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.

August 2010

22

• Stjepan Bobek, 86, Croatian footballer (Yugoslavia national team). [1]

21

• Alberto Ablondi, 85, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Livorno (1970–2000). [2]
• Gheorghe Apostol, 97, Romanian politician, General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party (1954–1955). [3] (Romanian)
• Harold Dow, 62, American television news correspondent (48 Hours). [4]
• Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, 69, Argentine writer. [5]
• Melody Gersbach, 24, Filipina beauty queen, Binibining Pilipinas International (2009), car crash. [6]
• Hugo Guerrero Martinheitz, 86, Peruvian journalist, commentator and radio host, cardiac arrest. [7]
• Christoph Schlingensief, 49, German film and theatre director, lung cancer. [8]
• Magomed-Ali Vagabov, 35, Russian Dagestani militant leader, suspected mastermind of 2010 Moscow Metro bombings, shot. [9]
• Vasilis Vourakis, 70, Greek football referee, stroke. [10] (Greek)

20

• James Dooge, 88, Irish politician and academic, Senator (1961–1977; 1981–1987), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1981–1982). [11]
• Samuel Gaumain, 95, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Moundou (1960–1974). [12]
• Charles Haddon, 22, British musician (Ou Est Le Swimming Pool), suicide. [13]
• Gyda Hansen, 72, Danish actress, cancer. [14] (Danish)
• Jack Horkheimer, 72, American public television host (Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer), executive director of Miami Planetarium, respiratory ailment. [15]
• Tiberio Murgia, 81, Italian actor. [16] (Italian)
• Conny Mus, 59, Dutch journalist, cardiac arrest. [17] (Dutch)
• Ron Stewart, 74, American politician, Mayor of Independence, Missouri (1994–2006), stroke. [18]

19

• Skandor Akbar, 75, American professional wrestler and wrestling manager. [19]
• Ted Allen, 54, American professional wrestler. [20]
• Johnny Bailey, 43, American football player (Chicago Bears), pancreatic cancer. [21]
• Michael Been, 60, American musician (The Call) and actor (The Last Temptation of Christ), heart attack. [22]
• Gerhard Beil, 84, East German politician. [23] (German)
• Dick Maloney, 77, Canadian singer. [24]
• Joe Matthews, 81, South African politician, African National Congress veteran. [25]

18

• Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, 80, Spanish aristocrat, Carlist pretender to the Throne, cancer. [26]
• Edelmiro Cavazos, 38, Mexican politician, Mayor of Santiago, shot. [27] (body found on this date)
• Hal Connolly, 79, American hammer thrower, Olympic gold medalist (1956), brain trauma. [28]
• Fiona Coyne, 45, South African television presenter (The Weakest Link), suspected suicide. [29]
• Sepp Daxenberger, 48, German politician, bone marrow cancer. [30] (German)
• Steve DeLong, 67, American football player (San Diego Chargers). [31]
• Milton Díaz, Colombian militant, FARC leader, shot. [32]
• Kenny Edwards, 64, American singer-songwriter (The Stone Poneys), prostate cancer. [33]
• Rina Franchetti, 102, Italian actress. [34] (Italian)
• Christopher Kovacevich, 82, American Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Libertyville and Chicago, cancer. [35]
• Mario G. Obledo, 78, American politician and activist, co-founder of MALDEF, heart attack. [36]
• Efraim Sevela, 82, Russian writer and screenwriter. [37] (Russian)
• Rod Shealy, 56, American political consultant, cerebral hemorrhage. [38]
• Maria Wachter, 100, German communist and resistance fighter, member of VVN. [39] (German)

17

• Francesco Cossiga, 82, Italian politician, Prime Minister (1979–1980) and President (1985–1992), respiratory problems. [40]
• Amin al-Hindi, 70, Palestinian intelligence chief of the National Authority, pancreatic cancer. [41]
• Sir Frank Kermode, 90, British literary critic and writer. [42]
• Ludvík Kundera, 90, Czech writer and translator, recipient of the Jaroslav Seifert Prize. [43]
• Alejandro Maclean, 41, Spanish television, film producer and aerobatics pilot, plane crash. [44]
• Bill Millin, 88, British soldier, bagpiper during World War II. [45]
• Edwin Morgan, 90, Scottish poet, The Scots Makar, pneumonia. [46]
• Ricardo José Weberberger, 70, Austrian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Barreiras (1979–2010). [47]

16

• Biliyar Ramadas Bhat, 80, Indian mathematician and statistician. [48]
• Nicola Cabibbo, 75, Italian physicist, President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, respiratory problems. [49]
• Christopher Freeman, 88, British economist. [50]
• Dimitrios Ioannidis, 87, Greek army officer, junta leader. [51]
• Frank Ryan, 50, American plastic surgeon, car crash. [52]
• Narayan Gangaram Surve, 83, Indian poet, after short illness. [53]
• Bobby Thomson, 86, Scottish-born American baseball player (Shot Heard 'Round the World), after long illness. [54]

15

• Ahmad Alaadeen, 76, American jazz musician, bladder cancer. [55]
• Ghazi Abdul Rahman Algosaibi, 70, Saudi Minister of Labour, after long illness. [56]
• Joe L. Brown, 91, American baseball executive (Pittsburgh Pirates), after long illness. [57]
• Denis E. Dillon, 76, American lawyer and politician, District Attorney of Nassau County, New York (1974–2005), lymphoma. [58]
• James J. Kilpatrick, 89, American columnist and grammarian. [59]
• Philip Markoff, 24, American murder suspect, suicide. [60]
• Harrison Price, 89, American businessman, theme park pioneer. [61]
• Lionel Régal, 35, French hillclimbing racer, car accident. [62]
• Jan Reinås, 66, Norwegian businessman, cancer. [63] (Norwegian)
• Robert Wilson, 53, American musician (The Gap Band), heart attack . [64]

14

• Abd-al-Rahman Awad, Lebanese Islamist militant, leader of Fatah al-Islam, shot. [65]
• Abu Bakr Abdullah, Lebanese Islamist militant, deputy and trainer of Fatah al-Islam, shot. [66]
• Mervyn Alexander, 85, British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Clifton (1974–2001). [67]
• Rallis Kopsidis, 81, Greek painter. [68] (Greek)
• Herman Leonard, 87, American jazz photographer. [69]
• Abbey Lincoln, 80, American jazz singer and actress (For Love of Ivy, Nothing But a Man). [70]
• Lynn Lowe, 74, American politician, Chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party (1974–1980). [71]
• Sherman W. Tribbitt, 87, American politician, Governor of Delaware (1973–1977). [72]

13

• Panagiotis Bahramis, 34, Greek footballer (Veria F.C.), fishing accident. [73] (Greek)
• Helen Berg, 78, American statistician and politician, Mayor of Corvallis, Oregon (1994–2006), mesothelioma. [74]
• Lance Cade, 29, American professional wrestler, heart failure. [75]
• Macchour Chaouk, 65, Australian crime figure, shot. [76]
• Jacques Maurice Faivre, 76, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Le Mans (1997–2008), heart attack. [77]
• Esteban Jordan, 71, American accordionist, complications from liver cancer. [78]
• Alberto Müller Rojas, 75, Venezuelan military officer and politician, former adviser to Hugo Chávez. [79]
• Isaac Passy, 82, Bulgarian philosopher and art historian. [80]
• Luis Germán Restrepo, 58, Colombian trade union president, shot. [81]
• Janaki Venkataraman, 89, Indian First Lady (1987–1992), after short illness. [82]

12

• Isaac Bonewits, 60, American Neopagan leader and author, colorectal cancer. [83]
• Guido de Marco, 79, Maltese politician, President (1999–2004), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1990). [84]
• Laurence Gardner, 67, British writer and academic, lecturer on historical revisionism, after long illness. [85]
• Richie Hayward, 64, American drummer (Little Feat), liver cancer. [86]
• André Kim, 74, South Korean fashion designer, pneumonia. [87]
• Mario Laguë, 52, Canadian diplomat, Liberal Party communications director, road accident. [88]
• Artur Olech, 70, Polish boxer, Olympic silver medalist (1964, 1968). [89] (Polish)
• Andrew Roth, 91, American-born British biographer and journalist, prostate cancer. [90]
• Paul Ryan Rudd, 70, American actor (Beacon Hill, The Betsy), pancreatic cancer. [91]
• Mohammad Ali Taraghijah, 67, Iranian painter. [92]
• Luis Tascón, 41, Venezuelan politician, member of the National Assembly, colorectal cancer. [93]

11

• Robert Rubane Diaz, 72, American serial killer, natural causes. [94]
• David Hull, 75, American philosopher, pancreatic cancer. [95]
• Margaret Jao-Grey, 57, Filipino journalist and columnist (Philippine Star), colorectal cancer. [96]
• Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith, 86, British politician, MP for Holborn and St Pancras South (1959–1964), East Grinstead (1965–1983) and Wealden (1983–2001). [97]
• Nellie King, 82, American baseball player and public address announcer (Pittsburgh Pirates). [98]
• Ger Lagendijk, 68, Dutch footballer (Hermes DVS) and football agent, heart attack. [99] (Dutch)
• Markus Liebherr, 62, Swiss businessman, owner of Southampton F.C. [100]
• Jean-François Poinard, 71, French chef. [101] (body discovered on this date)
• Dan Rostenkowski, 82, American politician, Representative from Illinois (1959–1995), lung cancer. [102]
• Bruno Schleinstein, 78, German actor. [103]
• Sesenne, 96, Saint Lucian singer. [104]
• Lou Smit, 75, American police detective, investigated JonBenét Ramsey case, colorectal cancer. [105]
• James Mourilyan Tanner, 90, British paediatrician. [106]
• Sir Ron Trotter, 82, New Zealand businessman, cancer. [107]
• Arnold Zellner, 83, American econometrician and statistician, cancer. [108]

10

• Brian Clark, 67, English footballer (Cardiff City F.C.), after long illness. [109]
• Dana Dawson, 36, American actress and singer, cancer. [110]
• Séamus Dolan, 95, Irish politician, TD (1961–1965) and Senator (1965–1969, 1973–1982). [111]
• Kenny Endoso, 70, American actor and stuntman, cancer. [112]
• Fernando Fernández, 70, Spanish illustrator and comic artist, after long illness. [113] (Spanish)
• Marie de Garis, 100, Guernseyan author. [114]
• Robin Warwick Gibson, 66, British art historian. [115]
• Gordon Howard, British sports administrator, director of Kidderminster Harriers F.C., smoke inhalation. [116]
• Antonio Pettigrew, 42, American athletics coach, 1991 world champion and 2000 Olympic sprinter. [117]
• Leo Pinto, 96, Indian field hockey player, Olympic gold medalist (1948). [118]
• Jimmy Reid, 78, Scottish trade unionist and journalist. [119]
• Armando Robles Godoy, 87, Peruvian film director, heart failure. [120]
• Radomír Šimůnek, Sr., 48, Czech racing cyclist, after long illness. [121]
• Adam Stansfield, 31, English footballer (Exeter City F.C.), colorectal cancer. [122]
• Shirley Thomson, 80, Canadian arts administrator, heart attack. [123]
• David L. Wolper, 82, American film and television producer (North and South, Roots, The Thorn Birds), heart failure and Parkinson's disease. [124]

9

• Tab Baker, 50, American actor (Prison Break), heart attack. [125]
• Lech Boguszewicz, 71, Polish Olympic athlete. [126] (Polish)
• Charles Bowser, 79, American attorney, civil rights activist and politician, complications of Alzheimer's disease. [127]
• George DiCenzo, 70, American character actor (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Helter Skelter) and voice actor (He Man and the Masters of the Universe). [128]
• Gene Hermanski, 90, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). [129]
• Jay Larkin, 59, American television boxing executive (Showtime), brain tumor. [130]
• Mariam Baharum, 75, Singaporean actress, natural causes. [131]
• Juan Marichal, 88, Spanish historian. [132]
• Dragica Martinis, 88, Croatian soprano. [133] (Croatian)
• Paul Milstein, 88, American real estate developer. [134]
• Roy Pinney, 98, American herpetologist, photographer, war correspondent and writer. [135]
• Ronald Reid-Daly, 83, South African army officer (Rhodesian Army), founder and commander of the Selous Scouts. [136]
• Paul Rexe, 66, Canadian politician and writer, cancer. [137]
• Ted Stevens, 86, American politician, Senator from Alaska (1968–2009), plane crash. [138]
• Mary Anne Warren, American philosopher. [139]
• John Yaremko, 91, Canadian politician, MPP for Bellwoods (1951–1975). [140]

8

• Aleksandr Bokovikov, 53, Russian politician, Governor of Evenk Autonomous Okrug (1997–2001), heart attack. [141]
• Charlie Davao, 75, Filipino actor, colorectal cancer. [142]
• David Dixon, 87, American businessman, founder of the United States Football League. [143]
• Ted Kowalski, 79, Canadian singer (The Diamonds), heart disease .[144]
• Michael Meagher, 55, Australian journalist, skiing accident. [145]
• Alan Myers, 77, British translator. [146]
• Patricia Neal, 84, American actress, 1964 Academy Award winner (Hud), lung cancer. [147]
• Jack Parnell, 87, British musician and bandleader (The Muppet Show), cancer. [148]
• Bernhard Philberth, 83, German physicist, engineer, philosopher and theologian. [149]
• Matthew Simmons, 67, American businessman and economist. [150]
• Massamasso Tchangai, 32, Togolese footballer, after brief illness. [151]
• Olga Yakovleva, 24, Russian basketball player, drowning. [152]

7

• Roberto Cantoral, 75, Mexican composer, heart attack. [153]
• Bruno Cremer, 80, French actor (Is Paris Burning?, Sorcerer, Maigret). [154]
• Keith Drumright, 55, American baseball player (Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics). [155]
• Jerry Flint, 79, American automotive journalist (Forbes), stroke. [156]
• Leonid Gorbenko, 71, Russian politician, Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast (1996–2000). [157] (Russian)
• Alex Johns, 43, American film producer (The Ant Bully) and television producer (Futurama), after long illness. [158]
• Vladimir Ladyzhensky, Russian competitor (World Sauna Championships). [159]
• John Nelder, 85, British statistician, President of the Royal Statistical Society (1985–1986). [160]
• Jürgen Thimme, 92, German archaeologist and U-boat commander, after long illness. [161]

6

• Julian Besag, 65, British statistician. [162]
• Catfish Collins, 66, American guitarist (James Brown, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Parliament-Funkadelic), cancer. [163]
• Chris Dedrick, 62, American musician (The Free Design) and composer (Ray Bradbury Theatre). [164]
• David C. Dolby, 64, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. [165]
• Fredrik Ericsson, 35, Swedish mountaineer, accidental fall. [166]
• Constantin Guirma, 90, Burkinabé Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Kaya (1969–1996). [167]
• Tony Judt, 62, British historian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [168]
• John Louis Mansi, British actor, cancer. [169]
• Jeff McLean, 63, Australian rugby football player, cancer. [170]
• Knut Østby, 87, Norwegian sprint canoer, Olympic silver medalist (1948). [171] (Norwegian)

5

• Robert Baker Aitken, 93, American Zen Buddhist teacher, pneumonia. [172]
• Godfrey Binaisa, 90, Ugandan politician, President (1979–1981). [173]
• Francisco María González, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate. [174] (Spanish)
• Yiannis Metsis, 79, Greek dancer and choreographer, pulmonary edema. [175] (Greek)
• Sue Napier, 62, Australian politician, Leader of the Tasmanian Opposition (1999–2001), breast cancer. [176]
• Jürgen Oesten, 96, German seaman, U-boat commander during World War II. [177]
• Yuri Shishlov, 65, Russian football coach, shot. [178]

4

• Robert E. Davis, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (2009–2010). [179]
• Gary Johnson, 57, American football player (San Diego Chargers), stroke. [180]
• Jim Kennan, 64, Australian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Victoria (1990–1992), cancer. [181]
• Henry A. Lardy, 92, American biochemist. [182]
• Frank Latta, 63, Australian surfer and surfboard shaper, drowning. [183]
• Joffre Rodrigues, 68, Brazilian actor, film producer and director, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. [184] (Portuguese)

3

• Herman Bassman, 97, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). [185]
• Juhana Blomstedt, 72, Finnish painter. [186] (Finnish)
• Marilyn Buck, 62, American activist and terrorist, uterine cancer. [187]
• El Alacrán, 78, American professional wrestler. [188]
• Bobby Hebb, 72, American singer-songwriter ("Sunny"), lung cancer. [189]
• Norman Walsh, 77, Zimbabwean air marshal. [190]
• Edmund Zientara, 81, Polish Olympic footballer. [191] (Polish)

2

• Ian Castles, 75, Australian public servant, Australian Statistician (1986–1994). [192]
• Makh Daniels, 28, American heavy metal singer (Early Graves), car accident. [193]
• Raza Haider, 50, Pakistani politician, member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, shot. [194]
• James Hunter, 56, American football player (Detroit Lions), apparent heart attack. [195]
• Mitch Jayne, 82, American bluegrass bassist (The Dillards) and actor (The Andy Griffith Show), cancer. [196]
• Ole Ivar Lovaas, 83, Norwegian psychologist and researcher (Lovaas technique), Alzheimer's disease. [197]
• José María Silvero, 78, Argentine footballer. [198] (Spanish)
• Jan Wilson, 66, British politician, Leader of Sheffield City Council (1997–1999, 2002–2008), lung cancer. [199]

1

• Robert F. Boyle, 100, American art director and production designer (North By Northwest, The Birds), natural causes. [200]
• Bruce Garvey, 70, British-born Canadian journalist, lung cancer.[201]
• Lolita Lebrón, 90, Puerto Rican nationalist. [202]
• Reginald Levy, 88, British pilot, captain of Sabena Flight 571. [203]
• William MacVane, 95, American surgeon and politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1971). [204]
• K. M. Mathew, 93, Indian newspaper editor (Malayala Manorama). [205]
• George Shangrow, 59, American conductor, pianist and radio personality, car accident. [206]
• Eric Tindill, 99, New Zealand cricketer and rugby union player. [207]
• Larry Yachimec, 51, Canadian actor. [208]

July 2010

See Deaths in July 2010.

June 2010

See Deaths in June 2010.

May 2010

See Deaths in May 2010.

April 2010

See Deaths in April 2010.

March 2010

See Deaths in March 2010.

February 2010

See Deaths in February 2010.

January 2010

See Deaths in January 2010.

External links

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