Deaths in 2010
The following is a list of notable deaths in 2010. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference, language of reference if not English.
March 2010
- Miguel Delibes, 89, Spanish author, journalist and scholar, colorectal cancer. [1] (Spanish)
- Glauco Villas Boas, 53, Brazilian cartoonist (Geraldão), shot. [2] (Portuguese)
- Fatima Meer, 81, South African writer, academic, screenwriter, and anti-apartheid activist, stroke. [3]
- Beop Jeong, 78, South Korean Seon Buddhist monk, lung cancer. [4]
- Carlos de Jesus Euzébio, 58, Brazilian footballer (Santos Futebol Clube), car accident. [5] (Portuguese)
- Willie MacFarlane, 79, Scottish footballer and manager. [6]
- David Meza, 51, Honduran journalist, shot. [7]
- Merlin Olsen, 69, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and actor (Little House on the Prairie), mesothelioma. [8]
- Leena Peltonen-Palotie, 57, Finnish geneticist, bone cancer. [9] (Finnish)
- Sir Brian Pitman, 78, British banker, Chairman of Virgin Money (2010) and Lloyds TSB (1997–2001), heart attack. [10]
- Sandy Scott, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, pancreatic cancer. [11]
- Hans van Mierlo, 78, Dutch politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994–1998), founder of political party D66. [12]
- Leeann Chin, 77, American restaurateur, [13].
- Mark Goldstein, 49, Honduran politician, plane crash. [14] (Spanish)
- Corey Haim, 38, Canadian actor (The Lost Boys, License to Drive). [15]
- Tim Holland, 79, American backgammon player, emphysema. [16]
- Dorothy Janis, 100, American silent film actress. [17]
- Micky Jones, 63, British singer and guitarist (Man), brain tumour. [18]
- Rich Koeper, 66, American football player (Green Bay Packers). [19]
- Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, 81, Egyptian Muslim cleric, Grand Imam (Al-Azhar Mosque), heart attack. [20]
- Ray Tye, 87, American businessman and philanthropist, cancer. [21]
- Gheorghe Constantin, 77, Romanian footballer and manager. [22] (Romanian)
- Lionel Cox, 80, Australian road bicycle racer, pneumonia. [23]
- Willie Davis, 69, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), natural causes. [24]
- Dulmatin, 39, Indonesian terrorist, 2002 Bali bombings planner, shot. [25]
- Teresa Gutiérrez, 81, Colombian actress, natural causes. [26] (Spanish)
- Doris Haddock, 100, American political activist, complications of respiratory disease. [27]
- Ricardo Jurado, Argentine broadcaster. [28] (Spanish)
- Randy Kwasniewski, 55, American executive (Hard Rock Hotel), apparent suicide by gunshot. [29]
- Bernard Narokobi, 72, Papua New Guinean politician, diplomat, lawyer and philosopher, after short illness. [30]
- Wilfy Rebimbus, 67, Indian musician, lung cancer. [31]
- Henry Wittenberg, 91, American wrestler, 1948 Olympic gold medalist. [32]
- David Kimche, 82, Israeli diplomat, Mossad spy (1953–1980), brain cancer. [33]
- Guy Lapébie, 93, French road bicycle racer. [34] (German)
- Ho Sanderson, 60, British businessman, hit by train. [35]
- Jerry E. Smith, 59, American author, pancreatic cancer. [36]
- Bartholomew Yeboah, 19, Ghanaian footballer. [37]
- Daisey Bailey, 113, American supercentenarian, second-oldest person in U.S. and fourth-oldest in world. [38]
- Sir Kenneth Dover, 89, British classicist, President of the British Academy (1978–1981). [39]
- Newton Kulundu, 61, Kenyan politician, Minister of Labour (2006–2008), after long illness. [40]
- Mihajlo Mihajlov, 76, Serbian scholar, writer and dissident. [41]
- Sergo Mikoyan, 80, Russian historian, specialist on Latin America, leukemia. [42]
- Mary Josephine Ray, 114, Canadian-born American supercentenarian, oldest person in U.S. and second-oldest in world. [43]
- Robson Rocha Costa, 23, Brazilian futsal player, haemorrhagic shock following match injury. [44]
- Patrick Topaloff, 65, French actor and humorist, heart attack. [45] (French)
- Ben Westlund, 60, American politician, Oregon State Treasurer (2009–2010), lung cancer. [46]
- Marcin Wnuk, 61, Polish politician, Mayor of Inowroclaw (1994–2001) and MP (2001–2005), heart attack. [47] (Polish)
- Cho Gyeong-chul, 80, South Korean astronomer, heart attack. [48] (Korean)
- Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, 88, British aristocrat. [49]
- Bruce Graham, 84, American architect (Willis Tower, John Hancock Center), Alzheimer's disease. [50]
- Samuel I. Hinote, 67, American catfish expert and businessman. [51]
- Endurance Idahor, 25, Nigerian footballer, heart attack. [52]
- Mark Linkous, 47, American musician (Sparklehorse), suicide by gunshot. [53]
- Dener Pacheco, 28, Brazilian actor, stomach and lung cancer. [54] (Portuguese)
- Ronald Pettersson, 74, Swedish ice hockey player. [55] (Swedish)
- Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown, 93, British diplomat. [56]
- John Patrick Bedell, 36, American computer programmer, Pentagon subway gunman, shot. [57]
- Aleksandr Grave, 89, Russian actor. [58] (Russian)
- Philip Langridge, 70, British tenor, colorectal cancer. [59]
- Faqir Mohammed, 39, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), air strike. [60]
- Andrée Peel, 105, French World War II Resistance member. [61]
- Charles B. Pierce, 71, American film director (The Legend of Boggy Creek). [62]
- Darcy Pohland, 48, American television reporter (WCCO-TV). [63]
- Alberto Ronchey, 83, Italian politician and journalist. [64] (Italian)
- Wolfgang Schenck, 97, German airman, Luftwaffe flying ace. [65] (Portuguese)
- Richard Stapley, 86, British actor (The Three Musketeers), kidney failure. [66]
- Edgar Wayburn, 103, American environmentalist and conservationist. [67]
- Raimund Abraham, 76, Austrian-born American architect (Austrian Cultural Forum New York), car accident. [68]
- Johnny Alf, 80, Brazilian singer and composer, prostate cancer. [69] (Portuguese)
- Vladislav Ardzinba, 64, Georgian politician, separatist President of Abkhazia (1994–2005). [70]
- Ron Banks, 58, American singer (The Dramatics), heart attack. [71]
- Hilario Chávez Joya, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (1977–2004). [72]
- Vladimir Chebotaryov, 88, Russian film director (Amphibian Man). [73] (Russian)
- Joaquim Fiúza, 102, Portuguese sailor, 1952 Olympic bronze medalist. [74] (Portuguese)
- Tetsuo Kondo, 80, Japanese politician, Minister of Labour (1991–1992). [75]
- Nan Martin, 82, American actress (The Drew Carey Show), emphysema. [76]
- Arthur Menzies, 93, Canadian diplomat, heart attack. [77]
- Roger Newman, 69, British-born American actor and television writer (Guiding Light, Passions), cancer. [78]
- Angelo Poffo, 84, American professional wrestler. [79]
- Tony Richards, 76, British footballer. [80]
- Joanne Simpson, 86, American meteorologist, first woman to earn a doctorate in meteorology. [81]
- Lolly Vegas, 70, American singer (Redbone), lung cancer. [82]
- Fred Wedlock, 67, British folk musician, complications from pneumonia. [83]
- Keith Alexander, 53, British footballer (Saint Lucia) and manager, brain aneurysm. [84]
- Johnny Allen, 76, American football player (Washington Redskins), Alzheimer's disease. [85]
- Mariya Dolina, 87, Ukrainian dive bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union. [86] (Ukrainian)
- Michael Foot, 96, British politician, Leader of the Labour Party (1980–1983). [87]
- Momo Kapor, 72, Serbian writer and painter. [88]
- Big Tiny Little, 79, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show). [89]
- Paul Saar, 90, Estonian Eastern Orthodox priest. [90] (Estonian)
- Yuri Stepanov, 42, Russian actor, car accident. [91] (Russian)
- John Strohmeyer, 85, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, heart failure. [92]
- Michalis Toumbouros, 51, Greek singer-songwriter and physician, motorcycle accident. [93] (Greek)
- Oleg Tyurin, 72, Russian rower, 1964 Olympic gold medalist. [94]. (Russian)
- Enoc Cancino, 82, Mexican poet, kidney failure. [95] (Spanish)
- Winston Churchill, 69, British politician, MP for Stretford (1970–1983) and Davyhulme (1983–1997), prostate cancer. [96]
- Paul Drayton, 70, American athlete, 1964 Olympic gold and silver medalist, cancer. [97]
- Emil Forselius, 35, Swedish actor, suicide. [98] (Swedish)
- Bernard Kates, 87, American actor, sepsis and pneumonia. [99]
- Don Kent, 92, American meteorologist (WBZ-TV), natural causes. [100]
- Geoff Myburgh, 81, South African Olympic sailor. [101]
- Leszek Piotrowski, 72, Polish lawyer and politician, Senator (1989–1993) and Member of Parliament (1997–2001). [102] (Polish)
- Nikolay Surov, 62, Russian Olympic rower. [103] (Russian)
- Perry Brooks, 55, American football player (Washington Redskins). [104]
- Kristian Digby, 32, British television presenter and director (To Buy or Not to Buy). [105]
- Clifton Forbes, 64, Jamaican Olympic athlete. [106]
- Slavko Fras, 81, Slovenian journalist and editor. [107]
- Barry Hannah, 67, American novelist and short story writer (Geronimo Rex), heart attack. [108]
- Vladimir Ilyushin, 82, Russian test pilot. [109] (German)
- Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), shot. [110]
- Paul Kim Ok-kyun, 84, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Girba (1985–2001). [111]
- Ruth Kligman, 80, American abstract painter, muse of Jackson Pollock. [112]
- Muhammad Tufail, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), shot. [113]
February 2010
January 2010
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