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In the year 2009
784 Notable deaths
Steve McNair
American football quarterback (1973-2009).
Born February 14th, 1973 in Mount Olive.
Died July 4th, 2009 at 36 years old in Nashville (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Dom DeLuise
American actor, comedian, chef, director, producer, author.
Born August 1st, 1933 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died August 1st, 2009 at 76 years old in Santa Monica (diabetes). [ref]
Robert McNamara
American businessman and secretary of defense (1916-2009).
Born June 9th, 1916 in San Francisco.
Died July 6th, 2009 at 93 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
American philanthropist; founder of the special olympics; sister of john f. kennedy.
Born July 10th, 1921 in Brookline.
Died August 11th, 2009 at 88 years old in Hyannis (stroke). [ref]
Ricardo Montalbán
Mexican-american actor.
Born November 25th, 1920 in Torreón. [ref]
Died January 14th, 2009 at 88 years old in Los Angeles (heart failure). [ref]
Umaga
American professional wrestler.
Born March 28th, 1973 in San Francisco.
Died December 4th, 2009 at 36 years old in Houston (myocardial infarction).
Walter Cronkite
American broadcast journalist (1916-2009).
Born November 4th, 1916 in St. Joseph. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2009 at 92 years old in New York City (stroke). [ref]
Marilyn Chambers
American pornographic actress (1952-2009).
Born April 22nd, 1952 in Providence. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2009 at 56 years old in Santa Clarita (aortic aneurysm, aneurysm, cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Jade Goody
English reality television personality (1981-2009).
Born June 5th, 1981 in London.
Died March 22nd, 2009 at 27 years old in Upshire (cervical cancer). [ref]
Corazon Aquino
Philippine politician and president (1933-2009).
Born January 25th, 1933 in Paniqui. [ref]
Died August 1st, 2009 at 76 years old in Makati (colorectal cancer). [ref]
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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir