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In the year 2009
787 Notable deaths
František Veselý
Czech footballer (born 1943).
Born December 7th, 1943 in Prague.
Died October 30th, 2009 at 65 years old in Prague. [ref]
Giuseppe Chiappella
Italian footballer (1924-2009).
Born September 8th, 1924 in San Donato Milanese.
Died December 26th, 2009 at 85 years old in Milan. [ref]
Mathieu Montcourt
French tennis player.
Born March 4th, 1985 in 13th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 7th, 2009 at 24 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt (pulmonary embolism). [ref]
Jacques Baratier
French film director.
Born March 8th, 1918 in Montpellier. [ref]
Died November 27th, 2009 at 91 years old in Antony. [ref]
Veikko Huovinen
Finnish writer.
Born May 7th, 1927 in Simo. [ref]
Died October 4th, 2009 at 82 years old in Sotkamo. [ref]
Ivan Zulueta
Spanish film director.
Born September 29th, 1943 in Donostia-San Sebastián.
Died December 30th, 2009 at 66 years old in Donostia-San Sebastián. [ref]
Roger Planchon
French playwright, director, filmmaker (1931-2009).
Born September 12th, 1931 in Saint-Chamond.
Died May 12th, 2009 at 77 years old in 9th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Gábor Ocskay
Hungarian ice hockey player (1975–2009).
Born September 11th, 1975 in Budapest.
Died March 25th, 2009 at 33 years old in Budapest (myocardial infarction).
Léon Glovacki
French footballer (1928-2009).
Born February 19th, 1928 in Carvin.
Died September 9th, 2009 at 81 years old in Geneva. [ref]
Nikolay Olyalin
Russian theatre and cinema actor (1941-2009).
Born May 22nd, 1941 in Opikhalino.
Died November 17th, 2009 at 68 years old in Kyiv (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 591 to 600 of 787
Death is so terribly final, while life is full of possibilities. George R.R. Martin