Biggest Headline of 2009: The Year in Celebrity Passings

We've been counting down the biggest headlines of 2009, and we'll be revealing more from one end to the other the month of December. Read on to skedaddle a look back at some of the stories that created the most talk throughout the year.
This year, we dead many stars, both old and puerile. Michael Jackson stole headlines over the Summer owing to his passing, but we also send forth the last 12 months mourning other communal figures.

Just two days into the year, John Travolta and Kelly Preston suffered the mordant loss of their son, Jett Travolta, after complications from a paroxysm. Michael Jackson's highly publicized extermination almost overshadowed the passing of Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon, who died within days of each other at the neither here nor there a upright of June. Beloved actor Patrick Swayze confused his battle with cancer in September, after a dull and courageous fight. Bea Arthur, meantime, passed in April at the period of 86, and director John Hughes suffered a inescapable heart attack in August. Legendary senator Ted Kennedy also died that month after his own rumble against cancer.
Two deaths seemed surprisingly out of the blue - DJ AM overdosed in August after surviving a skim crash and overcoming drugs during a early previously to battle with addiction, and Natasha Richardson died in walk after a tragic ski accident. The most fresh star to be gone too in a minute is Brittany Murphy, who died definitive weekend at her LA home. Our hearts continue out to all of those who devastated a loved one this year, and the memories of these celebrities make certainly live on through their deal with.
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