In the year 2009
808 Notable deaths
Delara Darabi
Iranian artist (1986-2009).
Born September 29th, 1986 in Rasht.
Died May 1st, 2009 at 22 years old in Rasht (hanging). [ref]
Ji Xianlin
Chinese academic.
Born August 6th, 1911 in Linqing. [ref]
Died July 11th, 2009 at 97 years old in Beijing (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Armen Takhtajan
Soviet-armenian botanist (1910-2009).
Born June 10th, 1910 in Shusha.
Died November 13th, 2009 at 99 years old in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Otto Graf Lambsdorff
German politician (1926-2009).
Born December 20th, 1926 in Aachen.
Died December 5th, 2009 at 82 years old in Bonn. [ref]
Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García
President of guatemala; of norwegian parentage (1930-2009).
Born January 24th, 1930 in Guatemala City.
Died December 9th, 2009 at 79 years old in Guatemala City (kidney disease). [ref]
Monica Bleibtreu
Austrian actress and screenwriter (1944-2009).
Died May 14th, 2009 at 65 years old in Hamburg (lung cancer).
Lei Clijsters
Belgian association football player (1956-2009).
Born November 6th, 1956 in Opitter.
Died January 4th, 2009 at 52 years old in Meeuwen-Gruitrode (lung cancer). [ref]
Wess
American-born italian singer.
Born August 13th, 1945 in Winston-Salem.
Died September 21st, 2009 at 64 years old in Winston-Salem (asthma).
Eddie Bo
New orleans jazz musician (1930-2009).
Born September 20th, 1930 in New Orleans.
Died March 18th, 2009 at 78 years old in Picayune (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Guy Babylon
American keyboardist (1956-2009).
Born December 20th, 1956 in New Windsor.
Died September 2nd, 2009 at 52 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Deaths 391 to 400 of 808
No art is possible without a dance with death. Kurt Vonnegut