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In the year 2009
868 Notable deaths
René Monory
French politician (1923-2009).
Born June 6th, 1923 in Loudun. [ref]
Died April 11th, 2009 at 85 years old in Loudun (disease). [ref]
Arne Bendiksen
Norwegian singer, lyricist, composer and producer (1926–2009).
Born October 19th, 1926 in Bergen.
Died March 26th, 2009 at 82 years old in Bergen (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Abdelkebir Khatibi
Moroccan writer (1938-2009).
Born February 11th, 1938 in El Jadida.
Died March 16th, 2009 at 71 years old in Rabat (myocardial infarction).
Semyon Farada
Soviet and russian actor (1933-2009).
Born December 31st, 1933 in Nikolsky.
Died August 20th, 2009 at 75 years old in Moscow (heart failure). [ref]
Conyers Herring
American physicist (1914–2009).
Born November 15th, 1914 in Scotia.
Died July 23rd, 2009 at 94 years old in Palo Alto.
Andrés Montes
Sports journalist (1955–2009).
Born November 27th, 1955 in Madrid.
Died October 16th, 2009 at 53 years old in Madrid. [ref]
Omar Dhani
Commander of the indonesian air force (1924-2009).
Born January 23rd, 1924 in Surakarta.
Died July 24th, 2009 at 85 years old in Jakarta. [ref]
Ernst Benda
German legal scholar, politician, and judge (1925–2009).
Born January 15th, 1925 in Berlin.
Died March 2nd, 2009 at 84 years old in Karlsruhe. [ref]
Blanca Varela
Peruvian poet.
Born August 10th, 1926 in Lima. [ref]
Died June 13th, 2009 at 82 years old in Lima. [ref]
Vyacheslav Nevinny
Soviet and russian actor (1934—2009).
Born November 30th, 1934 in Tula.
Died May 31st, 2009 at 74 years old in Moscow (diabetes).
Deaths 581 to 590 of 868
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson