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In the year 2009
784 Notable deaths
Vernon Forrest
American boxer.
Born January 12th, 1971 in Augusta.
Died July 25th, 2009 at 38 years old in Atlanta. [ref]
Rowland S. Howard
Musician, songwriter.
Born October 24th, 1959 in Melbourne.
Died December 30th, 2009 at 50 years old in Melbourne (liver cancer). [ref]
Vyacheslav Ivankov
Russian mob boss.
Born January 2nd, 1940 in Moscow.
Died October 9th, 2009 at 69 years old in Moscow (peritonitis). [ref]
Edmund Purdom
English actor and director.
Born December 19th, 1924 in Welwyn Garden City. [ref]
Died January 1st, 2009 at 84 years old in Rome. [ref]
Aage Niels Bohr
Danish physicist.
Born June 19th, 1922 in Copenhagen. [ref]
Died September 8th, 2009 at 87 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Günther Rall
German general and fighter pilot during world war ii.
Born March 10th, 1918 in Gaggenau.
Died October 4th, 2009 at 91 years old in Bad Reichenhall (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Ron Asheton
American musician (1948-2009).
Born July 17th, 1948 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died January 6th, 2009 at 60 years old in Ann Arbor (myocardial infarction).
Larry Knechtel
American session musician.
Born August 4th, 1940 in Bell.
Died August 20th, 2009 at 69 years old in Yakima (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Arne Næss
Norwegian philosopher and mountain climber (1912-2009).
Born January 27th, 1912 in Slemdal. [ref]
Died January 12th, 2009 at 96 years old in Oslo. [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]
Deaths 141 to 150 of 784
Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard