2009 in The People's Republic of China - Deaths

Deaths

  • January 3 – Li Zuopeng, 94, Chinese general and politician.
  • January 22 – Liang Yusheng, 85, Chinese novelist, natural causes.
  • February 3 – Sheng-yen, 79, Chinese-born Taiwanese Buddhist Zen master, kidney disease.
  • February 5 – Xiangzhong Yang, 49, Chinese-born American stem cell scientist, cancer.
  • March 5 – Hung-Chang Lin, 89, Chinese-born American inventor, lung cancer.
  • June 2 – Kai Lai Chung, 92, Chinese-born American mathematician.
  • June 5 – Luo Jing, 48, Chinese news presenter, lymphoma.
  • June 30 – Shi Pei Pu, 70, Chinese opera singer, gender-bending spy who was basis for M. Butterfly.
  • July 11 – Ji Xianlin, 97, Chinese linguist, paleographer, historian and writer, heart attack.
  • July 16 – Thomas Dao, 88, Chinese-born American physician, expert in breast cancer treatment, Pick's Disease.
  • July 27 – Domingos Lam, 81, Chinese Roman Catholic bishop of Macau.
  • July 29 – Zhuo Lin, 93, Chinese consultant, widow of Deng Xiaoping.
  • September 14 – Jing Shuping, 91, Chinese businessman, founder of Minsheng Bank.
  • October 4 – James Lin Xili, 91, Chinese underground first Bishop of Wenzhou (since 1992), Alzheimer's disease.
  • October 13 – Lü Zhengcao, 104, Chinese general, last survivor of the original Shang Jiang.
  • October 29 – Bei Shizhang, 106, Chinese biologist and educator.
  • October 31 – Qian Xuesen, 97, Chinese scientist and co-founder of the JPL.
  • October 31 – Chen Lin, 39, Chinese pop singer, suicide by jumping.
  • November 2 – Nien Cheng, 94, Chinese author and political prisoner.
  • November 5 – Peter Chen Bolu, 96, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Daming.
  • November 23 – Yang Xianyi, 94, Chinese translator.
  • December 4 – Matthew Luo Duxi, 90, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Jiading.
  • December 23 – Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, 99, Chinese politician, Chairman of the Tibet Autonomous Region (1964–1968; 1981–1983).
  • December 30 – Leon Yao Liang, 86, Chinese bishop.
  • December 31 – Qian Xinzhong, 98, Chinese politician, Minster of Health (1965–1973, 1979–1983).

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