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In the year 2009
787 Notable deaths
José Torres
Puerto rican boxer.
Died January 19th, 2009 at 72 years old in Ponce (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Dell Hymes
American anthropologist and linguist.
Born June 7th, 1927 in Portland.
Died November 13th, 2009 at 82 years old in Charlottesville (Alzheimer's disease).
Sulim Yamadayev
Chechen warlord (1973-2009).
Born June 21st, 1973 in Benoy.
Died March 28th, 2009 at 35 years old in Emirate of Dubai.
Luise Danz
Nazi concentration camp guard.
Born December 11th, 1917 in Walldorf.
Died June 21st, 2009 at 91 years old
Don Hewitt
American television news producer (1922-2009).
Born December 14th, 1922 in New York City.
Died August 19th, 2009 at 86 years old in Bridgehampton (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Hussein-Ali Montazeri
Iranian islamic theologian, islamic democracy activist, writer and human rights activist (1922-2009).
Born September 22nd, 1922 in Najafabad.
Died December 20th, 2009 at 87 years old in Qom (cardiovascular disease).
Gangubai Hangal
Indian singer (1913-2009).
Born March 5th, 1913 in Hangal.
Died July 21st, 2009 at 96 years old in Hubli (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Meir Amit
Israeli politician (1921-2009).
Born March 17th, 1921 in Tiberias. [ref]
Died July 17th, 2009 at 88 years old in Tel Aviv.
I. J. Good
British statistician and cryptographer.
Born December 9th, 1916 in London.
Died April 5th, 2009 at 92 years old in Radford. [ref]
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