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

9

• Juan Marichal, 88, Spanish historian [1]

8

• Charlie Davao, 75, Filipino actor, colorectal cancer. [2]
• David Dixon, 87, American businessman. [3]
• Michael Meagher, 55, Australian journalist, skiing accident. [4]
• Patricia Neal, 84, American actress (The Fountainhead, Hud, The Subject Was Roses), lung cancer. [5]

7

• Roberto Cantoral, 75, Mexican composer, heart attack. [6]
• Bruno Cremer, 80, French actor (Is Paris Burning?, Sorcerer, Maigret). [7]
• Leonid Gorbenko, 71, Russian politician, Governor of Kaliningrad Oblast (1996–2000). [8] (Russian)
• Vladimir Ladyzhensky, Russian competitor World Sauna Championships. [9]
• John Nelder, 85, British statistician [10]

6

• Catfish Collins, 66, American guitarist (James Brown, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Parliament-Funkadelic), cancer. [11]
• David C. Dolby, 64, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient. [12]
• Fredrik Ericsson, 35, Swedish mountaineer, fall from K2. [13]
• Tony Judt, 62, British historian, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. [14]
• Jeff McLean, 63, Australian rugby union player, cancer. [15]

5

• Francisco María Aguilera González, 92, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. [16] (Spanish)
• Robert Baker Aitken, 93, American teacher of Zen Buddhism, pneumonia. [17]
• Godfrey Binaisa, 90, Ugandan politician, President (1979–1981). [18]
• Yiannis Metsis, 79, Greek dancer and choreographer, pulmonary edema. [19] (Greek)
• Sue Napier, 62, Australian politician, Leader of the Tasmanian Opposition (1999–2001), breast cancer. [20]
• Jürgen Oesten, 96, German U-boat commander during World War II. [21]
• Yuri Shishlov, 65, Russian football coach, shot. [22]

4

• Robert E. Davis, 70, American jurist, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (2009–2010). [23]
• Gary Johnson, 57, American football player (San Diego Chargers), stroke. [24]
• Jim Kennan, 64, Australian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Victoria (1990–1992), cancer. [25]
• Frank Latta, 63, Australian surfer and surfboard shaper, drowning. [26]
• Joffre Rodrigues, 68, Brazilian actor, film producer and director, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. [27] (Portuguese)

3

• Herman Bassman, 97, American football player (Philadelphia Eagles). [28]
• Juhana Blomstedt, 72, Finnish painter. [29] (Finnish)
• Marilyn Buck, 62, American activist and terrorist, uterine cancer. [30]
• Bobby Hebb, 72, American singer-songwriter ("Sunny"), lung cancer. [31]
• Edmund Zientara, 81, Polish Olympic footballer. [32] (Polish)

2

• Ian Castles, 75, Australian public servant, Australian Statistician (1986–1994). [33]
• Makh Daniels, 28, American heavy metal singer (Early Graves), car accident. [34]
• Raza Haider, 50, Pakistani politician, member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, shot. [35]
• James Hunter, 56, American football player (Detroit Lions), apparent heart attack. [36]
• Mitch Jayne, 80, American bassist (The Dillards), cancer. [37]
• Ole Ivar Lovaas, 83, Norwegian psychologist and researcher (Lovaas technique). [38]
• Jan Wilson, 66, British politician, Leader of Sheffield City Council (1997–1999, 2002–2008), lung cancer. [39]

1

• Robert F. Boyle, 100, American art director and production designer, natural causes. [40]
• Bruce Garvey, 70, British-born Canadian journalist, lung cancer.[41]
• Lolita Lebrón, 90, Puerto Rican nationalist. [42]
• William MacVane, 95, American surgeon and politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1971). [43]
• K. M. Mathew, 93, Indian newspaper editor (Malayala Manorama). [44]
• George Shangrow, 59, American conductor, pianist and radio personality, car accident. [45]
• Eric Tindill, 99, New Zealand cricketer and rugby union player. [46]
• Larry Yachimec, 51, Canadian actor. [47]

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

• General obituaries
  • Legacy.com/Associated Press
  • Variety magazine
• Australian obituaries
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
• Dutch obituaries
  • NRC Handelsblad (Dutch)
• German obituaries
  • Der Tagesspiegel (German)

• South African obituaries
  • Mail & Guardian
• United Kingdom obituaries
  • The Guardian
  • The Independent
  • The Scotsman
  • The Telegraph

• 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, ...