Deaths in 2009
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The following is a list of notable deaths in 2009. Names are listed under the date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name.
Deaths of notable animals (that is, those with their own Wikipedia articles) are also reported here.
A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
July 2009
12
- Donald MacCormick, 70, British television journalist, heart attack. [1]
- Shesha Palihakkara, Sri Lankan dancer, actor and producer. [2]
- Pavel Smeyan, 52, Russian singer and actor, cancer. [3]
- Simon Vinkenoog, 80, Dutch poet and writer. [4] (Dutch)
11
- Manuel Carrascalão, 75, East Timorese politician. [5] (Portuguese)
- Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, 68, Australian child molester, multiple organ failure. [6]
- Reg Fleming, 73, Canadian hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks). [7]
- Arturo Gatti, 37, Canadian boxer. [8]
- Ebba Haslund, 91, Norwegian author. [9] (Norwegian)
- Ji Xianlin, 97, Chinese linguist, paleographer, historian and writer, heart attack. [10] (Chinese)
- Žan Marolt, 44, Bosnia-Herzegovinian actor. [11] (Bosnian)
10
- Johnny Caldwell, 71, Irish boxer, Olympic medalist (1956), world bantamweight champion (1961–1962), cancer. [12]
9
- Magomed Gadaborshev, Russian Colonel, Head of Ingushetia Forensics and Investigations Center, shot. [13]
- George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig, 91, British Army officer, patron of military charities and artist. [14]
- Jessie Hollins, 39, American baseball player, drowned. [15]
- Ron Kennedy, 56, Canadian ice hockey player and trainer, brain cancer. [16]
- Frank Mickens, 63, American educator, natural causes. [17]
- Kinuthia Murugu, Kenyan Permanent Secretary, shot. [18]
8
- Oddo Biasini, 92, Italian politician, after long illness. [19] (Italian)
- Harry Gray, 89, American CEO and chairman of United Technologies Corporation. [20]
- Edward Kenna, 90, Australian soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross. [21]
- Judi Ann Mason, 55, American screenwriter, television producer and playwright, aortic dissection. [22]
- Waldo McBurney, 106, American beekeeper, oldest worker in the United States. [23]
- Dmitry Tchudakov, 35, Russian Lieutenant Colonel (SOBR), shot. [24]
7
- Sabine Ball, 83, German evangelist, heart attack. [25] (German)
- Reader Harris, 96, British businessman and politician, MP for Heston and Isleworth (1950–1970). [26]
- Tony Scott, 85, American journalist and television critic, complications from a fall. [27]
6
- Vasily Aksyonov, 76, Russian novelist, stroke. [28]
- Mihai Baicu, 33, Romanian footballer, heart attack. [29] (Romanian)
- Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, American criminal, suspected South Carolina spree killer, shot. [30]
- Rene Capo, 48, Cuban-born American judo Olympian (1988, 1996), lung cancer. [31]
- Marlon Green, 80, American pilot. [32]
- Oscar G. Mayer, Jr., 95, American business executive (Oscar Mayer). [33]
- Robert McNamara, 93, American business executive, Secretary of Defense (1961–1968), natural causes. [34]
- Mathieu Montcourt, 24, French tennis player, cardiac arrest. [35]
- Jim Reid, 75, British folk musician, after short illness. [36]
- Martin Streek, 45, Canadian disc jockey, suspected suicide. [37]
- Bleddyn Williams, 86, British rugby player, captain of Wales and British Lions, after long illness. [38]
5
- John Bachar, 52, American rock climber, fall. [39]
- Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker, 86, British diplomat and politician, MP for Blackpool South (1964–1992), pneumonia. [40]
- Lou Creekmur, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions). [41]
- Takeo Doi, 89, Japanese psychoanalyst. [42]
- Khan Mohammad, 81, Pakistani cricketer, prostate cancer. [43]
- Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne, 95, British politician, MP for Poole (1964–1979). [44]
- John Orman, 60, American professor and politician, self-appointed chairman of Connecticut for Lieberman party. [45]
- Bob Titchenal, 91, American football player and coach. [46]
- Waldo Von Erich, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, fall. [47]
4
- Jim Chapin, 89, American jazz drummer. [48]
- George Fullerton, 86, American luthier, partner of Leo Fender and Fender guitars, heart failure. [49]
- Béla Király, 97, Hungarian general and historian, natural causes. [50]
- Allen Klein, 77, American businessman, Beatles and Rolling Stones manager, Alzheimer's disease. [51]
- Drake Levin, 62, American guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders), cancer. [52]
- Robert Louis-Dreyfus, 63, French-born Swiss billionaire, leukemia. [53]
- Steve McNair, 36, American football player (Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens), shot. [54]
- Robert Mitchell, 96, American organist, pneumonia. [55]
- Leo Mol, 94, Ukrainian-born Canadian sculptor. [56]
- Lasse Strömstedt, 74, Swedish writer. [57] (Swedish)
- Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, 70, Congolese politician, Minister of State. [58]
- Kurtuluş Türkgüven, 55, Turkish singer and composer, pancreatic cancer. [59] (Turkish)
- Laurence Villiers, 7th Earl of Clarendon, 76, British aristocrat. [60]
3
- Jorge Enrique Adoum, 83, Ecuadorian poet and writer. [61] (Spanish)
- Alauddin Al-Azad, 77, Bangladeshi author, natural causes. [62]
- Frank Devine, 77, New Zealand-born Australian newspaper editor, after long illness. [63]
- E. J. Josey, 85, American librarian and civil rights activist, natural causes. [64]
- John Keel, 79, American ufologist and writer (The Mothman Prophecies). [65]
- Victor Smorgon, 96, Ukrainian-born Australian industrialist, natural causes. [66]
2
- Pasquale Borgomeo, 76, Vatican director of Radio Vatican, after long illness. [67]
- Steve Brennan, 57, American reporter and editor (The Hollywood Reporter), cancer. [68]
- Susan Fernandez, 52, Filipina activist and singer, ovarian cancer. [69]
- Martin Hengel, 82, German theologian. [70] (German)
- Herbert G. Klein, 91, American journalist, White House Communications Director for President Richard Nixon. [71]
- Tyeb Mehta, 84, Indian painter, heart attack. [72]
- Anna Paitatzi, 86, Greek actress, natural causes. [73] (Greek)
- Bert Schneider, 71, Austrian Grand Prix motorcycle racer. [74] (German)
- Robert E. L. Taylor, 96, American publisher and chairman of the Philadelphia Bulletin. [75]
1
- Alexis Argüello, 57, Nicaraguan boxer and politician, mayor of Managua, suspected suicide by gunshot. [76]
- Wilson Baldonaza, 57, Filipino union leader, Kilusang Mayo Uno general secretary, stroke. [77]
- Marwa El-Sherbini, 31, Egyptian pharmacist and vilification victim, stabbed. [78]
- Lakis Karalis, 66, Greek musician, theatre and artistic director, cancer. [79] (Greek)
- Karl Malden, 97, American Academy Award winning actor (A Streetcar Named Desire), natural causes. [80]
- Anna Karen Morrow, 94, American actress (Peyton Place), natural causes. [81]
- Onni Palaste, 91, Finnish soldier and writer, Winter War veteran, natural causes. [82] (Finnish)
- David Pears, 87, British philosopher. [83]
- Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer. [84] (Catalan)
- Andree Layton Roaf, 68, American jurist, first black woman on Arkansas Supreme Court. [85]
- Mollie Sugden, 86, British actress (Are You Being Served?), natural causes. [86]
- Rupert Thorneloe, 39, British soldier, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, improvised explosive device. [87]
- Norman Welton, 81, American journalist, photo editor for the Associated Press, colon cancer. [88]
- Takayoshi Yasuda, 89, Japanese jockey and horse trainer. [89] (Japanese)
- Lyudmila Zykina, 80, Russian singer, Hero of Socialist Labor, cardiac arrest. [90]
June 2009
See Deaths in June 2009.
May 2009
See Deaths in May 2009.
April 2009
See Deaths in April 2009.
March 2009
See Deaths in March 2009.
February 2009
January 2009
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