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
- Sir Kenneth Dover, 89, British classicist, President of the British Academy (1978–1981). [1]
- Amber DuBois, 14, American student, homicide (discovered on this date). [2]
- Newton Kulundu, 61, Kenyan politician, Minister of Labour (2006–2008), after long illness. [3]
- Mary Josephine Ray, 114, American supercentenarian and oldest citizen. [4]
- Ben Westlund, 60, American politician, Treasurer of Oregon (2009–2010), lung cancer. [5]
- Cho Gyeong-chul, 80, South Korean astronomer, heart attack. [6] (Korean)
- Endurance Idahor, 25, Nigerian football player, heart attack. [7]
- Mark Linkous, 47, American musician (Sparklehorse), suicide. [8]
- Dener Pacheco, 25, Brazilian actor, stomach and lung cancer. [9] (Portuguese)
- Ronald Pettersson, 74, Swedish ice hockey player. [10] Swedish
- Tony Richards, 76, British football player, complications from cartilage injury. [11] (death announced on this date)
- John Patrick Bedell, 36, American computer programmer, Pentagon subway gunman, shot. [12]
- Aleksandr Grave, 89, Russian actor. [13] (Russian)
- Philip Langridge, 70, British tenor. [14]
- Faqir Mohammed, 39, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), air strike. [15]
- Charles B. Pierce, 71, American film director (The Legend of Boggy Creek). [16]
- Darcy Pohland, 48, American television reporter (WCCO-TV). [17]
- Richard Stapley, 86, British actor (The Three Musketeers), kidney failure. [18]
- Edgar Wayburn, 103, American environmentalist and conservationist. [19]
- Raimund Abraham, 76, Austrian-born American architect, car accident. [20]
- Johnny Alf, 80, Brazilian singer and composer, prostate cancer. [21] (Portuguese)
- Vladislav Ardzinba, 64, Georgian politician, separatist President of Abkhazia (1994–2005). [22]
- Ron Banks, 58, American singer (The Dramatics), heart attack. [23]
- Hilario Chávez Joya, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (1977–2004). [24]
- Vladimir Chebotaryov, 88, Russian film director (Amphibian Man). [25] (Russian)
- Joaquim Fiúza, 102, Portuguese sailor, 1952 Olympic bronze medalist. [26] (Portuguese)
- Tetsuo Kondo, 80, Japanese politician, Minister of Labour (1991–1992). [27]
- Nan Martin, 82, American actress (The Drew Carey Show), emphysema. [28]
- Arthur Menzies, 93, Canadian diplomat, heart attack. [29]
- Angelo Poffo, 84, American professional wrestler. [30]
- Lolly Vegas, 70, American singer (Redbone), lung cancer. [31]
- Fred Wedlock, 67, British folk musician, complications from pneumonia. [32]
- Keith Alexander, 53, British footballer (Saint Lucia) and manager, brain aneurysm. [33]
- Mariya Dolina, 87, Ukrainian dive bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union. [34] (Ukrainian)
- Michael Foot, 96, British politician, Leader of the Labour Party (1980–1983). [35]
- Momo Kapor, 72, Serbian writer and painter. [36]
- Big Tiny Little, 79, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show). [37]
- Yuri Stepanov, 42, Russian actor, car accident. [38] (Russian)
- John Strohmeyer, 85, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, heart failure. [39]
- Michalis Toumbouros, 51, Greek singer-songwriter and physician, motorcycle accident. [40] (Greek)
- Oleg Tyurin, 72, Russian rower, 1964 Olympic gold medalist. [41]. (Russian)
- Enoc Cancino, 82, Mexican poet, kidney failure. [42] (Spanish)
- Winston Churchill, 69, British politician, MP for Stretford (1970–1983) and Davyhulme (1983–1997), prostate cancer. [43]
- Paul Drayton, 70, American athlete, 1964 Olympic gold and silver medalist, cancer. [44]
- Emil Forselius, 35, Swedish actor, suicide. [45] (Swedish)
- Don Kent, 92, American meteorologist (WBZ-TV), natural causes. [46]
- Geoff Myburgh, 81, South African Olympic sailor. [47]
- Leszek Piotrowski, 72, Polish lawyer and politician, Senator (1989–1993) and Member of Parliament (1997–2001). [48] (Polish)
- Nikolay Surov, 62, Russian Olympic rower. [49] (Russian)
- Perry Brooks, 55, American football player (Washington Redskins). [50]
- Kristian Digby, 32, British television presenter and director (To Buy or Not to Buy). [51]
- Clifton Forbes, 63, Jamaican Olympic athlete. [52]
- Barry Hannah, 67, American novelist and short story writer, heart attack. [53]
- Vladimir Ilyushin, 82, Russian test pilot. [54] (German)
- Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), shot. [55]
- Paul Kim Ok-kyun, 84, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Girba (1985–2001). [56]
- Ruth Kligman, 80, American abstract painter and Jackson Pollock muse. [57]
- Muhammad Tufail, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), shot. [58]
February 2010
January 2010
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For earlier deaths, see Deaths in 2009, Deaths in 2008, Deaths in 2007, Deaths in 2006, Deaths in 2005, Deaths in 2004, Deaths in 2003, Deaths in 2002, Deaths in 2001, Deaths in 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1989, 1988, ...