People We Outlived | 2009 Roundup

Another year has passed, and another swath of humanity has passed along wth it. In honour of the "2009ers" here is the 2009 Roll of the Dead.

Neda Agha-Soltan, Iranian 2009 election protestor, at 26. [cbc] [cbc.2]
Yitzhak Ahronovitch, captain of Jewish refugee ship "Exodus", at 86. [nyt]
Al Alberts, founding member of The Four Aces, at 87. [wikipedia]
Rashied Ali, jazz drummer, at 74. [cbc]
Henry Allingham, third-last British World War One veteran, at 113. [nyt]
Dee Anthony, music manager to Peter Frampton, at 83. [wikipedia]
Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, at 61. [wired] [nyt]
Bea Arthur, actress, at 86. [cbc] [ctv] [nyt] [youTube]
Vasily Aksyonov, exiled Soviet writer, at 76. [nyt]
George Atkins, former CBC farm radio commentator, at 92. [cbc]
Susan Atkins, Charles Manson follower, at 61. [cbc]
Kenneth H. Bacon, American advocate for refugees, at 64. [nyt]
Carl Ballantine, Comedian who played a Magician, at 92. [nyt]
Sydney Banks, Saltspring Islander and international spiritual teacher, at 79. [VanSun]
John Barry, entrepreneur of WD-40, at 84. [autoblog]
Pina Bausch, German choreographer, at 68. [nyt]
Barry Beckett, Muscle Shoals sound keyboardist, at 66. [nyt]
Hildegard Behrens, soprano acclaimed for Wagner, at 72. [wikipedia]
Bernard Birnbaum, Emmy-winning CBS News TV producer, at 89. [cbc]
Terry Black, 1960s Vancouver teen idol, at 60. [vansun]
Hyman Bloom, painter of the mystical, at 96. [wikipedia]
Bob Bogle, Ventures' guitarist, at 75. [nyt]
Norman Borlaug, Nobel Peace Prize winner, at 95. [cbc]
Jake Brockman, keyboardist for Echo and the Bunnymen, at 53. [cbc]
Ernest Brown, tap-dancer and member of Original Copasetics, at 93. [wikipedia]
James F. Brown, former director of Radio Free Europe, at 81. [nyt]
Dennis Brutus, South African poet, political prisoner and activist, at 85. [cbc]
C.D.B. Bryan, Friendly Fire author, at 76. [cbc]
Yvonne King Burch, vocalist in King Sister, at 89. [nyt]
Rafael Caldera, ex-President of Venezuela, at 93. [wikipedia]
Robert Cameron, aerial photographer, at 98. [nyt]
Douglas Campbell, actor, at 87. [cbc]
J.M.S. Careless, Canadian historian, at 90. [cbc]
Gilles Carle, Quebec filmmaker, at 80. [cbc]
Jim Carroll, punk-rock poet, at 60. [cbc]
Johnny Carter, doo-wop falsetto and member of The Dells, at 75. [wikipedia] [cbc]
Marilyn Chambers, adult film actress, at 56. [cbc] [nyt]
Vic Chestnut, songwriter and singer, at 45. [cbc]
Liam Clancy, Irish balladeer, at 74. [cbc]
Earl M. Coleman, publisher and poet, at 93. [nyt]
Don Dongdon, Literary Agent for Ray Bradbury, at 91. [nyt]
Chris Connor, American jazz singer, at 81. [wikipedia]
Jack Cooke, Bluegrass musician, at 72. [nyt]
J. Nicholas Counter III, Hollywood labor lawyer, at 69. [nyt]
Art Cowie, Vancouver politician and planner, at 75. [VanSun] [CityCaucus] [bula]
Sir John Crofton, medical pioneer in TB research, at 97. [nyt]
Walter Cronkite, American Newscaster, at 92. [nyt] [cbc]
Merce Cunningham, American choreographer, at 90. [nyt]
James "Jay" Daly, creator of QuickDoc, at 62. [boston.globe]
Jean Dausset, Nobel Laureate, at 92. [nyt]
Lionel Davidson, British author of complex thrillers, at 87. [nyt]
Harvey Dawes, former CBC Vancouver news anchor, at 82. [vansun]
John Dawson, country-rock songwriter, at 64. [nyt]
Fletcher Day, guide in northern BC, at 79. [VanSun]
Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, wife and collaborator of artist Christo, at 74. [nyt]
Antonio Luis Alves de Souza, Brazillian Drummer, at 54. [nyt]
Millvina Dean, last Titanic survivor, at 97. [ctv] [nyt]
Robert Degen, supposed-songwriter of Hokey Pokey, at 104. [nyt] [wikipedia]
Willy DeVille, singer and songwriter for 1970s punk group Mink DeVille, at 58. [nyt]
Adrian W. DeWind, Human Rights Watch founder, at 95. [nyt]
Jim Dickinson, Memphis musician and producer, at 67. [wikipedia]
Roy E. Disney, Walt's nephew, at 79. [cbc]
Sheldon Dorf, Comic-Con founder, at 76. [cbc]
David Drew, musicologist, at 78. [nyt]
Muriel Duckworth, Canadian peace advocate, at 100. [wikipedia] [cbc]
Dominick Dunne, celebrity chronicler and Vanity Fair writer, at 83. [cbc]
Marek Edelman, Commander in Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, at 90. [wikipedia]
Heinz Edelmann, "Yellow Submarine" artist, at 75. [nyt]
Max Eisen, press agent during Broadway's Golden Age, at 91. [nyt]
Arthur Erickson, architect, at 84. [bula] [cbc] [ctv] [cbcPhotos]
Sam Etcheverry, former CFL quarterback, at 79. [tsn]
Philip José Farmer, science-fiction writer, at 91. [nyt]
Patrick Farrow, sculptor and brother of Mia, at 66. [cbc]
Farrah Fawcett, American actress, at 62. [nyt] [nyt.2] [cbc]
Raymond Federman, novelist and becket scholar, at 81. [wikipedia]
Konstantin Feoktistov, Soviet spacecraft engineer, at 83. [wikipedia]
Steve Ferguson, guitarist and NRBQ founder, at 60. [nrbq] [wikipedia]
Nat Finkelstein, 'Court Photographer' of Andy Warhol's Factory, at 76. [wikipedia]
Douglas Fisher, Canadian political columnist, at 89. [cbc]
Peter Forakis, sculptor of geometric forms, at 82. [nyt]
Ruth Ford, actress and muse, at 98. [nyt]
Gerhardt Fuchs, independent musician and drummer, at 34. [nyt]
Tempest (Pest) Grace Gale, Hornby Island performance artist, at 25. [vansun]
Larry Gelbart, creator of TV show MASH, at 81. [cbc]
Gidget, Taco Bell chihuahua, at 15. [fox]
Vitaly Ginzberg, Russian physicist and H-Bomb developer, at 93. [cbc]
Adam Goldstein, known as DJ AM, at 36. [ctv]
Phyllis Gotlieb, Canadian sci-fi writer and poet, at 83. [cbc]
Ellie Greenwich, pop songwriter, at 68. [wikipedia]
James Gurley, 60-psychedelic guitarist, at 69. [cbc]
Donald Harington, novelist about surreal Ozark community, at 73. [nyt]
Paul Harvey, radio broadcaster, at 90. [cbc] [nyt] [youTube]
Knut Haugland, Kon-Tiki crewman, at 92. [wikipedia]
Bess Lomax Hawes, folklorist and folk musician, at 88. [wikipedia]
Don Hewitt, television news-program 60-Minutes creator, at 86. [cbc]
Francisco Hidalgo, cartoonist and photographer, at 80. [cbc]
Hugh Morgan Hill, storyteller known as Brother Blue, at 88. [wikipedia]
Evelyn Hofer, photographer, at 87. [nyt]
John Hughes, 1980s Teen-Film Director, at 59. [cbc] [nyt]
Waldo Hunt, master of the pop-up book, at 88. [wikipedia]
Mohammed Ismail, father of Slumdog Millionaire star, at an unknown age, because no media actually cares about him. [cbc]
Michael Jackson, pop music singer and icon, at 50. [wired] [nyt] [hnn] [cbc] [ctv] [economist]
Wycliffe Johnson, Reggae musician and producer, at 47. [telegraph.co.uk]
Jennifer Jones, siren of Golden Hollywood, at 90. [cbc]
Maggie Jones, known as Blanche Hunt on Coronation Street, at 75. [cbc]
Brenda Joyce, 1940's Tarzan's "Jane", at 92. [nyt]
Bob Keane, music producer known for discovering Ritchie Valens and Sam Cooke, at 87. [cbc]
Elmer Kelton, novelist, at 83. [wikipedia]
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy, American senator, at 77. [wikipedia] [hnn] [economist]
Eunice Kennedy Shriver, co-founder of Special Olympics and sister of JFK, at 88. [cbc]
Kim Dae-jung, ex-President of South Korea, at 83. [wikipedia]
Allan King, film and documentary maker, at 79. [cbc] [cbcArchives]
Bela Kiraly, 1956 Hungarian revolutionary, at 97. [nyt]
Allen Klein, music manager of Beatles and Rolling Stones, at 77. [nyt] [cbc]
Larry Knechtel, rock keyboardist with Bread, at 69. [wikipedia]
Marie Knight, Gospel singer, at 84. [cbc]
Alfred A. Knopf, publisher, at 90. [nyt]
William Korey, B'nai B'rith lobbyist, at 87. [nyt]
Irving Kriesberg, abstract expressionist painter, at 90. [nyt]
Erich Kunzel, conductor of Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, at 74. [cbc]
Karla Kuskin, children's book writer, at 77. [wikipedia]
Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer who shared first conquest of K2, at 83. [wikipedia]
Howard Chandler Robbins Landon, Hayden and Mozart musicologist, at 83. [wikipedia]
Joy Langan, former NDP MP and women's rights advocate, at 66. [VanSun]
Romeo LeBlanc, former Canadian Governor General, at 81. [cbc] [cnc]
Nelson Leeson, President of Nisga'a First Nation, at an unreported age. [cbc]
Jan Leighton, unknown actor but won Guiness-Record for Most Roles (3,372), at 87. [wikipedia]
Sylvia Lennick, actress with Wayne and Shuster, at 93. [cbc]
Drake Levin, lead guitarist of Paul Revere and the Raiders, at 62. [nyt]
David Levine, New York Review of Books biting caricturist, at 83. [nyt]
Claude Levi-Strauss, anthropologist, at 100. [VanSun]
Robert Lewis-Dreyfus, turn-around specialist, at 63. [nyt]
James R. Lilley, Ambassador to China during Tiananmen Square era, at 81. [nyt]
Bill Lister, Radio's Tallest Singing Cowboy, at 86. [nyt]
David Lloyd, award-winning television sitcom writer, at 75. [cbc]
Huey Long, guitarist (Ink Spots), at 105. [nyt]
John Daido Loori, Catskills zen monastery founder and photographer, at 78. [nyt]
James Lord, biographer and memoirist, friend of Picasso, at 86. [nyt]
Harvey Lowe, Vancouver yo-yo king, at 90. [cbc] [VanSun]
Les Lye, Canadian TV Comedian, at 84. [nyt]
Karl Malden, American actor, at 97. [nyt] [cbc]
Joe Maneri, experimental musician and composer, at 82. [wikipedia]
Donald Marshall Jr., Canadian symbol of bias in justice system, at 55. [nyt]
Al Martino, singer and actor, at 82. [wikipedia]
Frans Masango, South African rebel, at 51. [nyt]
Doug Matheson, retired Alberta judge, war hero, and pilot, at 88. [cbc]
Oscar G. Mayer, Jr., chairman of hot dog giant and grandson of founder, at 95. [wikipedia]
Billy Mays, infomercial entrepreneur, at 50. [economist] Addendum. [cbc]
Michael Mazur, artist, at 73. [nyt]
Frank McCourt, author, at 78. [cbc] [nyt]
Virginia Davis McGhee, early Disney film star, at 90. [wikipedia]
Ed McMahon, Tonight Show sidekick, at 86. [cbc]
Robert Strange McNamara, JFK's Secretary of Defense, at 93. [hnn] [slate] [nyt]
Lorie McNaughton, former CBC Calgary news anchor, at 48. [cbc]
Daniel Melnick, movie producer, at 77. [wikipedia] [cbc]
George Michael, sportscaster, at 70. [cbc]
Sergei V. Mikhalkov, lyricist of Soviet and Russian anthems, at 96. [wikipedia]
Vic Mizzy, Adams Family theme songwriter, at 93. [cbc]
Mathieu Montcourt, French tennis player, at 24. [nyt]
Jeremy Morris, British epidemiologist and Father of Modern Aerobics Movement, at 99. [nyt]
Neil Munro, Canadian actor-director, at 62. [cbc]
Brittany Murphy, actress, at 32. [cbc]
George Na'ope, master of Sacred Hula, at 81. [nyt]
Haydain Neale, lead singer of Jacksoul, at 39. [cbc]
Ray Nettles, former B.C. Lions football star, at 60. [cbc]
Harold Norse, beat poet, at 92. [nyt]
Robert Novak, American political columnist, at 78. [cbc]
Dan O'Bannon, screenwriter for Alien and Total Recall, at 63. [cbc]
Ken Ober, host of MTV game show "Remote Control", at 52. [nyt]
Georgina Parkinson, star of 1960s-era Royal Ballet, at 71. [nyt]
Henry John "Harry" Patch, second-last British World War One veteran (and last from trenches), at 111. [wikipedia]
Les Paul, guitar legend and "father of the electric guitar", at 94. [rs] [nyt] [cbc]
Kim Peek, savant inspiration for Rain Man, at 58. [cbc]
Irving Penn, fashion photographer, at 92. [nyt]
Richard Poirier, scholar of literature, at 83. [wikipedia]
Jack Poole, Vancouver 2010 Olympic chairman, at 76. [cbc]
Don Ivan Punchatz, artist of fantasy book covers and Doom video game package artwork, at 73. [wikipedia]
John Quade, American character actor, at 71. [cbc]
Alaina Reed-Amini, Sesame Street actress, at 63. [cbc]
Billy Lee Riley, rockabilly singer and Sun Records artist, at 75. [nyt]
John Rivas, known as Mr. Magic, disc jockey for early hip hop, at 53. [nyt]
Donald Rix, British Columbian physician and philanthropist, at 78. [bc.gov] [PMI]
Ken Roberts, 1930s and 1940s American radio announcer, at 99. [nyt]
Oral Roberts, TV evangelist, at 91. [cbc]
Yves Rocher, cosmetics pioneer, at 79. [nyt]
Abraham Rogatnick, Vancouver actor and man-about-town, at 85. [VanSun]
James S. Rossant, architect and planner, at 81. [nyt]
Daniel Rowen, modernist architect, at 56. [nyt]
Jan Rubes, opera singer and actor, at 89. [cbc]
William Safire, New York Times columnist, at 79. [cbc]
Sky Saxon, bass guitar and lead singer for The Seeds, at (best guess) 71. [nyt]
Mike Seeger, folk musician, at 75. [cbc] [nyt]
Ron Silver, actor, at 62. [nyt]
Alice Schiller, former owner of Pink Pussycat burlesque house, at 95. [nyt]
Bud Schulberg, "On the Waterfront" screenwriter, at 95. [nyt]
Issac Schwartz, Russian film composer, at 86. [cbc]
Goldie Semple, Vancouver actor, at 56. [VanSun]
Shi Pei Pu, singer, spy and "M. Butterfly", at 70. [nyt] [nyt.2]
Loren Singer, Parallax View author, at 86. [wikipedia]
Shelby Singleton, Nashville record producer, at 77. [wikipedia]
John Edwin Smith, philosopher and author, at 88. [nyt]
Hale Smith, composer and blender of classical and jazz, at 84. [wikipedia]
Elisabeth Soderstrom, Swedish soprano, at 82. [nyt]
Manuel Solis, Ex-Leader of Panama, at 91. [nyt]
Richard W. Sonnenfeldt, Nuremberg interpreter, at 86. [wikipedia]
Nancy Spero, feminist artist, at 83. [wikipedia]
Ray Dennis Steckler, American low-budget filmmaker, at 70. [nyt]
Gojko Stojcevic aka Patriarch Pavle, leader of Serbia's Christian Orthodox Church, at 95. [cbc]
Gale Storm, 1950s American TV star, at 87. [nyt]
Martin Streek, Toronto DJ, at 45. [cbc]
James Owen Sullivan, drummer for Avenged Sevenfold, at 28. [cbc]
Larry Sultan, California photographer behind 1977's Evidence, at 63. [nyt]
Samak Sundaravej, former Prime Minister of Thailand, at 74. [wikipedia]
Molly Sugden, "Are You Being Served?" actress, at 86. [nyt]
Milton Supman, comedian known as Soupy Sales, at 83. [wikipedia]
Patrick Swayze, actor, at 57. [cbc]
Tomoji Tanabe, former "oldest living human", at 113. [nyt]
Vyacheslav Tikhonov, Russian actor best known in West for War and Peace, at 81. [nyt]
Richard Todd, Oscar-nominated actor and almost-first James Bond, at 90. [wikipedia]
Stephen Toulmin, philosopher who developed a new approach to analyzing arguments, at 87. [nyt]
Fred Travalena, comedian and impersonator, at 66. [nyt]
Mary Travers, folk musician with Peter, Paul and Mary, at 72. [cbc]
Edward Upward, British author, at 105. [nyt]
Venice, city in Italy, at about 1,850 give or take a few hundred. [cbc]
Deitrich von Bothmer, curator and art historian, at 90. [wikipedia]
Gordon Waller, half of musical group "Peter and Gordon", at 64. [nyt]
Jackie Washington, Canadian bluesman, at 89. [cbc]
Keith Waterhouse, author, at 80. [wikipedia]
Malcolm Wells, advocate of environmentally-responsible architectural design, at 83. [nyt]
Paul Wendkos, American director of Gidget surf movies, at 84. [cbc] [nyt]
Collin Wilcox, To Kill a Mockingbird actress, at 74. [wikipedia]
Tom Wilkes, album cover designer, at 69. [nyt]
Charis Wilson, wife and model for photographer Edward Weston, at 95. [nyt]
William A. WIlson, U.S. Ambassador to The Vatican during Reagan era, at 95. [nyt]
Joseph Wiseman, Canadian actor known as Bond villian "Dr. No", at 91. [cbc]
Edward Woodward, British actor best known as television's "The Equalizer", at 79. [nyt]
Eric Woolfson, co-founder of Alan Parsons Project, at 64. [wikipedia]
Qian Xuesen, Father of China's Space Program, at 98. [nyt]
Rex Yetman, Newfoundland bluegrass legend, at 76. [cbc]

In conclusion, I have to say that tracking the obituaries over the year has been an interesting exercise, which I will not continue. Next year I'm just going to use the excellent list that Wikipedia maintains, which this year is reasonably called Deaths in 2009, and perhaps single out a few highlight corpses.