List of Famous people who died in 2009

Donald Shepard Hewitt was an American television news producer and executive, best known for creating the CBS television news magazine 60 Minutes in 1968, which at the time of his death was the longest-running prime-time broadcast on American television. Under Hewitt's leadership, 60 Minutes was the only news program ever rated the nation's top-ranked television program, an achievement it accomplished five times. Hewitt produced the first televised presidential debate in 1960.

Christopher James Prout, Baron Kingsland was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He is perhaps most well known for serving as the leader of the Conservative group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and his role in initiating their association with the European People's Party. He later became a noted expert on constitutional issues.

Herma Katharina Anna Kirchschläger, GCIH was the wife of Rudolf Kirchschläger, the former minister of foreign affairs and later federal president of Austria. They married on 17 August 1940 and they had two children: Christa and Walter.

Abdellatif Filali was a Moroccan politician and diplomat under King Hassan II. Filali was known to have progressive views.

Richard de Mille was an American author, investigative journalist, and psychologist.