2009 deaths

President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992

American economist (1915–2009)

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

8th President of the Republic of Korea (1924–2009)

Russian physicist (1916–2009)

16th President of the Republic of Korea (1946–2009)

American biologist (1914–2009)

American actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)

Danish physicist (1922–2009)

American actress (1947–2009)

Gabonese politician (1935–2009)

4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009)

Edward Moore Kennedy was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1962 until his death in 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the second-most-senior member of the Senate when he died. He is ranked fifth in U.S. history for length of continuous service as a senator. Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy and U.S. attorney general and U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the father of U.S. representative Patrick J. Kennedy.

Brittany Anne Murphy-Monjack was an American actress and singer, known for her equal mastery of the comedy and drama genres. Her famed roles include Tai Frasier in the teen film Clueless (1995), Alex Latourno in 8 Mile (2002), Daisy Randone in Girl, Interrupted (1999), Molly Gunn in Uptown Girls (2003), Sarah in Just Married (2003), and Gloria in Happy Feet (2006).

American actress (1919–2009)

Argentine politician

American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and inventor (1915–2009)

French composer and conductor (1924-2009)

English association football player and manager (1933-2009)

American businessman and Secretary of Defense (1916-2009)

American broadcast journalist (1916-2009)

Russian economist (1956-2009)

President of India from 1987 to 1992

David Carradine was an American actor, director, and producer, whose career included over 200 major and minor roles in film, television and on stage. He was widely known to television audiences as the star of the series Kung Fu (1972–1975), playing Kwai Chang Caine, a peace-loving Shaolin monk traveling through the American Old West.

British actress (1963–2009)

Soviet and Russian writer (1913–2009)

French novelist

American actor (1912–2009)

British novelist (1930–2009)

President of Guinea-Bissau (1939-2009)

French immunologist (1916-2009)

Serbian writer (1929–2009)

Philosopher, historian of ideas (1927–2009)

American biochemist (1916-2009)

British economist

Argentine singer (1935-2009)

American actress and comedienne (1922–2009)

Japanese association football player and manager (1931–2009)

Japanese association football player (1931–2009)

Soviet and Russian actor (1928—2009)

German dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and ballet director (1940–2009)

founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a militant organization in Sri Lanka (1954-2009)

American biochemist (1918–2009)

Uruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009)

American actor (1924–2009)

president of Venezuela from 1969 to 1974 kai from 1994 to 1999

Russian human rights activist (1958-2009)

Soviet-American writer (1932-2009)

German-British sociologist, politician (1929–2009)

Soviet cosmonaut (1930–2009)

French-American photographer (1926–2009)

American visual artist (1917–2009)

Soviet and Russian actor (1944-2009)

American filmmaker (1950–2009)

Irish-American actor (1928–2009)

French actor, screenwriter, film producer, and film director (1934-2009)

Sudanese President (1931-2009)

Soviet-American mathematician

Swedish boxer (1932-2009)

American astronomer (1932-2009)