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In the year 2009
787 Notable deaths
Frederiek Nolf
Road bicycle racer.
Born February 10th, 1987 in Kortrijk.
Died February 5th, 2009 at 21 years old in Doha.
Jordi Solé Tura
Spanish politician (1930-2009).
Born May 23rd, 1930 in Mollet del Vallès. [ref]
Died December 4th, 2009 at 79 years old in Barcelona (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Vladimir Beekman
Estonian writer (1929-2009).
Born August 23rd, 1929 in Tallinn. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 2009 at 80 years old in Tallinn. [ref]
Andrei Ivanov
Russian footballer (1967-2009).
Born April 6th, 1967 in Moscow.
Died May 19th, 2009 at 42 years old in Moscow (pneumonia).
Norbert Eschmann
Swiss footballer (1933-2009).
Born September 19th, 1933 in Besançon.
Died May 13th, 2009 at 75 years old in Lausanne. [ref]
Giuseppe Alessi
Politician (1905-2009).
Born October 29th, 1905 in San Cataldo.
Died July 13th, 2009 at 103 years old in Palermo. [ref]
Patricia Bergquist
New zealand zoologist, anatomist and biologist (1933-2009).
Born March 10th, 1933 in North Shore. [ref]
Died September 9th, 2009 at 76 years old in Auckland (breast cancer). [ref]
Hugo Loetscher
Swiss writer (1929-2009).
Born December 22nd, 1929 in Zürich. [ref]
Died August 18th, 2009 at 79 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Pavlo Zahrebelnyi
Ukrainian writer (1924-2009).
Born August 25th, 1924 in Soloshyne.
Died February 3rd, 2009 at 84 years old in Kyiv (tuberculosis). [ref]
Jacques Hustin
Artist, singer-songwriter (1940-2009).
Born March 15th, 1940 in Liège. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2009 at 69 years old [ref]
Deaths 631 to 640 of 787
Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough. William Saroyan