List of Famous people who died in 2009
Hugh Leonard
Hugh Leonard was an Irish dramatist, television writer and essayist. In a career that spanned 50 years, Leonard wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essays, two autobiographies, three novels, numerous screenplays and teleplays, and a regular newspaper column.
Teddy Mayer
Edward Everett Mayer was an American motor racing entrepreneur who was successful in several categories of racing, including Formula One and IndyCars.
Livio Reginaldo Fischione
Tullio Kezich
Tullio Kezich was an Italian screenwriter and playwright, best known as the film critic for Corriere della Sera and for his award-winning biography of Italian director Federico Fellini.
Heinz Edelmann
Heinz Edelmann was a German illustrator and designer. He was well known as an illustrator in Europe. His art direction and character designs for the Beatles' 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine brought him additional recognition around the world.
Jean Jadot
Jean Jadot was a Belgian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as apostolic delegate to the United States from 1973 to 1980, and President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1980 to 1984.
Ilona Christen
Chen Shoushan
Silvio Cesare Bonicelli
Silvio Cesare Bonicelli was the Italian Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Parma from his appointment by Pope John Paul II on December 13, 1996, until his retirement on January 19, 2008.