page_title: 2009
section_title: July
hierarchical_section_title: 2009 / Deaths / July
caption_attribution_description: English: Bobby Robson in a photographic portait taken in June 1988
context_page_description: 2009 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2009th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 9th year of the 3rd millennium, the 9th year of the 21st century, and the 10th and last year of the 2000s decade.
  2009 was designated as:
  International Year of Astronomy
  International Year of Natural Fibres
  International Year of Reconciliation
  Year of the Gorilla
  There was a swine flu pandemic that occurred in Mexico and led to a new strain of H1N1 virus including spreading to the world.
context_section_description: July 1
  Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (b. 1952)
  Karl Malden, American actor (b. 1912)
  July 3 – Jorge Enrique Adoum, Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician, and diplomat (b. 1926)
  July 4
  Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
  Allen Klein, American businessman (b. 1931)
  July 6
  Vasily Aksyonov, Russian novelist (b. 1932)
  Robert McNamara, 8th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1916)
  July 11 – Arturo Gatti, Italian-Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
  July 13 – Amin al-Hafez, 22nd Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1926)
  July 17
  Meir Amit, Israeli general and politician (b. 1921)
  Walter Cronkite, American newscaster (b. 1916)
  Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (b. 1927)
  Gordon Waller, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
  July 18
  Yasmine Belmadi, French actor (b. 1976)
  Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver (b. 1949)
  July 19
  Frank McCourt, Irish-American author (b. 1930)
  Henry Surtees, British racing driver (b. 1991)
  July 24 – José Carlos da Costa Araújo, Brazilian goalkeeper (b. 1962)
  July 25
  Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter (b. 1958)
  Harry Patch, English war veteran (b. 1898)
  July 26 – Merce Cunningham, American choreographer (b. 1919)
  July 31 – Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
caption: Bobby Robson
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