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.

July 2009

7

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6

• Vasily Aksyonov, 76, Russian novelist, stroke. [1]
• Mihai Baicu, 33, Romanian footballer, heart attack. [2] (Romanian)
• Patrick Tracy Burris, 41, American criminal, suspected South Carolina serial killer, shot. [3]
• Robert McNamara, 93, American business executive, Secretary of Defense (1961–1968), natural causes. [4]
• Mathieu Montcourt, 24, French tennis player, suspected suicide. [5] (French)
• Bleddyn Williams, 86, British rugby player, captain of Wales and British and Irish Lions, after long illness. [6]

5

• John Bachar, 52, American rock climber, fall. [7]
• Lou Creekmur, 82, American football player (Detroit Lions). [8]
• Takeo Doi, 89, Japanese psychoanalyst. [9]
• Khan Mohammad, 81, Pakistani cricketer, prostate cancer. [10]
• Waldo Von Erich, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, fall. [11]

4

• Béla Király, 97, Hungarian general and historian, natural causes. [12]
• Allen Klein, 77, American businessman, Beatles and Rolling Stones manager, Alzheimer's disease. [13]
• Drake Levin, 62, American guitarist (Paul Revere & the Raiders), cancer. [14]
• Robert Louis-Dreyfus, 63, French-born Swiss billionaire, leukemia. [15]
• Steve McNair, 36, American football player (Tennessee Titans, Baltimore Ravens), shot. [16]
• Leo Mol, 94, Ukrainian-born Canadian sculptor. [17]
• Lasse Strömstedt, 74, Swedish writer. [18] (Swedish)
• Jean-Baptiste Tati Loutard, 70, Congolese politician, Minister of State. [19]
• Kurtuluş Türkgüven, 55, Turkish singer and composer, pancreatic cancer. [20] (Turkish)

3

• Jorge Enrique Adoum, 83, Ecuadorian poet and writer. [21] (Spanish)
• Alauddin Al-Azad, 77, Bangladeshi author, natural causes. [22]
• Frank Devine, 77, New Zealand-born Australian newspaper editor, after long illness. [23]
• E. J. Josey, 85, American librarian and civil rights activist, natural causes. [24]
• John A. Keel, 79, American ufologist and writer. [25]
• Victor Smorgon, 96, Ukrainian-born Australian industrialist, natural causes. [26]

2

• Pasquale Borgomeo, 76, Vatican director of Radio Vatican, after long illness. [27]
• Steve Brennan, 57, American reporter and editor (The Hollywood Reporter), cancer. [28]
• Susan Fernandez, 52, Filipina activist and singer, ovarian cancer. [29]
• Martin Hengel, 82, German theologian. [30] (German)
• Herbert G. Klein, 91, American journalist, White House Communications Director for President Richard Nixon. [31]
• Tyeb Mehta, 84, Indian painter, heart attack. [32]
• Anna Paitatzi, 86, Greek actress, natural causes. [33] (Greek)

1

• Alexis Argüello, 57, Nicaraguan boxer and politician, mayor of Managua, suspected suicide by gunshot. [34]
• Wilson Baldonaza, 57, Filipino union leader, Kilusang Mayo Uno general secretary, stroke. [35]
• Liam Fairhurst, 14, British fundraiser, synovial sarcoma. [36]
• Lakis Karalis, 66, Greek musician, theatre and artistic director, cancer. [37] (Greek)
• Karl Malden, 97, American Academy Award winning actor (A Streetcar Named Desire), natural causes. [38]
• Anna Karen Morrow, 94, American actress (Peyton Place), natural causes. [39]
• Onni Palaste, 91, Finnish soldier and writer, Winter War veteran, natural causes. [40] (Finnish)
• Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer. [41] (Catalan)
• Andree Layton Roaf, 68, American jurist, first black woman on Arkansas Supreme Court. [42]
• Marwa Sherbini, 31, Egyptian pharmacist and vilification victim, stabbed. [43]
• Mollie Sugden, 86, British actress (Are You Being Served?), natural causes. [44]
• Rupert Thorneloe, 39, British soldier, Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, improvised explosive device. [45]
• Norman Welton, 81, American journalist, photo editor for the Associated Press, colon cancer. [46]
• Takayoshi Yasuda, 89, Japanese jockey and horse trainer. [47] (Japanese)
• Lyudmila Zykina, 80, Russian singer, Hero of Socialist Labor, cardiac arrest. [48]

June 2009

See Deaths in June 2009.

May 2009

See Deaths in May 2009.

April 2009

See Deaths in April 2009.

March 2009

See Deaths in March 2009.

February 2009

See Deaths in February 2009.

January 2009

See Deaths in January 2009.

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