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| On August 6, she became the third female and first Hispanic justice of the U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Her album 'Fearless' was the best-selling album of 2009, and the Associated Press dubbed her 'Entertainer of the Year' | |
| This actress topped Forbes' 2009 list of the most powerful celebrities in the world | |
| 2009 was not a good year for him; it was the first time in five years that he didn't win a major, and in November word got out about his multiple affairs | |
| It was also a bad year for this man; on June 29 he was sentenced to 150 years in prison after confessing to running a $65 billion Ponzi scheme | |
| Last year couldn't have gone better for him; on January 20 he became President of the U.S., and in October he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize | |
| During the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, he interrupted an acceptance speech to declare that ''Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time'' | |
| On January 20, he left Washington, D.C. to attend a homecoming celebration in Midland, Texas; later in the year, he and his wife Laura moved from their ranch in Crawford to Dallas | |
| He reprised his role as Edward Cullen in 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon', whose Nov. 20 premiere set a record for the single best day in box office history | |
| Her songs 'Poker Face' and 'Just Dance' ended up second and third on Billboard's list of the 100 best songs of 2009 | |
| After resigning as Governor of Alaska in July, she had time to write her memoir 'Going Rogue', which was published in November | |
| In July, he won his 15th Grand Slam singles title, which passed Pete Sampras as the most ever | |
| In October, we learned that this talk show host was being extorted by someone who knew about inappropriate conduct he had with some of his female staff | |
| Her sense of style has become very well known since becoming First Lady in January; her mishap with touching Queen Elizabeth II didn't hurt her image | |
| Take the incorrect letter of the first word of each hint, in order, to name someone we lost in 2009 | |
| Take the incorrect letter of the second word of each hint, in order, to name someone we lost in 2009 | |
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| Six-year-old Falcon Heene was given this nickname after his parents falsely reported that he had flown away in a UFO-like contraption back in October | |
| Although best known for her 2009 songs 'Party in the U.S.A.' and 'The Climb' (from 'Hannah Montana: The Movie'), she also recorded songs with Bret Michaels and Timbaland | |
| He was about to give up his pursuit of a career in music, until one last audition led to him winning 'American Idol' on May 20 | |
| In April, this actor beat out CNN in a contest to be the first Twitter user to have one million followers | |
| On June 22, she filed for divorce from her husband; by September, the words 'Jon &' were dropped from the title of the reality show about her raising her eight kids | |
| Another single mother with a multitude of children, she was given the nickname 'Octomom' after giving birth to eight children in January (for a total of 14) | |
| Although he was supposed to be at the 2009 Grammys, he instead was at a police station, confessing to assaulting his girlfriend Rihanna | |
| In January, he announced a medical leave of absence from his position at Apple; in April, he underwent a liver transplant; in November, Fortune Magazine named him CEO of the decade | |
| In true rags-to-riches fashion, she became an Internet phenomenon after her performance of 'I Dreamed a Dream' aired on 'Britain's Got Talent' on April 11 | |
| On July 28, he announced that he would remain retired from football; on August 18, he signed with the Minnesota Vikings | |
| On May 29, he made an appearance on Jay Leno's final episode of 'The Tonight Show'; on June 1, he took over as host | |
| Amid allegations that she was receiving much less money than her co-hosts, on August 4 she stepped down as judge after eight seasons with 'American Idol' | |
| On November 20, with tears in her eyes, she announced live that she would end her talk show in 2011 | |
| Take the incorrect letter of the first word of each hint, in order, to name someone we lost in 2009 | |
| Take the incorrect letter of the second word of each hint, in order, to name someone we lost in 2009 | |
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