Deaths in - 2009

1.      Tapan Sinha – 84                       film director.

2.      R. Venkataraman - 98               8th President of India.

3.      Nagesh – 75                              Tamil actors.

4.      Shakti Samanta – 83                 film director and producer.

5.       Feroz Khan - 69                       film actor and producer.

6.      Prakash Mehra – 69                 film director and producer.

7.      Kamala Das – 75                      writer and poetess.

8.      Habib Tanvir - 85                      dramatist and actor.

9.       A. K. Lohithadas – 54             filmmaker in Malayalam cinema.

10. D. K. Pattammal - 90               Carnatic musician.

11. Gangubai Hangal – 96              Hindustani classical singer.

12. Leela Naidu – 69                      film actress.

13.  Rajan P. Dev - 56                     film actor in South Indian films.

14. Gayatri Devi – 90                     Rajmata of Jaipur.

15.  Gulshan Bawra – 72                 songwriter.

16.  Murali - 55                                film and theatre actor, author.

17. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy – 60  14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

18.  Adoor Bhavani – 82                 film actress.

19. Simple Kapadia – 51                 film costume designer and actress.

20. Bina Rai – 73                             film actress.

21. Vishnuvardhan - 59                    Kannada film actor and singer.

22. C Aswath - 72                            Kannada music director and singer.

Note : Only Indian Persons. Source : Wikipedia.