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In the year 2009
810 Notable deaths
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 (1895–2009).
Born September 18th, 1895 in Miyakonojo.
Died June 19th, 2009 at 113 years old in Miyakonojo. [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]
Jackie Ronne
American explorer (1919–2009).
Born October 13th, 1919 in Baltimore.
Died June 14th, 2009 at 89 years old in Bethesda (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Frank Gardner
Australian racing driver.
Born October 1st, 1931 in Sydney.
Died August 29th, 2009 at 77 years old in Mermaid Waters. [ref]
Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro
Russian mathematician.
Born March 30th, 1929 in Moscow. [ref]
Died February 21st, 2009 at 79 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Eduardo Rózsa-Flores
Bolivian-hungarian-croatian mercenary, journalist, actor, and secret agent.
Born March 31st, 1960 in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
Died April 16th, 2009 at 49 years old in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Deaths 431 to 440 of 810
Death is the ultimate boundary of human matters. Horace