Celebrity Deaths in 2009
218 notable figures died in 2009. Listed below in order of date of death.
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Carl Ray Pohlad
1915 – 2009 · Business Magnates Jan 1 -
Dr Lorene Lane Rogers
1914 – 2009 Jan 1 -
Edmund Purdom
1924 – 2009 · Actors Jan 1 -
Helen Suzman
1917 – 2009 · Social Reformers Jan 1 -
Hilary Joyce Bradshaw
1916 – 2009 · Artists and Architects Jan 1 -
Marie Glory
1905 – 2009 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Olga San Juan
1927 – 2009 · Actresses Jan 1 -
Steven Gilborn
1936 – 2009 · Actors, Educators Jan 2 -
Olga San Juan
1927 – 2009 · Actresses Jan 3 -
Pat Hingle
1924 – 2009 · Actors Jan 3 -
Cheryl Holdridge
1944 – 2009 · Actresses Jan 6 -
Don Galloway
1937 – 2009 · Actors Jan 8 -
Don Galloway
1937 – 2009 · Actors Jan 8 -
Don Galloway
1937 – 2009 · Actors Jan 8 -
Jon Hager
1941 – 2009 · Actors, Comedian, Country Music Jan 9 -
Patrick McGoohan
1928 – 2009 · Actors Jan 13 -
Angela Morley
1924 – 2009 · Musicians and Composers Jan 14 -
Susanna Foster
1924 – 2009 · Actresses Jan 17 -
Kathleen Byron
1921 – 2009 · Actresses Jan 18 -
Diane Holland
1930 – 2009 · Actresses Jan 24 -
John Updike
1932 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Jan 27 -
Dana Vavrova
1967 – 2009 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Estelle Bennett
1941 – 2009 · Pop Artist, R&B Singer, Rock & Roll, Singer Feb 2 -
Phil Joseph “Philip” Carey
1925 – 2009 · Actors Feb 2 -
Robert Woodruff Anderson
1917 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Feb 2 -
Shirley Jean Rickert
1926 – 2009 · Actresses Feb 2 -
Antonie Dixon
1968 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Feb 4 -
James Whitmore
1921 – 2009 · Actors Feb 6 -
Philip Carey
1925 – 2009 · Actors Feb 6 -
Shirley Rickert
1926 – 2009 · Actresses, Entertainers Feb 6 -
Willem Johan Kolff
1911 – 2009 · Authors and Writers, Scientists and Inventors Feb 11 -
Dilys Laye
1934 – 2009 · Actresses Feb 13 -
Robert Quarry
1925 – 2009 · Actors Feb 20 -
Wendy Richard
1943 – 2009 · Actresses Feb 26 -
Paul Harvey
1918 – 2009 · Entertainers Feb 28 -
Alysheba
1984 – 2009 · Sports Figures Mar 3 -
Andrew Alcott “Andy” Hallett
1975 – 2009 · Actors Mar 3 -
Monte Hale
1919 – 2009 · Actors Mar 3 -
Natasha Jane Richardson
1963 – 2009 · Actresses Mar 3 -
Horton Foote
1916 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Mar 4 -
Anna Manahan
1924 – 2009 · Actresses Mar 8 -
Michael McLendon
1980 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Mar 10 -
Betsy Blair
1923 – 2009 · Actresses Mar 13 -
Ron Silver
1946 – 2009 · Actors, Director, Producer Mar 15 -
Jack Lawrence
1912 – 2009 · Song Writers Mar 16 -
Natasha Richardson
1963 – 2009 · Actresses Mar 18 -
Andrea Lawrence
1932 – 2009 · Athletes Mar 30 -
Elaine Orbach
1940 – 2009 · Actresses Apr 1 -
Bud Shank
1926 – 2009 · Musicians and Composers Apr 2 -
Jiverly Wong
1967 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Apr 3 -
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Elaine Cancilla Orbach
1940 – 2009 · Actresses Apr 4 -
James Graham Ballard
1930 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Apr 4 -
Jane O’Brien Dart
1918 – 2009 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Jane “Punky” O’Brien Dart
1918 – 2009 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Jody McCrea
1934 – 2009 · Actors Apr 4 -
Marilyn Cooper
1934 – 2009 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Maxine Cooper
1924 – 2009 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Maxine Cooper Gomberg
1924 – 2009 · Actresses Apr 4 -
Nick Adenhart
1986 – 2009 · Athletes, Sports Figures Apr 9 -
Marilyn Chambers
1952 – 2009 · Actresses, Authors and Writers, Educators, Model, Sex Goddess Apr 12 -
Ken Annakin
1914 – 2009 · Director Apr 22 -
Bea Arthur
1922 – 2009 · Actresses, Comedian Apr 25 -
Greg Page
1958 – 2009 · Boxers Apr 27 -
Vern Gosdin
1934 – 2009 · Country Music Apr 28 -
Fred Delmare
1922 – 2009 · Actors May 1 -
Dom DeLuise
1933 – 2009 · Actors, Authors and Writers, Comedian, Entertainers, Film Director, Producer May 4 -
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Arthur Charles Erickson
1924 – 2009 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Barbara Rudnik
1958 – 2009 · Actresses May 5 -
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Frederick Hammersley
1919 – 2009 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Jane Randolph
1915 – 2009 · Actresses May 5 -
Joan Alexander Stanton
1915 – 2009 · Actresses May 5 -
Julie Nathanson Coryell
1947 – 2009 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
Linda Dangcil
1942 – 2009 · Actresses May 5 -
Mickey Carroll
1919 – 2009 · Actors May 5 -
Monica Bleibtreu
1944 – 2009 · Actresses May 5 -
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Newton F “Newt” Heisley
1920 – 2009 · Artists and Architects May 5 -
Pat Booth
1943 – 2009 · Authors and Writers May 5 -
Wayne Anthony Allwine
1947 – 2009 · Entertainers May 5 -
Chuck Daly
1930 – 2009 · Basketball May 9 -
Heather Begg
1932 – 2009 · Singer May 12 -
Monica Bleibtreu
1944 – 2009 · Actresses May 13 -
Frank Aletter
1926 – 2009 · Actors May 13 -
Bud Tingwell
1923 – 2009 · Actors, Radio Performers May 15 -
Susanna Agnelli
1922 – 2009 · Business Magnates, Relatives Of Notable May 15 -
Wayman Tisdale
1964 – 2009 · Athletes, Basketball, Jazz Singer, Musicians and Composers May 15 -
Mario Benedetti
1920 – 2009 · Authors and Writers May 17 -
Wayne Allwine
1947 – 2009 · Actors, Celebrities May 18 -
Carole Cole
1944 – 2009 · Actresses, Music Producer May 19 -
Lucy Gordon
1980 – 2009 · Actresses May 20 -
Roh Moo-hyun
1946 – 2009 · Politicians, Scientists and Inventors May 23 -
Terence Alexander
1923 – 2009 · Actors May 28 -
David Carradine
1936 – 2009 · Actors, Martial Artists Jun 3 -
Dorothy Layton
1912 – 2009 · Actresses Jun 4 -
Bernard Leon Barker
1917 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jun 6 -
Hanne Brecht Hiob
1923 – 2009 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Jay Bennett
1912 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Jun 6 -
Mary Howard
1918 – 2009 · Actresses Jun 6 -
Pina Bausch
1940 – 2009 · Entertainers Jun 6 -
Ward Costello
1919 – 2009 · Actors Jun 6 -
Jane Aiken Hodge
1917 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Jun 17 -
Ed McMahon
1923 – 2009 · Comedian, Talk Show Host Jun 23 -
Farrah Fawcett
1947 – 2009 · Actresses Jun 25 -
Michael Jackson
1958 – 2009 · Actors, Entertainers, Pop Artist Jun 25 -
Gale Storm
1922 – 2009 · Actresses, Radio Performers, Singer Jun 27 -
Anna Karen
1914 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 1 -
Alexis Argüello
1952 – 2009 · Boxers, Politicians Jul 1 -
Karl Malden
1912 – 2009 · Actors Jul 1 -
Mollie Sugden
1922 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 1 -
Steve McNair
1973 – 2009 · Athletes, Sports Figures Jul 4 -
Anna Karen
1914 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Brenda Joyce
1917 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 7 -
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Dina Gottliebova-Babbitt
1923 – 2009 · Artists and Architects Jul 7 -
Donald Buka
1920 – 2009 · Actors Jul 7 -
Gordon Burn
1948 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
Vasily Aksyonov
1932 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Jul 7 -
Virginia Carroll
1913 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 7 -
Zena Moyra Marshall
1926 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 10 -
Arturo Gatti
1972 – 2009 · Boxers, Sports Figures Jul 11 -
Robert Dunn
1941 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Jul 11 -
Beverly Roberts
1914 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 13 -
Dallas McKennon
1919 – 2009 · Actors Jul 14 -
Jill Balcon
1925 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 18 -
Leela Naidu
1940 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 28 -
Leela Naidu
1940 – 2009 · Actresses Jul 28 -
Corazon Aquino
1933 – 2009 · Politicians Aug 1 -
Billy Lee Riley
1933 – 2009 · Musicians and Composers Aug 2 -
David Avadon
1948 – 2009 · Entertainers Aug 8 -
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Margaret Bush Wilson
1919 – 2009 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Aug 8 -
Ruth Ford
1911 – 2009 · Actresses Aug 8 -
Sadie Corre
1918 – 2009 · Actresses Aug 8 -
John Quade
1938 – 2009 · Actors Aug 9 -
Eunice Shriver
1921 – 2009 · Social Reformers Aug 11 -
Virginia Davis
1918 – 2009 · Actresses Aug 15 -
Jason Getsy
1975 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Aug 18 -
Kim Dae-jung
1924 – 2009 · Politicians Aug 18 -
Robert Novak
1931 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Aug 18 -
Ted Kennedy
1932 – 2009 · Leader, Politicians, Senator Aug 25 -
DJ AM
1973 – 2009 · Entertainers Aug 28 -
Mady Rahl
1915 – 2009 Aug 29 -
Mady Rahl
1915 – 2009 · Actresses Aug 29 -
Buddy Blattner
1920 – 2009 · Athletes, Baseball Sep 4 -
Army Archerd
1922 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Sep 9 -
Bernie Fuchs
1932 – 2009 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
Dorothy “Dottie” Coonan Wellman
1913 – 2009 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Frank Coghlan, Jr
1916 – 2009 · Actors Sep 9 -
Henry Gibson
1935 – 2009 · Actors Sep 9 -
Mary Jane French
1920 – 2009 · Actresses Sep 9 -
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Maurice H. Fleishman
1909 – 2009 · Artists and Architects Sep 9 -
Mimi Rogers Weddell
1915 – 2009 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Pearl Hackney
1916 – 2009 · Actresses Sep 9 -
Robert S. Baker
1916 – 2009 · Entertainers Sep 9 -
Susan Denise Atkins
1948 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 9 -
Zakes Mokae
1934 – 2009 · Actors Sep 11 -
Jack Kramer
1921 – 2009 · Athletes Sep 12 -
Malcolm Casadaban
1949 – 2009 · Authors and Writers, Educators, Scientists and Inventors Sep 13 -
Paul Burke
1926 – 2009 · Actors Sep 13 -
Patrick Swayze
1952 – 2009 · Actors, Celebrities Sep 14 -
Dorothy Wellman
1913 – 2009 · Actresses Sep 16 -
Pearl Hackney
1916 – 2009 Sep 18 -
John Hart
1917 – 2009 · Actors Sep 20 -
Robert Ginty
1948 – 2009 · Actors, Director, Film Director, Producer, TV Director Sep 21 -
Susan Atkins
1948 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 24 -
Pavel Popovich
1930 – 2009 · Explorers and Adventurers Sep 29 -
Byron Palmer
1920 – 2009 Sep 30 -
John Couey
1958 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Sep 30 -
Pamela Blake
1915 – 2009 · Actresses Oct 6 -
Collin Wilcox
1935 – 2009 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Lionel Davidson
1922 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Oct 10 -
Michelle Triola Marvin
1932 – 2009 · Actresses Oct 10 -
Raymond A. Brown
1915 – 2009 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Oct 10 -
Rosanna Schiaffino
1939 – 2009 · Actresses Oct 10 -
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Ruth Duckworth
1919 – 2009 · Artists and Architects Oct 10 -
Troy N. Smith, Sr
1922 – 2009 · Business Magnates Oct 10 -
Collin Paxton
1935 – 2009 · Actresses, Social Reformers Oct 14 -
Lou Albano
1933 – 2009 · Actors, Athletes, Entertainers Oct 14 -
George Tuska
1916 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Oct 16 -
Howard Unruh
1921 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Oct 19 -
Soupy Sales
1926 – 2009 · Actors, Comedian Oct 22 -
Lou Jacobi
1913 – 2009 Oct 23 -
Claude Lévi-Strauss
1908 – 2009 · Politicians Oct 30 -
Michelle Triola
1932 – 2009 · Actresses Oct 30 -
Carl Ballantine
1917 – 2009 · Actors Nov 3 -
Carl Ballantine
1917 – 2009 · Actors, Entertainers, Magicians Nov 3 -
Vitaly Ginzburg
1916 – 2009 · Scientists and Inventors Nov 8 -
Robert Enke
1977 – 2009 · Athletes, Soccer Nov 10 -
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Herbert John “Jack” Miller, Jr
1924 – 2009 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Nov 11 -
Jeanne-Claude
1935 – 2009 · Business Magnates Nov 11 -
Johnny Delgado
1948 – 2009 · Actors Nov 11 -
Nien Cheng
1915 – 2009 · Authors and Writers Nov 11 -
Paul Wendkos
1925 – 2009 · Director, Film Director, TV Director Nov 12 -
Dennis Cole
1940 – 2009 · Actors Nov 15 -
Abe Pollin
1923 – 2009 · Sports Figures Nov 24 -
Al Alberts
1922 – 2009 · Entertainers, Singer Nov 27 -
Bobby Woods
1965 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 3 -
Richard Todd
1919 – 2009 · Actors Dec 3 -
Garfield Morgan
1931 – 2009 · Actors Dec 5 -
Kenneth Biros
1958 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 8 -
Gene Barry
1919 – 2009 · Actors Dec 9 -
Matthew Wrinkles
1960 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 11 -
Dan Barton
1921 – 2009 · Actors Dec 12 -
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Inga Haag
1918 – 2009 · Crime Fighters and Lawyers Dec 12 -
Loren Singer
1923 – 2009 · Blues Singer Dec 12 -
Maggie Jones
1934 – 2009 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Marianne Stone
1922 – 2009 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Moyra Fraser
1923 – 2009 · Actresses Dec 12 -
Sol Price
1916 – 2009 · Business Magnates Dec 12 -
Val Avery
1924 – 2009 · Actors Dec 12 -
Moyra Fraser
1923 – 2009 · Actresses Dec 13 -
Paul Samuelson
1915 – 2009 · Educators Dec 13 -
Oral Roberts
1918 – 2009 · Religious Figures Dec 15 -
Arturo Beltrán Leyva
1961 – 2009 · Criminals, Eccentrics and Oddities Dec 16 -
Alaina Reed Hall
1946 – 2009 · Actresses Dec 17 -
Jennifer Jones
1919 – 2009 · Actresses Dec 17 -
Connie Hines
1931 – 2009 · Actresses Dec 18 -
Arnold Stang
1918 – 2009 · Actors Dec 20 -
Brittany Murphy
1977 – 2009 · Actresses, Celebrities, Singer Dec 20 -
Wheely Willy
1991 – 2009 · Animals Dec 22 -
Vic Chesnutt
1964 – 2009 · Actors, Singer, Song Writers Dec 25