In the year 2009
789 Notable deaths
Ivo Rudić
Australian soccer player (1942-2009).
Born January 24th, 1942 in Split.
Died November 22nd, 2009 at 67 years old in Split.
Svetlana Ulmasova
Soviet distance runner.
Born February 4th, 1953 in Novyye Balykly.
Died April 6th, 2009 at 56 years old in Bashkortostan. [ref]
Fons Brijdenbach
Belgian sprinter (1954-2009).
Born October 12th, 1954 in Vorselaar.
Died May 8th, 2009 at 54 years old in Wechelderzande (bladder cancer). [ref]
Hugo Berly
Chilean footballer (1941-2009).
Born December 31st, 1941 in Santiago.
Died December 24th, 2009 at 67 years old in Washington, D.C..
Kazumi Takada
Japanese association football player.
Born June 28th, 1951 in Shizuoka.
Died October 1st, 2009 at 58 years old in Suginami-ku.
Gertrud Fussenegger
Austrian writer.
Born May 8th, 1921 in Plzeň. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2009 at 87 years old in Linz. [ref]
Dodo Chichinadze
Georgian actress (1924-2009).
Born December 28th, 1924 in Kutaisi.
Died November 3rd, 2009 at 84 years old in Tbilisi. [ref]
Willy Breinholst
Writer, screenwriter.
Born June 27th, 1918 in Fredensborg.
Died September 25th, 2009 at 91 years old [ref]
Julia García-Valdecasas
Spanish politician.
Born January 29th, 1944 in Barcelona.
Died February 5th, 2009 at 65 years old in Barcelona (pneumonia).
Deaths 721 to 730 of 789
Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz