2009 in Spain
Events in the year 2009 in Spain.
Incumbents
Events
Popular culture
Music
Film
Highest-grossing films
Highest-grossing films of 2009 in Spain
| Rank |
Title |
Nation |
Gross |
| 1 |
Up |
United States |
€23,957,870 |
| 2 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs |
United States |
€21,197,890 |
| 3 |
Agora |
Spain |
€18,532,500 |
| 4 |
Angels & Demons |
United States |
€15,518,330 |
| 5 |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
United Kingdom/ United States |
$13,633,800 |
| 6 |
Gran Torino |
United States |
$12,747,330 |
| 7 |
New Moon |
United States |
$12,646,590 |
| 8 |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
United States |
$12,168,450 |
| 9 |
Slumdog Millionaire |
United Kingdom |
$10,569,130 |
| 10 |
Inglourious Basterds |
Germany/ United States |
$10,416,820 |
Television
Literature
Sport
Notable deaths
- January 6 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe.[13]
- February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.[14]
- March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.[15]
- April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.[16]
- April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.[17]
- April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.[18]
- May 12 – Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.[19]
- May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.[20]
- June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.[21]
- June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.[22]
- July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.[23]
- July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.[24]
- August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.[25]
- August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.[26]
- August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.[27]
- August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.[28]
- September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.[29]
- September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.[30]
- September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
- September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.[31]
- October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.[32]
- October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).[33]
- October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.[34]
- November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.[35]
- November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
- November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.[36]
- November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.[37]
- December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.[38]
- December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.[39]
- December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.[40]
- December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.[41]
References
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