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In the year 2009
869 Notable deaths
Kálmán Markovits
Hungarian water polo player.
Born August 26th, 1931 in Budapest.
Died December 5th, 2009 at 78 years old in Budapest.
Gwendoline Konie
Zambian politician (1938-2009).
Born October 9th, 1938 in Lusaka.
Died March 14th, 2009 at 70 years old in Lusaka.
Lino Aldani
Italian science fiction writer.
Born March 29th, 1926 in San Cipriano Po. [ref]
Died January 31st, 2009 at 82 years old in Pavia (lung cancer). [ref]
Abraham 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 Jensen
Danish footballer (1922-2009).
Born November 10th, 1922 in Copenhagen.
Died January 26th, 2009 at 86 years old in Vedbæk. [ref]
Héctor Rossetto
Argentine chess player.
Born September 8th, 1922 in Bahía Blanca.
Died January 23rd, 2009 at 86 years old in Buenos Aires.
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]
Remy Chauvin
French entomologist (1913–2009).
Born October 10th, 1913 in Toulon. [ref]
Died December 8th, 2009 at 96 years old in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. [ref]
Geertje Wielema
Swimmer (1934-2009).
Born July 24th, 1934 in Hilversum.
Died August 18th, 2009 at 75 years old in Almere.
Maurice Chappaz
Swiss poet (1916-2009).
Born December 21st, 1916 in Lausanne.
Died January 15th, 2009 at 92 years old in Martigny. [ref]
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot