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

• 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
• 28 November 2008: Wikinews Shorts: November 28, 2008
• 9 November 2008: Three Indonesian terrorists executed by firing squad for 2002 Bali bombing
• 6 November 2008: Indian filmmaker Baldev Raj Chopra dies at age 94

Europe

• 1 July 2009: Russian singer Lyudmila Zykina dies at age 80
• 20 May 2009: Daniel Carasso, name-giver and leader of Danone, dies at 103
• 23 March 2009: British celebrity Jade Goody dies of cervical cancer at age 27
• 17 February 2009: British writer Edward Upward dies at 105
• 20 January 2009: Irish millionaire found dead, suicide suspected
• 16 January 2009: US actor Patrick McGoohan dead at age 80

Middle East

• 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
• 8 June 2006: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike
• 4 January 2006: Dubai leader Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum dead

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

• 28 June 2009: American pitchman Billy Mays dies at age 50
• 25 June 2009: Singer and songwriter Michael Jackson dies at age 50
• 24 June 2009: American TV personality and "Tonight Show" sidekick Ed McMahon dies at 86
• 9 June 2009: Actor John Fiedler, voice of Piglet and "Bob Newhart" regular, dead at 80
• 9 June 2009: "Mrs. Hockey" Colleen Howe is laid to rest
• 9 June 2009: "Jezebel of Jazz" Anita O'Day dies at age 87

Canada

• 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
• 3 March 2008: Canadian musician Jeff Healey dies of cancer
• 19 February 2008: National Hockey League news: February 19, 2008

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