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In the year 2009
866 Notable deaths
Ali Akbar Khan
Hindustani musician (1922–2009).
Born February 14th, 1922 in Brahmanbaria.
Died June 19th, 2009 at 87 years old in San Francisco (kidney failure). [ref]
Shakti Samanta
Film director (1926-2009).
Born January 13th, 1926 in Bardhaman.
Died April 9th, 2009 at 83 years old in Mumbai. [ref]
K. Pattabhi Jois
Indian yoga guru (1915–2009).
Born July 26th, 1915 in Hassan district.
Died May 18th, 2009 at 93 years old in Mysore (disease). [ref]
Louie Bellson
American jazz drummer, a composer, arranger, bandleader, and jazz educator.
Born July 6th, 1924 in Rock Falls.
Died February 14th, 2009 at 84 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Lucian Pulvermacher
Pope.
Born April 20th, 1918 in Wisconsin.
Died November 30th, 2009 at 91 years old in Springdale.
Rowland S. Howard
Australian musician and songwriter (1959–2009).
Born October 24th, 1959 in Melbourne.
Died December 30th, 2009 at 50 years old in Melbourne (liver cancer). [ref]
Irving Penn
American photographer and photojournalist.
Born June 16th, 1917 in Plainfield. [ref]
Died October 7th, 2009 at 92 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Vyacheslav Ivankov
Russian mob boss (1940–2009).
Born January 2nd, 1940 in Moscow.
Died October 9th, 2009 at 69 years old in Moscow (peritonitis). [ref]
Collin Wilcox
American actress (1935-2009).
Born February 4th, 1935 in Cincinnati.
Died October 14th, 2009 at 74 years old in Highlands (brain cancer). [ref]
Edmund Purdom
English actor and director (1926-2009).
Born December 19th, 1926 in Welwyn Garden City.
Died January 1st, 2009 at 82 years old in Rome. [ref]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 866
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