In the year 2009
787 Notable deaths
Rafael Escalera
Colombian composer (1926-2009).
Born May 26th, 1926 in Patillal. [ref]
Died May 13th, 2009 at 82 years old in Bogotá. [ref]
Hubert van Es
Dutch photographer.
Born July 6th, 1941 in Hilversum. [ref]
Died May 15th, 2009 at 67 years old in Hong Kong (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh
Azerbaijani poet.
Born August 16th, 1925 in Shaki.
Died February 13th, 2009 at 83 years old in Baku. [ref]
Fernando Caldeiro
American astronaut.
Born June 12th, 1958 in Buenos Aires.
Died October 3rd, 2009 at 51 years old in League City (brain cancer). [ref]
Conchita Cintrón
Chile-born peruvian torera (female bullfighter).
Born August 9th, 1922 in Antofagasta.
Died February 17th, 2009 at 86 years old in Lisbon (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Herbert York
American physicist (1921-2009).
Born November 24th, 1921 in Rochester.
Died May 19th, 2009 at 87 years old in San Diego (leukemia).
Tomoji Tanabe
Japanese supercentenarian.
Born September 18th, 1895 in Miyakonojō.
Died June 19th, 2009 at 113 years old in Miyakonojō. [ref]
Francisco Ayala
Spanish novelist.
Born March 16th, 1906 in Granada. [ref]
Died November 3rd, 2009 at 103 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Marcella Althaus-Reid
Argentine theologian.
Born May 11th, 1952 in Rosario.
Died February 20th, 2009 at 56 years old in Edinburgh. [ref]
Albert Barillé
French film producer.
Born February 14th, 1920 in Warsaw.
Died February 11th, 2009 at 88 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Deaths 421 to 430 of 787
Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment. Dag Hammarskjold