009).
Born April 2nd, 1911 in Kufra.
Died October 3rd, 2009 at 98 years old in Cairo.
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
German politician (1926–2009).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Aachen.
Died December 5th, 2009 at 82 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Stanley Jaki
American priest and physicist.
Born August 17th, 1924 in Győr. [ref]
Died April 7th, 2009 at 84 years old in Madrid (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Nizar Rayan
Hamas leader (1959-2009).
Born March 6th, 1959 in Jabalia.
Died January 1st, 2009 at 49 years old in Gaza City (targeted killing by Israel). [ref]
Grigore Vieru
Moldovan poet.
Born February 14th, 1935 in Pererîta.
Died January 18th, 2009 at 73 years old in Chișinău (traffic collision).
Deaths 411 to 420 of 886
It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks