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In the year 2009
866 Notable deaths
Mercedes Sosa
Argentine singer (1935-2009).
Born July 9th, 1935 in San Miguel de Tucumán. [ref]
Died October 4th, 2009 at 74 years old in Buenos Aires (kidney failure). [ref]
Danny La Rue
British entertainer.
Died May 31st, 2009 at 81 years old in Royal Tunbridge Wells (prostate cancer).
Sergei Magnitsky
Russian tax advisor who died in police custody.
Born April 8th, 1972 in Odesa.
Died November 16th, 2009 at 37 years old in Matrosskaya Tishina (blunt trauma, closed head injury).
Abdurrahman Wahid
4th president of indonesia.
Born September 7th, 1940 in Jombang.
Died December 30th, 2009 at 69 years old in Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Taylor Mitchell
Canadian singer (1990-2009).
Born August 27th, 1990 in Toronto.
Died October 28th, 2009 at 19 years old in Halifax (coyote attack). [ref]
Kim Manners
American television director and producer (1951–2009).
Born January 13th, 1951 in Los Angeles.
Died January 25th, 2009 at 58 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
David Eddings
American novelist.
Born July 7th, 1931 in Spokane.
Died June 2nd, 2009 at 77 years old in Carson City. [ref]
Mitsuharu Misawa
Japanese professional wrestler.
Born June 18th, 1962 in Koshigaya.
Died June 13th, 2009 at 46 years old in Hiroshima. [ref]
Lucy Gordon
British actress and model (1980-2009).
Born May 22nd, 1980 in Oxford. [ref]
Died May 20th, 2009 at 28 years old in 10th arrondissement of Paris (hanging). [ref]
Harry Patch
Soldier, last soldier to serve in the trenches of world war i.
Born June 17th, 1898 in Somerset.
Died July 25th, 2009 at 111 years old in Wells. [ref]
Deaths 101 to 110 of 866
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson