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2009 Celebrity Deaths

Here is a list of celebrities, politicians and other noteworthy newsmakers who have died in 2009.

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Former Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., died Jan. 1 at age 90. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1961 to 1997 and is perhaps best known as the namesake of the Pell Grant program, which provides financial aid to college students.

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