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In the year 2009
808 Notable deaths
I. J. Good
British statistician and cryptographer.
Born December 9th, 1916 in London.
Died April 5th, 2009 at 92 years old in Radford. [ref]
George Russell
American pianist and composer.
Born June 23rd, 1923 in Cincinnati. [ref]
Died July 27th, 2009 at 86 years old in Boston (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Tuulikki Pietilä
Finnish artist (1917-2009).
Born February 18th, 1917 in Seattle. [ref]
Died February 23rd, 2009 at 92 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme
Tibetan politician (1910–2009).
Born February 1st, 1910 in Lhasa.
Died December 23rd, 2009 at 99 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Jack Cardiff
British cinematographer, director and photographer (1914-2009).
Born September 18th, 1914 in Great Yarmouth.
Died April 22nd, 2009 at 94 years old in London (disease). [ref]
Janet Jagan
President of guyana, prime minister of guyana, nurse (1920-2009).
Born October 20th, 1920 in Chicago.
Died March 28th, 2009 at 88 years old in Georgetown (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Fritz Darges
German ss-officer.
Born February 8th, 1913 in Diesdorf.
Died October 25th, 2009 at 96 years old in Celle. [ref]
Hank Locklin
American musician.
Born February 15th, 1918 in Santa Rosa County.
Died March 8th, 2009 at 91 years old in Brewton.
Antonio de Nigris
Mexican footballer.
Born April 1st, 1978 in Monterrey.
Died November 16th, 2009 at 31 years old in Larissa (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Sergey Mikhalkov
Russian and soviet writer (1913–2009).
Born March 13th, 1913 in Moscow. [ref]
Died August 27th, 2009 at 96 years old in Moscow (pulmonary edema). [ref]
Deaths 211 to 220 of 808
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. Mark Twain