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In the year 2009
866 Notable deaths
Pedro Luiz de Orleans e Bragança
Brazilian heir (1983–2009).
Born January 12th, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died June 1st, 2009 at 26 years old in Atlantic Ocean (Air France Flight 447, aviation accident).
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]
W. D. Snodgrass
American poet (1926–2009).
Born January 5th, 1926 in Beaver Falls.
Died January 13th, 2009 at 83 years old in Madison County (lung cancer).
Herbert York
American physicist (1921-2009).
Born November 24th, 1921 in Rochester.
Died May 19th, 2009 at 87 years old in San Diego (leukemia).
Lyudmila Zykina
Russian folk singer (1929-2009).
Born June 10th, 1929 in Moscow. [ref]
Died July 1st, 2009 at 80 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Allan King
Canadian film director (1930-2009).
Born February 6th, 1930 in Vancouver.
Died June 15th, 2009 at 79 years old in Toronto (brain cancer). [ref]
Monica Bleibtreu
Austrian actress and screenwriter (1944-2009).
Died May 14th, 2009 at 65 years old in Hamburg (lung cancer).
Daniel Carasso
French and american businessman (1905–2009).
Born December 16th, 1905 in Thessaloniki.
Died May 17th, 2009 at 103 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
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]
Deaths 421 to 430 of 866
Death ends a life, not a relationship. Mitch Albom