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In the year 2009
787 Notable deaths
Gayane Khachaturian
Georgian-armenian painter and graphic artist (1942-2009).
Born May 9th, 1942 in Tbilisi.
Died May 1st, 2009 at 66 years old in Tbilisi.
Rica Erickson
Western australian writer, historian, botanist and artist (1908-2009).
Born August 10th, 1908 in City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Died September 8th, 2009 at 101 years old in Mosman Park. [ref]
Michel Leblond
French footballer (1932-2009).
Died December 17th, 2009 at 77 years old in Reims. [ref]
Jean-Paul Roussillon
Actor (1931-2009).
Born March 5th, 1931 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 31st, 2009 at 78 years old in Auxerre (lung cancer). [ref]
Olja Ivanjicki
Serbian artist (1931-2009).
Born October 5th, 1931 in Pančevo. [ref]
Died June 24th, 2009 at 77 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Dalibor Brozović
Croatian linguist, slavist, dialectologist and politician (1927-2009).
Born July 28th, 1927 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died June 19th, 2009 at 81 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
Jackie Pretorius
South african racing driver.
Born November 22nd, 1934 in Potchefstroom.
Died March 30th, 2009 at 74 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Abel Paz
Spanish anarchist, former combatant and historian.
Born August 12th, 1921 in Almería. [ref]
Died April 13th, 2009 at 87 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Grigory Baklanov
Russian novelist and short story writer (1923–2009).
Born September 11th, 1923 in Voronezh.
Died December 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Valeri Broshin
Turkmenistan footballer and manager (1962-2009).
Born October 19th, 1962 in Saint Petersburg.
Died March 5th, 2009 at 46 years old in Moscow (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 581 to 590 of 787
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