Famous People Who Died in 2009

• Ballard, J.G.

  The author of Empire of the Sun and Crash

• Cronkite, Walter

  CBS TV's news anchor, 1962-81

• Fawcett, Farrah

  Jill Munroe on TV's Charlie's Angels

• Foote, Horton

  Oscar-winning screenwriter of To Kill A Mockingbird

• Harvey, Paul

  The host of Paul Harvey radio news

• Hewitt, Don

  Creator and executive producer of TV's 60 Minutes

• Hines, Connie

  Wilbur's wife on the sitcom Mister Ed

• Hingle, Pat

  Jim Gordon in the Batman film series

• Jackson, Michael

  The eccentric 'King of Pop' who recorded the album Thriller

• Jeanne-Claude

  The wife and creative partner of the avant-garde artist Christo

• Jones, Jennifer

  The star of 1943's The Song of Bernadette

• Kennedy, Edward (Ted)

  U.S. senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009

• McMahon, Ed

  Johnny Carson's Tonight Show sidekick

• McNamara, Robert S.

  U.S. Secretary of Defense, 1961-68

• Montalban, Ricardo

  Mr. Roarke from TV's Fantasy Island

• Muhammad, John Allen

  The killer who shot 10 people near Washington, DC in 2002

• Murphy, Brittany

  Eminem's girlfriend in the 2002 film 8 Mile

• Novak, Robert

  Political columnist and former co-host of TV's Crossfire

• Paul, Les

  Inventor of the solid-body electric guitar

• Pell, Claiborne

  The creator of so-called Pell grants for college students

• Richardson, Natasha

  Tony-winning star of the 1998 Broadway revival of Cabaret

• Roberts, Oral

  TV preacher and healer who founded Oral Roberts University

• Safire, William

  Political columnist for The New York Times, 1973-2005

• Shriver, Eunice Kennedy

  The founder of the Special Olympics

• Shulman, Julius

   Los Angeles photographer of great 20th century architects

• Swayze, Patrick

  Hunky star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost

• Travers, Mary

  The "Mary" in Peter, Paul & Mary

• Updike, John

  The author of the 1960 novel Rabbit, Run

• Wyeth, Andrew

  The American painter who did the Helga series

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