List of Famous people who died in 2009

Bruce King was an American businessman and politician who served three non-consecutive four-year terms as the governor of New Mexico. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the longest-serving governor in New Mexico history, with 12 years of service.

Norman Allen Van Lier III was an NBA basketball player and television broadcaster who spent the majority of his career with the Chicago Bulls.

Howard Kanovitz was a pioneering painter in the Photorealist and Hyperrealist Movements, which emerged in the 1960s and 1970s in response to the abstract art movement.

Alan van Heerden was a South African cyclist. He was the first ever South African to win a stage of a Grand Tour.

Frederike Martine ten Harmsen van der Beek, known as Fritzi Harmsen van Beek, was a Dutch writer.

Carlos Kloppenburg, O.F.M. was a German-born Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

Claude Stout Brinegar was the third United States Secretary of Transportation, serving from February 2, 1973, to February 1, 1975. Holding a PhD from Stanford University in economic research, Brinegar had previously been an oil company executive. Brinegar was Secretary of Transportation during the 1973 oil crisis.

William Bennett "Monk" Edwards was an American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Giants. He played college football at Baylor University as a fullback from 1936 to 1939 and was drafted in the sixteenth round of the 1940 NFL Draft.