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In the year 2009
810 Notable deaths
Nikolay Anikin
Cross-country skier (1932-2009).
Born January 25th, 1932 in Ishim.
Died November 14th, 2009 at 77 years old in Duluth (cancer).
Karen Harup
Swimmer.
Born November 20th, 1924 in Skovshoved.
Died July 19th, 2009 at 84 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Thierry Van Werveke
Luxembourgish actor (1958-2009).
Born October 23rd, 1958 in Geneva.
Died January 12th, 2009 at 50 years old in Luxembourg (cancer).
Peter Seiichi Shirayanagi
Cardinal priest from japan.
Born June 17th, 1928 in Hachiōji.
Died December 30th, 2009 at 81 years old in Tokyo (myocardial infarction).
John Elsworthy
Welsh footballer (1931-2009).
Born July 26th, 1931 in Nant-y-derry.
Died May 3rd, 2009 at 77 years old in Ipswich (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Giuseppe Baldini
Italian footballer and manager.
Born March 11th, 1922 in Russi.
Died November 26th, 2009 at 87 years old in Genoa.
Sjur Refsdal
Norwegian astrophysicist.
Born December 30th, 1935 in Oslo.
Died January 29th, 2009 at 73 years old in Oslo.
Li Zuopeng
Chinese general (1914-2009).
Born April 24th, 1914 in Ji'an.
Died January 3rd, 2009 at 94 years old in Beijing. [ref]
Ede Király
Hungarian figure skater.
Born February 23rd, 1926 in Budapest.
Died August 10th, 2009 at 83 years old in Canada. [ref]
Gert Jonke
Austrian writer (1946-2009).
Born February 8th, 1946 in Klagenfurt. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2009 at 62 years old in Vienna (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 631 to 640 of 810
I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner