Dead Celebrities - 2009

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Pat Hingle, TV character actor, January 3 2009, Age 85, Blood cancer

Cheryl Holdridge, Mouseketeer, January 5 2009, Age 64, Lung cancer

Patrick McGoohan, actor, January 13 2009, Age 81

Ricardo Montalban, actor, January 14 2009, Age 89, Heart failure

Andrew Wyeth, painter, January 16 2009, Age 91

John Updike, author, January 27, 2009, Age 76, Lung cancer

James Whitmore, actor, February 6 2009, Age 88, Lung cancer

Socks the Cat, White House pet, February 20 2009, Age 19, Euthanized

Paul Harvey, radio commentator, February 28 2009, Age 91

Hank Locklin, C&W singer, March 8 2009, Age 91

Ron Silver, actor, March 15 2009, Age 62, Esophageal cancer

Natasha Richardson, actress, March 18 2009, Age 46, Skiing accident

Dan Seals, singer, March 25 2009, Age 61, Mantle cell lymphoma

Irving R. Levine, NBC news correspondent, March 27 2009, Age 86, Prostate cancer

Marilyn Chambers, porn star, April 12 2009, Age 57, Cerebral hemorrhage

Mark "The Bird" Fydrich, Baseball player, April 13, Age 54, Farming accident

Beatrice Arthur, actress, April 25 2009, Age 87, Cancer

Vern Gosdin, C&W singer, April 28 2009, Age 75, Stroke

Jack Kemp, Football player and U.S. Senator, May 2 2009, Age 73, Cancer

Dom DeLuise, actor, May 4 2009, Age 76, Kidney Failure

David Carradine, actor, June 3 2009, Age 73, Accidental suicide

Ed McMahon, television host, June 23 2009, Age 86, Numerous health problems

Michael Jackson, singer, June 25 2009, Age 51

Farrah Fawcett, actress, June 25 2009, Age 62

Gale Storm, actress, June 27 2009, Age 87

Billy Mays, TV pitchman, June 28 2009, Age 51, Heart Attack

Fred Travelena, actor, impressionist and talk show host, June 28, 2009, Age 66, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

Karl Malden, actor, July 1 2009, Age 97, Natural causes

Steve McNair, football player, July 4 2009, Age 36, Murder

Oscar G. Mayer, Hot Dog magnate, July 6 2009, Age 95, Natural causes

Robert S. McNamara, Ford CEO and JFK Defense Secretary, July 6 2009, Age 93, Natural causes

Walter Cronkite, newscaster, July 17 2009, Age 93, Cerebrovascular disease

Gidget, Taco Bell Chihuahua Spokes-dog, July 21 2009, Age 15, Euthanized after a stroke

John Hughes, movie director, August 6 2009, Age 59, Heart attack

Eunice Shriver, Kennedy sister, August 11 2009, Age 88, Natural causes

Les Paul, electric guitar inventor, August 13 2009, Age 94, Pneumonia

Robert Novak, commentator, August 18 2009, Age 78, Brain cancer

Ted Kennedy, politician, August 25 2009, Age 77, Brain cancer

Dominick Dunne, celebrity author, August 26 2009, Age 84, Cancer

Patrick Swayze, actor, September 14 2009, Age 57, Pancreatic cancer

Henry Gibson, comic, September 14 2009, Age 74, Cancer

Jody Powell, Jimmy Carter's press secretary, September 14 2009, Age 65, Heart attack

Mary Travers, singer, September 16 2009, Age 73, Leukemia

Susan Atkins, Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, September 24 2009, Age 61, Cancer

William Safire, columnist and writer, September 27 2009, Age 79, Cancer

Captain Lou Albano, professional wrestler, October 14, 2009, Age 76, Natural causes

Soupy Sales, actor and comic, October 22, 2009, Age 83, Cancer