Famous People Who Died in 2009 (Part 3)

Deaths 401 - 590 of 590

• Aug 23 Anna-Maria Müller, German luger (Olympic gold GDR women's singles 1972), dies at 60
• Aug 24 Toni Sailer, Austrian alpine ski racer (Olympic gold Downhill, Giant slalom, Slalom 1956; 7 x World C'ship gold), dies from laryngeal cancer at 73

• Aug 25 Robert Heppener, Dutch composer (Hymns & Conversations for 28 Harps; Memento), dies at 84
• Aug 26 Dominick Dunne, American writer and producer (Panic in Needle Park), dies at 83
• Aug 26 Ellie Greenwich, American singer-songwriter ("Da-Doo Ron Ron"; "Leader of the Pack"), dies of a heart attack at 68
• Aug 27 Sergey Mikhalkov, Soviet writer and poet, dies at 96
• Aug 27 Virgilio Savona, Italian jazz singer and composer (Quartetto Cetra - "Un bacio a mezzanotte"; "Crapa pelada"), dies of complications from Parkinson's disease at 89
• Aug 28 DJ AM [Adam Goldstein], American DJ and musician, dies of a drug overdose at 36
• Aug 29 Chris Connor [Mary Jean Loutsenhizer], American jazz singer ("I Wonder What Became of Me"), dies of cancer at 81
• Aug 29 Frank Gardner, Australian auto racer (European F5000 1971; British Touring Car Championship 1967-68, 73), dies at 77
• Aug 29 Simon Dee, British television broadcaster (Dee Time), dies at 74
• Aug 31 Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious figure (b. 1925)
• Aug 31 Maria de Lourdes Martins, Portuguese pianist and composer, dies at 83
• Sep 1 Aubrey Buxton, English TV executive (ITV, created "Survival"), dies at 91
• Sep 1 Jake Brockman, British rock keyboardist (Echo & the Bunnymen), dies in a motorcycle accident at 53
• Sep 1 Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (b. 1974)
• Sep 2 Guy Babylon, American keyboard player (Elton John) and arranger dies at 52
• Sep 2 Roger Aubert, Belgian church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX), dies at 95
• Sep 2 Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, India (b. 1949)
• Sep 4 Buddy Blattner, American baseball second baseman (St. Louis Cards, NY Giants, Philadelphia Phillies) and table tennis player World C'ship gold doubles 1936, 37), dies at 89
• Sep 4 Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), dies at 79
• Sep 8 Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1922)
• Sep 8 Army Archerd, American Hollywood columnist (Variety) and TV host (Movie Game), dies at 87
• Sep 8 Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host (b. 1924)
• Sep 8 Raymond "Ray" Barrett, Australian actor (The Troubleshooters, Gillette Summer Sports Reel), dies at 82
• Sep 11 Gertrude Baines, American supercentenarian and the world's oldest living person, dies at 115
• Sep 11 Zakes Mokae, South African actor (Comedians), dies at 75

• Sep 12 Norman Borlaug, American agronomist (Green revolution - Nobel Peace Prize 1970), dies at 95
• Sep 12 Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910)
• Sep 13 Paul Burke, American actor (Naked City, Thomas Crown Affair, Neal-Dynasty), dies at 83
• Sep 14 Darren Sutherland, Irish boxer (b. 1982)
• Sep 14 Henry Gibson, American actor and comedian (Nashville, Laugh-In's poet), dies at 73
• Sep 14 Jody Powell, American press secretary to Jimmy Carter, dies of a heart attack at 65
• Sep 14 Keith Floyd, English celebrity cook and restaurateur (Floyd on Fish), dies of a heart attack at 65

• Sep 16 Myles Brand, American sports administrator (4th NCAA President), dies of pancreatic cancer at 67
• Sep 17 Leon Kirchner, American contemporary classical composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music 1967), dies of congestive heart failure at 90
• Sep 17 Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist (b. 1968)
• Sep 18 Oliver Wright, British diplomat, UK Ambassador to Germany and the US, dies at 88 [1]
• Sep 19 Arthur Ferrante, American pianist and composer (Ferrante & Teicher - Exodus), dies at 88
• Sep 19 Eduard Zimmermann, German broadcaster (b. 1929)
• Sep 20 John Hart, American actor (The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Captain Africa), dies from complications of dementia at 91
• Sep 21 Robert Ginty, American actor (The Paper Chase: Coming Home; The Exterminator), and director, dies of cancer at 60
• Sep 23 Paul B. Fay, American businessman and cabinet member in the Kennedy administration (b. 1918)
• Sep 24 Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
• Sep 25 Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (Orquesta Sinfonica), dies at 86
• Sep 27 Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Russian film director and screenwriter (b. 1947)

• Sep 28 Guillermo Endara, former President of Panama (b. 1936)
• Sep 28 Ulf Larsson, Swedish stage and television comedian, actor, and director, dies from an aortic aneurysm at 53
• Sep 29 Greg Ladanyi, Hungarian-American record producer and recording engineer, dies of injuries sustained in a fall at 57
• Sep 29 Pavel Popovich, Ukrainian cosmonaut (Vostok IV; Soyuz 14), dies at 78
• Sep 29 Sperantza Vrana, Greek actress (b. 1926 or 1932)
• Oct 1 V. M. Muddiah, Indian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets), dies from stroke complications at 80
• Oct 3 Fatimah el-Sharif, Queen consort of Libya (1951-69), dies at 98
• Oct 3 Robert Kirby, British music arranger (Nick Drake), dies at 61
• Oct 4 Günther Rall, German fighter ace, dies at 91
• Oct 4 Mercedes Sosa, Argentinian singer (exponent of nueva canción), dies at 74
• Oct 6 Douglas Campbell, Scottish born Canadian actor (b. 1922)
• Oct 7 Irving Penn, American fashion and fine art photographer. dies at 92
• Oct 7 Shelby Singleton, American record label owner and producer (Smash Records, Mercury Records), dies of brain cancer at 77
• Oct 10 Stephen Gately, Irish pop singer (Boyzone - "A Different Beat"; "No Matter What"), dies of a congenital heart defect at 33
• Oct 11 Veronika Neugebauer, German actress and voice actress (b. 1969)
• Oct 12 Dickie Peterson American heavy metal bassist (Blue Cheer), dies of liver cancer at 63
• Oct 12 Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian road racing cyclist, dies at 34
• Oct 12 Ian Wallace, British buffo bass-baritone opera and concert singer ("Gendarmes' Duet"), and broadcaster (BBC's My Music, 1964-97), dies at 90
• Oct 13 Al Martino [Jasper Cini], American pop singer ("Here in My Heart"), and actor (The Godfather), dies of a heart attack at 82
• Oct 13 Daniel Melnick, American television and film producer (Get Smart; Ages of Man; Roxanne), and studio executive, dies at 77
• Oct 13 Richard Whitcomb, American NASA aerodynamicist, invented the supercritical wing and devised the area rule, dies at 88 [1]
• Oct 13 Roger Nixon, American composer, dies at 88
• Oct 13 Stephen Barnett, American legal scholar who opposed the Newspaper Preservation Act of 1970 (b. 1935)
• Oct 14 "Captain" Lou Albano, American professional wrestler, 1953-69, wrestler manager (1969-95), and actor (Cyndi Lauper music videos; Super Mario Brothers), dies of a heart attack at 76
• Oct 16 Robert W. Davis, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1979-93), dies at 77
• Oct 17 Louis Stevens, American engineer (invented magnetic disk storage for IBM 305 RAMAC), dies at 84 [1]
• Oct 17 Vic Mizzy, American composer (Green Acres and The Addams Family themes), and bandleader, dies at 93
• Oct 18 Nancy Spero, American feminist artist, dies at 83
• Oct 19 Howard Unruh, American mass murderer - shot 13 people in country's 1st mass shooting, dies in prison at 88 [1]
• Oct 19 Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor (Dr No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables), dies at 91
• Oct 21 Louise Cooper, British sci-fi author (Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 57
• Oct 22 Don Lane, American-born Australian television personality (b. 1933)
• Oct 22 Soupy Sales [Milton Supman], American comedian, television, and radio personality, dies from cancer at 83
• Oct 23 Lou Jacobi, Canadian actor and comedian (Irma la Douce, The Dean Martin Show), dies at 95 [1]
• Oct 26 George Na'ope, Hawaiian-American musician, dancer and heritage preservationist, dies of cancer at 81
• Oct 26 Teel Bivins, American politician (b. 1947)
• Oct 27 David Shepherd, English cricket umpire (92 Tests 1985–2005; 172 ODIs 1983–2005), dies from lung cancer at 68
• Oct 29 Anna Yegorova, Russian pilot (flew 277 sorties WWII in Soviet air force), dies at 93
• Oct 30 Claude Lévi-Strauss, French social anthropologist and ethnologist (structuralism), dies at 100
• Oct 30 Norton Buffalo [Phillip Jackson], American singer-songwriter and country and blues harmonica player, dies of cancer at 58
• Oct 31 Qian Xuesen, Chinese scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project and who pioneered engineering cybernetics, dies at 97
• Oct 31 Ron Gowans, Australian jazz saxophonist, dies of cancer at 83
• Oct 31 Tom Wheatcroft, English businessman and car collector (Donington Grand Prix Collection), dies at 87
• Nov 2 José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor, director and comedian (La Cabina, Travels With My Aunt), dies of natural causes at 87
• Nov 3 Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (b. 1906)
• Nov 4 Hubertus Brandenburg, Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm (b. 1923)
• Nov 5 Félix Luna, Argentine historian and lyricist, dies at 84
• Nov 6 Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (Dark Shadows), dies at 77
• Nov 8 Patrick Howard-Dobson, British general (last Chief of Staff at British Far East Command in Singapore), dies at 88
• Nov 8 Vitaly Ginzburg, Russian physicist (b. 1916)
• Nov 10 Gheorghe Dinica, Romanian actor (b. 1934)
• Nov 10 John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (b. 1960)
• Nov 10 Robert Enke, German football goalkeeper, dies at 32
• Nov 11 Andrew Sloan, British police officer (Chief Constable of Strathcourt), and investigation innovator, dies at 78
• Nov 11 Dhanpat Rai Nahar, Indian labour leader (b. 1919)
• Nov 14 Bruce Wells, English boxer (European amateur light middleweight champion 1953) and actor (Dr. Who 1965-73), dies at 76
• Nov 15 Antonio de Nigris, Mexican soccer striker (16 caps; Monterrey, Villarreal), dies from a heart attack at 31
• Nov 15 Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, 44th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (b. 1914)
• Nov 15 Pierre Harmel, Belgian politician and Prime Minister of Belgium (1965-66), dies at 98
• Nov 16 Edward Woodward, British actor (Breaker Morant; Wickerman; The Equalizer), and pop singer ("The Way You Look Tonight"), dies at 79
• Nov 16 Robert J. Frankel, American thoroughbred race horse trainer (5 x Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer; US Champion Trainer by earnings 1993, 2002, 03), dies from leukemia at 68
• Nov 17 José Aboulker, French Algerian Jewish leader of anti-Nazi resistance and advocate for Algerians, dies at 89
• Nov 18 Bill Narum, American counter-culture figure, illustrator and rock poster and album art designer (ZZ Top), dies at 62
• Nov 18 Jeanne-Claude [Denat de Guillebon], French artist who worked with Christo (Running Fence, Wrapped Reichstag), dies at 74
• Nov 18 Red Robbins, American basketball player (b. 1944)
• Nov 19 Annie Delorie, Dutch opera singer (Nederlandse Opera, 1950-70), dies at 84
• Nov 20 H.C. Robbins Landon, American musicologist (Haydn: Chronicle and Works), dies at 83
• Nov 20 Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (b. 1925)
• Nov 20 Max Robertson, British sports commentator, dies at 94
• Nov 21 Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet cosmonaut (Voskhod 1), dies at 83
• Nov 23 Richard Graham Meale, Australian composer (Three Miró Pieces; Voss), dies at 77
• Nov 24 Abe Pollin, owner of the Washington Wizards (b. 1923)
• Nov 24 Chan Hung Lit, Hong Kong actor (b. 1943)
• Nov 24 Hale Smith, American composer, dies at 84
• Nov 24 Kan Ishii, Japanese composer (Marimo), dies at 88
• Nov 24 Samak Sundaravej, 25th Prime Minister of Thailand (2008), dies at 74
• Nov 27 Malcolm Wells, American architect regarded as "the father of modern earth-sheltered architecture", writer, and solar energy consultant, dies of congestive heart failure at 83 [1]
• Nov 28 Gilles Carle, Canadian screenwriter and film director (b. 1928)
• Nov 28 Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923)
• Nov 29 Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Prince of the Belgians and son of Leopold III, dies at 67
• Nov 29 Robert Holdstock, English sci-fi author (Ghost Dance, Labyrinth), dies at 61
• Dec 1 Éva Szörényi, Hungarian actress and freedom activist for Hungary, dies at 92
• Dec 1 Gustavo Adolfo Palma, Guatemalan singer (b. 1920)
• Dec 1 Ramses Shaffy, Dutch singer and cabaret actor (Zaak MP, Liefdesbekentenissen), dies at 76
• Dec 1 Tommy Henrich, American baseball utility (MLB All Star 1942, 1947–50; World Series 1938, 41, 47, 49, 51; NY Yankees), dies of a stroke at 96
• Dec 2 Eric Woolfson, Scottish singer and producer (The Alan Parsons Project), dies at 64
• Dec 2 Foge Fazio, American college football coach (University of Pittsburgh), dies of leukemia at 71
• Dec 2 Maggie Jones, English actress (b. 1934)
• Dec 3 Richard Todd, Irish-born British actor (Dorian Gray, Assassin Yangtse Incident), dies at 90
• Dec 4 Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
• Dec 5 Garfield Morgan, British actor (Odessa File, To Catch a Spy), dies at 78
• Dec 5 Vimolchatra, Princess of Thailand and cousin of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (b. 1921)
• Dec 7 Mark Ritts, American actor (b. 1946)
• Dec 8 Luis Días, Dominican Composer (b. 1952).
• Dec 9 Gene Barry [Eugene Klass], American actor (The Atomic City, Bat Masterson), dies of congestive heart failure at 90
• Dec 11 Claudia Boyarskikh, Soviet cross country skier (5 Olympic gold 1964, 1968), dies at 70
• Dec 11 Richard O'Brien, British Industrial relations expert (Manpower Services Commission), dies at 89
• Dec 13 Aubrey Bowman, British pianist, composer, and conductor (Workman's Music Association), dies from injuries after being struck by a car at 91
• Dec 13 Joe Castro, American bebop and West Coast jazz pianist (Teddy Edwards Quartet; June Christy), dies at 82
• Dec 13 Paul A. Samuelson, American economist (1970 Nobel Prize for Economics, 1947 John Bates Clark Medal), dies at 94 [1]
• Dec 14 Alan A'Court, English footballer, dies at 75
• Dec 15 Carolyn DeZurik, American country and polka singer and yodeler (The Cackle Sisters; Prairie Ramblers; The Polka Chips), dies at 90
• Dec 15 Oral Roberts, American television evangelist and author (b. 1918)
• Dec 16 Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, controversial South African Health Minister (b. 1940)
• Dec 16 Roy E. Disney, American businessman (b. 1930)
• Dec 16 Yegor Gaidar, Russian politician (b. 1956)
• Dec 17 Chris Henry, American football player (b. 1983)
• Dec 17 Dan O'Bannon, Screenwriter, after a short illness (b.1943)

• Dec 18 Connie Hines, American actress (Mister Ed), dies of heart problems at 78
• Dec 18 Oskar Danon, Yugoslav conductor (Belgrade Opera, 1944-65), dies at 96
• Dec 19 Hossein-Ali Montazeri, Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah (b. 1922)
• Dec 19 Kim Peek, American prodigious savant and inspiration for the 1988 film Rain Man, dies of a heart attack at 58
• Dec 20 (Amada) "Amy" Santos Ocampo, Filipina pianist and composer, dies at 84
• Dec 20 Arnold Stang, American comedian and actor (Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat), dies at 91
• Dec 20 Brittany Murphy, American actress (Drop Dead Gorgeous), dies at 32
• Dec 20 James Gurley, American rock lead guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company), dies of a heart attack at 69
• Dec 20 Mairoon Ali, Trinidadian comedienne and actress (b. 1954)
• Dec 20 Tony Ayre, Northern Irish rock bass player (The Adventures - "Broken Land", "Drowning in the Sea of Love"), dies at 51
• Dec 22 Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian politician (b. 1940)
• Dec 23 Edward Schillebeeckx, Belgian Roman Catholic theologian (influential at Second Vatican Council), dies at 95
• Dec 23 Grayson Shillingford, West Indian cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 15 wickets, BB 3/63; Windward Islands), dies at 65
• Dec 23 Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Tibetan senior official (b. 1910)
• Dec 23 Robert L. Howard, highly decorated officer of the United States Army (b. 1939)
• Dec 24 George Michael, American sportscaster (The George Michael Sports Machine) (b. 1939)
• Dec 24 Marcus Bakker, Dutch communist politician (CPN), dies at 86
• Dec 24 Rafael Caldera, lawyer, sociologist, writer, speaker, politician, and ex-president of Venezuela (b. 1916)
• Dec 24 Tim Hart, British folk-rock singer, guitarist, mandolin and dulcimer player (Steeleye Span, 1969-82 - "All Around My Hat"; "Gaudete"), dies of lung cancer at 61
• Dec 25 Tony "T-Bone" Bellamy, American rock guitarist (Redbone), dies of liver failure at 63
• Dec 25 Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter, dies of an overdose of muscle relaxants at 46
• Dec 26 Arthur McIntyre, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 8 dismissals; Surrey CCC, MCC), dies at 91
• Dec 26 Felix Wurman, American cellist and composer, dies of cancer at 51
• Dec 28 James Owen Sullivan, American drummer and songwriter (Avenged Sevenfold), dies aged 28
• Dec 29 Akmal Shaikh, British drug trafficker, executed by lethal injection in the People's Republic of China (b. 1956)
• Dec 29 David Levine, American artist (New York Review of Books caricatures), dies at 83
• Dec 29 Steve Williams, American professional wrestler, known as "Dr. Death", and USFL football player, dies of throat cancer at 49
• Dec 30 Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia, dies at 69
• Dec 30 Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist (The Birthday Party) (b. 1959)
• Dec 31 Earl Gaines, American R&B, soul, and electric blues singer (It's Love Baby (24 Hours a Day)), dies at 74

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