Can you name the notable deaths of 2009 from the pictures below?

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In Memoriam: 2009 Quiz

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Published: December 30th, 2009
Category: History
Plays: 110,019

Tags: Picture Quizzes, Death Quizzes, 2009, image, year, Image Quiz, notable, dead

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	Pooksters:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:14 GMT	6 points
	So many people gone. Makes one reflect on life.

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	signe:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:18 GMT	12 points
	Very nice. A couple were hard to ID from the photos... (it doesn't look like Brittany Murphy to me...)

	WredAguyW:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:27 GMT	2 points
	As a wrestling fan, I was happy to see Lou Albano on here, but a bit disappointed that Test and Umaga didn't make the list. But then again, those that made the cut were much more famous and very few (if any) had drug related deaths.

	NYCub:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:31 GMT	-1 points
	No Dominick Dunne?

	Scampus:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:31 GMT	3 points
	Not a lot of non-Americans here. Maybe 4? Hmmm...

	RoloTomasi:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:37 GMT	42 points
	It's that universal health care. That's why so few non Americans have died

archimboldi:

Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:38 GMT

-4 points

What a horrible year!

	redsxfenway:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:40 GMT	44 points
	@fletchman03: I think most of us know someone who died this year, but it's pretty hard to fit 60 million people on a quiz.

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redsxfenway:

Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:46 GMT

4 points

It also seems like an inordinate amount of great Bay Staters died, two Kennedys, Updike, DiMaggio and even McMahon.

	livfred:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 04:46 GMT	12 points
	In Korean format, the surname comes first, so Kim should be acceptable for the former president of South Korea (Kim Dae-Jung). Arturo Gatti (boxer) also died in 2009. RIP

	sammyhain2364:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:04 GMT	7 points
	Major props for appropriately including the man in this particular quiz who made that great song "People Who Died'; Jim Carroll

	Freddie:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:12 GMT	0 points
	I thought Stephen Gately would be on the list; I wasn't aware that Boyzone never cracked America though. Thats a good thing for you Americans. He is probably one of the top UK/Ireland celebrity deaths though, so perhaps he should be on this list?

	prezuiwf:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:17 GMT	8 points
	Only got 20/42, but at least I got Patrick McGoohan. #6 on our television screens, #1 in our hearts.

	ilikethings:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:18 GMT	0 points
	@sammyhain2364-I was just going to make the same comment

	DerKomissar:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	5 points
	Rest In Peace Steve McNair.

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	Doinel:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:29 GMT	5 points
	The amazing independent songwriter Vic Chesnutt passed away a couple of days ago. I think he deserves to appear on this list.

	FightinPhils08:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:33 GMT	8 points
	Harry Kalas should have made the list. Voice of Phillies baseball for 38 years, Hall of Famer, and voice of NFL Films. Anyone who knew professional baseball knew of/about Harry.

	TheQuiz:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:38 GMT	7 points
	Hi Billy Mays here with Oxi Clean! Great person, he will be greatly missed.

	montylaw:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:39 GMT	-3 points
	Would it help to change "the" to "these" in the title of this quiz? Good quiz.

	reneeb:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:47 GMT	8 points
	I only got 23 out of 42. Now I'm depressed because these people are gone AND because I got a sucky score.

	katesutton:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:52 GMT	-2 points
	It looks like there's enough suggestions for Sporcle to add another row. Ellie Greenwich had a major impact on 20th century music.

	Lyn_Marie:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 05:56 GMT	8 points
	@fletchman03: I'm sorry for your loss. I lost a good friend a few weeks ago who, of course, is notable to me and very many others, but I don't think it takes anything away from them not to include them in this quiz, nor to title it as is. Our loved ones who are gone and all of these celebrities will surely be missed. I know they are all in a better place.

	Helixer:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 06:02 GMT	4 points
	"Beatrice Arthur" should be accepted, along with Bea, since Bea is a nickname. And I thought Naomi Sims would've been in here.

	KevinF:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 06:07 GMT	14 points
	'09 was a rough year indeed. Here's to this quiz's 2010 version being much smaller.

	Ramses:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 06:17 GMT	1 point
	I suppose everyone will have an opinion about who was left off the list... I thought Sen. Pell should have been on there, and was surprised to see NFLer Henry on there but not the boxer Gatti. Got most of them pretty quickly, and kept looking at Moltaban, thinking, that has to be that 'Fantasy Island' guy... I missed him, and a couple other non-Americans. I knew Gately was an Irish rocker, but didn't know his name, and I am pretty sure the other one I missed was a former Korean PM, who took his life. It does seem that this year has seen a high number of celebs go... here to hoping the next 36 hours pass uneventfully.

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	rgc19:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 06:36 GMT	4 points
	McCourt and Carroll, two of my favorite Irish Catholics. As sammyhain2364 pointed out, Carroll did pen 'People Who Died'. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBbuPnfG0Vo

	lftyg33:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 07:10 GMT	10 points
	nick adenhart?

	12lehmae:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 07:14 GMT	2 points
	Don't know if you can add on or not, but James Sullivan of "Avenged Sevenfold" died sometime in the last few days

	turner89:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 07:28 GMT	27 points
	The greatest gentleman in the history of football. Sir Bobby Robson. R.I.P Sir Bob.

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	batmann:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 07:38 GMT	1 point
	definitely add the rev to this list

	MetaphysicalMan:	Dec 30th, 2009 at 08:04 GMT	8 points
	oberlinaa he died in '08