The Year of the Celebrity Death
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In early 2009, Opie declared it would be "The Year of the Celebrity Death". It turns out Opie's prediction was pretty accurate.
Noteworthy Celebrity Deaths in 2009
- Ricardo Montalbán (January 14)
- Natasha Richardson (March 18)
- Marilyn Chambers (April 12)
- Bea Arthur (April 25)
- Jack Kemp (May 2)
- Dom DeLuise (May 4)
- Tippy Tom (May 6)
- David Carradine (June 3)
- Farrah Fawcett (June 25)
- Michael Jackson (June 25)
- Billy Mays (June 28)
- Karl Malden (July 1)
- Robert McNamara (July 6)
- Walter Cronkite (July 17)
- John Hughes (August 6)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver (August 11)
- Les Paul (August 13)
- Ted Kennedy (August 25)
- Patrick Swayze (September 14)
- Al Martino (October 13)
- Edward Woodward (November 16)