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In the year 2009
866 Notable deaths
Venetia Burney
British schoolteacher, namer of the dwarf planet pluto.
Born July 11th, 1918 in England.
Died April 30th, 2009 at 90 years old in Banstead.
Thomas Hill
American actor.
Born June 2nd, 1927 in Mussoorie.
Died April 20th, 2009 at 81 years old in Bloomington. [ref]
Helen Levitt
American photographer (1913-2009).
Born August 31st, 1913 in Brooklyn. [ref]
Died March 29th, 2009 at 95 years old in Greenwich Village. [ref]
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Former caretaker prime minister of pakistan.
Born August 14th, 1931 in Shaheed Benazirabad District.
Died November 20th, 2009 at 78 years old in London. [ref]
Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Soviet and russian actor (1928—2009).
Born February 8th, 1928 in Pavlovsky Posad.
Died December 4th, 2009 at 81 years old in Moscow (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Jean Jadot
Catholic archbishop (1909-2009).
Born November 23rd, 1909 in City of Brussels.
Died January 21st, 2009 at 99 years old in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. [ref]
Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
South african politician (1940-2009).
Born October 9th, 1940 in Durban.
Died December 16th, 2009 at 69 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Willem Johan Kolff
Dutch medical researcher (1911–2009).
Born February 14th, 1911 in Leiden.
Died February 11th, 2009 at 97 years old in Delaware County. [ref]
Jane Bryan
Film actress; united states federal arts commission member (1918-2009).
Born June 11th, 1918 in Hollywood.
Died April 8th, 2009 at 90 years old in Pebble Beach. [ref]
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Though death be poor, it ends a mortal woe. William Shakespeare