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In the year 2009
866 Notable deaths
Carl Ballantine
American entertainer (1917-2009).
Born September 27th, 1917 in Chicago.
Died November 3rd, 2009 at 92 years old in Hollywood Hills (disease). [ref]
John Hope Franklin
African-american historian.
Born January 2nd, 1915 in Rentiesville.
Died March 25th, 2009 at 94 years old in Durham. [ref]
Budd Schulberg
American writer.
Born March 27th, 1914 in Manhattan. [ref]
Died August 5th, 2009 at 95 years old in Quogue. [ref]
José Torres
Puerto rican boxer.
Died January 19th, 2009 at 72 years old in Ponce (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Satyananda Saraswati
Yogi (1923-2009).
Born December 24th, 1923 in Almora.
Died December 5th, 2009 at 85 years old in Deoghar district.
Tuulikki Pietilä
Finnish artist (1917–2009).
Born February 18th, 1917 in Seattle.
Died February 23rd, 2009 at 92 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Guillermo Endara
President of panama (1936-2009).
Born May 12th, 1936 in Panama City.
Died September 28th, 2009 at 73 years old in Panama City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Johnny Kerr
American basketball player and coach (1932-2009).
Born July 17th, 1932 in Chicago.
Died February 26th, 2009 at 76 years old in Chicago (prostate cancer). [ref]
Marek Edelman
(1919–2009) jewish resistance member.
Born January 1st, 1922 in Gomel. [ref]
Died October 2nd, 2009 at 87 years old in Warsaw. [ref]
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