The following is a list of notable
deaths in 2009.
A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability,
established cause of death, reference.
- Maurice
Clemmons, 37, American
felon, gunshot. [745579]
- Tommy Henrich,
96, American
baseball player. [745580]
- Paul Naschy, 75,
Spanish
movie actor, screenwriter, and director, cancer [745581] (Spanish)
- Ramses Shaffy,
76, Dutch
singer, chansonnier and
actor, esophageal
cancer [745582] (Dutch)
- Shilendra
Kumar Singh, 77, Indian
politician,
Governor of Rajasthan, after
short illness. [745583]
- Christoph Budde, 46, German former professional football player (Borussia Mönchengladbach),
swine flu. [745584] (German)
- Asim Butt, 42,
Pakistani
-born British
cricketer. [745585]
- Milorad Pavić, 80, Serbian
writer, heart
failure. [745586]
- Ahmet Ulucay, 55,
Turkish
film director,
pneumonia. [745587] (Turkish)
- Prince
Alexander of Belgium, 67, Belgian
royal, pulmonary embolism. [745588] (French)
- Nora
David, Baroness David, 96, British
politician, Labour member of the House of
Lords
. [745589]
- Princess
Farial of Egypt, 71, Egyptian
royal, oldest child of King Farouk, stomach cancer. [745590]
- Robert
Holdstock, 61, British
science fiction
author, Escherichia
coli infection. [745591]
- Solange
Magnano, 38, Argentinian
beauty queen (Miss Argentina, 1994), pulmonary embolism. [745592]
- Lee Pelty, 74,
American
stage actor, lung cancer. [745593]
- Erich Böhme,
79, German
journalist, editor of
Der Spiegel (1973–1989),
cancer. [745594]
- Gilles Carle,
81, Canadian
film director and
screenwriter, complications from
Parkinson's disease.
[745595]
- Bjartmar
Gjerde, 78, Norwegian
politician, cabinet minister and broadcasting executive. [745596] (Norwegian)
- Jeff
Hoover, 41, American
football coach (Eastern Illinois University
), car accident.
[745597]
- Bob Keane, 87,
American
music producer and
manager, founder of Del-Fi Records, renal failure. [745598]
- Eric Waldram
Kemp, 94, British
Church of England
theologian, Bishop of Chichester
(1974–2001). [745599]
- Tony
Kendall, 73, Italian
actor, played Kommissar X, after short illness.
[745600]
- Koichi Saito, 80,
Japanese
film director and
photographer, pneumonia. [745601]
- Joaquín Vargas Gómez, 84,
Mexican
media owner, founder of MVS
Comunicaciones, natural
causes. [745602] (Spanish)
- Al Alberts, 87,
American
singer (The Four Aces), kidney failure. [745603]
- Jacques
Baratier, 91, French
Director and screenwriter.[745604] (French)
- Jacques
Braunstein, 78, Romanian
-born Venezuelan
economist, publicist and jazz disc jockey, heart
failure. (Spanish)
- William J. Bresnan, 75, American
businessman, founder of
Bresnan Communications,
cancer. [745605]
- Bess Lomax
Hawes, 88, American
folklorist and musician, stroke.
[745606]
- Geneviève
Joy, 90, French
pianist. [745607] (French)
- Alice McGrath,
92, American
activist (Sleepy Lagoon murder trial), infection
from a chronic illness.
[745608]
- György
Melis, 86, Hungarian
opera singer.
[745609]
- Mike Penner, 52,
American
sportswriter
(Los Angeles Times),
suicide. [745610]
- Pia Beck, 84,
Dutch
jazz pianist and singer, heart
attack. [745611]
- Bernard
Birnbaum, 89, American
television
producer (CBS News), heart attack. [745612]
- Robert J. Fox, 81, American
Catholic priest, cancer. [745613]
- Nikola
Kovachev, 75, Bulgarian
football player
and manager. [745614] (Bulgarian)
- Lis Løwert,
89, Danish
film actress. [745615] (Danish)
- Geoffrey
Moorhouse, 77, British
journalist and author, stroke. [745616]
- Lexi Pillman,
26, American
wrestling manager,
stepdaughter of Brian Pillman, automobile accident. [745617]
- Amy Black, 36,
British
mezzo-soprano opera singer. [745619]
- Chan Hung Lit,
66, Hong
Kong
actor, heart failure. [745620]
- Francis French, 7th Baron de
Freyne, 82, Irish
aristocrat.
[745621]
- Mike LeBell, 79,
American
professional
wrestling promoter,
older brother of Gene LeBell, respiratory failure. [745622]
- Abe Pollin, 85,
American
businessman, owner of
Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals, corticobasal degeneration.
[745623]
- Hale Smith, 84,
American
composer and arranger, complications of a stroke. [745624]
- Squingy, 37, Jamaican
disc jockey (Bass Odyssey), lung
cancer [745625]
- Samak
Sundaravej, 74, Thai
politician, Prime Minister (2008), liver cancer. [745626]
- Víctor
Brizuela, 77, Argentinian
sports
commentator, complications following kidney transplant. [745627] (Spanish)
- Robert Degen,
104, American
songwriter (Hokey Pokey). [745628]
- Pim Koopman, 56,
Dutch
progressive rock drummer (Kayak).
[745629]
- Richard Meale, 77, Australian composer.
[745630]
- Lennart
Olsson, 67, Swedish
eccentric football fan, cancer.
[745631] (Swedish)
- Joe Papa, American
musician (Controlled Bleeding), heart attack. [745632]
- Tony Parry, 64,
British
footballer
(Hartlepool United), pneumonia. [745633]
- Pat
Quinn, 74, Irish
businessman, founder of
the Quinnsworth supermarket chain, renal failure. [745634]
- Yang Xianyi, 94,
Chinese
translator.
[745635]
- Billy Joe
Daugherty, 57, American
Christian
minister, lymphoma. [745636]
- Sir John
Grugeon, 81, British
politician.
[745637]
- Jeong Nam-kyu,
40, South
Korean
serial killer,
suicide by hanging. [745638]
- B.Z. Kastler, 89, American
businessman, former
CEO of (Questar Corporation).
[745639]
- Ali Kordan, 51,
Iranian
politician, Minister of the Interior (2008),
multiple myeloma. [745640]
- Art Lake, 85,
American
news presenter and
weatherman (WJAR-TV
). [745641]
- Juan
Carlos Muñoz, 90, Argentinian
footballer,
heart attack. [745642] (Spanish)
- Haydain Neale,
39, Canadian
singer–songwriter (jacksoul), lung
cancer. [745643]
- Iraklis
Papasideris, 80, Greek
lyricist. [745644] (Greek)
- Francisco Rodriguez,
25, American
Golden Gloves boxer, brain injury
sustained during match. [745645]
- Emile
Vanfasse, 69, French Polynesian
politician, Finance Minister (2004–2006).
[745646]
- Bernard
Bonnin, 70, Filipino
actor, diabetes. [745647]
- Konstantin
Feoktistov, 83, Russian
cosmonaut and aerospace engineer. [745648]
(Russian)
- Ira Hanford, 91,
American
jockey, winner of the 1936
Kentucky Derby, after long
illness. [745649]
- Tom Janik, 69,
American
football player
(Denver Broncos, Buffalo Bills). [745650]
- Rena Kanokogi,
74, American
judoka, multiple myeloma. [745651]
- Ken Krueger, 83,
American
co-founder of San Diego Comic-Con
International, heart
attack. [745652]
- Paige Palmer,
93, American
fitness
trainer. [745653]
- Celso Pitta, 63,
Brazilian
politician, Mayor of São
Paulo
(1997–2000), colorectal cancer. [745654]
- Jaan-Mati
Punning, 69, Estonian
ecologist. [745655]
(Estonian)
- Allen Shelton,
73, American
banjo player, leukemia. [745656]
- Panos
Tzanetis, 69, Greek
singer, cancer. [745657] (Greek)
- Martino
Gomiero, 85, Italian
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Adria-Rovigo.
[745658]
- Ghulam
Mustafa Jatoi, 78, Pakistani
politician, Chief Minister of Sindh
(1973–1977); Prime
Minister (1990), after long illness. [745659]
- Lino
Lacedelli, 83, Italian
mountaineer, first man
to reach the summit of K2
.
[745660]
- H. C. Robbins
Landon, 83, American
musicologist.
[745661]
- Herbert
Richers, 86, Brazilian
filmmaker and voice artist, kidney
failure. [745662] (Portuguese)
- Max Robertson,
94, British
radio
broadcaster. [745663]
- Alejandro R. Ruiz, 85, American
World War II
Medal of Honor recipient. [745664]
- Lester Shubin,
84, American
developer of the bulletproof Kevlar
vest, heart attack. [745665]
- Elisabeth Söderström, 82,
Swedish
soprano, complications from
a stroke. [745666]
- Daniil Sysoev,
35, Russian
Orthodox
priest, shot. [745667]
- Roman
Trakhtenberg, 41, Russian
actor, television and radio presenter, heart attack. [745668]
- Charis Wilson,
95, American
model and writer. [745669]
- Frank Beattie,
76, Scottish
footballer
(Kilmarnock F.C.), after long
illness. [745670]
- Johnny
Delgado, 61, Filipino
actor, lymphoma. [745671]
- Erika Haggi, 87,
Estonian
sculptor. [745672]
(Estonian)
- Daul Kim, 20,
South
Korean
fashion model,
suicide by hanging. [745673]
- Pat Mackie, 95,
New
Zealand
-born Australian trade unionist. [745674]
- Sir Noel Power, 79, Australian acting Chief
Justice of the Supreme
Court of Hong Kong (1996–1997), heart
attack. [745675]
- Chiyo
Shiraishi, 114, Japanese
supercentenarian,
fourth-oldest person in the
world. [745676] (Japanese)
- Nao Takasugi,
87, American
politician, member of the
California
State
Assembly (1993–1999), stroke.
[745677]
- Uga VII, 4,
American
English bulldog
mascot (University of Georgia
), heart
attack. [745678]
- Johnny Almond,
63, British
jazz and rock musician (Mark-Almond), cancer. [745679]
- Abrar Alvi, 82,
Indian
film director and
screenwriter (Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam), stomach complications. [745680].
- Jeanne-Claude,
74, French
environmental
artist (The Gates),
complications from a ruptured brain
aneurysm. [745681]
- Ömer
Lütfi Mete, 59, Turkish
journalist, heart attack. [745682] (Turkish)
- Red Robbins, 65,
American
basketball player,
cancer. [745683]
- Salem Saad, 31,
Emirati
football
(Al-Nasr SC), heart attack. [745684]
- John Craxton,
87, British
painter. [745685]
- Niku
Kheradmand, 77, Iranian
actress, complications of a
heart attack. [745686]
- Nikolay
Olyalin, 68, Russian
actor. [745687]
(Russian)
- Sy Syms, 83,
American
entrepreneur, founder
and chairman of off-price clothier
SYMS, heart
failure. [745688]
- Josine van
Dalsum, 61, Dutch
actress, brain
tumor. [745689] (Dutch)
- Eddie Bell, 78,
American
football player
(Philadelphia Eagles, New York Titans), heart failure. [745690]
- Jeff Clyne, 72,
British
jazz bassist, heart
attack. [745691]
- Antonio de
Nigris, 31, Mexican
football
player, heart failure. [745692]
- Robert J. Frankel, 68, American
thoroughbred horse trainer, leukemia. [745693]
- Ken Kirk, 71,
American
football player,
after short illness. [745694]
- Kevin Knox, 53,
American
comedian, melanoma. [745695]
- Jan Leighton,
87, American
actor, complications from a
stroke. [745696]
- Michael Scott, 60, American
Chicago
Board of
Education president, suicide by gunshot. [745697]
- Jack Wong Sue, 84, Australian Z Special
Unit member and businessman.
[745698]
- Olivia
Patricia Thomas, 114, American
supercentenarian,
third-oldest person in the
world. [745699]
- Bucky
Williams, 102, American
baseball player,
second-oldest Negro League
Baseball player. [745700]
- Edward
Woodward, 79, British
film and television actor,
natural causes.
[745701]
- Derek B, 44,
British
rapper, heart attack. [745702]
- Tia Barrett, 62,
New
Zealand
ambassador and diplomat, High
Commissioner to the Cook Islands
(2009), after short illness. [745703]
- Richard
Carlyle, 95, Canadian
actor. [745704]
- Ray Charnley,
74, English
footballer
(Blackpool, Morecambe), after long illness.
[745705]
- Dennis Cole, 69,
American
actor. [745706]
- Andriy
Fedchuk, 29, Ukrainian
Olympic bronze
medal-winning boxer (2000), traffic collision. [745707] (Russian)
- Pierre Harmel,
98, Belgian
politician, Prime Minister (1965–1966).
[745708] (Flemish)
- Natalicio
Lima, 91, Brazilian
guitarist (Los Indios Tabajaras), stomach cancer. [745709]
- Ambrose
Mathalaimuthu, 84, Indian
Bishop of Coimbatore.
[745710]
- Hans
Matthöfer, 84, German
politician, Minister of Finance
(1978–1982). [745711] (German)
- Allan Murdmaa,
75, Estonian
architect. [745712]
(Estonian)
- Ken Ober, 52,
American
comedian and game show host (Remote Control).
[745713]
- Patriarch Pavle, 95, Serbian
44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, cardiac arrest. [745714]
- Jocelyn
Quivrin, 30, French
actor, car accident. [745715] (French)
- Nikolay
Anikin, 77, Russian
-born American
Olympic gold medal
skiing champion (1956 Olympics),
cancer. [745716]
- Moshe Gidron,
84, Israeli
Major
General. [745717]
- John David
McWilliam, 68, British
politician, Member of Parliament for Blaydon
(1979–2005). [745718]
- Lewis Millett,
88, American
Medal of Honor
recipient. [745719]
- Indrek
Martinson, 77, Estonian
physicist. [745720] (Swedish)
- David A. Olsen, 71, American
businessman, after
short illness. [745721]
- Mizuki
Ōura, 53, Japanese
actress, lung cancer. [745722] (Japanese)
- Ladislav
Sitenský, 90, Czech
photographer. [745723]
- Klaus
Steilmann, 80, German
entrepreneur.
[745724] (German)
- Woodie Assaf,
92, American
television weatherman, heart
failure. [745725]
- Michał
Gajownik, 27, Polish
Olympic sprint canoer, traffic collision. [745726] (Polish)
- Ueli
Gegenschatz, 38, Swiss
BASE jumper, jumping accident. [745727] (German)
- Dell Hymes, 82,
American
anthropologist,
linguist and folklorist, complications of Alzheimer's disease. [745728]
- Bruce King, 85,
American
politician, three-term
Governor of New Mexico
, complications from heart procedure.
[745729]
- Ron
Klimkowski, 65, American
baseball
player, heart failure.
- Mara Manzan, 57,
Brazilian
actress, lung cancer. [745730] (Portuguese)
- Tamaz Ninua, 67,
Georgian
former Minister for State Security,
shot. [745731]
- John J.
O'Connor, 76, American
television critic
(The New York Times),
lung cancer. [745732]
- Mohamed Abdi
Aware, Somali
judge, Chief Justice of Puntland
, shot.
[745733]
- Vagrich
Bakhchanyan, 71, Ukrainian
-born American
painter, apparent suicide. [745734] (Russian)
- Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer,
60, Spanish
judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.
[745735]
- Howard Jacobs,
45, American
HIV/AIDS
activist, liver
cancer. [745736]
- Willy Kernen,
80, Swiss
footballer, participated in World Cup (1950, 1954, 1962). [745737]
- Bernard
Kolélas, 76, Congolese
politician, Mayor of
Brazzaville
, Prime
Minister (1997). [745738]
- James R. Lilley, 81, American
diplomat, ambassador to South Korea
and China
, complications linked to prostate cancer. [745739]
- Iakovos
Protolatis, 78, Greek
journalist. [745740] (Greek)
- Henri
Sérandour, 72, French
IOC
member, former head of the French National
Olympic Committee. [745741]
- Josef Singer,
86, Israeli
professor emeritus of aeronautics,
president of Technion
(1982–1986). [745742]
- Eliahu
Speiser, 79, Israeli
politician and former
Member of Knesset. [745743]
- Giorgos
Thimis, 84, Greek
pianist and composer.
[745744] (Greek)
- Paul Wendkos,
87, American
television and
film director (Gidget), complications of a stroke. [745745]
- Orig Williams,
78, British
wrestler (El
Bandito), footballer (Oldham Athletic), television personality
and newspaper columnist. [745746]
- Emanuel
Zisman, 74, Israeli
politician, Member of Knesset (1988–1999).
[745747]
- Tony Anselmo, 91, Canadian
football executive
(Calgary Stampeders).
[745748]
- Bernd
Dittrich, 21, Austrian
Canadian
football player (Simon Fraser
Clan). [745749]
- Ehsan
Fatahian, 28, Iranian
Kurdish activist, executed by hanging. [745750]
- Naftali Feder,
89, Polish
-born Israeli
politician and
Member of Knesset. [745751]
- Savvas
Hatziioannou, 67, Greek
footballer (PAOK
F.C.), cancer. [745752] (Greek)
- Irving
Kriesberg, 90, American
expressionist artist,
complications from Parkinson's
disease. [745753]
- Tom Merriman,
85, American
jingle composer, complications from a fall. [745754]
- John Jay
O'Connor, 79, American
lawyer, husband of Sandra Day O'Connor, Alzheimer's disease. [745755]
- Leo Osgood, 63,
American
basketball player
(Northeastern University
), basketball
coach and dean of MIT
, after
long illness. [745756]
- Helge Reiss, 81,
Norwegian
actor. [745757] (Norwegian)
- Alexandros
Tambouras, 97, Greek
insurer and businessman. [745758] (Greek)
- Gheorghe
Dinică, 75, Romanian
actor, cardiac arrest. [745759] (Romanian)
- Robert Enke, 32,
German
footballer,
suicide by train impact. [745760]
- William Ganz,
90, Slovakian
-born American
cardiologist, co-inventor
of the pulmonary artery
catheter, natural
causes. [745761]
- Tomaž
Humar, 40, Slovenian
mountaineer,
mountaineering accident. [745762]
- Simple
Kapadia, 51, Indian
actress and costume
designer, cancer. [745763]
- Dick Katz, 85,
American
jazz pianist and arranger,
lung cancer. [745764]
- David
Lloyd, 75, American
comedy writer
("Chuckles Bites the Dust"),
prostate cancer. [745765]
- Uolevi
Manninen, 72, Finnish
Olympic basketball player. [745766] (Finnish)
- Hisaya
Morishige, 96, Japanese
actor, natural causes. [745767]
- John Allen
Muhammad, 48, American
spree killer (Beltway Sniper), execution by lethal injection. [745768]
- Anne Mustoe, 76,
British
headmistress, cyclist and writer.
[745769]
- José
Afonso Ribeiro, 80, Brazilian
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Borba.
[745770] (Portuguese)
- Stratos
Stasinos, 65, Greek
animation director. [745771] (Greek)
- Ken Wlaschin,
75, American
film historian, after
short illness. [745772]
- Sedley Andrus,
94, British
herald. [745773]
- Al Cervi, 92,
American
basketball player and
coach (Rochester Royals, Syracuse Nationals). [745774]
- Earl
Cooley, 98, American
smokejumper.
[745775]
- Clen Denning, 98, Australian footballer, oldest surviving
VFL player. [745776]
- Henry L. Kimelman, 88, American
Ambassador to Haiti
(1980–1981), heart failure.
[745777]
- Earsell
Mackbee, 68, American
football player
(Minnesota Vikings), complications
following a stroke. [745778]
- Notis
Pergialis, 89, Greek
actor, author and lyricist. [745779] (Greek)
- Nelson
Javier Portillo, Honduran
mayor, shot. [745780] (Spanish)
- Mehdi Sahabi,
66, Iranian
writer and translator, heart attack. [745781]
- Charles
Proctor Sifton, 74, American
federal
judge, sarcoidosis. [745782]
- Stephen
Edmund Verney, 90, British
Anglican prelate, Bishop of
Repton (1977–1985). [745783]
- Nick Waterlow,
69, British
-born Australian artistic director and curator, stabbed.
[745784]
- Jerry Fuchs, 34,
American
drummer (Maserati, !!!), fall. [745785]
- Armin Gessert,
46, German
video game
developer, heart
attack. [745786]
- Vitaly
Ginzburg, 93, Russian
physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. [745787]
- Burleigh
Hines, 77, American
journalist.
[745788]
- Karl Kroeber,
83, American
literary scholar of Native American
literature, cancer. [745789]
- Malcolm
Laycock, 71, British
radio DJ. [745790]
- Arda
Mandikian, 85, Greek
soprano, after long illness. [745791] (Greek)
- Amir Qavidel,
62, Iranian
film director,
liver failure. [745792]
- Igor Starygin,
63, Russian
actor, complications of a
stroke. [745793]
(Russian)
- Peter Storer,
81, American
broadcasting executive
(Storer Communications) and
philanthropist, cardiovascular disease.
[745794]
- Alyona
Bondarchuk, 47, Russian
actress, cancer. [745795] (Russian)
- Vic Davies, 55, Australian radio
presenter, lung cancer. [745796]
- Bob Dillinger,
91, American
baseball player.
[745797]
- Anselmo
Duarte, 89, Brazilian
actor, screenwriter and film
director, complications of a stroke. [745798] (Portuguese)
- Bernardo
Garza Sada, 79, Mexican
businessman, founder
of ALFA. [745799]
- Donald
Harington, 73, American
author, cancer. [745800]
- Chris Harman,
66, British
socialist journalist and activist. [745801]
- Billy Ingham,
57, British
footballer
(Burnley), after long illness.
[745802]
- Joe Maross, 86,
American
actor, cardiac arrest. [745803]
- Allan Mulder, 81, Australian politician,
MP
(1972–1975). [745804]
- May Nilsson, 88,
Swedish
Olympic alpine skier. [745805] (Swedish)
- Humberto
Luis Rivas, 72, Argentinian
photographer.
[745806]
- Manuel Arvizu,
90, Mexican
Roman Catholic
Bishop of
Jesús María del Nayar. [745807]
- István
Belovai, 71, Hungarian
double agent.
[745808] (German)
- Bachir
Boumaza, 82, Algerian
politician.
[745809] (French)
- Marion Coles,
94, American
dancer. [745810]
- Nick Counter,
69, American
film executive and
lawyer. [745811]
- Dimitri De
Fauw, 28, Belgian
track cyclist,
suicide. [745812]
- Abraham
Escudero Montoya, 69, Colombian
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Palmira. [745813] (Spanish)
- Jacno, 52, French
musician, cancer. [745814] (French)
- Otomar
Krejča, 87, Czech
theatre director. [745815] (Czech)
- Hans Lund, 59,
American
poker player, cancer. [745816]
- Antonio
Rosario Mennonna, 103, Italian
Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. [745817] (German)
- Thomas O'Malley, 94, American
aerospace
engineer. [745818]
- Günter
Naumann, 83, German
actor. [745819] (German)
- Tommy Reis, 95,
American
baseball player.
[745820]
- Manuel
Solís, 91, Panamanian
President (1988–1989),
pulmonary edema. [745821] (Spanish)
- Ron Sproat, 77,
American
television writer
(Dark Shadows), heart attack. [745822]
- Evan Chandler,
65, American
father of Michael
Jackson molestation accuser, suicide by
gunshot. [745823]
- Peter Chen
Bolu, 96, Chinese
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Daming. [745824]
- Adam
Firestorm, 32, New
Zealand
-born Canadian
professional
wrestler, suicide. [745825]
- Robert Gutman,
67, Estonian
actor. [745826], (Estonian)
- Khuda
Bakhsh Khaskhail, 32, Pakistani
boxer, cardiac arrest. [745827]
- Félix Luna,
84, Argentinian
historian, after long
illness. [745828]
- Stella
Májová, 86, Czech
actress. [745829] (Czech)
- Barrie
Rickards, 71, British
palaeontologist and
angler, cancer. [745830]
- Win Aung, 65,
Burmese
politician and
military officer, Minister of Foreign Affairs
(1998–2004). [745831]
- William H.
Avery, 98, American
politician, Representative for
Kansas
(1955–1965), Governor of Kansas (1965–1967).
[745832]
- Don Beaven, 85,
New
Zealand
scientist and diabetes researcher, house fire. [745833]
- Ivan Biakov, 65,
Russian
Olympic gold
medal-winning biathlete (1972, 1976). [745834] (Ukrainian)
- Hubertus
Brandenburg, 85, German
-born Roman Catholic
Bishop of
Stockholm (1977–1998). [745835] (Swedish).
- Stefano
Chiodi, 52, Italian
footballer. [745836] (Italian)
- Art D'Lugoff,
85, American
jazz nightclub owner (The Village Gate
), heart
attack. [745837]
- Jackie Moore,
28, Canadian
basketball coach,
Eastern
Illinois University
(2007-2009), heart
attack. [745838]
- Kabun Mutō,
82, Japanese
politician, Minister for Foreign
Affairs (1993), pancreatic
cancer. [745839]
- Thomas P. O'Malley, 79, American
Jesuit and academic, President of Loyola
Marymount University
(1991–1999), heart
attack. [745840]
- Antonio Pelle,
77, Italian
'Ndrangheta boss,
heart attack. [745841]
- Douglas Shook,
63, American
basketball player,
bladder cancer.
- Charles
August, 90, American
businessman, founder of
Monro Muffler and
Brake. [745842]
- Francisco Ayala, 103, Spanish
novelist, natural causes. [745843] (Spanish)
- Archie Baird,
90, Scottish
footballer
(Aberdeen). [745844]
- Carl
Ballantine, 92, American
actor (McHale's Navy), natural causes. [745845]
- Kari Bashir, 35,
Afghan
Taliban
commander. [745846] (German)
- Brother Blue,
88, American
storyteller, performance artist, after short
illness. [745847]
- Dodo
Chichinadze, 84, Georgian
actress. [745848]
- Shel Dorf, 76,
American
founder of the San Diego Comic-Con,
diabetes-related complications.
[745849]
- Parry Gordon,
64, English
rugby league
player. [745850]
- Vashram
Khorani, 49, Indian
politician, MLA in the
Vidhan Sabha of Gujarat
, heart
attack. [745851]
- Jyrki
Kovaleff, 55, Finnish
actor, prostate cancer. [745852] (Finnish)
- Tamás
Lossonczy, 105, Hungarian
abstract painter.
[745853] (Hungarian)
- John Mashek, 77,
American
political
reporter, heart
attack. [745854]
- Toshiyuki
Mimura, 61, Japanese
baseball player and manager
(Hiroshima Toyo Carp).
[745855]
- Ron Moeller, 71,
American
baseball
player.
- Erik
Sædén, 85, Swedish
bass-baritone and
hovsångare. [745856] (Swedish)
- Sotiris
Sgouros, 80, Greek
folk musician, clarinetist and singer. [745857] (Greek)
- Princess
Haya bint Abdulaziz, 80, Saudi
royal,
sister of King
Abdullah. [745858]
- Nien Cheng, 94,
Chinese
author and political prisoner. [745859]
- Lou Filippo, 83,
American
boxing referee and
judge, member of the World
Boxing Hall of Fame, stroke.
[745860]
- Ida Frabboni,
113, Italian
supercentenarian. [745861] (Italian)
- Evelyn Hofer,
87, German
-born photographer. [745862]
- Shabattai
Kalmanovich, 61, Russian
former KGB
spy, President of WBC Spartak Moscow Region,
shot. [745863]
- Keith
Kettleborough, 74, British
footballer
(Sheffield United) [745864]
- José Luis López
Vázquez, 87, Spanish
actor, after long
illness. [745865] (Spanish)
- Fyodor
Loshchenkov, 94, Russian
First Secretary of the Yaroslavl
Obkom (1961–1986).
[745866] (Russian)
- Phil Lumpkin,
57, American
NBA
player and high school basketball coach,
pneumonia. [745867]
- Roman Moravec,
59, Slovak
Olympic high jumper. [745868]
- Beverley
O'Sullivan, 28, Irish
singer, car crash. [745869]
- Amir Pnueli, 68,
Israeli
computer
scientist and Turing Award
winner. [745870]
- Glenn Remick,
58, American
founder of American Darters
Association, member of National Darts Hall of Fame, amyloidosis. [745871]
- Mark Smith, 49, British
bassist (The Waterboys) and record producer. [745872]
- Leonard Steinberg, Baron
Steinberg, 73, British
businessman and life peer. [745873]
- Jorge
Vargas, 68, Mexican
actor, complications of
colon cancer surgery. [745874] (Spanish)
- Ghalia
Hassan Fayyad, 110, Palestinian
supercentenarian, age-related causes. [745875]
- Sakher Habash,
69, Palestinian
party official
(Fatah), stroke.
[745876]
- Seán
Mac Fionnghaile, 57, Irish
actor, cancer. [745877]
- Endel Laas, 94,
Estonian
forest
scientist. [745878] (Estonian)
- Arturo
Salazar Mejía, 88, Colombian
Roman Catholic
Bishop of Pasto. [745879] (Spanish)
- Alda Merini, 78,
Italian
poet. [745880] (Italian)
- Gopal Mishra,
77, Indian
journalist, after short illness. [745881]
- Gus Mitges, 90,
Canadian
politician, MP for Grey—Simcoe (1972–1988) and Bruce—Grey
(1988–1993). [745882]
- Alan Ogg, 42,
American
basketball player
(Miami Heat), complications from staphylococcal infection.
[745883]
- Robert H. Rines, 87, American
scientist, inventor, composer and
Loch Ness Monster expert, heart failure. [745884]
- Antonio
Sergio, 59, Portuguese
radio
personality, heart
attack. [745885] (Portuguese)
- Achim Stocker,
74, German
football
official, Chairman of SC Freiburg,
heart attack. [745886] (German)
- George
Zoritch, 92, Russian
-born American
dancer. [745887]
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2009.
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2009.
See Deaths in August
2009.
See Deaths in July
2009.
See Deaths in June
2009.
See Deaths in May
2009.
See Deaths in April
2009.
See Deaths in March
2009.
See Deaths in February
2009.
See Deaths in January
2009.
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