List of Famous people who died in 2009

Gilbert-Antoine Duchêne was a French bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.

George William Fullerton was a longtime associate of Leo Fender and, along with Fender and Dale Hyatt, a co-founder of G&L Musical Instruments. He is credited with design contributions that led to the manufacture of the first mass-produced solid-body electric guitar.

George Patrick Ziemann was the third Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California.

Arnaldo Ribeiro was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.

Gary Kurfirst was an American music promoter, producer, manager, publisher, and record label executive. Kurfirst founded Radioactive Records, whose acts included Live, Black Grape, Jane's Addiction, the Ramones, Big Audio Dynamite, Talking Heads, Eurythmics and Shirley Manson. He managed a variety of artists including Manson, Blondie, Tom Tom Club, the Ramones, Jean Beauvoir, Eurythmics, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, and The B-52s.

Valeria Sabel was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1964 to 2009. In Godfather III she played the role of Sister Vincenza.

Edgar Buchwalder was a cyclist from Switzerland. He won the silver medal in the team road race at the 1936 Summer Olympics along with Ernst Nievergelt and Kurt Ott. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1940 and 1942.