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In the year 2009
787 Notable deaths
Gianna Maria Canale
Italian actress (1927-2009).
Born September 12th, 1927 in Reggio Calabria.
Died February 13th, 2009 at 81 years old in Sutri.
James Purdy
Writer.
Born July 17th, 1914 in Fremont.
Died March 13th, 2009 at 94 years old in Englewood. [ref]
Albert Scanlon
English footballer (1935-2009).
Born October 10th, 1935 in Manchester.
Died December 22nd, 2009 at 74 years old in Salford. [ref]
Dina Babbitt
Czech artist (1923-2009).
Born January 21st, 1923 in Brno. [ref]
Died July 29th, 2009 at 86 years old in Felton (cancer). [ref]
Edith Lucie Bongo
First lady of gabon (1964-2009).
Born March 10th, 1964 in Brazzaville.
Died March 14th, 2009 at 45 years old in Rabat (cancer). [ref]
Ekaterina Maximova
Russian ballet dancer (1939-2009).
Born February 1st, 1939 in Moscow. [ref]
Died April 28th, 2009 at 70 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Howard Zieff
American film director.
Born October 21st, 1927 in Chicago. [ref]
Died February 22nd, 2009 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Teddy Mayer
American businessman.
Born September 8th, 1935 in Scranton.
Died January 30th, 2009 at 73 years old in England (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Chris Finnegan
British boxer.
Born June 5th, 1944 in Buckinghamshire.
Died March 2nd, 2009 at 64 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
Chris Harman
British journalist and political activist (1942-2009).
Born November 8th, 1942.
Died November 7th, 2009 at 66 years old in Cairo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 351 to 360 of 787
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz