List of Famous people who died in 2009

Anneliese Knoop-Graf was the youngest sister of Willi Graf, who was one of the main members of the White Rose resistance group. In his last letter to her he tasked her to “keep a good memory of me.” (“Behaltet mich in guter Errinerung”) After his death Anneliese worked tirelessly to keep Willi’s story alive.

Gertrud Anna Constance ("Trudy") Frisch-von Meyenburg (1916–2009) was a Swiss architect and the first wife of the writer Max Frisch.

George Eckstein was an American writer and television producer whose career spanned three decades, from the early 1960s through the late 1980s. Eckstein was a producer of many popular television programs such as The Invaders and The Name of the Game, in addition to penning the scripts of many others, including Gunsmoke, and Cannon. He co-wrote The Fugitive final two part episode, "The Judgment" (1967). He was Executive Producer on the series Banacek. From the late 1970s onward, the bulk of Eckstein’s producing work was on several made-for-TV movies and specials, with a year’s stint as executive producer of the NBC series Love, Sidney in the midst.

Gino Giugni was an Italian academic and politician.

Zakes Makgona Mokae was a South African-American actor of theatre and film

Courtlandt Dixon Barnes Bryan, better known as C. D. B. Bryan, was an American author and journalist.