Deaths_in_2009

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Deaths in 2009 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 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. • Prakash Mehra, 69, Indian film producer and director, pneumonia and multiple organ failure. [11] 16 • John E. Connelly, 82, American entrepreneur, founder of Gateway Clipper Fleet, heart failure. [12] 15 • Susanna Agnelli, 87, Italian politician and writer, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995–1996). [13] • Dimitris Armakolas, 70, Greek sculptor, asphyxia. [14] (Greek) • Paul Flora, 86, Austrian caricaturist and illustrator. [15] (German) • Pearl Hampton, 111, American supercentenarian. [16] • Buddy Montgomery, 79, American jazz vibraphonist. [17] • Mohammad Amin Riahi, 86, Iranian historian and literary scholar. [18] • Edwin S. Shneidman, 91, American suicidologist. [19] • Helvi Sipilä, 94, Finnish diplomat. [20] • Bud Tingwell, 86, Australian actor, prostate cancer. [21] • Wayman Tisdale, 44, American basketball player and jazz bassist, cancer. [22] • Hubert van Es, 67, Dutch photographer at the fall of Saigon, brain hemorrhage. [23] May 2009 19 18 • Dolla, aka Roderick Anthony Burton II, 21, American rap artist, shot. [1] • Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, 93, Indian yoga teacher, after short illness. [2] • Balasingham Nadesan, Sri Lankan rebel, political chief of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, missile attack. [3] • Velupillai Prabhakaran, 54, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE, missile attack. [4] • Thillaiyampalam Sivanesan, 45, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE naval wing (Sea Tigers), missile attack. [5] • Shanmugalingam Sivashankar, Sri Lankan rebel, leader of the LTTE intelligence wing, missile attack. [6] • Lee Solters, 89, American press agent executive, natural causes. [7] 14 • Monica Bleibtreu, 65, Austrian actress, screenwriter and drama teacher, cancer. [24] (German) • Newt Heisley, 88, American designer of POW/MIA flag, after long illness. [25] • Bob Rosburg, 82, American golfer and television color analyst, fall. [26] 17 • Mario Benedetti, 88, Uruguayan author and poet. [8] • Mohammad Taghi Bahjat Foumani, 96, Iranian cleric, heart disease. [9] • Masaru Hayami, 84, Japanese public official, Governor of the Bank of Japan (1998–2003). [10] 13 • Frank Aletter, 83, American character actor, cancer. [27] • Kay Barragan, 65, American businesswoman, co-founder of 1 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1-800-Mattress, bleeding after blunt force trauma. [28] Tom Buckley, 23, British cancer research activist, bone cancer. [29] Waldemar Levy Cardoso, 108, Brazilian Field Marshal, WWI-era veteran. [30] (Spanish) Achille Compagnoni, 94, Italian mountaineer, first person to ascend K2. [31] Don Cordner, 87, Australian rules footballer. [32] Rafael Escalona, 81, Colombian Vallenato composer and troubador. [33] (Spanish) Norbert Eschmann, 75, Swiss footballer. [34] (French) Anne Scott-James, 96, British journalist and author, widow of Sir Osbert Lancaster. [35] L. William Seidman, 88, American public official, Chairman of the FDIC (1985–1991), after short illness. [36] Joe Tandy, 26, British auto racing team owner, car crash. [37] Deaths in 2009 11 • Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, Libyan Al-Qaeda paramilitary trainer accused of terrorism, alleged suicide. [48] • Pat Booth, 66, British model and writer, cancer. [49] • Abel Goumba, 82, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1957–58, 1959, 2003) and Vice-President (2003–2005). [50] (French) • Dudley L. Healy, 95, American Masters track and field champion. [51] • Claudio Huepe, 69, Chilean politician and diplomat, heart attack. [52] • Bill Kelso, 69, American baseball player. [53] • Mark Landon, 60, American actor, adopted son of Michael Landon. [54] • Shanthi Lekha, 79, Sri Lankan actress. [55] • S. M. Nanda, 93, Indian admiral, Chief of Naval Staff (1970–1973). [56] • Mihály Schéner, 86, Hungarian painter, artist and writer. [57] (Hungarian) • Leonard Shlain, 71, American surgeon and writer, brain cancer. [58] • Angel Arce Torres, 78, American hit and run victim, bronchial pneumonia due to spinal injury. [59] • • • • • • • • • 12 • Christopher Bathurst, 3rd Viscount Bledisloe, 74, British aristocrat and politician. [38] • Dame Heather Begg, 76, New Zealand operatic soprano, leukemia. [39] • Irvine Butterfield, 72, British writer, hill walker and conservationist, after long illness. [40] • Mohan Saliya Ellawala, 61, Sri Lankan politician, Governor of Sabaragamuwa Province (2008–2009), after long illness. [41] • Eden Ross Lipson, 66, American book editor, pancreatic cancer. [42] • Thomas Nordseth-Tiller, 28, Norwegian screenwriter (Max Manus), cancer. [43] (Norwegian) • Roger Planchon, 77, French theatre director, heart attack. [44] (French) • Sidique Ali Merican, 78, Malaysian sprinter, stroke. [45] • Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singersongwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia. [46] (Spanish) • Heini Walter, 81, Swiss racing driver. [47] (German) 10 • Robert John Cornell, 89, American politician and Roman Catholic priest, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (1975–1979). [60] • Igor Esipovsky, 49, Russian politician, Governor of Irkutsk Oblast, helicopter crash. [61] (Russian) • James Kirkup, 91, British poet, translator and travel writer, stroke. [62] • Warwick Lyn, 64, Jamaican record producer, prostate cancer. [63] • Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano, 47, Guatemalan lawyer, shot. [64] • Clive Scott, 64, British keyboardist and songwriter (Jigsaw), stroke. [65] • Brian Simnjanovski, 27, American football player (Berlin Thunder), car accident. [66] • Robert J. Sinclair, 77, American executive, CEO of Saab-Scania of America, cancer. [67] 9 • Ruby Billings, 109, New Zealand’s oldest living woman. [68] 2 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Stephen Bruton, 60, American songwriter and guitarist (Kris Kristofferson band), throat cancer. [69] • Chuck Daly, 78, American basketball coach, pancreatic cancer. [70] • Sahan Dosova, 130?, Kazakhstani longevity claimant. [71] (Hungarian) • Travis Edmonson, 76, American singersongwriter and guitarist (Bud & Travis), heart failure. [72] • Thodoros Exarhos, 79, Greek actor, after long illness. [73] (Greek) • Henry T. King, 89, American attorney, Nuremberg trials prosecutor, cancer. [74] • David Marcus, 85, Irish literary editor, after long illness. [75] • Ernest Millington, 93, British politician and educator, last living World War II-era member of the British Parliament. [76] • Eugene Smith, 88, American gospel singer. [77] • Evgenios Spatharis, 85, Greek shadow play artist, fall. [78] (Greek) • Jimmy Tubbs, 60, American basketball coach (Southern Methodist University) [79] • Jean-Claude Van Geenberghe, 46, Belgianborn Ukrainian equestrian. [80] (German) • George Zinkhan, 57, American academic and suspected murderer, suicide by gunshot. [81] Deaths in 2009 7 • Robin Blaser, 83, American-born Canadian poet, Griffin Poetry Prize winner. [91] • Mickey Carroll, 89, American actor (The Wizard of Oz). [92] • Ian Cundy, 64, British Anglican bishop, mesothelioma. [93] • Linda Dangcil, 66, American actress (The Flying Nun), throat cancer. [94] • John Furia, Jr., 79, American screenwriter (The Twilight Zone, Dr. Kildare), President of the Writers Guild, West (1973–1975). [95] • Mary Paul Janchill, 88, American Roman Catholic nun, social services innovator, heart attack. [96] • Tony Marsh, 77, British racing driver. [97] • David Mellor, 78, British industrial designer, manufacturer and retailer. [98] • Frank Melton, 60, American politician, Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi. [99] • Andras Nagy, 23, Hungarian boxer, brain haemorrhage. [100] • Danny Ozark, 85, American baseball manager. [101] • Hugh Stansfield, 57, Canadian jurist, Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia, multiple myeloma. [102] • Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, 85, British politician and writer. [103] 8 • Gianni Baget Bozzo, 84, Italian Roman Catholic priest and politician. [82] • Fons Brijdenbach, 54, Belgian athlete, cancer. [83] (Dutch) • Dom DiMaggio, 92, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), brother of Joe DiMaggio, pneumonia. [84] • Hideyuki Fujisawa, 83, Japanese Go player, aspiration pneumonia. [85] (Japanese) • Cynthia Johnson, 60, American professional wrestler, cancer. [86] • Carlos Kloppenburg, 89, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Novo Hamburgo (1986–1995). [87] • Ninel Kurgapkina, 80, Russian prima ballerina, road accident. [88] (Russian) • Bud Shrake, 77, American journalist and novelist, lung cancer. [89] • Eunice Taylor, 75, American baseball player (Kenosha Comets). [90] 6 • Aline Beslay, 110, French supercentenarian. [104] • Sam Cohn, 79, American talent agent, after short illness. [105] • Leon Despres, 101, American attorney and politician, heart failure. [106] • Ean Evans, 48, American bassist (Lynyrd Skynyrd), cancer. [107] • Kevin Grubb, 31, American NASCAR driver, suicide by gunshot. [108] • Sid Laverents, 100, American amateur filmmaker, pneumonia. [109] • Poodie Locke, 56, American stage manager (Willie Nelson band), heart attack. [110] • Lev Losev, 71, Russian poet and literary critic. [111] (Russian) • Carlo Marcelletti, 64, Italian cardiac surgeon, heart attack. [112] (Italian) • Guy Mascolo, 65, Italian hairdresser, cofounder of Toni & Guy, heart attack. [113] • Bob Meyer, 76, Australian logician, lung cancer. [114] 3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Valentin Varennikov, 85, Russian general. [115] (Russian) • Viola Wills, 69, American pop singer, cancer.[116] Deaths in 2009 • John Elsworthy, 77, British footballer. [134] • Irvin Goodnoff, 60, American cinematographer, heart attack. [135] • Hui Ki On, 65, Hong Kong law enforcement official, Commissioner of Police (1994–2001), cancer. [136] • Eleanor Perenyi, 91, American gardener and writer, cerebral hemorrhage. [137] • Ram Shewalkar, 78, Indian Marathi writer, cardiac arrest. [138] 5 • Manuel Capetillo Villaseñor, 83, Mexican torero and actor, respiratory arrest. [117] (Spanish). • Benjamin Flores, 24, Mexican boxer, brain injury during a match. [118] • María Ibarra Martín, 76, Cuban biologist. [119] • David S. King, 91, American politician, member of the United States House of Representatives for Utah (1959–1963). [120] • Richard Miller, 83, American operatic tenor and educator, Professor Emeritus of Voice (Oberlin Conservatory of Music). [121] • Elsie B. Washington, 66, American author, wrote first African American romance novel, multiple sclerosis and cancer. [122] • Murasaki Yamada, 60, Japanese manga artist. [123] 2 • George Anathil, 76, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Indore, after long illness. [139] • Alfred Appel, 75, American scholar, expert on Vladimir Nabokov, heart failure. [140] • Augusto Boal, 78, Brazilian dramatist and theater director (Theatre of the Oppressed), respiratory failure. [141] (Portuguese) • Marilyn French, 79, American writer, heart failure. [142] • Kiyoshiro Imawano, 58, Japanese rock musician. [143] (Japanese) • Janus Kamban, 95, Faroese sculptor and graphic designer. [144] • Jack Kemp, 73, American politician and football player, candidate for Vice President (1996), cancer. [145] • Vernon King, 48, American pastor and civil rights proponent, nephew of Martin Luther King. [146] • Carole C. Noon, 59, American primatologist, founder of Save the Chimps, pancreatic cancer. [147] • Robert Pauley, 85, American President of ABC Radio (1961–1967), heart failure. [148] • Virginia Prince, 96, American transgender activist. [149] • Fyodor Shmakov, 92, Russian actor. [150] (Russian) • Fatmir Xhindi, 49, Albanian politician, shot. [151] (German) 4 • Bobby Campbell, 86, British footballer and manager. [124] • Beatrice Cooper, 112, American supercentenarian. [125] • Dom DeLuise, 75, American actor (The Cannonball Run, The Secret of NIMH), writer, chef and cookbook author, kidney failure. [126] • Vasco Granja, 83, Portuguese TV show host, journalist, animation critic, and comic book publisher. [127] (Portuguese) • Charles Lugano, 59, Kenyan politician, after short illness. [128] • Martha Mason, 71, American author, lived 60 years in an iron lung. [129] • Fritz Muliar, 89, Austrian actor. [130] (German) • Gisela Stein, 73, German actress. [131] (German) 1 • Ralph J. Cappy, 65, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2003–2008). [152] • Delara Darabi, 22, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging. [153] 3 • Lawrence Carrington, 63, American editor (TV Guide), complications from liver disease. [132] • Robert B. Choate, Jr., 84, American food lobbyist. [133] 4 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Fred Delmare, 87, German actor, complications from pneumonia. [154] (German) • Danny Gans, 52, American entertainer. [155] • Norman Gash, 97, British historian. [156] • Albert Hamilton Gordon, 107, American businessman. [157] • George Hannan, 98, Australian politician. [158] • Jokke Kangaskorpi, 37, Finnish footballer. [159] (Finnish) • Jack D. Maltester, 95, American politician, Mayor of San Leandro, California. [160] • Erika Roman, 31, American radio personality (Power95.3), drowned following automobile accident. [161] • Sunline, 13, New Zealand champion racehorse, euthanized. [162] • Karst Tates, 38, Dutch killer, responsible for car attack on the Dutch royal family, brain injury. [163] • John Wilke, 54, American investigative reporter, pancreatic cancer. [164] Deaths in 2009 • Los Angeles Times: Obituaries • South Africa • Mail & Guardian (South Africa) Obituaries • UK • The Daily Telegraph: Obituaries • The Guardian: Obituaries • The Independent: Obituaries • The Times: Obituaries • The Scotsman: Obituaries • Australia • The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia): Obituaries • Canada • The Globe and Mail: Obituaries • Specialized websites • Born/Died Today • Dead or Alive • Dead People Server • Death List • Entertainment Insiders • Famous Dead Database • Find a Grave • Legacy.com • Life In Legacy • Very Important Patients • Writers We’ve Lost • Lasting Tribute 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, ... 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