The following is a list of notable deaths in 2009. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: - Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
- Amin al-Hafiz, 88, Syrian politician, President (1963–1966). [1] (Arabic)
- Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist. [2] (Spanish)
- Chris Henry, 26, American NFL wide receiver (Cincinnati Bengals), head injury. [3]
- Jennifer Jones, 90, American Academy Award-winning actress (The Song of Bernadette), natural causes. [4]
- Miljenko Mihić, 75, Serbian football coach. [5] (Serbian)
- Drexell R. Davis, 88, American politician, Kentucky Secretary of State and state treasurer. [6]
- Roy E. Disney, 79, American businessman, senior executive for The Walt Disney Company, nephew of Walt Disney, stomach cancer. [7]
- Yegor Gaidar, 53, Russian politician, acting Prime Minister (1992), thrombus. [8]
- Fred Honsberger, 58, American radio presenter. [9]
- Kelly Kwalik, Indonesian West Papua separatist leader and commander (Free Papua Movement), shot. [10]
- Arturo Beltran Leyva, Mexican drug cartel leader, shot. [11]
- Lady Ridsdale, 88, British politician, inspiration for Miss Moneypenny. [12]
- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, South African politician, Minister of Health (1999–2008), complications from a liver transplant. [13]
- Vladimir Turchinsky, 46, Russian actor, bodybuilder and showman, heart attack. [14]
- Josef Voß, 72, German Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Munster, Titular Bishop of Thisiduo (since 1988). [15]
- Bob Waldmire, 64, American Route 66 artist, cancer. [16]
- Dennis deLeon, 61, American human rights commissioner and AIDS activist, heart failure. [20]
- Jack Denham, 85, Australian horse trainer, winner of 1997 Caulfield and Melbourne Cup (Might and Power), after long illness. [21]
- Chris Feinstein, 42, American bassist (Ryan Adams & The Cardinals). [22]
- Conard Fowkes, 76, American actor (Dark Shadows). [23]
- David Pecaut, 54, Canadian municipal entrepreneur, colorectal cancer. [24]
- Daniel Piscopo, 89, Maltese politician. [25]
- Sol Price, 93, American businessman, founder of Price Club, natural causes. [26]
- Dan Barton, 88, American actor and voice-over actor, heart failure and kidney disease. [27]
- Yvonne King, 89, American singer (The King Sisters). [28]
- Julio Bravo Ducal, 83, Spanish track and field athletics trainer and pioneer. [29] (Spanish)
- Moyra Fraser, 86, Australian-born British actress (As Time Goes By). [30]
- Arne Næss, 84, Norwegian politician, Mayor of Bergen. [31] (Norwegian)
- Piergiorgio Nesti, 78, Italian Roman Catholic Archbishop of Camerino-San Severino Marche. [32] (Italian)
- Paul Samuelson, 94, American economist, Nobel Prize winner (1970), after short illness. [33]
- Thomas F. Stroock, 84, American politician, Ambassador to Guatemala (1989–1992), after long illness. [34]
- Larry Sultan, 63, American photographer, cancer. [35]
- Joseph Tierney, 68, American politician, five-time president of Boston City Council, cancer. [36]
- Wilton Cezar Xavier, 62, Brazilian footballer. [37] (Portuguese)
- Garland Adair, 111, American supercentenarian. [41]
- Brindley Benn, 86, Guyanese politician, Deputy Prime Minister, natural causes. [42]
- Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor. [43] (Spanish)
- Mike Cinqmars, 31, American freestyle motocross racing pioneer and X-Games medalist. [44]
- D'Arcy D'Souza, 96, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest. [45]
- Jean-Robert Gauthier, 80, Canadian MP for Ottawa East (1972–74), Ottawa—Vanier (1974–94); Senator (1994–2004), stroke. [46]
- Jamil Haddad, 83, Brazilian politician, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1983) and Health Minister, heart attack. [47] (Portuguese)
- Colin Clement Walter James, 83, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Winchester (1985–1995), chest infection. [48]
- Ciarán Mac Mathúna, 84, Irish radio presenter and music collector. [49]
- Mohammed Majid Al Muhairi, 34, Emirati offshore powerboat racing driver, race crash. [50]
- Jean-Marc Sanchez, 48, French offshore powerboat racing throttleman, race crash. [51]
- Sultan bin Saqr, 63, Emirati son of Ras al-Khaimah sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi. [52]
- Damien Truth, 29, Canadian wrestler, heart attack. [53]
- Eric Wrinkles, 49, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. [54]
- Najeeb Ahmed, 48, Pakistani journalist, cardiac arrest. [55]
- Dilip Chitre, 70, Indian poet, cancer. [56]
- Kenny Dino, 67, American pop singer. [57]
- Sir John Gingell, 84, British Air Chief Marshal and Black Rod (1985–1992). [58]
- Thomas Hoving, 78, American director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1967–1977), lung cancer. [59]
- József Kóczián, 83, Hungarian table tennis player. [60] (Hungarian)
- William L. Reilly, 94, American Jesuit and philosophy professor, President of Le Moyne College (1964–1976). [61]
- Roy Shatzko, 69, Canadian football player. [62]
- Luiz Carlos Alborghetti, 64, Brazilian television presenter and politician, lung cancer. [63] (Portuguese)
- Gene Barry, 90, American actor (Burke's Law, Bat Masterson), heart failure. [64]
- Francis Blanchard, 93, French civil servant, Director-General of the International Labour Organization (1974–1989). [65]
- Nasim Jamil, 54, Pakistani-born British radio presenter, murdered. [66]
- Sa'ad Khair, 56, Jordanian secret service chief, heart attack. [67]
- Petr Kocman, 39, Czech football player, traffic collision. [68] (Czech)
- Piotr Krzywicki, 45, Polish politician, pancreatic cancer. [69] (Polish)
- Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, 79, Guatemalan President (1974–1978), complications of cancer. [70]
- Rodrigo Carazo Odio, 82, Costa Rican politician, President (1978–1982), heart failure. [71]
- Faramarz Payvar, 77, Iranian composer and santur player, brain damage. [72]
- Onofre Cândido Rosa, 85, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Jardim (1981–1999). [73]
- Goldie Semple, 56, Canadian stage actor, breast cancer. [74]
- Luther Smith, 89, American pilot, member of the Tuskegee Airmen, heart attack. [75]
- Kathryn Waldo, 33, American ice hockey player (Northeastern University Huskies), lung and kidney failure. [76]
- Håkan Wickberg, 66, Swedish Olympic ice hockey player. [77] (Swedish)
- James Bingham, 84, British artist. [78]
- Kenneth Biros, 51, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. [79]
- Louis Blondel, 70, French Roman Catholic priest and missionary of the White Fathers. [80]
- Su Cruickshank, 63, Australian jazz singer and actress (Young Einstein), heart and kidney failure. [81]
- Luis Días, 57, Dominican musician and song writer, heart attack. [82].
- John Givens, 83, American basketball coach (Kentucky Colonels, 1967). [83]
- Elza Medeiros, 88, Brazilian nurse, World War II veteran. [84] (Portuguese)
- Willie Maxine Perry, 64, American mother of filmmaker Tyler Perry. [85]
- Anthony Sanusi, 98, Nigerian Roman Catholic Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (1969–1990). [86]
- Sir Philip Watson, 90, British admiral. [87]
- Yang Yanming, 51, Chinese embezzler, executed. [88]
- Yosef Haim Yerushalmi, 77, American scholar, emphysema. [89]
- Nur Akbar, 56, Afghan Al-Qaeda terrorist, airstrike. [90] (German)
- Frank M. Coffin, 90, American politician, Representative from Maine (1957–1961), complications from aortic aneurysm surgery. [91]
- Royden G. Derrick, 94, American general authority of the LDS Church, natural causes. [92]
- Al Dorow, 80, American football player (Washington Redskins, New York Titans), bone cancer. [93]
- Shunkichi Hamada, 99, Japanese Olympic silver medal-winning (1932) field hockey player. [94] (Japanese)
- Rose Kaufman, 70, American screenwriter, cancer. [95]
- William C. McInnes, 86, American Jesuit, president of Fairfield University (1964–1973) and USF (1973–1976), after long illness. [96]
- Lorenzo Ochoa Salas, Mexican archeologist. [97]. (Spanish)
- Grady Patterson, 85, American politician, South Carolina state Treasurer (1966–1995; 1999–2007), natural causes. [98]
- Mark Ritts, 63, American actor and puppeteer (Beakman's World), kidney cancer. [99]
- Pyotr Vail, 60, Russian essayist and journalist. [100]
- Pedro Altares, 74, Spanish journalist, after long illness. [101] (Spanish)
- Dennis P. Collins, 85, American politician, Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey (1974-1990), multiple health problems. [102]
- Rupprecht Geiger, 101, German painter. [103] (German)
- Eddie James, 46, American long distance motorcyclist, traffic collision. [104]
- Uno Mereste, 81, Estonian economist. [105] (Estonian)
- Gul Mola, 46, Pakistani Al-Qaeda terrorist, airstrike. [106]
- Dermott Monteith, 66, Irish cricketer, after short illness. [107]
- John Pittenger, 79, American politician, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education (1972–1976), Parkinson's disease. [108]
- Bina Rai, 78, Indian actress (Anarkali), heart attack. [109]
- Daouda Sow, 76, Senegalese politician, President of National Assembly (1984-1998). [110] (French)
- Jerry Birn, 86, American television writer. [111]
- Nina Fishman, 63, British historian and political activist, cancer. [112]
- Alfred Hrdlicka, 81, Austrian architect and draughtsman. [113]
- Otto Graf Lambsdorff, 82, German politician, Minister of Economics and Technology (1977–1982; 1982–1984). [114]
- Kálmán Markovits, 78, Hungarian Olympic gold (1952, 1956) and bronze (1960) medalist in water polo, after long illness. [115]
- Tim "Barrel Man" McKernan, 69, American fan of the Denver Broncos, lung failure. [116]
- Malcolm Perry, 80, American attending physician to President John F. Kennedy after his assassination, lung cancer. [117]
- Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat. [118] (German)
- Jim Rohn, 79, American entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker, pulmonary fibrosis. [119]
- Jack Rose, 38, American guitarist, heart attack. [120]
- Hans-Jürgen Simon, 70, German football player and official. [121] (German)
- Princess Vimolchatra of Thailand, 88, Thai royal, cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, renal failure. [122] (Thai)
- William A. Wilson, 95, American Ambassador to the Holy See (1984–1986). [123]
- Richard T. Antoun, 77, American anthropologist and professor, stabbed. [124]
- Harold Bell, 90, American television producer, creator of Woodsy Owl. [125]
- Liam Clancy, 74, Irish folk singer (The Clancy Brothers), pulmonary fibrosis. [126]
- Eddie Fatu, 36, American professional wrestler, heart attack. [127]
- Matthew Luo Duxi, 90, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Jiading. [128]
- Jérôme-Michel-Francis Martin, 68, French Roman Catholic Bishop of Berbérati (1987–1991). [129]
- Bryan O'Byrne, 78, American character actor. [130]
- Spyridon, 83, Greek Metropolitan Bishop of Lagkadas, after long illness. [131] (Greek)
- Vyacheslav Tikhonov, 81, Russian actor (Seventeen Moments of Spring). [132] (Russian)
- Stephen Toulmin, 87, British philosopher and author, heart failure. [133]
- Jordi Solé Tura, 79, Spanish politician and lawyer, Minister of Culture (1991–1993). [134] (Spanish)
- Mall Vaasma, 64, Estonian mycologist. [135] (Estonian)
- Ibrahim Hassan Addou, Somali Higher Education Minister, bombing. [136]
- Qamar Aden Ali, Somali Health Minister, bombing. [137]
- Luis María Bandrés, 65, Spanish leader of Basque Nationalist Party, after long illness. [138] (Spanish)
- Estêvão Cardoso de Avellar, 92, Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop of Uberlândia (1978–1992). [139]
- Ahmed El-Fahal, 35, Iraqi anti Al-Qaeda coordinator, terrorist attack. [140] (German)
- Paula Hawkins, 82, American politician, Senator from Florida (1981–1987), complications from a fall. [141]
- István Iglódi, 65, Hungarian Kossuth Prize-winning actor. [142] (Hungarian)
- Leila Lopes, 40, Brazilian actress, suicide. [143] (Portuguese)
- Curtis Nkondo, 81, South African politician, activist and diplomat, after long illness. [144]
- Sam Salt, 69, British rear admiral, captain of HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War. [145]
- Peter R. Scanlon, 78, American accountant and chairman (Coopers & Lybrand), cancer. [146]
- Richard Todd, 90, Irish-born British Academy Award-nominated actor (The Hasty Heart, The Dam Busters), cancer. [147]
- Valbjörn Þorláksson, 75, Icelandic decathlete. [148] (Icelandic)
- Ahmed Abdulahi Waayeel, Somali Education Minister, bombing. [149]
- Bobby Wayne Woods, 44, American rapist, kidnapper and murderer, execution by lethal injection. [150]
- Torrie Zito, 76, American pianist and arranger. [151]
- Harold A. Ackerman, 81, American federal judge, natural causes. [152]
- Foge Fazio, 71, American football coach, leukemia. [153]
- Ikuo Hirayama, 79, Japanese painter, stroke. [154]
- Maggie Jones, 75, British actress (Coronation Street), after long illness. [155]
- Jozo Križanović, 65, Bosnian politician, Croat member of the Presidency (2001–2002), complications from surgery. [156] (Bosnian)
- Luiz Lombardi Neto, 69, Brazilian announcer (Silvio Santos television program), stroke. [157] (Portuguese)
- Aaron Schroeder, 83, American songwriter, Alzheimer's disease. [158]
- Vjekoslav Šutej, 58, Croatian conductor, leukemia. [159] (Croatian)
- Eric Woolfson, 64, Scottish singer and keyboardist (The Alan Parsons Project), cancer. [160]
- Christoph Budde, 46, German football player (Borussia Mönchengladbach), swine flu. [161] (German)
- Maurice Clemmons, 37, American felon, suspected of Lakewood police officer shooting, shot. [162]
- Neil Dougall, 88, British footballer (Plymouth Argyle), after long illness. [163]
- Tommy Henrich, 96, American baseball player (New York Yankees). [164]
- "Big Bill" Lister, 86, American honky tonk singer, after short illness. [165]
- Alberto Martínez, 59, Uruguayan football player (FK Austria Wien), heart failure. [166] (German)
- Richard Nader, 69, American disc jockey and promoter, Parkinson's disease. [167]
- Ramses Shaffy, 76, Dutch singer and actor, esophageal cancer. [168] (Dutch)
- Erik Siliksaar, 95, Estonian surgeon. [169] (Estonian)
- Shilendra Kumar Singh, 77, Indian politician, Governor of Rajasthan (2007–2009), after short illness. [170]
- Éva Szörényi, 92, Hungarian actress, Kossuth Prize winner. [171] (Hungarian)
- Donald Washington, Sr., 79, American jazz tenor saxophonist, lung cancer. [172]
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