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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-09-004088
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-23C-2
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090326
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090305
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090305
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20090305

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000794685
		IRS NUMBER:				222736509
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-23C-2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-00171
		FILM NUMBER:		09658996

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORP CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9149215070
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RULE 23C-2 NOTICE OF INTENTION<BR>
TO REDEEM SECURITIES</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">OF</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">One Corporate Center<BR>
Rye, New York 10580-1422<BR>
(914)&nbsp;921-5070</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">under the<BR>
Investment Company Act of 1940</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Investment Company Act File No.&nbsp;811-04700</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">The undersigned registered closed-end investment company hereby notifies the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the
issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule&nbsp;23c-2 under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, and states that it is filing this notice with the Commission pursuant to
permission granted by the Commission&#146;s staff fewer than 30&nbsp;days prior to the date set for the
redemption.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(1)&nbsp;Title of the class of securities of The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) to be redeemed:</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.875% Series&nbsp;D Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, liquidation preference
of $25.00 per share (the &#147;Series&nbsp;D Preferred Shares&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(2)&nbsp;The date on which the securities are to be called or redeemed:</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;March&nbsp;26, 2009.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(3)&nbsp;The applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to
be called or redeemed:</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Series&nbsp;D Preferred Shares are to be redeemed pursuant to Article&nbsp;II, Sections 4(b) and
4(c) of the Fund&#146;s Articles Supplementary Creating And Fixing The Rights Of 5.875% Series&nbsp;D
Cumulative Preferred Stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(4)&nbsp;The principal amount or number of shares and the basis upon which the securities to be redeemed
are to be selected:</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund intends to redeem 480,000 shares of its outstanding Series&nbsp;D Preferred Shares at the
redemption price of $25.00 per share, which equals the liquidation
preference of $25.00 per share. The Depository Trust Company will determine the allocations of this partial redemption
of the outstanding Series&nbsp;D Preferred Shares pro rata from each participant account.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><U>SIGNATURE</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirement of Rule&nbsp;23c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has
duly caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned on this 5<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of March&nbsp;2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC.<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Bruce N. Alpert
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    <TD align="left">Bruce N. Alpert&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">President and Principal Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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