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.

July 2010

19

• Rory Brady, 52, Irish Attorney General (2002–2007). [1]
• Mac Foster, 68, American boxer, heart failure. [2]
• Sokratis Giolias, 37, Greek reporter, shot. [3] (Greek)
• Andy Hummel, 59, American musician (Big Star), cancer. [4]
• Stephen Schneider, 65, American climate scientist, heart attack. [5]
• Kottakkal Sivaraman, 74, Indian Kathakali actor. [6]

18

• Larry Keith, 79, American actor (All My Children), cancer. [7]
• Stephen Larkin, 27, Northern Irish motorcycle racer, race accident. [8]
• Shika Shimada, 112, Japanese supercentenarian, oldest living person in Nagasaki prefecture at time of death. [9] (Japanese)
• Tai See Chung, 69, Hong Kong music educator, coronary disease. [10]

17

• Nick Bacon, 64, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient, cancer. [11]
• Luiz Roberto Barradas Barata, 57, Brazilian physician, São Paulo State Health Secretary (2003–2010), heart attack. [12] (Portuguese)
• Fred Carter, Jr., 76, American musician, stroke. [13]
• Jorge Cepernic, 95, Argentine politician, Governor of Santa Cruz Province (1973–1976), after long illness. [14] (Spanish)
• Johnny Colan, 88, American boxer, [15]
• Bernard Giraudeau, 63, French actor, cancer. [16] (French)
• Denise Jefferson, 65, American dancer, director of the Ailey School, ovarian cancer.[17]
• Shaun Mawer, 50, English footballer (Grimsby Town F.C.), kidney failure. [18]
• Yiannis Stefas, 61, Greek footballer (PAOK F.C.), cancer. [19] (Greek)
• Gunārs Ulmanis, 71, Latvian footballer (FK Daugava Rīga), natural causes. [20] (Latvian)

16

• Aleksandr Boloshev, 63, Russian Soviet basketball player, 1972 Olympic gold medalist, stroke. [21]
• Eunice Bowman, 111, British supercentenarian, oldest person in the United Kingdom. [22]
• Mino Damato, 72, Italian journalist, peptic ulcer. [23]
• David Dick, 80, American journalist, CBS News correspondent, prostate cancer. [24]
• Gilberto Fernandes, 75, Brazilian actor and screenwriter, valvular stenosis. [25] (Portuguese)
• James Gammon, 70, American actor (Major League, Nash Bridges), liver cancer. [26]
• Kenny Kuhn, 73, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), pancreatic cancer. [27]
• Carlos Torres Vila, 63, Argentine folk singer, after long illness. [28]
• David Twersky, 60, American journalist, cancer. [29]

15

• Hank Cochran, 74, American country music singer-songwriter, pancreatic cancer. [30]
• Peter Fernandez, 83, American voice actor (Speed Racer), lung cancer. [31]
• Tom Gage, 67, American Olympic hammer thrower, heart failure. [32]
• Kip King, 72, American actor, voice actor and comedian, after long illness. [33]
• Luo Pinchao, 98, Chinese opera singer. [34]
• Billy McKinney, 83, American politician, member of Georgia House of Representatives (1973–2003), cancer. [35]
• Knut Stensholm, 56, Norwegian drummer (Sambandet). [36] (Norwegian)

14

• Yuri Chernichenko, 80, Russian journalist and politician. [37] (Russian)
• Charles Gittings, 57, American activist, protested the treatment of Guantánamo Bay detainees, cancer. [38]
• Mike Kerruish, 61, Manx politician and chief judge. [39]
• Seymour London, 95, American doctor, invented automatic sphygmomanometer, heart disease. [40]
• Gene Ludwig, 72, American jazz organist. [41]
• Sir Charles Mackerras, 84, American-born Australian conductor, cancer. [42]
• Mădălina Manole, 43, Romanian pop singer, apparent suicide. [43] (Romanian)
• Tetsuo Mizutori, 71, Japanese voice actor. [44]
• Fábio Pillar, 50, Brazilian actor and theatre director. [45] (Portuguese)
• Joseph Rodericks, 83, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jamshedpur (1970–1996). [46]
• Eduardo Sánchez Junco, 67, Spanish media mogul, founder and owner of Hello!. [47]
• S. J. Stovall, 84, American politician, Mayor of Arlington, Texas (1977–1983). [48]
• Valerie Watts, 67, British bassoonist, breast cancer. [49]

13

• Vernon Baker, 90, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. [50]
• Ken Barnes, 81, British footballer, lung cancer. [51]
• Gilly Coman, 50, British actress (Bread), suspected heart attack. [52]
• Dave Cox, 72, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1998–2004), state senator (2004–2010), prostate cancer. [53]
• Nino Defilippis, 78, Italian cyclist. [54] (Italian)
• Gene Goodreault, 91, American football player (Boston College), after long illness. [55]
• Alan Hume, 85, British cinematographer. [56]
• Jayne Peters, 55, American politician and murderer, Mayor of Coppell, Texas (since 2009), suicide by gunshot. [57]
• Manohari Singh, 79, Indian saxophonist, heart attack. [58]
• George Steinbrenner, 80, American baseball team owner (New York Yankees), heart attack. [59]

12

• Günter Behnisch, 88, German architect. [60] (German)
• Olga Guillot, 87, Cuban singer. [61]
• Karl-Heinz Heimann, 85, German sports journalist, publisher and chief editor (kicker), after short illness. [62] (German)
• James P. Hogan, 69, British science fiction author. [63]
• Henryk Jankowski, 73, Polish Roman Catholic priest. [64]
• Tuli Kupferberg, 86, American poet, cartoonist and musician (The Fugs). [65]
• Paul Locatelli, 71, American educator, Chancellor (2008–2010) and President (1988–2008) of Santa Clara University, pancreatic cancer. [66]
• Thomas Morahan, 78, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1981-1982); State Senator (1999-2010), leukemia. [67]
• Paulo Moura, 77, Brazilian saxophonist and clarinetist, lymphoma. [68]
• Lucia Mureşan, 72, Romanian actress, after illness. [69] (Romanian)
• Pius Njawé, 53, Cameroonian journalist and activist, car accident. [70]
• Harvey Pekar, 70, American comic book writer (American Splendor) and music critic. [71]
• Mau Piailug, 78, Micronesian navigator. [72]
• Bernardino Rivera Alvarez, 85, Bolivian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Potosí. [73]

11

• Idham Chalid, 88, Indonesian cleric and politician, head of Nahdlatul Ulama (1956–1984), Chairman of MPR (1971–1977), after long illness. [74]
• Carmen Dragon, 62, American classical harpist, complications from cancer. [75]
• Stuart F. Feldman, 73, American lawyer and lobbyist, co-founded the Vietnam Veterans of America, pneumonia.[76]
• Walter Hawkins, 61, American gospel music singer ("Oh Happy Day"), pancreatic cancer. [77]
• Charles Lloyd Jones, 79, Australian retailer, Chairman of David Jones (1961–1981). [78]
• Ferenc Kállai, 85, Hungarian actor. [79] (Hungarian)
• Louis Keller, 87, American inventor of the Bobcat loader. [80]
• Marco Aurelio Martínez Tijerina, 45, Mexican journalist, shot. [81]
• Mark Niver, 60, American NHRA driver, racing accident. [82]
• Bob Sheppard, 99, American public address announcer (New York Yankees, New York Giants). [83]
• Rudi Strittich, 88, Austrian football player and coach. [84] (German)
• Don Vélez, 62, Nicaraguan Olympic athlete. [85] (Spanish)
• Jo Werne, 69, American columnist (The Miami Herald), heart attack. [86]

10

• Eric Batchelor, 89, New Zealand soldier, awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery. [87]
• Robert Bratcher, 90, American Bible translator (Good News Bible New Testament). [88]
• John Coates, 88, British naval architect. [89]
• Tom D'Armi, 75, American college baseball coach (Duke Blue Devils, 1978–1984). [90]
• Mimis Gioulekas, 65, Greek singer. [91] (Greek)
• Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus, 82, Irish politician and lawyer, TD for Dublin North East (1981–1982). [92]
• Sugar Minott, 54, Jamaican reggae singer. [93]
• Raoul Moat, 37, British fugitive (Northumbria shootings), suicide by gunshot. [94]
• Aldo Sambrell, 79, Spanish actor, stroke. [95] (Spanish)
• Robert Spillane, 45, American actor (EZ Streets), son of mobster Mickey Spillane, fall. [96]
• Kohei Tsuka, 62, Japanese playwright, lung cancer. [97]
• George W. Webber, 90, American minister, President of New York Theological Seminary, complications of Alzheimer's disease. [98]

9

• Yehuda Amital, 85, Israeli rabbi and politician. [99]
• Jessica Anderson, 93, Australian writer (Tirra Lirra By the River). [100]
• Basil Davidson, 95, British journalist and historian. [101]
• Glenna Evans, 27, Canadian longboarder, longboard crash. [102]
• Sir Marrack Goulding, 73, British diplomat. [103]
• Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon, 78, French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Quimper and Leon. [104] (French)
• Daryl Hunt, 53, American football player (Houston Oilers), heart attack. [105]
• Vonetta McGee, 65, American actress (Blacula, The Eiger Sanction), cardiac arrest. [106]
• Milt Morin, 67, American football player (Cleveland Browns), heart attack. [107]
• Nobuyoshi Tamura, 77, Japanese aikidoka. [108]
• Frank Verdi, 84, American baseball player (New York Yankees). [109]

8

• David Blackwell, 91, American academic, stroke. [110]
• Anders Bratholm, 90, Norwegian jurist. [111] (Norwegian)
• Robert Freitag, 94, Austrian actor. [112] (German)
• Clint Hartung, 87, American baseball player (New York Giants). [113]
• Maje McDonnell, 89, American baseball coach and official (Philadelphia Phillies). [114]
• Achdiat Karta Mihardja, 99, Indonesian novelist and playwright, stroke. [115]
• Robert Millward, 58, British sports writer (Associated Press), natural causes. [116]
• Willi Railo, 69, Norwegian sports psychologist. [117] (Norwegian)
• Patrick Rice, 64, Irish human rights activist. [118]
• Juan Carlos Rousselot, 75, Argentine politician, Mayor of Morón (1987–1989; 1991–1998), cancer. [119] (Spanish)
• Maria Olivia da Silva, 130?, Brazilian supercentenarian and oldest citizen claimant. [120] (Portuguese)
• Melvin Turpin, 49, American basketball player, suicide by gunshot. [121]
• Peter Walker, 68, Australian football player, cancer. [122]

7

• Emilio Q. Daddario, 91, American politician, U.S. Representative for Connecticut (1959–1971), heart failure. [123]
• Horacio del Bosque Dávila, 56, Mexican politician, Deputy for Coahuila (2006–2009), plane crash. [124] (Spanish)
• John Henning, 73, American newscaster (WNAC, WCVB, WBZ), complications from leukemia. [125]
• Satyendra Singh Jamwal, 51, Indian Rear Admiral, Chief of Staff (Southern Naval Command), accidental discharge. [126]
• Robbie Jansen, 60, South African jazz musician, after long illness. [127]
• Lelio Luttazzi, 87, Italian musician and singer, peripheral neuropathy. [128] (Italian)
• José Manuel Maldonado Maldonado, 48, Mexican politician, Mayor of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, plane crash. [129] (Spanish)
• Ezequiel Neves, 74, Brazilian record producer and journalist, after long illness. [130] (Portuguese)
• Brian O'Shaughnessy, 84, Australian philosopher. [131]
• Sándor Páll, 56, Serbian politician, leader of Democratic Fellowship of Vojvodina Hungarians. [132] (Hungarian)
• Bill Porter, 79, American sound engineer. [133]
• Luz Sapag, 66, Argentine politician, Mayor of San Martín de los Andes (2007–2010), car crash. [134] (Spanish)
• Nathan Slewett, 97, American philanthropist (Parkinson's Disease Foundation), natural causes. [135]
• Wen Qiang, 54, Chinese judge and deputy police chief, executed. [136]

6

• Matilde Rosa Araújo, 89, Portuguese writer. [137] (Portuguese)
• Jan Blokker, 83, Dutch journalist. [138] (Dutch)
• Harvey Fuqua, 80, American rhythm and blues singer (The Moonglows), and record producer (Marvin Gaye), heart attack. [139]
• Kristofer Leirdal, 94, Norwegian sculptor. [140] (Norwegian)
• Stanislaus Tobias Magombo, 42, Malawian Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Lilongwe (2009–2010). [141]
• A. T. Mahmud, 80, Indonesian composer and television host, pneumonia. [142]
• Igor Misko, 23, Russian ice hockey player, (SKA Saint Petersburg), cardiac arrest. [143]
• John North, 89, American football player (Baltimore Colts) and coach (New Orleans Saints), after long illness. [144]
• José Rico Pérez, 92, Spanish businessman, President of Hércules CF. [145] (Spanish)
• Ramon Eduardo Ruiz, 88, American historian, complications from a fall. [146]
• Werner Schmalenbach, 89, German art historian. [147] (German)
• Rebecca Spikings-Goldsman, 42, American film producer, heart attack. [148]
• Simion Stanciu, 60, Romanian pan flautist, after long illness. [149]
• Roberto Suárez, 82, Cuban-born American newspaper publisher (El Nuevo Herald), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [150]
• Fritz Teufel, 67, German publicist and activist. [151] (German)
• Roy Waller, 69, British radio presenter, liver disease. [152]
• Tone Wraber, 72, Slovenian botanist. [153] (Slovenian)

5

• Nasr Abu Zayd, 66, Egyptian Qur'anic theologian, brain infection. [154]
• Francis Ahearn, 53, American comedy club manager, complications of strokes. [155]
• Jim Bohlen, 84, American-born Canadian environmentalist, founder of Greenpeace. [156]
• William R. Callahan, 78, American priest, challenged policies of the Vatican, Parkinson's disease. [157]
• Les Eathorne, 86, American college basketball coach, heart failure. [158]
• David Fanshawe, 68, British composer (African Sanctus), explorer and ethnomusicologist, stroke. [159]
• Jia Hongsheng, 43, Chinese actor, suicide by jumping. [160]
• Andriy Horak, 64, Ukrainian Metropolitan of Lviv and Sokal in UOC-KP (since 1993), after long illness. [161] (Ukrainian)
• Juanita M. Kreps, 89, American economist, Secretary of Commerce (1977–1979), Alzheimer's disease. [162]
• Pete Morgan, 71, British poet. [163]
• Bea Moss, 85, American columnist (The Miami Herald), post-surgical infection. [164]
• Ioannis Papaspyrou, 88, Greek politician, Mayor of Piraeus (1982–1986), cardiac arrest. [165]. (Greek)
• Bob Probert, 45, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks), suspected heart attack. [166]
• Cesare Siepi, 87, Italian opera singer, respiratory failure. [167]
• Elton Younger, 91, British general. [168]

4

• Robert Neil Butler, 83, American physician, Pulitzer Prize winner (Why Survive? Being Old in America), founder of NIA, leukemia. [169]
• Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, 74, Lebanese spiritual leader to Hezbollah. [170]
• Glenn Falkenstein, 78, American magician, complications of Alzheimer's disease. [171]
• John Hampton, 103, American co-founder of Toys for Tots. [172]
• Alf Howard, 104, Australian explorer. [173]
• Huang You-di, 98, Taiwanese musician and composer. [174]
• Oscar Kruger, 77, Canadian football player (Edmonton Eskimos), after long illness. [175]

3

• Carlo Aymonino, 83, Italian architect. [176] (Italian)
• Dave E. Chapman, 81, American jazz musician and labor leader. [177]
• Murray Chercover, 80, Canadian broadcaster and CEO (CTV Television), complications from pneumonia. [178]
• Abu Daoud, 73, Palestinian politician and military commander, planned 1972 Summer Olympics Munich massacre, kidney failure. [179]
• William Dougherty, 78, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota (1971–1975), cancer. [180]
• Herbert Erhardt, 79, German footballer, FIFA World Cup winner 1954 [181] (German)
• Colin Gardner, 69, British football manager, brain cancer. [182]
• Kirsten Heisig, 48, German politician and juvenile magistrate, suicide. [183] (body discovered on this date)
• Israel Hicks, 66, American stage director (Pittsburgh Cycle), prostate cancer. [184]
• Günther Hummelt, 78, Austrian President of World Curling Federation (1990–2000). [185] (German)
• Carlos Juárez, 94, Argentine politician, Governor of Santiago del Estero Province, cardiac arrest. [186] (Spanish)
• Ed Limato, 73, American talent agent, after long illness. [187]
• Al Mazza, 73, American politician and fire chief, former Mayor of Sonoma, California, cancer. [188]
• Clara Claiborne Park, 86, American author, complications from a fall. [189]
• Roberto Piva, 72, Brazilian poet and writer, complications from Parkinson's disease. [190] (Portuguese)
• Sir Frederick Warner, 100, British chemical engineer. [191]

2

• Dame Beryl Bainbridge, 77, English novelist (Harriet Said..., An Awfully Big Adventure), cancer. [192]
• Mahfoud Ali Beiba, 57, Sahrawi politician and negotiator, President of Sahrawi National Council (2003–2010), heart attack. [193]
• Frank Colacurcio, Sr., 93, American organized crime figure. [194]
• Stephen Kanner, 54, American architect, co-founder of the A+D Museum, cancer. [195]
• Simon Kornblit, 76 Belgian-born American studio executive, EVP of worldwide marketing (Universal Pictures), myeloid leukemia. [196]
• Rosa Maria Lladró, 56, Spanish businesswoman, former Lladró executive, after long illness. [197] (Spanish)
• Fred Maryanski, 63, American educator, President of Nevada State College (2005–2010). [198]
• Carl Adam Petri, 83, German computer scientist. [199] (German)
• Félix Pons, 68, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1996), cancer. [200] (Spanish)
• M. G. Radhakrishnan, 70, Indian music director, liver disease. [201]
• Johnny Sellers, 72, American jockey. [202]
• Steve Stanlee, 90, American professional wrestler. [203]
• Tommy Tabermann, 62, Finnish poet and politician, Member of Parliament (2007–2010), brain tumour. [204]
• Laurent Terzieff, 75, French actor, lung complications. [205]
• Ann Waldron, 85, American writer and biographer, heart failure. [206]

1

• Black Tie Affair, 24, American Thoroughbred racehorse, euthanized. [207]
• Francisco F. Claver, 84, Filipino Jesuit, first Igorot bishop, Bishop of Malaybalay (1969–1984). [208]
• Don Coryell, 85, American football coach (San Diego Chargers, St. Louis Cardinals). [209]
• Arnold Friberg, 96, American painter. [210]
• Geoffrey Hutchings, 71, English actor, viral infection. [211]
• Metropolitan John of Nicaea, 86, Finnish Orthodox Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland (1987–2001). [212]
• Lele, 24, Puerto Rican rapper, shot. [213] (Spanish)
• Aurelio Macchi, 94, Argentine sculptor. [214] (Spanish)
• Eleanor Morse, 97, American art collector, co-founder of the Salvador Dali Museum, after long illness. [215]
• Eddie Moussa, 26, Swedish footballer (Assyriska Föreningen), shot. [216]
• Omar Yoke Lin Ong, 92, Malaysian politician, minister and ambassador, founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association. [217]
• Ilene Woods, 81, American singer and actress (Cinderella), complications from Alzheimer's disease. [218]
• Betty Lou Young, 91, American writer and conservationist, after short illness. [219]

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.

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