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

7

• Newton Kulundu, 61, Kenyan politician, Minister of Labour (2006–2008), after long illness. [1]
• Professor Sir Kenneth Dover, 89, United Kingdom classicist, former President of the British Academy. [2]

6

• Cho Gyeong-chul, 80, South Korean astronomer, heart attack. [3] (Korean)
• Endurance Idahor, 25, Nigerian football player. [4]
• Mark Linkous, 47, American musician (Sparklehorse), suicide. [5]
• Dener Pacheco, 25, Brazilian actor, stomach and lung cancer. [6] (Portuguese)

5

• John Patrick Bedell, 36, American computer programmer, Pentagon subway gunman, shot. [7]
• Aleksandr Grave, 89, Russian actor. [8] (Russian)
• Philip Langridge, 70, British tenor. [9]
• Faqir Mohammed, 39, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), air strike. [10]
• Charles B. Pierce, 71, American film director (The Legend of Boggy Creek). [11]
• Edgar Wayburn, 103, American environmentalist and conservationist. [12]
• Darcy Pohland, 48, American paraplegic TV reporter (WCCO-TV). [13]

4

• Raimund Abraham, 76, Austrian-born American architect, car accident. [14]
• Johnny Alf, 80, Brazilian singer and composer, prostate cancer. [15] (Portuguese)
• Vladislav Ardzinba, 64, Georgian politician, separatist President of Abkhazia (1994–2005). [16]
• Ron Banks, 58, American singer (The Dramatics), heart attack. [17]
• Hilario Chávez Joya, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (1977–2004). [18]
• Vladimir Chebotaryov, 88, Russian film director (Amphibian Man). [19] (Russian)
• Joaquim Fiúza, 102, Portuguese sailor, 1952 Olympic bronze medalist. [20] (Portuguese)
• Tetsuo Kondo, 80, Japanese politician, Minister of Labour (1991–1992). [21]
• Nan Martin, 82, American actress (The Drew Carey Show), emphysema. [22]
• Arthur Menzies, 93, Canadian diplomat, heart attack. [23]
• Angelo Poffo, 84, American professional wrestler. [24]
• Lolly Vegas, 70, American singer (Redbone), lung cancer. [25]
• Fred Wedlock, 67, British folk musician, complications from pneumonia. [26]

3

• Keith Alexander, 53, British footballer (Saint Lucia) and manager, brain aneurysm. [27]
• Mariya Dolina, 87, Ukrainian dive bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union. [28] (Ukrainian)
• Michael Foot, 96, British politician, Leader of the Labour Party (1980–1983). [29]
• Momo Kapor, 72, Serbian writer and painter. [30]
• Big Tiny Little, 79, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show). [31]
• Yuri Stepanov, 42, Russian actor, car accident. [32] (Russian)
• John Strohmeyer, 85, American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, heart failure. [33]
• Michalis Toumbouros, 51, Greek singer-songwriter and physician, motorcycle accident. [34] (Greek)
• Oleg Tyurin, 72, Russian rower, 1964 Olympic gold medalist. [35]. (Russian)

2

• Enoc Cancino, 82, Mexican poet, kidney failure. [36] (Spanish)
• Winston Churchill, 69, British politician, MP for Stretford (1970–1983) and Davyhulme (1983–1997), prostate cancer. [37]
• Paul Drayton, 70, American athlete, 1964 Olympic gold and silver medalist, cancer. [38]
• Emil Forselius, 35, Swedish actor, suicide. [39] (Swedish)
• Don Kent, 92, American meteorologist (WBZ-TV), natural causes. [40]
• Geoff Myburgh, 81, South African Olympic sailor. [41]
• Leszek Piotrowski, 72, Polish lawyer and politician, Senator (1989–1993) and Member of Parliament (1997–2001). [42] (Polish)
• Nikolay Surov, 62, Russian Olympic rower. [43] (Russian)

1

• Perry Brooks, 55, American football player (Washington Redskins). [44]
• Kristian Digby, 32, British television presenter and director (To Buy or Not to Buy). [45]
• Clifton Forbes, 63, Jamaican Olympic athlete. [46]
• Barry Hannah, 67, American novelist and short story writer, heart attack. [47]
• Vladimir Ilyushin, 82, Russian test pilot. [48] (German)
• Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), shot. [49]
• Paul Kim Ok-kyun, 84, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Girba (1985–2001). [50]
• Ruth Kligman, 80, American abstract painter and Jackson Pollock muse. [51]
• Muhammad Tufail, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), shot. [52]

February 2010

28

• Martin Benson, 91, British stage actor. [53]
• Adam Blacklaw, 72, Scottish footballer (Burnley). [54]
• Theodore Cross, 86, American publisher and civil rights activist, heart failure. [55]
• Bohdan Ejmont, 82, Polish actor. [56] (Polish)
• Rose Gray, 71, British restaurateur (The River Café) and food writer, brain cancer. [57]
• Gene Greytak, 84, American impressionist (Pope John Paul II), cancer. [58]
• Chushiro Hayashi, 89, Japanese astrophysicist, pneumonia. [59]
• Phillip Law, 97, Australian scientist and explorer. [60]
• José Mindlin, 95, Brazilian businessman and bibliophile, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. [61] (Portuguese)
• Thomas Pigford, 87, American engineer, Parkinson's disease. [62]
• Jorge Villamil, 80, Colombian composer, complications from diabetes. [63] (Spanish)

27

• Walter Alfaiate, 79, Brazilian samba composer. [64] (Portuguese)
• David Bankier, 63, German-born Israeli Holocaust scholar. [65]
• Larry Cassidy, 56, British bass guitarist and singer (Section 25). [66]
• Charlie Crowe, 85, English footballer (Newcastle United), Alzheimer's disease. [67]
• Nanaji Deshmukh, 93, Indian social activist and politician, after long illness. [68]
• Bobby Espinosa, 60, American latin rock keyboardist (El Chicano), after long illness. [69]
• Anna Fárová, 81, Czech photography historian and advocate, Charter 77 signatory. [70] (Czech)
• Eli Fischer-Jørgensen, 99, Danish linguist and World War II resistance member. [71] (Danish)
• Rosemary Goldie, 94, Australian Roman Catholic theologian, Under-Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (1967–1976). [72]
• Jonathan May, 51, American cellist and conductor, stroke. [73]
• Carlos Montemayor, 62, Mexican writer and intellectual, stomach cancer. [74]
• Hank Rosenstein, 89, American basketball player (New York Knicks), heart failure. [75]
• Nathan Scott, 94, American film and televison composer (Lassie, The Twilight Zone) , natural causes. [76]
• Oleg Stepanov, 70, Russian judoka, 1964 Olympic bronze medal winner. [77] (Russian)
• Wendy Toye, 92, British filmmaker. [78]
• Tom "T-Bone" Wolk, 58, American bass guitarist (Hall & Oates), heart attack. [79]

26

• Louis Fabian Bachrach, Jr., 92, American political photographer (Bachrach Studios). [80]
• Séverin Blanchet, 66, French filmmaker, terrorist attack. [81]
• Barry Bowen, 64, Belizean bottling magnate and politician, plane crash. [82]
• Francisco Cabrera Santos, 63, Venezuelan politician, Mayor of Valencia, Carabobo. [83] (Spanish)
• Richard Devon, 84, American character actor, vascular disease. [84]
• Charles le Gai Eaton, 89, Swiss-born British diplomat and author. [85]
• Andrew Jaffe, 71, American journalist, multiple myeloma. [86]
• Robert McCall, 90, American artist, heart attack. [87]
• John Mentzer, 58, American logistician, melanoma. [88]
• Oscar Obligacion, 86, Filipino film and television comedian, kidney disease. [89]
• Jacques J. Polak, 95, Dutch economist. [90]
• Eliseu Santos, 63, Brazilian politician, Porto Alegre Health Secretary, shot. [91] (Portuguese)
• Christine Spittel-Wilson, 97, British novelist. [92]

25

• Henry Barron, 81, Irish jurist, after short illness. [93]
• Ernst Beyeler, 88, Swiss art collector. [94]
• Bob Biniak, 52, American professional skateboarder (Z-Boys). [95]
• Barbara Bray, 85, British translator. [96]
• Aaron Cohen, 79, American aerospace engineer, Director of Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (1986–1993), after long illness. [97]
• Yaroslav Dashkevych, 83, Ukrainian historian. [98]
• İhsan Doğramacı, 94, Turkish physician and academic, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. [99]
• Vladislav Galkin, 38, Russian actor, heart failure (body discovered on this date). [100] (Russian)
• Dimitris Glavas, 84, Greek journalist and politician. [101] (Greek)
• Chelsea King, 17, American student, homicide. [102]
• Andrew Koenig, 41, American actor (Growing Pains), suicide (body discovered on this date). [103]
• Miloš Marković, 63, Serbian Olympic water polo player. [104] (Serbian)
• John Bernard McDowell, 88, American Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Tamazuca (1966–1996). [105]
• David Soyer, 87, American cellist (Guarneri Quartet). [106]
• Vyron Theodoropoulos, 90, Greek diplomat, ambassador, author and educator. [107] (Greek)
• Ali Tounsi, 76, Algerian police official, Chief of National Police, shot. [108]
• Ahmet Vardar, 73, Turkish journalist and writer, pancreatic cancer. [109]

24

• Antonio Alegre, 85, Argentine businessman, President of Boca Juniors (1985–1995). [110] (Spanish)
• Delmo da Silva, 55, Brazilian Olympic athlete, heart attack. [111] (Portuguese)
• Jake Elder, 73, American NASCAR crew chief, natural causes. [112]
• C. R. Johnson, 26, American newschool skier, skiing accident. [113]

23

• Bae Sam-ryong, 84, South Korean comedian, pneumonia. [114]
• Gene Chenault, 90, American radio programmer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma. [115]
• Chilly B, 47, American electro rapper (Newcleus), stroke. [116]
• Mervyn Jones, 87, British journalist, biographer and novelist. [117]
• Wyn Morris, 81, British conductor. [118]
• Gerhardt Neef, 63, German footballer (Rangers), throat cancer. [119]
• Henri Salmide, 92, German World War II naval officer, saved Bordeaux port from destruction. [120]
• Mosi Tatupu, 54, American football player (New England Patriots). [121]
• Orlando Zapata, 42, Cuban dissident, hunger strike. [122]

22

• Juan Angel Belda Dardiñá, 83, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jaca (1978–1983) and León (1983–1987). [123]
• Eugene Lambert, 82, Irish puppeteer and ventriloquist (Wanderly Wagon). [124]
• Rozy Munir, 67, Indonesian diplomat, ambassador to Qatar, liver cancer. [125]
• Steffi Sidney, 74, American film actress (Rebel Without a Cause), kidney failure. [126]
• Bobby Smith, 56, Scottish footballer, cancer. [127]
• Charles Stenvig, 82, American politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (1969–1973, 1975–1977). [128]
• Mohammed Zaman, 44, Afghan political and military leader, victim of suicide bombing. [129]

21

• Bob Doe, 89, British airman, Royal Air Force flying ace. [130]
• Jacek Karpiński, 83, Polish computer scientist. [131] (Polish)
• Vladimir Motyl, 82, Russian film director and scenarist, cervical fractures and pneumonia. [132]
• Albader Parad, Filipino militant (Abu Sayyaf), shot. [133]
• Menachem Porush, 93, Israeli politician, Member of Knesset (1959–1975, 1977–1994). [134]
• George Strickland, 84, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians). [135]
• James Wieghart, 76, American newspaper editor (New York Daily News), pneumonia. [136]

20

• Ilona Copen, 70, American dancer, co-founder of the New York International Ballet Competition, cancer. [137]
• Bobby Cox, 76, Scottish footballer (Dundee). [138]
• Johanna Dohnal, 71, Austrian politician. [139] (German)
• Linda Grover, 76, American peace activist, founder of Global Family Day, cancer. [140]
• Alexander Haig, 85, American politician and diplomat, Secretary of State (1981–1982), complications from an infection. [141]
• Sam Hamilton, 54, American public official, Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 2009, heart attack. [142]
• Sandy Kenyon, 87, American character and voice actor (The Twilight Zone, Here Comes Garfield). [143]
• Niall McCrudden, 45, Irish optician and socialite. [144]
• Padmanabham, 78, Indian actor, heart attack. [145]
• Jason Wood, 38, British comedian and reality television contestant (Strictly Come Dancing). [146]

19

• Edwards C. Andrews, Jr., 85, American president of University of Vermont (1970–1975). [147]
• George Cisar, 99, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers). [148]
• Daddy, 16, American Pit Bull Terrier, appeared with owner Cesar Millan in Dog Whisperer, euthanized due to cancer. [149]
• Jamie Gillis, 66, American pornographic film actor, melanoma. [150]
• Bruno Gironcoli, 73, Austrian sculptor, after long illness. [151]
• Lionel Jeffries, 83, British film actor, screenwriter and director. [152]
• Rudy Larriva, 94, American animator and animation director (Looney Tunes, The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show). [153]
• Rafael Muñoz Nuñez, 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zacatecas (1972–1984) and Aguascalientes (1984–1998). [154]
• Pia Nascimento, 65, Brazilian fashion consultant and socialite, former fashion model, stabbed. [155] (Portuguese)
• Walter Plowright, 86, British veterinary scientist. [156]
• Bull Verweij, 100, Dutch businessman, co-founder of Radio Veronica. [157] (Dutch)

18

• John Babcock, 109, Canadian soldier, Canada's last surviving World War I veteran. [158]
• Bob Chakales, 82, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians). [159]
• Delmar Gonzalez, 56, Guatemalan politician, Mayor of La Democracia since 2008, shot. [160]
• Alan Gordon, 65, Scottish football player, cancer. [161]
• Azam Khan, Afghan militant commander (Lashkar-e-Islam), victim of suicide bombing. [162]
• John Kibler, 81, American baseball umpire, heart attack. [163]
• Fernando Krahn, 75, Chilean plastic artist and illustrator. [164] (Spanish)
• Emilio Lavazza, 78, Italian businessman, President of Lavazza Coffee (1979–2008). [165]
• Nirmal Pandey, 48, Indian actor, heart attack. [166]
• Richard Proulx, 72, American choral conductor and composer. [167]
• Ariel Ramírez, 88, Argentine composer and pianist, pneumonia. [168]
• Nikos Tsimbilis, 80, Greek fashion designer. [169] (Greek)

17

• Roger-Émile Aubry, 86, Swiss-born Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Vicar Apostolic of Reyes (1973–1999). [170]
• Arnold Beichman, 96, American writer and journalist. [171]
• Giulio de Florian, 74, Italian Olympic cross-country skier. [172] (Italian)
• Makoto Fujita, 76, Japanese actor and comedian, ruptured artery. [173]
• Kathryn Grayson, 88, American actress and singer. [174]
• Ruby Hunter, 54, Australian singer and musician, heart attack. [175]
• Abdulkhakim Ismailov, 93, Russian Red Army soldier, World War II hero, natural causes. [176]
• Wolfram Lindner, 68, German cycling coach. [177]
• Ignatius P. Lobo, 90, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Belgaum (1967–1994). [178]
• Ines Paulke, 51, German rock and roll singer and songwriter, suicide. [179] (German)
• Ramon Mendivil Sotelo, Mexican politician, Mayor of Guadalupe y Calvo, shot. [180]
• Martha Mercader, 83, Argentine politician and writer. [181] (Spanish)
• Witold Skaruch, 80, Polish actor. [182] (Polish)

16

• Jim Bibby, 65, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), bone cancer. [183]
• Bill Gordon, 92, American inventor, designer of the Arecibo Radio Telescope, natural causes. [184]
• Bo Griffin, 51, American radio and television personality, colorectal cancer. [185]
• Martin Grossman, 45, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. [186]
• Kazi Dikambaev, 96, Kyrgyz politician. [187] (Russian)
• Ronald Howes, 83, American inventor, designer of Easy-Bake Oven. [188]
• Ino Kolbe, 95, German Esperanto expert. [189]
• David Lelei, 38, Kenyan middle distance runner, car accident. [190]
• Ian Roderick Macneil, 80, American-born lawyer and Scottish clan chief. [191] (German)
• Mike Pittilo, 55, British biologist and educator, Principal of Robert Gordon University. [192]
• Arnaud Rodrigues, 68, Brazilian comedian, actor and musician, boat accident. [193] (Portuguese)
• Wan Chi Keung, 53, Hong Kong footballer, actor, and businessman, nasopharyngeal carcinoma. [194]

15

• Juan Carlos González, 85, Uruguayan football player. [195]
• Ian Gray, 46, Australian football player, homicide by prohibited drug. [196]
• Peter Higginbottom, 66, British businessman, President of Wigan Warriors. [197]
• Jeanne M. Holm, 88, American general, pneumonia. [198]
• Marek Jasinski, 60, Polish composer. [199] (Polish)
• Adam Kaczynski, 77, Polish pianist, composer and educator (Academy of Music in Kraków). [200] (Polish)
• Bill Kajikawa, 97, American basketball coach (Arizona State Sun Devils). [201]
• Dana Kirk, 74, American basketball coach (Memphis Tigers), heart attack. [202]
• Sylvia Pressler, 75, American jurist, lymphoma. [203]
• Alfred Surratt, 87, American baseball player (Kansas City Monarchs), co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. [204]
• Art Van Damme, 89, American jazz musician and accordionist, pneumonia. [205]
• George Waring, 84, British actor (Coronation Street), cancer. [206]

14

• Audrey Collins, 94, British cricket player and administrator. [207]
• Doug Fieger, 57, American musician (The Knack), lung cancer. [208]
• Dick Francis, 89, British jockey and novelist (Dead Cert). [209]
• Lee Freeman, 60, American rhythm guitarist (Strawberry Alarm Clock), cancer. [210]
• Helge Høva, 81, Norwegian politician. [211] (Norwegian)
• Amos Funk, 98, American farm preservationist. [212]
• Linnart Mäll, 71, Estonian historian, orientalist, translator and politician, cancer. [213] (Estonian)
• Charles L. Perdue, 79, American folklorist, cancer. [214]
• Rosa Rein, 112, German-born Swiss supercentenarian. [215]
• John Ruan, 96, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Parkinson's disease. [216]
• Dave Thompson, 40, American blues guitarist, car accident. [217]
• John Thorbjarnarson, 52, American conservationist and crocodile expert, malaria. [218]
• Jerzy Turek, 76, Polish actor. [219] (Polish)
• Zhang Yalin, 28, Chinese football player, lymphoma. [220] (Chinese)

13

• Jim Bowles, 57, American businessman, President of ConocoPhillips Alaska, avalanche. [221]
• Samuel Brown, 87, American politician, first African American mayor of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida (1998–2008). [222]
• Lucille Clifton, 73, American poet (Blessing the Boats), Poet Laureate of Maryland (1974–1985). [223]
• Jock Ferguson, 64, Scottish-born Australian politician, Western Australian Legislative Council (since 2009), heart attack. [224]
• Werner Forman, 89, Czech-born British photographer. [225]
• Cy Grant, 90, Guyanese-born British actor and activist. [226]
• Dale Hawkins, 73, American rockabilly musician, colorectal cancer. [227]
• James D. Johnson, 85, American politician and jurist, Arkansas Supreme Court Justice (1959–1966), suicide by gunshot. [228]
• Dimitris Konstantios, 59, Greek archaeologist, manager of the Byzantine & Christian Museum, cancer. [229] (Greek)
• Jimmy Lanier, 93, American batboy for Ty Cobb, heart failure. [230]
• Fran Lee, 99, American consumer advocate. [231]
• Raymond Mason, 87, British sculptor. [232]
• Robert J. Myers, 97, American politician, co-creator of the Social Security program, respiratory failure. [233]
• José María Pasquini Durán, 70, Argentine journalist, cardiac arrest. [234] (Spanish)
• John Reed, 94, British actor. [235]
• Saleban Olad Roble, Somali government minister (Ministry for Sport), injuries sustained in the 2009 Shamo Hotel bombing. [236]
• Red Rocha, 86, American basketball player and coach (Hawaii Rainbow Warriors). [237]
• Daniel Sharp, 57, American trial lawyer, defended Albert DeSalvo and Louise Woodward, glioblastoma multiforme. [238]
• Gareth Wigan, 78, British film studio executive (Star Wars, Chariots of Fire), after short illness. [239]

12

• Petar Borota, 56, Serbian footballer (Partizan Belgrade and Chelsea), after long illness. [240]
• Ken Emerson, 79, Australian cartoonist (The Warrumbunglers). [241]
• Sheldon Gilgore, 77, American physician, President of Pfizer (1971–1986) and Searle (1986–1995), pancreatic cancer. [242]
• Jake Hanna, 78, American jazz drummer, blood disease. [243]
• Athan Karras, 82, Greek-born American advocate of Greek dance, complications from coronary artery bypass surgery. [244]
• Allan Kornblum, 71, American lawyer, counsel to the F.B.I., esophageal cancer. [245]
• Werner Krämer, 70, German footballer. [246] (German)
• Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, Georgian luger, national team member for the 2010 Winter Olympics, training accident. [247]
• Luis Molowny, 84, Spanish footballer, heart attack. [248]
• Leroy Nash, 94, American murderer, oldest death row inmate, natural causes. [249]
• G. K. Podila, 52, Indian-born American biologist, shot. [250]
• Willie Polland, 75, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian). [251]
• Grethe Sønck, 80, Danish actress and singer, natural causes. [252] (Danish)
• Willard Tate, 74, American basketball coach (Abilene Christian University), after long illness. [253]

11

• Irina Arkhipova, 85, Russian mezzo-soprano singer, People's Artist of the USSR, cardiac arrest. [254]
• Jabez Bryce, 75, Tongan-born Anglican prelate, Archbishop of Polynesia (since 1975), first Pacific Islander Anglican bishop. [255]
• Iain Burgess, 46, British-born American punk rock record producer, pulmonary embolism. [256]
• Roman Dmitriyev, 60, Russian wrestler, Olympic gold (1972) and silver (1976) medal-winner. [257] (Russian)
• Brian Godfrey, 69, Welsh footballer, leukaemia. [258]
• Heward Grafftey, 81, Canadian politician, MP for Brome—Missisquoi, Parkinson's disease (1958–1968, 1972–1980). [259]
• Arthur Hayes, Jr., 76, American public official, Commissioner of the FDA (1981–1983), leukemia. [260]
• Mona Hofland, 80, Norwegian actress, after long illness. [261] (Norwegian)
• Bo Holmberg, 67, Swedish governor, widower of Anna Lindh. [262]
• Umetsugu Inoue, 86, Japanese film director, cerebral hemorrhage. [263]
• Alexander McQueen, 40, British fashion designer, suicide by hanging. [264]
• Caroline McWilliams, 64, American actress (Benson, Guiding Light), multiple myeloma. [265]
• Yury Sevidov, 68, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League highest goal scorer (1962). [266] (Russian)
• Gladys Skillett, 91, British nurse, first Guernsey wartime deportee to give birth in captivity. [267]
• Daryle Smith, 46, American football player (Dallas Cowboys). [268]
• José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, 93, Costa Rican President (1966–1970), natural causes. [269]
• Colin Ward, 85, British anarchist writer. [270]

10

• Joseph Azran, 69, Israeli rabbi and politician, member of the Knesset (1988–1996), liver failure. [271]
• Charles Baillargeon, 92, Canadian professional wrestler, stroke. [272]
• Carl Braun, 82, American basketball player (New York Knicks), natural causes. [273]
• Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho, 74, Brazilian footballer, heart attack. [274] (Portuguese)
• Chau Kai-Bong, 75, Hong Kong socialite, cancer. [275]
• Armando Falcão, 90, Brazilian politician, Justice Minister (1974–1979), pneumonia. [276] (Portuguese)
• Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska, 38, Macedonian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006–2008), after long illness. [277]
• Judith Paige Mitchell, 77, American television writer, cancer. [278]
• Michael Palme, 66, German sportswriter and host. [279] (German)
• Gireesh Puthenchery, 48, Indian Malayalam lyricist and screenwriter, brain haemorrhage. [280]
• K. N. Raj, 85, Indian economist, after long illness. [281]
• Fred Schaus, 84, American basketball player and coach (Los Angeles Lakers). [282]
• Enn Soosaar, 72, Estonian translator, literary critic and publicist. [283] (Estonian)
• Paulus van der Sloot, 57, Dutch-born Aruban jurist, father of murder suspect Joran van der Sloot, cardiac arrest. [284]
• Eduard Vinokurov, 67, Russian Olympic fencer (1968, 1972, 1976). [285] (Russian)
• Frederick C. Weyand, 93, American army general, natural causes. [286]
• Charles Wilson, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative (1973–1997), subject of Charlie Wilson's War, pulmonary arrest. [287]
• H. V. F. Winstone, 83, British writer and journalist, lung cancer. [288]

9

• Abdul Karim Amu, 76, Nigerian Olympic athlete. [289]
• Chaskel Besser, 86, Polish-born American rabbi. [290]
• Brian Brewer, 38, American professional wrestler, complications from asthma. [291]
• John D. Butler, 94, American politician, Mayor of San Diego (1951–1955), natural causes. [292]
• Davy Coenen, 29, Belgian mountain biker, brain tumor. [293]
• Alfred Gregory, 96, British mountain climber and photojournalist. [294]
• Phil Harris, 53, American fisherman, reality television participant (Deadliest Catch), stroke. [295]
• Jacques Hétu, 71, Canadian composer, lung cancer. [296]
• Albert Kligman, 93, American dermatologist, inventor of Retin-A, heart attack. [297]
• Walter Frederick Morrison, 90, American inventor, designer of the frisbee. [298]
• Francine Irving Neff, 84, American politician, Treasurer of the United States (1974–1977), heart failure. [299]
• Hastings Shade, 68, American deputy tribal chief of the Cherokee Nation (1999–2003). [300]
• Malcolm Vaughan, 80, British singer. [301]
• Robert Shaw Sturgis Whitman, 94, American Episcopalian priest. [302]

8

• Pena Branca, 70, Brazilian folk singer, heart attack. [303] (Portuguese)
• David Froman, 71, American actor (The Edge of Night, Matlock), cancer. [304]
• Jimmie Heuga, 66, American Alpine ski racer, 1964 Olympic) bronze medalist, multiple sclerosis. [305]
• Robert Hoy, 82, American actor (The High Chaparral) and stuntman, cancer. [306]
• Carl Kaysen, 89, American economist, Deputy National Security Advisor (1961–1963), complications from a fall. [307]
• Bernard Lander, 94, American rabbi, founder of Touro College. [308]
• Fedir Muravchenko, 80, Ukrainian activist, head of Ivchenko-Progress, Hero of Ukraine. [309] (Russian)
• John Murtha, 77, American politician, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1974–2010), complications of gallbladder surgery. [310]
• Anna Samokhina, 47, Russian actress, stomach cancer. [311] (Russian)
• Krzysztof Skubiszewski, 83, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993). [312] (Polish)
• Wahei Tatematsu, 62, Japanese novelist, multiple organ failure. [313]

7

• Franco Ballerini, 45, Italian road racing cyclist, rally car accident. [314]
• Daniel Joseph Bradley, British physicist. [315]
• Jean-Marie Buisset, 71, Belgian Olympic bobsledder and field hockey player, after short illness. [316] (French)
• Bobby Dougan, 83, Scottish footballer. [317]
• André Kolingba, 73, Central African politician, President (1981–1993). [318]
• Paul LaPalme, 86, American baseball player, after long illness. [319]
• Lim Soo-Hyeok, 40, South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants), cardiac dysrhythmia. [320] (Korean)
• Mihailo Marković, 86, Serbian philosopher. [321] (German)
• William Tenn, 89, American science fiction writer and educator, heart failure. [322]

6

• Albert Booth, 81, British politician, MP for Barrow-in-Furness (1966-1983), Secretary of State for Employment (1976-1979). [323]
• Robert Dana, 80, American poet, Iowa poet laureate (2004–2008), pancreatic cancer. [324]
• Sir John Dankworth, 82, British jazz musician. [325]
• Richard Delvy, 67, American drummer (The Bel-Airs), composer and record producer, after long illness. [326]
• Brad Ecklund, 87, American football player (New York Yanks), heart failure. [327]
• Kipkemboi Kimeli, 43, Kenyan athlete, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist, complications from pneumonia and tuberculosis. [328]
• Lee Yeong-duk, 84, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1994), pneumonia. [329]
• Lady Murray, 85, British socialite, witness at the Nuremberg and Tokyo war crimes trials. [330]
• Nancy Sweezy, 88, American folklorist, potter and writer. [331]
• Tony Taylor, 42, American heavy metal singer (Twisted Tower Dire), motorcycle accident. [332]
• Donald Welsh, 66, American publisher (Outside), drowning. [333]

5

• Bayken Ashimov, 92, Kazakh politician. [334]
• Gul Hameed Bhatti, 63, Pakistani journalist and editor, stroke. [335]
• Brendan Burke, 21, Canadian-born American ice hockey player notable for coming out, car accident. [336]
• Peter Calvocoressi, 97, British historian, publisher and intelligence officer. [337]
• Ian Carmichael, 89, British actor (Lucky Jim, Private's Progress, I'm All Right Jack). [338]
• Cecil Heftel, 85, American businessman and politician, U.S. Representative from Hawaii (1977–1986), natural causes. [339]
• Galimzyan Khusainov, 72, Russian footballer. [340] (Russian)
• Sujeet Kumar, 75, Indian actor and producer, cancer. [341]
• Frank Magid, 78, American media consultant, creator of Action News, cancer. [342]
• Hiroyuki Oze, 24, Japanese baseball player, suicide by jumping. [343]
• Greg Pianka, 35, American bassist (Dirty Looks), stabbed. [344]
• Clarke Scholes, 79, American Olympic gold medal-winning (1952) swimmer, heart failure. [345]
• Harry Schwarz, 85, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat, leader of the anti-apartheid movement, after short illness. [346]
• Brooks Thomas, 78, American publisher (Harper and Row), complications of a brain injury after a fall. [347]

4

• Kostas Axelos, 85, Greek philosopher. [348] (Greek)
• Bill Dudley, 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), Pro Football Hall of Famer, stroke. [349]
• Manuel Esteba, 68, Spanish film director. [350]
• Tomás Mac Giolla, 86, Irish politician, after long illness. [351]
• Phillip Martin, 83, American tribal chief (Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians), stroke. [352]
• H. A. Perera, 59, Sri Lankan actor, after short illness. [353]
• Meir Pichhadze, 54, Georgian-born Israeli artist and painter, cancer. [354]
• Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo, 62, Malagasy Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mahajanga (1999–2010). [355]
• Te Wei, 95, Chinese animator, respiratory failure. [356]
• Helen Tobias-Duesberg, 90, Estonian-born American composer. [357]
• Allan Wicks, 86, British organist and choirmaster. [358]
• Alexis Ferdinando zu Windisch-Graetz, 18, Austrian aristocrat, car accident. [359]

3

• Elazar ben Tsedaka ben Yitzhaq, 83, Palestinian Samaritan High Priest. [360]
• Frank Fasi, 89, American politician, Mayor of Honolulu (1969–1981, 1984–1994), natural causes. [361]
• John McCallum, 91, Australian actor and television producer (Skippy the Bush Kangaroo). [362]
• Dick McGuire, 84, American basketball player, New York Knicks senior consultant, Basketball Hall of Famer, natural causes. [363]
• Gil Merrick, 88, English footballer (Birmingham City). [364]
• Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, 85, German princess, wife of Otto von Habsburg. [365]
• Frances Reid, 95, American actress (Days of our Lives). [366]
• Lindsay Thomas, 31, Canadian stage actress, lung cancer. [367]
• Georges Wilson, 88, French actor and film director. [368]

2

• Cochin Haneefa, 58, Indian Malayalam film actor, multiple organ failure. [369]
• Futa Helu, 75, Tongan philosopher. [370]
• Paul Herlinger, 80, American voice actor, [371]
• Tahir Hussain, 72, Indian film director, producer and writer, cardiac arrest. [372]
• Aleen Leslie, 101, American screenwriter (A Date with Judy), pneumonia. [373]
• Rosa Lobato de Faria, 77, Portuguese writer and actress, complications from anemia. [374] (Portuguese)
• Eustace Mullins, 86, American political writer, author and biographer, stroke. [375]
• Rex Nettleford, 76, Jamaican scholar and choreographer, heart attack. [376]
• Ng Teng Fong, 82, Chinese-born Singaporean businessman, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. [377]
• Jens-Anton Poulsson, 91, Norwegian military officer and resistance fighter (heavy water sabotage). [378] (Norwegian)
• Nelli Shkolnikova, 82, Ukrainian-born Australian violinist and educator, cancer. [379]
• Raymond Wang Chong Lin, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Zhaoxian, cerebral hemorrhage. [380]
• Donald Wiseman, 91, British Assyriologist. [381]

1

• Jack Brisco, 68, American professional wrestler, complications from open heart surgery. [382]
• David Brown, 93, American film producer (Jaws), renal failure. [383]
• Rodolfo de Anda, 66, Mexican actor, thrombosis. [384] (Spanish)
• Steingrímur Hermannsson, 81, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (1983–1987, 1988–1991). [385]
• Bobby Kirk, 82, Scottish footballer, dementia. [386]
• Atsushi Kuroi, 40, Japanese professional drifting driver, motorcycle accident. [387]
• Azzeddine Laraki, 80, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1986–1992). [388] (Spanish)
• Justin Mentell, 27, American actor (Boston Legal), car accident. [389]
• Subir Raha, 61, Indian executive, Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC (2001–2006), lung cancer. [390]
• Jaap van der Poll, 95, Dutch Olympic javelin thrower (1936 Summer Olympics). [391]

January 2010

See Deaths in January 2010.

External links

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• South African obituaries
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