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In the year 2009
789 Notable deaths
Axel Pilmark
Danish footballer (1925-2009).
Born November 23rd, 1925 in Copenhagen.
Died July 13th, 2009 at 83 years old
Kaarle Ojanen
Chess player.
Born December 4th, 1918 in Helsinki. [ref]
Died January 9th, 2009 at 90 years old in Helsinki. [ref]
Hans Kleppen
Norwegian ski jumper (1907-2009).
Born March 16th, 1907 in Bø.
Died April 12th, 2009 at 102 years old in Bø. [ref]
Eva Dawes
Athletics competitor.
Born September 17th, 1912 in Toronto.
Died May 30th, 2009 at 96 years old in Thames Ditton. [ref]
Miodrag Jovanović
Serbian footballer (1922-2009).
Born January 17th, 1922 in Belgrade.
Died December 14th, 2009 at 87 years old [ref]
Pham Dinh Tung
Vietnamese catholic cardinal.
Born June 15th, 1919 in Yên Thắng.
Died February 22nd, 2009 at 89 years old in Hanoi.
Virginio De Paoli
Football player (1938-2009).
Born June 22nd, 1938 in Certosa di Pavia.
Died August 24th, 2009 at 71 years old in Brescia.
Art McKinlay
American rower.
Born January 20th, 1932 in Detroit.
Died August 10th, 2009 at 77 years old in Royal Oak. [ref]
August Kiuru
Cross-country skier.
Born July 12th, 1922 in Gromovo.
Died February 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Finland. [ref]
Elizaveta Mukasei
Soviet spy (1912-2009).
Born March 29th, 1912 in Ufa.
Died September 19th, 2009 at 97 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Deaths 731 to 740 of 789
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht