Deaths in 2009
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 animals 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.
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- Bashir Ahmad, 68, Indian-born British politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow region. [1]
- Raaphi Persitz, 74, Israeli chess master (death announced on this date). [2]
- James Whitmore, 87, American Academy Award-nominated actor, lung cancer. [3]
- Andrés Bermúdez, 58, Mexican tomato-farming magnate and federal deputy since 2006, stomach cancer. [4]
- John W. Grace, 82, Canadian Privacy Commissioner (1983–1990), heart attack. [5]
- Khalid Hasan, 74, Pakistani journalist and author, cancer. [6]
- George Hughes, 83, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers). [7]
- Payton Jordan, 91, American coach of 1968 United States Olympic track and field team, cancer. [8]
- Frederiek Nolf, 21, Belgian cyclist, heart attack. [9]
- Dana Vávrová, 41, Czech-born German actress and film director, cancer. [10] (German)
- Noah Weinberg, 78, American-born Israeli rabbi, founder of Aish HaTorah. [11]
- Xiangzhong Yang, 49, Chinese-born American stem cell scientist, cancer. [12]
- Tom Brumley, 73, American steel guitarist (The Buckaroos), after short illness. [13]
- Cipriano Calderón Polo, 81, Spanish Bishop of Thagora (1989–2003). [14]
- Antonie Dixon, 40, New Zealand murderer, suicide. [15]
- Christophe Dupouey, 40, French cyclist, World Cross Country Champion (1996), suicide. [16]
- Herbert Hamrol, 106, American centenarian, one of the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, pneumonia. [17]
- Ramón Hernández, 68, Puerto Rican baseball player. [18] (Spanish)
- Lux Interior, 62, American singer/songwriter (The Cramps), heart condition. [19]
- Ed Schwartz, 62, American radio personality, kidney and heart disease. [20]
- Mark Shepherd, 86, American chairman of Texas Instruments (1976–1988), complications from pulmonary fibrosis. [21]
- David Snow, 84, British ornithologist. [22]
- Ben Blank, 87, American television graphics innovator (CBS, ABC). [23]
- Rabindra Kumar DasGupta, 93, Indian scholar of Bengali and English literature. [24]
- Kurt Demmler, 65, German songwriter, suicide by hanging. [25]
- Millard Fuller, 74, American co-founder of Habitat for Humanity International, after short illness. [26]
- Shambhu Hegde, 71, Indian Yakshagana artist, cardiac arrest. [27]
- Warren Kimbro, 74, American Black Panther and murderer, charitable organization executive, heart attack. [28]
- Mike Maloy, 59, American-born Austrian basketball player. [29]
- António dos Reis Rodrigues, 90, Portuguese Bishop of Madarsuma (1966-1998). [30]
- Sheng-yen, 79, Chinese-born Taiwanese Buddhist Zen master, kidney disease. [31]
- Pavlo Zahrebelnyi, 84, Ukrainian writer, after long illness. [32]
- Paul Birch, 46, British footballer, bone cancer. [33]
- Alan Davies, 75, British rugby league footballer, emphysema. [34]
- Phil Easton, 59, British radio presenter, brain haemorrhage. [35]
- Russ Germain, 62, Canadian broadcaster, lung cancer. [36]
- Paul Galloway, 74, American journalist (Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune), heart attack. [37]
- Ralph Kaplowitz, 89, American basketball player (New York Knicks), kidney failure. [38]
- Fredrik Kayser, 90, Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II. [39] (Norwegian)
- James E. Long, 68, American politician, North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance (1985–2009), complications of a stroke. [40]
- Joe M. Rodgers, 75, American construction executive, Ambassador to France (1985–1989), cancer. [41]
- Michelle Splitter, 19, Brazilian basketball player, leukemia. [42]
- Jim Wilson, 67, American football player and wrestler, cancer. [43]
- Kazuhiro Yamauchi, 76, Japanese baseball player, liver failure. [44]
- Nancy Adams, 84, American co-owner of the Tennessee Titans, after short illness. [45]
- Joe Ades, 74, American salesman. [46]
- Bert Boer, 63, Dutch Christian minister. [47] (Dutch)
- Dorothy Brant, 102, British Conservative Party official. [48]
- Flora Crater, 94, American feminist and political activist. [49]
- Lukas Foss, 86, American composer, conductor, pianist and professor, heart attack. [50]
- Tim Grundy, 50, British radio and television presenter, heart attack. [51]
- Michael Homer, 50, American executive (Netscape), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [52]
- Ranbir Singh Hooda, 94, Indian politician, after long illness. [53]
- Peter Howson, 89, Australian politician, Minister for Air (1964–1968) and Environment, Aborigines and the Arts (1971–1972), fall. [54]
- John A. Knight, c. 78, American General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene (1985–2001). [55]
- Yoya Martínez, 96, Chilean actress, natural causes. [56] (Spanish)
- Jim McWithey, 81, American race car driver. [57]
- Edward Joseph O'Donnell, 77, American Bishop of Lafayette (1994–2002). [58]
External links
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For earlier deaths, see Deaths in 2008, Deaths in 2007, Deaths in 2006, Deaths in 2005, Deaths in 2004, Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, ...