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

22

• Valentina Tolkunova, 63, Russian singer, People's Artist of RSFSR, cancer. [1] (Russian)

21

• István Bilek, 77, Hungarian chess grandmaster. [2] (Hungarian)
• Margaret Moth, 58, New Zealand photojournalist (CNN), colorectal cancer. [3]
• Mikel Scicluna, 80, Canadian professional wrestler, liver cancer. [4]
• Wolfgang Wagner, 90, German director (Bayreuth Festival), natural causes. [5] (German)

20

• Harry Carpenter, 84, British sports journalist. [6]
• Liz Carpenter, 89, American feminist author, media advisor and press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson (1963–1969), pneumonia. [7]
• Clodomiro Castilla, 50, Colombian journalist, shot. [8]
• Chicka Dixon, 81, Australian Aboriginal activist. [9]
• Ebet Kadarusman, 73, Indonesian television and radio presenter, stroke. [10]
• Fred Heineman, 80, American politician, Representative from North Carolina (1995–1997). [11]
• Girija Prasad Koirala, 87, Nepalese politician, Prime Minister (five terms), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. [12]
• Fernando Iório Rodrigues, 80, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palmeira dos Índios (1985–2006). [13]
• Stewart Udall, 90, American politician, Secretary of the Interior (1961–1969), natural causes. [14]
• Yang Lina, 47, Singaporean actress (Samsui Women), uterine cancer. [15]

19

• Carlo Chenis, 55, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Civitavecchia-Tarquinia (since 2006). [16]
• Dottie Thompson, 88, American co-founder of the Merrie Monarch Festival. [17]
• Raúl de la Torre, 72, Argentine film director (Pobre mariposa, Funes, un gran amor), cardiac arrest. [18] (Spanish)

18

• Amanda Castro, 47, Honduran poet, respiratory disease. [19] (Spanish)
• Herb Denenberg, 80, American journalist (WCAU) and consumer advocate, Pennsylvania insurance commissioner, heart attack. [20]
• Konstantin Eremenko, 39, Russian futsal player, European champion (1999), heart attack. [21]
• Chick Lang, Sr., 83, American businessman, general manager of Maryland Jockey Club, natural causes. [22]
• Pak Nam-gi, 76, North Korean government official, executed by firing squad. [23] (death announced on this date)
• Fess Parker, 85, American actor (Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone), natural causes. [24]
• Zygmunt Pawłowicz, 82, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (1985–2005). [25]
• William Wolfe, 86, Scottish politician, National Chairman of the Scottish National Party (1969–1979). [26]
• Jerry York, 71, American businessman, Executive Director for Apple Inc., cerebral hemorrhage. [27]

17

• Alex Chilton, 59, American musician (Big Star, The Box Tops), heart attack. [28]
• Wayne Collett, 60, American athlete, 1972 Summer Olympics silver medalist, cancer. [29]
• Joseph Ettedgui, 71, British fashion designer, cancer. [30]
• Sid Fleischman, 90, American children's writer. [31]
• Van Fletcher, 85, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers). [32]
• Charlie Gillett, 68, British radio presenter, music writer and record producer, after long illness. [33]
• Peter Gowland, 93, American glamour photographer and actor. [34]
• Johnnie High, 80, American country music impresario, heart disease. [35]
• Tadeusz Prejzner, 85, Polish composer and pianist. [36] (Polish)
• Robert M. White, 85, American X-15 test pilot. [37]

16

• Herb Cohen, 77, American record company executive, manager of Frank Zappa. [38]
• Filip Kapisoda, 22, Montenegrin model, suicide by gunshot. [39]
• Hachiro Maekawa, 97, Japanese baseball player (Yomiuri Giants), respiratory failure. [40]
• Ksenija Pajčin, 32, Serbian pop singer, shot. [41] (Serbian)
• Jane Sherman, 101, American writer and dancer. [42]

15

• Dan Achen, 51, Canadian guitarist (Junkhouse), heart attack. [43]
• Charlie Ashcroft, 83, English footballer (Liverpool F.C.). [44]
• Emilia Boncodin, 55, Filipino public servant, whistleblower in ZTE scandal, cardiac arrest. [45]
• Joseph Galdon, 81, Filipino writer and academic. [46]
• Robert Hodgins, 89, South African artist, lung cancer. [47]
• Ashok Kumar, 53, British politician, MP for Langbaurgh (1991–1992) and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (1997–2010). [48]
• Ron Lundy, 75, American radio disc jockey (WABC, WCBS-FM), heart attack. [49]
• Sam Mtukudzi, 21, Zimbabwean musician, car accident. [50]
• John Mulhern, 69, Irish horse trainer. [51]
• Heno Sarv, 56, Estonian cultural geographer and ethnologist. [52] (Estonian)
• Sotiris Zakapidas, 97, Greek footballer (Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.). [53] (Greek)

14

• Chimen Abramsky, 93, British historian, expert in Jewish studies and Hebrew literature. [54]
• Carmen Capalbo, 84, American theater director, emphysema. [55]
• Corsica Joe, 90, American professional wrestler. [56]
• Edmund Dinis, 85, American prosecutor, investigated Chappaquiddick incident, complications of treatment for lymphoma. [57]
• Pat Fanning, 91, Irish hurler (Waterford), President of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1970–1973). [58]
• Panos Glykofridis, 80, Greek film director. [59] (Greek)
• Peter Graves, 83, American actor (Mission: Impossible, Airplane!), heart attack. [60]
• Vinda Karandikar, 91, Indian poet and writer, after short illness. [61]
• Urpo Leppänen, 66, Finnish politician. [62] (Finnish)
• Hernán Llerena, 81, Peruvian Olympic cyclist. [63] (Spanish)
• Park Chun-seok, 80, South Korean composer, stroke. [64]
• John Powles, 61, Canadian Head of the Canada-Japan Society, Order of the Rising Sun recipient, pancreatic cancer. [65]
• Felipe Sapag, 93, Argentine politician. [66] (Spanish)
• Der Scutt, 75, American architect (Trump Tower, One Astor Plaza, Reading Public Museum), liver failure. [67]
• Altie Taylor, 62, American football player (Detroit Lions). [68]

13

• Jerry Adler, 91, American harmonicist, prostate cancer. [69]
• Sir Michael Angus, 79, British businessman, Chairman of Unilever (1986–1992). [70]
• Sir Ian Axford, 76, New Zealand space scientist, after long illness. [71]
• Jean Ferrat, 79, French singer, after long illness. [72]
• Momcilo Gavrić, 71, Croatian-born American football player (San Francisco 49ers). [73]
• He Pingping, 21, Chinese dwarf, shortest man who was able to walk, heart complications. [74]
• Ljubomir Kapor, 78, Croatian actor, cancer. [75] (Croatian)
• Cliff Livingston, 79, American football player (New York Giants) and stuntman. [76]
• Andrzej Marcinkowski, 81, Polish lawyer and politican, acting Minister of Justice (1991), after long illness. [77] (Polish)
• Neville Meade, 61, Jamaican-born British boxer, 1974 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, British heavyweight champion, cancer. [78]
• Gary Mittelholtz, 55, Canadian journalist (CBC Radio), heart attack. [79]
• Kevin Neill, 78, British lead guitarist (Karl Denver Trio), motor neurone disease. [80]
• Andres Ringo, 71, Estonian architect. [81] (Estonian)
• Tõnu Tuvikene, 57, Estonian astrophysicist and applied mathematician. [82] (Estonian)

12

• David Ahenakew, 76, Canadian First Nations leader and politician, cancer. [83]
• Bob Attersley, 76, Canadian ice hockey player, 1960 Winter Olympics silver medalist. [84]
• Arthur H. Christy, 86, American attorney, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. [85]
• Carol Clerk, British rock journalist, breast cancer. [86]
• Miguel Delibes, 89, Spanish author, journalist and scholar, colorectal cancer. [87]
• Lesley Duncan, 66, British singer-songwriter, cerebrovascular disease. [88]
• Hanna-Renate Laurien, 81, German politician. [89] (German)
• Fatima Meer, 81, South African academic, screenwriter and anti-apartheid activist, stroke. [90]
• Charles Muscatine, 89, American Chaucer scholar and advocate for education reform, lung infection. [91]
• Hugh Robertson, 70, Scottish footballer (Dundee F.C.). [92]
• Garry Sharpe-Young, 45, British rock journalist, founder of Rockdetector.com, aneurysm. [93]
• Glauco Villas Boas, 53, Brazilian cartoonist (Geraldão), shot. [94] (Portuguese)

11

• Beop Jeong, 78, South Korean Seon Buddhist monk, lung cancer. [95]
• Henri-Charles Dubourguier, 62, French microbiologist. [96] (Estonian)
• Paul Dunlap, 90, American film composer. [97]
• Carlos de Jesus Euzébio, 58, Brazilian footballer (Santos Futebol Clube), car accident. [98] (Portuguese)
• John Hill, 68, Canadian professional wrestler, Alzheimer's disease. [99]
• Louis Holmes, 99, British-born Canadian ice hockey player and coach. [100]
• Matilde Elena López, 91, Salvadoran poet, essayist and playwright. [101] (Spanish)
• Willie MacFarlane, 79, Scottish footballer and manager. [102]
• David Meza, 51, Honduran journalist, shot. [103]
• Hans van Mierlo, 78, Dutch politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1994–1998), founder of political party D66. [104]
• Charles Moore, 79, American photographer. [105]
• Merlin Olsen, 69, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and actor (Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy), mesothelioma. [106]
• Leena Peltonen-Palotie, 57, Finnish geneticist, bone cancer. [107]
• Brian Pitman, 78, British banker, Chairman of Virgin Money (2010) and Lloyds TSB (1997–2001), heart attack. [108]
• Sandy Scott, 75, Canadian professional wrestler, pancreatic cancer. [109]
• Édgar Valcárcel Arze, 77, Peruvian composer, esophageal cancer. [110] (Spanish)

10

• Leeann Chin, 77, Chinese-born American restaurateur, founder of Leeann Chin restaurants, after long illness. [111]
• Antoine Choueiri, 70, Lebanese businessman and media magnate, after long illness. [112]
• Evelyn Dall, 92, American singer and actress, after long illness. [113]
• Mark Goldstein, 49, Honduran politician, plane crash. [114] (Spanish)
• Corey Haim, 38, Canadian actor (Lucas, The Lost Boys, License to Drive). [115]
• Tim Holland, 79, American backgammon player, emphysema. [116]
• Dorothy Janis, 100, American silent film actress. [117]
• Micky Jones, 63, Welsh singer and guitarist (Man), brain tumour. [118]
• Rich Koeper, 66, American football player (Green Bay Packers). [119]
• Jacek Krolak, 50, Polish journalist and graphic designer (Polityka). [120] (Polish)
• Vincent Mensah, 85, Beninese Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto Novo (1970–2000). [121] (French)
• Arnall Patz, 89, American ophthalmologist, heart disease. [122]
• Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, 81, Egyptian Muslim cleric, Grand Imam (Al-Azhar Mosque), heart attack. [123]
• Ray Tye, 87, American businessman and philanthropist, cancer. [124]
• George Webb, 92, British traditional jazz musician [125]

9

• Gheorghe Constantin, 77, Romanian footballer and manager. [126] (Romanian)
• Lionel Cox, 80, Australian road bicycle racer, pneumonia. [127]
• Willie Davis, 69, American baseball player (Los Angeles Dodgers), natural causes. [128]
• Dulmatin, 39, Indonesian terrorist, 2002 Bali bombings planner, shot. [129]
• Teresa Gutiérrez, 81, Colombian actress, natural causes. [130] (Spanish)
• Doris Haddock, 100, American political activist, complications of respiratory disease. [131]
• Ricardo Jurado, 83, Argentine broadcaster. [132] (Spanish)
• Randy Kwasniewski, 55, American executive (Hard Rock Hotel), apparent suicide by gunshot. [133]
• Bernard Narokobi, 72, Papua New Guinean politician, diplomat, lawyer and philosopher, after short illness. [134]
• Wilfy Rebimbus, 67, Indian musician, lung cancer. [135]
• Henry Wittenberg, 91, American wrestler, 1948 Olympic gold medalist. [136]

8

• Albert P. Clark, 96, American Air Force officer. [137]
• Tony Imi, 72, British cinematographer. [138]
• David Kimche, 82, Israeli diplomat, Mossad spy (1953–1980), brain cancer. [139]
• Guy Lapébie, 93, French road bicycle racer. [140] (German)
• Ho Sanderson, 60, British businessman, hit by train. [141]
• Jerry E. Smith, 59, American author, pancreatic cancer. [142]
• Gale Thomson, 90, American First Lady of New Hampshire (1973–1979), wife of Meldrim Thomson, Jr., heart failure. [143]
• Bartholomew Yeboah, 19, Ghanaian footballer. [144]

7

• Daisey Bailey, 113, American supercentenarian, second-oldest person in U.S. and fourth-oldest in world. [145]
• Sir Kenneth Dover, 89, British classicist, President of the British Academy (1978–1981). [146]
• Ken Dyer, 63, American football player (Cincinnati Bengals), heart failure. [147]
• Newton Kulundu, 61, Kenyan politician, Minister of Labour (2006–2008), after long illness. [148]
• Mihajlo Mihajlov, 76, Serbian scholar, writer and dissident. [149]
• Sergo Mikoyan, 80, Russian historian, specialist on Latin America, leukemia. [150]
• Mary Josephine Ray, 114, Canadian-born American supercentenarian, oldest person in U.S. and second-oldest in world. [151]
• Robson Rocha Costa, 23, Brazilian futsal player, haemorrhagic shock following match injury. [152]
• Richard Stites, 78, American historian and author, complications from cancer. [153]
• Patrick Topaloff, 65, French actor and humorist, heart attack. [154] (French)
• Ben Westlund, 60, American politician, Oregon State Treasurer (2009–2010), lung cancer. [155]
• Marcin Wnuk, 61, Polish politician, Mayor of Inowroclaw (1994–2001) and MP (2001–2005), heart attack. [156] (Polish)

6

• Cho Gyeong-chul, 80, South Korean astronomer, heart attack. [157]
• Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, 88, British aristocrat. [158]
• Bruce Graham, 84, American architect (Willis Tower, John Hancock Center), Alzheimer's disease. [159]
• Samuel I. Hinote, 67, American catfish expert and businessman. [160]
• Endurance Idahor, 25, Nigerian footballer, heart attack. [161]
• H.M. Koutoukas, 72, American playwright (Medea in the Laundromat), complications of diabetes. [162]
• Mark Linkous, 47, American singer-songwriter (Sparklehorse), suicide by gunshot. [163]
• Dener Pacheco, 28, Brazilian actor, stomach and lung cancer. [164] (Portuguese)
• Ronald Pettersson, 74, Swedish ice hockey player. [165] (Swedish)
• Jim Roland, 67, American Major League Baseball player. [166]
• Nigel Trench, 7th Baron Ashtown, 93, British diplomat. [167]

5

• John Patrick Bedell, 36, American computer programmer, Pentagon subway gunman, shot. [168]
• Aleksandr Grave, 89, Russian actor. [169] (Russian)
• Philip Langridge, 70, British tenor, colorectal cancer. [170]
• Faqir Mohammed, 39, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), air strike. [171]
• Andrée Peel, 105, French patriot, World War II Resistance member. [172]
• Charles B. Pierce, 71, American film director (The Legend of Boggy Creek). [173]
• Darcy Pohland, 48, American television reporter (WCCO-TV). [174]
• Alberto Ronchey, 83, Italian politician and journalist. [175] (Italian)
• Wolfgang Schenck, 97, German airman, Luftwaffe flying ace. [176] (Portuguese)
• Richard Stapley, 86, British-born American actor (The Three Musketeers), kidney failure. [177]
• Jaanus Tamm, 52, Estonian writer and journalist. [178] (Estonian)
• Edgar Wayburn, 103, American environmentalist and conservationist. [179]

4

• Raimund Abraham, 76, Austrian-born American architect (Austrian Cultural Forum New York), car accident. [180]
• Johnny Alf, 80, Brazilian singer and composer, prostate cancer. [181] (Portuguese)
• Vladislav Ardzinba, 64, Georgian politician, separatist President of Abkhazia (1994–2005). [182]
• Ron Banks, 58, American singer (The Dramatics), heart attack. [183]
• Etta Cameron, 70, Bahamian-born Danish gospel singer, after long illness. [184]
• Hilario Chávez Joya, 82, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nuevo Casas Grandes (1977–2004). [185]
• Vladimir Chebotaryov, 88, Russian film director (Amphibian Man). [186] (Russian)
• Samuel J. Eldersveld, 92, American political scientist and politician. [187]
• Joaquim Fiúza, 102, Portuguese sailor, 1952 Olympic bronze medalist. [188] (Portuguese)
• Tetsuo Kondo, 80, Japanese politician, Minister of Labour (1991–1992). [189]
• Nan Martin, 82, American actress (The Drew Carey Show), emphysema. [190]
• Arthur Menzies, 93, Canadian diplomat, heart attack. [191]
• Roger Newman, 69, British-born American actor and television writer (Guiding Light, Passions), cancer. [192]
• Angelo Poffo, 84, American professional wrestler. [193]
• Tony Richards, 76, British footballer. [194]
• Joanne Simpson, 86, American meteorologist, first woman to earn a doctorate in meteorology. [195]
• Lolly Vegas, 70, American singer (Redbone), lung cancer. [196]
• Fred Wedlock, 67, British folk musician, complications from pneumonia. [197]

3

• Keith Alexander, 53, British footballer (Saint Lucia) and manager, brain aneurysm. [198]
• Johnny Allen, 76, American football player (Washington Redskins), Alzheimer's disease. [199]
• Frank Bertaina, 65, American Major League Baseball player, heart attack. [200]
• Mariya Dolina, 87, Ukrainian dive bomber pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union. [201] (Ukrainian)
• Michael Foot, 96, British politician, Leader of the Labour Party (1980–1983). [202]
• Momo Kapor, 72, Serbian writer and painter. [203]
• Big Tiny Little, 79, American musician (The Lawrence Welk Show). [204]
• Cliff Livingston, 80, American football player (New York Giants),. [205]
• Paul Saar, 90, Estonian Eastern Orthodox priest. [206] (Estonian)
• Yuri Stepanov, 42, Russian actor, car accident. [207] (Russian)
• John Strohmeyer, 85, American journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, heart failure. [208]
• Michalis Toumbouros, 51, Greek singer-songwriter and physician, motorcycle accident. [209] (Greek)
• Oleg Tyurin, 72, Russian rower, 1964 Olympic gold medalist. [210]. (Russian)

2

• Francisco Ada, 75, Northern Mariana Islands politician, first Lieutenant Governor (1978–1982). [211]
• Enoc Cancino, 82, Mexican poet, kidney failure. [212] (Spanish)
• Winston Churchill, 69, British politician, MP for Stretford (1970–1983) and Davyhulme (1983–1997), prostate cancer. [213]
• Paul Drayton, 70, American athlete, 1964 Olympic gold and silver medalist, cancer. [214]
• Emil Forselius, 35, Swedish actor, suicide. [215] (Swedish)
• Don Kent, 92, American meteorologist (WBZ-TV), natural causes. [216]
• Geoff Myburgh, 81, South African Olympic sailor. [217]
• Leszek Piotrowski, 72, Polish lawyer and politician, Senator (1989–1993) and Member of Parliament (1997–2001). [218] (Polish)
• Nikolay Surov, 62, Russian Olympic rower. [219] (Russian)

1

• Perry Brooks, 55, American football player (Washington Redskins). [220]
• Kristian Digby, 32, British television presenter and director (To Buy or Not to Buy). [221]
• Clifton Forbes, 64, Jamaican Olympic athlete, after long illness. [222]
• Slavko Fras, 81, Slovenian journalist and editor. [223]
• Barry Hannah, 67, American novelist and short story writer (Geronimo Rex), heart attack. [224]
• Vladimir Ilyushin, 82, Russian test pilot. [225] (German)
• Muhammad Iqbal, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), shot. [226]
• Paul Kim Ok-kyun, 84, South Korean Roman Catholic prelate, Titular Bishop of Girba (1985–2001). [227]
• Ruth Kligman, 80, American abstract painter, muse of Jackson Pollock. [228]
• Muhammad Tufail, Pakistani militant commander (Taliban), shot. [229]

February 2010

See Deaths in February 2010.

January 2010

See Deaths in January 2010.

External links

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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, ...