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In the year 2009
787 Notable deaths
Henri Pousseur
Belgian composer.
Born June 23rd, 1929 in Malmedy. [ref]
Died March 6th, 2009 at 79 years old in City of Brussels (pneumonia). [ref]
Hildegard Behrens
German operatic soprano (1937-2009).
Born February 9th, 1937 in Varel. [ref]
Died August 18th, 2009 at 72 years old in Tokyo (aortic aneurysm). [ref]
George Perle
American composer.
Born May 6th, 1915 in Bayonne.
Died January 23rd, 2009 at 93 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Barry Flanagan
British sculptor.
Born January 11th, 1941 in Prestatyn. [ref]
Died August 31st, 2009 at 68 years old in Santa Eulària des Riu (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). [ref]
Ammo Baba
Iraqi footballer (1934-2009).
Born November 27th, 1934 in Baghdad.
Died May 27th, 2009 at 74 years old in Duhok (diabetes). [ref]
Inger Christensen
Poet, novelist, essayist, editor (1935-2009).
Born January 16th, 1935 in Vejle.
Died January 2nd, 2009 at 73 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Cahal Daly
Cardinal.
Born October 1st, 1917 in Loughguile.
Died December 31st, 2009 at 92 years old in Belfast City Hospital. [ref]
Béla Király
Hungarian officer, professor, and politician (1912-2009).
Born April 14th, 1912 in Kaposvár. [ref]
Died July 7th, 2009 at 97 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Mari Trini
Spanish singer-songwriter.
Born July 12th, 1947 in Murcia. [ref]
Died April 7th, 2009 at 61 years old in Murcia (lung cancer). [ref]
Lionel Davidson
Writer.
Born March 31st, 1922 in Kingston upon Hull. [ref]
Died October 21st, 2009 at 87 years old in London. [ref]
Deaths 411 to 420 of 787
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel