List of Famous people who died in 2009
Felicity Stourton
Peta Carol Binding
Audrey Helen Anne Beaumont-Nesbitt
Charles Michael Philips
Franz Wunsch
K. Pattabhi Jois
K. Pattabhi Jois was an Indian yoga teacher and Sanskrit scholar who developed and popularized the vinyasa style of yoga known as Ashtanga Yoga. In 1948, Jois established the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute in Mysore, India. Pattabhi Jois is one of a short list of Indians instrumental in establishing modern yoga as exercise in the 20th century, along with B. K. S. Iyengar, another pupil of Krishnamacharya in Mysore.
Gianna Maria Canale
Gianna Maria Canale was an Italian film actress.
Isidoor de Rijck
Isidoor De Ryck was a Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1950 Tour de France.
Renata Mauro
Renata Mauro was a popular Italian television presenter for RAI. Born in Milan, she became known to international audiences for hosting game show Jeux Sans Frontieres and also the Eurovision Song Contest when it was staged in Italy in the Italian city of Naples in 1965.