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In the year 2009
808 Notable deaths
Iqbal Bano
Pakistani singer (1935-2009).
Born August 27th, 1935 in Delhi.
Died April 21st, 2009 at 73 years old in Lahore.
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Soviet and russian actor.
Born February 8th, 1928 in Pavlovsky Posad. [ref]
Died December 4th, 2009 at 81 years old in Moscow (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Lino Lacedelli
Italian mountain climber.
Born December 4th, 1925 in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
Died November 20th, 2009 at 83 years old in Cortina d'Ampezzo. [ref]
Rosanna Schiaffino
Italian actress (1939-2009).
Born November 25th, 1939 in Genoa. [ref]
Died October 17th, 2009 at 69 years old in Milan (breast cancer). [ref]
Ernst Barkmann
German world war ii soldier (1919-2009).
Born August 25th, 1919 in Kisdorf.
Died June 27th, 2009 at 89 years old in Kisdorf. [ref]
Sheng-yen
Chinese zen buddhist writer.
Born January 22nd, 1931 in Nantong.
Died February 3rd, 2009 at 78 years old in Taipei (kidney failure). [ref]
Richard John Neuhaus
Canadian-american christian writer.
Born May 14th, 1936 in Pembroke.
Died January 8th, 2009 at 72 years old in Manhattan (cancer). [ref]
Keith Waterhouse
British writer.
Born February 6th, 1929 in Leeds. [ref]
Died September 4th, 2009 at 80 years old in London. [ref]
Julius Shulman
American photographer (1910–2009).
Born October 10th, 1910 in Brooklyn.
Died July 15th, 2009 at 98 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Giovanni Arrighi
Italian economist and sociologist (1937-2009).
Born July 7th, 1937 in Milan. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2009 at 71 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Deaths 271 to 280 of 808
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