Africa

• 8 June 2009: Gabonese president Omar Bongo dies at age 73
• 2 March 2009: President of Guinea-Bissau assassinated
• 25 January 2009: Former Prime Minister of Senegal Mamadou Dia dies
• 28 November 2008: Wikinews Shorts: November 28, 2008
• 20 August 2008: President Levy Mwanawasa of Zambia dies at age 59 following stroke
• 27 July 2008: Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film director dies at 82

Asia

• 26 August 2009: Pakistan Taliban say Baitullah Mehsud is dead
• 31 July 2009: Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino dies at age 76
• 30 July 2009: Jaipur's Queen Gayatri Devi dies at 90
• 4 June 2009: Kung Fu star Carradine found dead in Bangkok hotel
• 23 May 2009: Former South Korean President dead after apparent suicide
• 29 January 2009: Former Indian President R. Venkataraman dies age 98

Europe

• 6 November 2009: Four people die after contracting H1N1 swine flu virus in West Midlands, England
• 4 November 2009: French structuralist Claude Lévi-Strauss dies at age 100
• 3 November 2009: Elderly man in Scotland dies after contracting H1N1 swine flu virus
• 1 November 2009: Two killed in landslide in Tenerife
• 30 October 2009: English actor Norman Painting dies at age 85
• 13 October 2009: Post-mortem examination reveals Stephen Gately "died of natural causes"

Middle East

• 2 August 2009: Body of missing Desert Storm pilot found in Iraq
• 13 July 2009: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Amin al-Hafez dies at age 83
• 11 August 2008: Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies at age 67
• 13 May 2008: Former Emir of Kuwait dies at age 78
• 16 January 2007: Saddam's co-defendant decapitated while being hanged
• 6 January 2007: Saddam Hussein executed by hanging

South America

• 8 August 2008: Juan Bustos, president of Chilean House of Representatives dies
• 21 July 2008: Brazilian actress Dercy Gonçalves dies at age 101
• 11 December 2006: Former Chilean dictator Pinochet dies at 91
• 14 July 2005: Heart attack kills brother of Brazilian president
• 2 July 2005: Brazilian physicist who discovered the pion dies

North America

United States

• 15 October 2009: WWE Hall of Fame manager Captain Lou Albano dies at 76
• 14 October 2009: American singer and actor Al Martino dies at age 82
• 25 September 2009: Manson Family killer Susan Atkins dies in prison
• 15 September 2009: American actor Patrick Swayze dies at age 57
• 13 September 2009: Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, dies at age 95
• 12 September 2009: Businessman and founder of The Weather Channel Frank Batten dies at 82

Canada

• 30 October 2009: Canadian folk singer attacked and killed by coyotes in Nova Scotia
• 23 August 2009: Director of design for the 2010 Winter Olympics dies suddenly at 40
• 9 June 2009: "Mrs. Hockey" Colleen Howe is laid to rest
• 19 March 2009: British actress Natasha Richardson dies at age 45
• 3 September 2008: Professional wrestler Walter "Killer" Kowalski dies at age 81
• 25 August 2008: Gladys Powers, last female veteran of World War I dies age 109

Oceania

• 30 November 2008: Jørn Utzon, Sydney Opera House architect, dies at the age of 90
• 14 October 2008: Cook Islands rugby league player Adam Watene dies after training session age 31
• 11 January 2008: Sir Edmund Hillary dead at 88
• 4 November 2007: Peter Andren, Australian MP dies aged 61
• 12 July 2007: Australian radio personality Stan Zemanek dies aged 60
• 11 June 2007: New Zealand meteorologist Auer dies