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.

February 2010

10

• Carl Braun, 82, American basketball player (New York Knicks), natural causes. [1]
• Chau Kai-Bong, 75, Hong Kong socialite, cancer. [2]
• Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska, 38, Macedonian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006–2008), after long illness. [3] (Macedonian)
• Michael Palme, 66, German sportswriter and host. [4] (German)
• Oscar Smith, 79, American reporter (WRAL-TV). [5]
• Enn Soosaar, 72, Estonian translator, critic and publicist. [6] (Estonian)
• Charles Wilson, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative from Texas (1973–1997), pulmonary arrest. [7]

9

• Chaskel Besser, 85, Polish-born American rabbi. [8] (Polish)
• Davy Coenen, 29, Belgian mountain biker, brain tumor. [9] (Dutch)
• Alfred Gregory, 96, British mountain climber and photojournalist. [10]
• Phil Harris, 53, American fisherman, reality television participant (Deadliest Catch), stroke. [11]
• Walter Morrison, 90, American inventor of the frisbee. [12]
• Hastings Shade, 68, American deputy tribal chief of the Cherokee Nation (1999–2003), heart failure. [13]

8

• Pena Branca, 70, Brazilian folk singer, heart attack. [14] (Portuguese)
• Jacques Hétu, 71, Canadian composer, lung cancer. [15]
• James Heuga, 66, American Alpine ski racer, bronze medal winner (1964 Winter Olympics), multiple sclerosis. [16]
• Robert Hoy, 82, American actor (The High Chaparral) and stuntman, cancer. [17]
• Bernard Lander, 94, American rabbi, founder of Touro College. [18]
• John Murtha, 77, American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania (1974–2010), complications of gallbladder surgery. [19]
• Anna Samokhina, 47, Russian actress, stomach cancer. [20] (Russian)
• Krzysztof Skubiszewski, 83, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993). [21] (Polish)

7

• Franco Ballerini, 45, Italian road racing cyclist, rally car accident. [22]
• Daniel Joseph Bradley, British physicist. [23]
• Bobby Dougan, 83, Scottish football player. [24]
• David Froman, 71, American actor (The Edge of Night, Matlock), cancer. [25]
• André Kolingba, 73, Central African politician, President (1981–1993). [26]
• Lim Soo-Hyeok, 40, South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants), cardiac dysrhythmia. [27] (Korean)
• Mihailo Marković, 86, Serbian philosopher. [28] (German)
• William Tenn, 89, American science fiction writer and professor, heart failure. [29]

6

• Albert Booth, 81, British politician, MP for Barrow-in-Furness (1966–1983), Secretary of State for Employment (1976–1979). [30]
• Robert Dana, 80, American poet, Iowa poet laureate (2004–2008), pancreatic cancer. [31]
• Sir John Dankworth, 82, British jazz musician. [32]
• Brad Ecklund, 87, American football player (New York Yanks), heart failure. [33]
• Kipkemboi Kimeli, 43, Kenyan Olympic bronze medal-winning (1988) athlete, pneumonia and tuberculosis. [34]
• Lee Yeong-duk, 84, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1994), pneumonia. [35]
• Tony Taylor, 42, American heavy metal singer (Twisted Tower Dire), motorcycle accident. [36]

5

• Bayken Ashimov, 92, Kazakh politician. [37]
• Gul Hameed Bhatti, 63, Pakistani journalist and editor, stroke. [38]
• Brendan Burke, 21, Canadian-born American ice hockey player notable for coming out, car accident. [39]
• Peter Calvocoressi, 97, British historian, publisher and intelligence officer. [40]
• Ian Carmichael, 89, British actor (Lucky Jim, Private's Progress, I'm All Right Jack). [41]
• Cecil Heftel, 85, American businessman and politician, U.S. Representative from Hawaii (1977–1986), natural causes. [42]
• Galimzyan Khusainov, 72, Russian footballer. [43] (Russian)
• Sujit Kumar, 75, Indian actor and producer, cancer. [44]
• Frank Magid, 78, American media consultant, creator of Action News, cancer. [45]
• Hiroyuki Oze, 24, Japanese baseball player, suicide by jumping. [46]
• Greg Pianka, 35, American bassist (Dirty Looks), stabbed. [47]
• Harry Schwarz, 85, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat, leader of the anti-apartheid movement, after short illness. [48]
• Te Wei, 95, Chinese animator, respiratory failure. [49]

4

• Kostas Axelos, 85, Greek philosopher. [50] (Greek)
• Bill Dudley, 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), Pro Football Hall of Famer, stroke. [51]
• Manuel Esteba, 68, Spanish film director. [52]
• Tomás Mac Giolla, 86, Irish politician, after long illness. [53]
• Phillip Martin, 83, American tribal chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, stroke. [54]
• H. A. Perera, 59, Sri Lankan actor, after short illness. [55]
• Meir Pichhadze, 54, Georgian-born Israeli artist and painter, cancer. [56]
• Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo, 62, Malagasy Roman Catholic Bishop of Mahajanga (1999–2010). [57]
• Helen Tobias-Duesberg, 90, Estonian-born American composer. [58]

3

• Frank Fasi, 89, American politician, Mayor of Honolulu (1969–1981, 1984–1994), natural causes. [59]
• John McCallum, 91, Australian actor and television producer (Skippy the Bush Kangaroo). [60]
• Dick McGuire, 84, American basketball player, New York Knicks senior consultant, Basketball Hall of Famer, natural causes. [61]
• Gil Merrick, 88, British footballer (Birmingham City). [62]
• Regina, Crown Princess of Austria, 85, German princess, wife of Otto von Habsburg. [63]
• Frances Reid, 95, American actress (Days of our Lives). [64]
• Lindsay Thomas, 31, Canadian stage actress, lung cancer. [65]
• Georges Wilson, 88, French actor and film director. [66] (French)

2

• Cláudio Chirinian, 46, Brazilian comedian, cardiac arrest. [67] (Portuguese)
• Cochin Haneefa, 58, Indian Malayalam film actor, multiple organ failure. [68]
• Futa Helu, 75, Tongan philosopher. [69]
• Tahir Hussain, 72, Indian film director, producer and writer, cardiac arrest. [70]
• Aleen Leslie, 101, American screenwriter (A Date with Judy), pneumonia. [71]
• Rosa Lobato de Faria, 77, Portuguese writer and actress, complications from anemia. [72] (Portuguese)
• Eustace Mullins, 86, American political writer, author and biographer, stroke. [73]
• Rex Nettleford, 76, Jamaican scholar and choreographer, heart attack. [74]
• Ng Teng Fong, 82, Chinese-born Singaporean billionaire, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. [75]
• Bob Pickett, 77, American NCAA football coach (UMass Minutemen). [76]
• Jens-Anton Poulsson, 91, Norwegian military officer and resistance member (heavy water sabotage). [77] (Norwegian)
• Nelli Shkolnikova, 82, Ukrainian-born Australian violinist and teacher, cancer. [78]
• Raymond Wang Chong Lin, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Zhaoxian, cerebral hemorrhage. [79]

1

• Jack Brisco, 68, American professional wrestler, complications from open heart surgery. [80]
• David Brown, 93, American film producer (Jaws), renal failure. [81]
• Rodolfo de Anda, 66, Mexican actor, thrombosis. [82] (Spanish)
• Steingrímur Hermannsson, 81, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (1983–1987, 1988–1991). [83]
• Bobby Kirk, 82, Scottish footballer, dementia. [84]
• Atsushi Kuroi, 40, Japanese professional drifting driver, motorcycle accident. [85]
• Azzeddine Laraki, 80, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1986–1992). [86] (Spanish)
• Justin Mentell, 27, American actor (Boston Legal), car accident. [87]
• Mario Monreal, 71, Spanish pianist, natural causes. [88] (Spanish)
• Jaap van der Poll, 95, Dutch Olympic javelin thrower (1936 Summer Olympics). [89] (Dutch)
• María Rosa Salvador, 84, Spanish haute couture pioneer, complications from ischemic stroke. [90] (Spanish)

January 2010

See Deaths in January 2010.

External links

• General obituaries
  • Legacy.com/Associated Press
  • Variety magazine
  • EInsiders.com
• Australian obituaries
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
• South African obituaries
  • Mail & Guardian

• United Kingdom obituaries
  • The Guardian
  • The Independent
  • The Scotsman
  • The Telegraph
  • The Times
  • Lasting Tribute UK

• United States obituaries
  • The Boston Globe
  • Los Angeles Times
  • The New York Times
  • The Washington Post

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, ...