Deaths in 2009
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2009. Names are listed under the date of death and 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.
- Army Archerd, 87, American entertainment columnist (Variety), mesothelioma. [1]
- Ray Barrett, 82, Australian film, television and theatre actor, brain haemorrhage. [2]
- Mike Bongiorno, 85, Italian television presenter, heart failure. [3]
- Stephen White, Irish Gaelic footballer, member of Ireland Team of the Century. [4]
- Medea Chakhava, 88, Georgian theatre and film actress. [5]
- Fred Mills, 74, Canadian musician (Canadian Brass), car accident. [6]
- Raanan Naim, 73, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1981–1984). [7]
- Paul Lê Dac Trong, 91, Vietnamese Bishop of Hanoi (1994–2006). [8]
- Christos Vartzakis, 98, Greek athlete. [9] (Greek)
- Harcharan Singh Brar, 86, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Punjab (1995–1996), after long illness. [10]
- Vanja Drach, 77, Croatian actor. [11] (Croatian)
- Jose Francisco Fuentes, 63, Mexican politician, shot. [12]
- Nada Iveljic, 79, Croatian writer. [13] (Croatian)
- Sim, 83, French comic actor. [14] (French)
- Tatyana Ustinova, 96, Russian geologist. [15] (Russian)
- Ross Clifton, 32, American mixed martial artist, heart attack. [16]
- Gani Fawehinmi, 71, Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, lung cancer. [17]
- Mickie Jones, American bassist (Angel), liver cancer. [18]
- Jesse Mahelona, 26, American football player (Tennessee Titans), car accident. [19]
- Saifur Rahman, 77, Bangladeshi politician, longest-serving Finance Minister, car accident. [20]
- Ron Raikes, 61, American politician, Nebraska state senator (1998–2008), farm accident. [21]
- Buddy Blattner, 89, American sportscaster, baseball and table tennis player, complications from lung cancer. [22]
- Daniel Bloch, 68, Israeli journalist, heart attack. [23] (Hebrew)
- Iain Cuthbertson, 79, British actor. [24]
- Franz Olah, 99, Austrian politician, Interior Minister (1963–1964). [25]
- Ryszard Rzepecki, 68, Polish photographer. [26] (Polish)
- Charlotte Shigwedha, 32, Namibian entrepreneur and humanitarian, car accident. [27]
- Keith Waterhouse, 80, British author and playwright (Billy Liar), natural causes. [28]
- Nicola Chapman, Baroness Chapman, 48, British peer, member of the House of Lords, brittle bone disease. [29]
- Christine D'Haen, 85, Belgian poet. [30] (Dutch)
- Giovanni Melis Fois, 92, Italian Bishop of Nuoro (1970–1992). [31]
- Alec MacLachlan, 30, British hostage in Iraq (death confirmed on this date). [32]
- Hylton Ackerman, 62, South African cricketer, after long illness. [33]
- Guy Babylon, 52, American musician (Elton John band), heart attack. [34]
- Brian Boshier, 77, British cricketer. [35]
- Jon Eydmann, 41, British band manager (Suede), heart attack. [36]
- Bill Hefner, 79, American politician, member of the House of Representatives for North Carolina (1975–1999), brain aneurysm. [37]
- Tibor Kristóf, 67, Hungarian voice actor, Hungarian voice of Sean Connery and Morgan Freeman. [38] (Hungarian)
- Abdullah Laghmani, 40s, Afghan Secret Service chief, bomb blast. [39]
- Mr Percival, 33, Australian pelican, animal actor (Storm Boy), natural causes. [40]
- Christian Poveda, 54, French photojournalist and documentary filmmaker, shot. [41]
- Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, 60, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (since 2004), helicopter crash. [42]
- José Manuel Revuelta, 38, Mexican public safety official, shot. [43]
- Mohamed Alí Seineldin, 75, Argentinian military commander and putschist. [44] (German)
- Robert Spinrad, 77, American computer pioneer, director of the Palo Alto Research Center, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [45]
- Ismael Valenzuela, 74, American jockey, after long illness. [46]
- Dick Berg, 87, American screenwriter and television producer, fall. [47]
- Nika Bohinc, 29, Slovenian film journalist, shot. [48]
- Jake Brockman, 53, British musician (Echo & the Bunnymen), motorcycle accident. [49]
- Jock Buchanan, 74, British football player. [50]
- Aubrey Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa, 91, British television executive, conservationist. [51]
- Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito, 66, Brazilian judge (Supreme Federal Court), pancreatic cancer. [52] (Portuguese)
- Jang Jin-young, 35, South Korean actress, stomach cancer. [53]
- Wycliffe Johnson, 47, Jamaican Reggae musician and composer, heart failure. [54]
- Erich Kunzel, 74, American conductor (Cincinnati Pops Orchestra), cancer. [55]
- Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal, daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma. [56] (Spanish)
- Wayne E. Meyer, 83, American Rear-Admiral, Aegis Combat System manager, heart failure. [57]
- Francis Rogallo, 97, American aeronautical inventor. [58]
- John Stephens, 43, American football player (New England Patriots), NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year (1988), car accident. [59]
- Alexis Tioseco, 28, Filipino-born Canadian film critic, shot. [60]
- Sir Oliver Wright, 88, British diplomat. [61]
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.
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, ...