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In the year 2009
886 Notable deaths
Willy Breinholst
Writer, screenwriter.
Born June 27th, 1918 in Fredensborg.
Died September 25th, 2009 at 91 years old [ref]
Eva Dawes
Athletics competitor.
Born September 17th, 1912 in Toronto.
Died May 30th, 2009 at 96 years old in Thames Ditton. [ref]
Kazumi Takada
Japanese association football player.
Born June 28th, 1951 in Shizuoka.
Died October 1st, 2009 at 58 years old in Suginami-ku.
Shunkichi Hamada
Japanese field hockey player.
Born October 19th, 1910 in Minamiawaji.
Died December 7th, 2009 at 99 years old in Shibuya-ku. [ref]
Elisabeth Schweigaard Selmer
Norwegian politician (1923–2009).
Born October 18th, 1923 in Christiania. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2009 at 85 years old in Oslo. [ref]
Eligio Echagüe
Paraguayan footballer (1938-2009).
Born December 31st, 1938 in Concepción.
Died December 6th, 2009 at 70 years old in Lambaré.
Fernando Cornejo
Chilean footballer (1969-2009).
Born January 28th, 1969 in Quinta de Tilcoco.
Died January 24th, 2009 at 39 years old in Santiago (stomach cancer). [ref]
Hans Kleppen
Norwegian ski jumper (1907-2009).
Born March 16th, 1907 in Bø Municipality.
Died April 12th, 2009 at 102 years old in Bø Municipality. [ref]
José Carlos da Costa Araújo
Brazilian footballer (1962-2009).
Born February 7th, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died July 24th, 2009 at 47 years old in Rio de Janeiro (cancer). [ref]
Ivan Biakov
Soviet biathlete (1944-2009).
Born September 21st, 1944.
Died November 4th, 2009 at 65 years old in Kyiv.
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