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.
- Andrew Martin, 33, Canadian-born Professional Wrestler known by his ringname "Test".
- Anne Brown, 96, American-born Norwegian opera singer. [1] (Norwegian)
- William Davidson, 85, American businessman, owner of the Detroit Pistons. [2]
- Alan W. Livingston, 91, American music executive, President of Capitol Records, creator of Bozo the clown. [3]
- James Purdy, 94, American novelist and playwright. [4]
- Medet Sadyrkulov, 55, Kyrgyz politician, car crash. [5]
- Leonore Annenberg, 91, American philanthropist, natural causes. [6]
- Reginald C. Lindsay, 63, American judge, member of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts since 1993, after long illness. [7]
- Milan Stitt, 68, American playwright. [8]
- Blanca Varela, 82, Peruvian poet. [9]
- Paul W. Airey, 85, American Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (1967–1969), complications from heart failure. [10]
- Péter Bacsó, 81, Hungarian film director, after long illness. [11]
- Tim Kretschmer, 17, German mass murderer (Winnenden school shooting), suicide by gunshot. [12]
- Charles Lewis, Jr., 45, American businessman, co-founder of mixed martial arts apparel company TapouT, car accident. [13]
- Omakuchi Narasimhan, 73, Indian actor, heart failure. [14]
- Denis Begbie, 94, South African cricketer. [15]
- Tom Hanson, 41, Canadian photojournalist, heart attack. [16]
- George Hedges, 57, American celebrity lawyer and (Archaeologist), melanoma. [[17]]
- Ralph Mercado, 67, American music promoter (RMM Records & Video), cancer. [18]
- Chuck Olmstead, 60, American journalist (WHAS-TV), brain aneurysm. [19]
- Anel Omar Rodríguez, 47, Panamanian politician, Minister of Culture, shot. [20]
- Anatoly Seglin, 86, Russian ice hockey player (Spartak Moscow). [21]
- Michael Shannon, 55, American pediatrician. [22]
- Vince Cervi, 45, Australian boxer, heavyweight champion of Australia (1993–1995), shot. [23]
- Hal Gaba, 63, American businessman, co-owner of Concord Music Group, cancer. [24]
- Eddie Lowe, 83, British footballer and manager. [25]
- Joseph Martin, 84, American addiction counselor and author, heart disease. [26]
- Larry Regan, 78, Canadian ice hockey player and general manager (Los Angeles Kings), Parkinson's disease. [27]
- Russell Spears, 92, American stonemason, elder of the Narragansett tribe. [28]
- Frank Stockwell, 80, Irish footballer. [29]
- Girdhari Lal Bhargava, 73, Indian politician, heart attack. [30]
- Ali Bongo, 79, Indian-born British magician, pneumonia. [31]
- Willie King, 65, American blues musician, heart attack. [32]
- Hank Locklin, 91, American country music singer, member of Grand Ole Opry. [33]
- Anna Manahan, 84, Irish actress, multiple organ failure. [34]
- Zbigniew Religa, 70, Polish cardiac surgeon and politician, Minister of Health (2005–2007), cancer. [35]
- Ken Snellgrove, 67, British cricketer. [36]
- Ernest Trova, 82, American artist, heart failure. [37]
- Mary Warburg, 100, American philanthropist. [38]
- Yan Arlazorov, 62, Russian actor and radio host, stomach cancer. [39]
- Václav Bedrich, 90, Czech animation director. [40] (Hungarian)
- Steve Bernard, 61, American businessman, founder of Cape Cod Potato Chips, pancreatic cancer. [41]
- Jimmy Boyd, 70, American actor and singer ("I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"), cancer. [42]
- Daniel E. Button, 91, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for New York (1967–1971), after long illness. [43]
- Schuyler Chapin, 86, American general manager of the Metropolitan Opera (1972–1975). [44]
- David Gaiman, British businessman, public relations director for the Church of Scientology, heart attack. [45]
- Jang Ja-yeon, 26, South Korean actress (Boys Over Flowers), suicide by hanging. [46]
- Dmitry Kozlov, 89, Russian aerospace engineer, founder of Progress State Research and Production Space Center. [47] (Russian)
- Barbara Parker, 62, American novelist, after long illness. [48]
- Tullio Pinelli, 100, Italian Academy Award-nominated screenwriter (La strada). [49]
- Anton Schoch, 49, Kazakhstani football head coach of national under-21 team. [50] (Russian)
- Jim Bellows, 86, American newspaper editor, Alzheimer's disease. [51]
- Jeanne Berget, 110, French supercentenarian. [52]
- Silvio Cesare Bonicelli, 76, Italian Bishop of Parma. [53]
- Anthony Finigan, 83, British actor. [54]
- Colleen Howe, 76, American sports agent, wife of Gordie Howe, Pick's disease. [55]
- George Keverian, 77, American politician, member (1967–1991) and Speaker (1985–1991) of the Massachusetts House. [56]
- James Clyde, Baron Clyde, 77, British judge, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1996–2001), cancer. [57]
- Francis Magalona, 44, Filipino actor and rapper, leukemia. [58]
- Vivian Murray, 76, Irish businessman, chairman of An Post and Bord Iascaigh Mhara, after long illness. [59]
- Eduardo Rodríguez, 57, Puerto Rican baseball player, septic shock. [60]
- Christon Tembo, 65, Zambian politician, Vice President (1997–2001). [61]
- Susan Tsvangirai, 50, Zimbabwean wife of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, car collision. [62]
- Valeri Broshin, 46, Russian footballer, cancer. [63] (Russian)
- Temima Gezari, 103, American artist, natural causes. [64]
- Oscar Kamau Kingara, Kenyan human rights activist, shot. [65]
- John Paul Oulu, Kenyan human rights activist, shot. [66]
- Dave Pureifory, 59, American football player (Detroit Lions), prostate cancer. [67]
- Andy Bowman, 74, British footballer, after long illness. [68]
- Irving Buchman, 83, American makeup artist (Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver), heart failure. [69]
- John Cephas, 78, American Piedmont blues guitarist, natural causes. [70]
- Yvon Cormier, 70, Canadian professional wrestler, bone marrow cancer. [71]
- Horton Foote, 92, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter, after short illness. [72]
- Robert Guskind, 50, American activist and journalist (National Journal). [73]
- Greg Henricks, 54, Australian radio journalist, esophageal cancer. [74]
- Patricia De Martelaere, 51, Belgian writer and philosopher. [75] (Dutch)
- George McAfee, 90, American football player (Chicago Bears). [76]
- Harry Parkes, 89, British footballer (Aston Villa). [77]
- Salvatore Samperi, 64, Italian film director. [78]
- Triztán Vindtorn, 66, Norwegian poet. [79]
- Sydney Earle Chaplin, 82, American actor, son of Charlie Chaplin. [80]
- Frederick Conyngham, 7th Marquess Conyngham, 84, Irish nobleman, cancer. [81]
- Sebastian Faißt, 20, German handball player, heart failure. [82]
- Flemming Flindt, 72, Danish choreographer, after short illness. [83]
- Frank Ford, 92, American radio talk show host, stroke. [84]
- Åke Lindman, 81, Finnish actor and film director. [85]
- Luis Mena Arroyo, 88, Mexican Auxiliary Bishop of Mexico. [86]
- John Rodda, 78, British sports journalist, athletics and boxing correspondent (The Guardian). [87]
- Barbara Wright, 93, British translator. [88]
- Ernie Ashworth, 80, American country music singer, member of Grand Ole Opry. [89]
- Michael Baker, 52, Canadian politician, member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly since 1998, cancer. [90]
- Ernst Benda, 84, German politician, Minister of the Interior (1968–1969) and President, Federal Constitutional Court (1971–1983). [91]
- Chris Finnegan, 64, British boxer, Olympic middleweight champion (1968), complications from pneumonia. [92]
- Alexandre Léontieff, 60, French politician, President of French Polynesia (1987–1991), heart attack. [93]
- Gilbert Parent, 73, Canadian politician, Speaker (1994–2001) and Member of Parliament (1974–1984, 1988–2000), colon cancer. [94]
- Ann Marie Rogers, 57, British campaigner for breast cancer drug Herceptin, breast cancer. [95]
- Jack Schwartz, 79, American mathematician and computer scientist, liver cancer. [96]
- Urban Sea, 20, French racehorse and broodmare, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner (1993), complications during foaling. [97]
- João Bernardo Vieira, 69, Guinea-Bissauan politician, Prime Minister (1978–1980) and President (1980–1999, since 2005), shot. [98]
- Rob Williams, 29, British businessman, co-founder of Dolphin Music, snowboarding accident. [99]
- Robert Bruce, 65, British-born New Zealand professional wrestler and talent agent, after short illness. [100]
- Kenneth Garner, 53, American Deputy Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. [101]
- Robert Haggiag, 95, Libyan film producer (Candy). [102]
- Charles S. Lieber, 78, Belgian-born American nutritionist, stomach cancer. [103]
- Paolo Maffei, 83, Italian astronomer and science fiction writer. [104] (Italian)
- Batista Tagme Na Waie, 60, Guinea-Bissauan general, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, blast injuries. [105]
- Alfred Pike, 91, Canadian ice hockey player and head coach (New York Rangers). [106]
- Joan Turner, 86, British actress. [107]
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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, ...