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In the year 2009
787 Notable deaths
Ercole Rabitti
Italian footballer and manager (1921-2009).
Born August 24th, 1921 in Turin.
Died May 28th, 2009 at 87 years old in Ferrara. [ref]
Pyotr Velyaminov
Soviet russian film and theater actor (1926-2009).
Born December 7th, 1926 in Moscow.
Died June 14th, 2009 at 82 years old in Saint Petersburg (pneumonia).
Avraham Ravitz
Israeli politician (1934-2009).
Born January 13th, 1934 in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Died January 26th, 2009 at 75 years old in Jerusalem (heart failure). [ref]
Ivan Gubijan
Athletics competitor.
Born June 14th, 1923 in Bjelovar. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2009 at 85 years old in Belgrade.
Héctor Rossetto
Argentine chess player.
Born September 8th, 1922 in Bahía Blanca.
Died January 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Buenos Aires.
Christophe Dupouey
French cyclist (1968-2009).
Born August 8th, 1968 in Aureilhan. [ref]
Died February 4th, 2009 at 40 years old in Momères. [ref]
Frank J. Low
American astronomer (1933-2009).
Born November 23rd, 1933 in Mobile.
Died June 11th, 2009 at 75 years old in Tucson (disease). [ref]
Ryuzo Hiraki
Japanese association football player (1931-2009).
Born October 7th, 1931 in Osaka.
Died January 2nd, 2009 at 77 years old in Toyota (pneumonia). [ref]
Paolo Maffei
Italian astrophysicist (1926-2009).
Born January 2nd, 1926 in Italy. [ref]
Died March 1st, 2009 at 83 years old in Foligno. [ref]
Willy Kyrklund
Finland swedish writer.
Born February 27th, 1921 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died June 27th, 2009 at 88 years old in Uppsala. [ref]
Deaths 691 to 700 of 787
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