Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron en 2009

Pearl Hackney was a British actress and the wife of comic actor Eric Barker. She was born in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, but spent much of her early life in Liverpool, Lancashire.

Moki Cherry was a Swedish interdisciplinary artist and designer who worked in textiles, fashion design, woodworks, painting, collage, ceramics and set design. Her practice traversed the worlds of art, music and theater with diverse influences such as Indian art and music, Tibetan Buddhism, fashion, traditional folk arts and dress, abstraction, cartoons and Pop art. From 1977 she split her time living between Tågarp, Sweden and Long Island City in New York, USA. Moki collaborated with her husband, the American jazz trumpeter, Don Cherry, throughout her lifetime – they performed in concerts as Organic Music, where her artworks were also displayed, and ran workshops for children. Her designs also appeared on Don's album covers and as costumes worn by him in concert.

Larry Simon Gelbart fue un escritor, dramaturgo, guionista, director y autor de televisión estadounidense, más famoso como creador y productor de la serie de televisión M * A * S * H, y como coguionista de los musicales de Broadway City of Angels y A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Dmitry Ilyich Kozlov was a Russian aerospace engineer who founded the Progress State Research and Production Rocket Space Center.

Richard J. Pratt was an Australian businessman, chairman of the privately owned company Visy Industries, and a leading figure of Melbourne society. In the year before his death Pratt was Australia's fourth-richest person, with a personal fortune valued at A$5.48 billion.

Jan Ladislav Rubeš CM was a Czech-Canadian bass opera singer and actor.

Joel Dee "Jody" McCrea was an American actor. He was the son of actors Joel McCrea and Frances Dee.

Ruth Ford fue una modelo, actriz de teatro y cine estadounidense.

Angela Morley fue una compositora y directora de orquesta inglesa conocida como Wally Stott para los oyentes de la BBC Radio en la década de 1950. Atribuyó su entrada en la composición y los arreglos a la influencia y aliento del compositor canadiense de música ligera Robert Farnon. Morley hizo la transición en 1972 y, a partir de entonces, vivió abiertamente como una mujer trans. Posteriormente, vivió en Scottsdale, Arizona.