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

18

• Nikos Apostolopoulos, 80, Greek fashion designer. [1] (Greek)
• John Babcock, 109, Canada's last living World War I veteran. [2]
• Rajaan Bennett, 18, American football player, shot. [3]
• Delmar Gonzalez, 56, Guatemalan politician, mayor of La Democracia since 2008, shot. [4]
• Azam Khan, Afghan Lashkar-e-Islam commander, bombing. [5]
• Fernando Krahn, 75, Chilean plastic artist and illustrator. [6] (Spanish)
• Emilio Lavazza, 78, Italian businessman, President of Lavazza Coffee (1979–2008). [7]
• Ariel Ramírez, 88, Argentine composer and pianist. [8] (Spanish)

17

• Arnold Beichman, 96, American writer and journalist. [9]
• Giulio de Florian, 74, Italian Olympic cross-country skier. [10] (Italian)
• Makoto Fujita, 76, Japanese actor and comedian, ruptured artery. [11]
• Kathryn Grayson, 88, American actress and singer. [12]
• Ruby Hunter, 55, Australian singer and musician, heart attack. [13]
• Abdulkhakim Ismailov, 93, Russian Red Army soldier, World War II hero, natural causes. [14]
• Ignatius P. Lobo, 90, Indian Roman Catholic Bishop of Belgaum (1967–1994). [15]
• Ramon Mendivil Sotelo, Mexican politician, mayor of Guadalupe y Calvo, shot. [16]
• Martha Mercader, 83, Argentine politician and writer. [17] (Spanish)
• Witold Skaruch, 80, Polish actor. [18] (Polish)

16

• Jim Bibby, 65, American baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates). [19]
• William E. Gordon, 92, American designer of the Arecibo Radio Telescope. [20]
• Martin Grossman, 45, American murderer, execution by lethal injection. [21]
• Kazi Dikambaev, 96, Kyrgyz politician. [22] (Russian)
• David Lelei, 38, Kenyan middle distance runner, car accident. [23]
• Mike Pittilo, 55, British biologist, Principal of Robert Gordon University. [24]
• Arnaud Rodrigues, 68, Brazilian comedian, actor and musician, boat accident. [25] (Portuguese)
• Wan Chi Keung, 53, Hong Kong footballer, actor, and businessman, nasopharyngeal carcinoma. [26]

15

• Juan Carlos González, 85, Uruguayan football player. [27]
• Ian Gray, 46, Australian soccer player, homicide by prohibited drug. [28]
• Peter Higginbottom, 66, British businessman, President of Wigan Warriors. [29]
• Bill Kajikawa, 97, American basketball coach (Arizona State Sun Devils). [30]
• Dana Kirk, 74, American basketball coach (Memphis Tigers), heart attack. [31]
• Sylvia Pressler, 75, American judge, opened Little League baseball to girls, lymphoma. [32]
• Art Van Damme, 89, American jazz musician and accordionist. [33]
• George Waring, 84, British actor (Coronation Street), cancer. [34]

14

• Doug Fieger, 57, American musician (The Knack), lung cancer. [35]
• Dick Francis, 89, British novelist and jockey. [36]
• Amos Funk, 98, American farm preservationist. [37]
• Linnart Mäll, 71, Estonian historian, orientalist, translator and politician. [38] (Estonian)
• Rosa Rein, 112, German-born Swiss supercentenarian. [39]
• John Ruan, 96, American entrepreneur and philanthropist, Parkinson's disease. [40]
• Dave Thompson, 40, American blues guitarist, car accident. [41]
• Jerzy Turek, 76, Polish actor. [42] (Polish)
• Zhang Yalin, 28, Chinese footballer, lymphoma. [43] (Chinese)

13

• Jim Bowles, 57, American businessman, President of ConocoPhillips Alaska, avalanche. [44]
• Samuel Brown, 87, American politician, first African American mayor of Lauderdale Lakes, Florida (1998–2008). [45]
• Lucille Clifton, 73, American poet (Blessing the Boats), Poet Laureate of Maryland (1974–1985). [46]
• Ken Emerson, 79, Australian cartoonist (The Warrum-bunglers). [47]
• Jock Ferguson, 64, Scottish-born Australian politician, Western Australian Legislative Council (since 2009), heart attack. [48]
• Cy Grant, 90, Guyanese-born British actor and activist. [49]
• Jake Hanna, 78, American jazz drummer, blood disease. [50]
• Dale Hawkins, 73, American rockabilly musician, colorectal cancer. [51]
• James D. Johnson, 85, American politician and jurist, Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court (1959–1966). [52]
• Dimitris Konstantios, 59, Greek professor of archaeology, manager of the Byzantine & Christian Museum, cancer. [53] (Greek)
• Jimmy Lanier, 93, American personal batboy for Ty Cobb, heart failure. [54]
• José María Pasquini Durán, 70, Argentine journalist, cardiac arrest. [55] (Spanish)
• John Reed, 94, British actor. [56]
• Red Rocha, 86, American basketball player and coach (Hawaii Rainbow Warriors). [57]
• Gareth Wigan, 78, British film studio executive (Star Wars, Chariots of Fire), after short illness. [58]

12

• Petar Borota, 56, Serbian footballer (Partizan Belgrade and Chelsea), after long illness. [59]
• Werner Krämer, 70, German footballer. [60] (German)
• Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, Georgian luger, national team member for the 2010 Winter Olympics, training accident. [61]
• Luis Molowny, 84, Spanish footballer, heart attack. [62]
• Leroy Nash, 94, American criminal, oldest death row inmate, natural causes. [63]
• G. K. Podila, 52, Indian-born American biologist, shot. [64]
• Willie Polland, 75, Scottish footballer (Heart of Midlothian). [65]
• Grethe Sønck, 80, Danish actress and singer, natural causes. [66] (Danish)
• Willard Tate, 74, American basketball coach (Abilene Christian University), after long illness. [67]

11

• Irina Arkhipova, 85, Russian mezzo-soprano singer, People's Artist of the USSR, cardiac arrest. [68]
• Jabez Bryce, 75, Tongan-born Anglican Archbishop of Polynesia (since 1975), first Pacific Islander Anglican bishop. [69]
• Iain Burgess, 46, British-born American punk rock record producer, pulmonary embolism. [70]
• Roman Dmitriyev, 60, Russian Olympic gold (1972) and silver (1976) medal-winning wrestler. [71] (Russian)
• Brian Godfrey, 69, Welsh footballer, leukaemia. [72]
• Heward Grafftey, 81, Canadian politician, MP for Brome—Missisquoi (1958–1968, 1972–1980). [73]
• Mona Hofland, 80, Norwegian actress, after long illness. [74] (Norwegian)
• Bo Holmberg, 67, Swedish governor, widower of Anna Lindh. [75]
• Umetsugu Inoue, 86, Japanese film director, cerebral hemorrhage. [76]
• Alexander McQueen, 40, British fashion designer, suicide by hanging. [77]
• Caroline McWilliams, 64, American actress, ( Benson, Guiding Light). [78]
• Yury Sevidov, 68, Russian footballer, Soviet Top League highest goal scorer (1962). [79] (Russian)
• Daryle Smith, 46, American football player (Dallas Cowboys). [80]
• José Joaquín Trejos Fernández, 93, Costa Rican President (1966–1970), natural causes. [81]

10

• Joseph Azran, 69, Israeli chief rabbi of Rishon LeZion, member of the Knesset (1988–1996), liver failure. [82]
• Charles Baillargeon, 92, Canadian professional wrestler, stroke. [83]
• Carl Braun, 82, American basketball player (New York Knicks), natural causes. [84]
• Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho, 74, Brazilian footballer, heart attack. [85] (Portuguese)
• Chau Kai-Bong, 75, Hong Kong socialite, cancer. [86]
• Armando Falcão, 90, Brazilian politician, Justice Minister (1974–1979), pneumonia. [87] (Portuguese)
• Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska, 38, Macedonian politician, Deputy Prime Minister (2006–2008), after long illness. [88] (Macedonian)
• Judith Paige Mitchell, 77, American television writer, cancer. [89]
• Michael Palme, 66, German sportswriter and host. [90] (German)
• Gireesh Puthenchery, 48, Indian Malayalam lyricist and screenwriter, brain haemorrhage. [91]
• K. N. Raj, 85, Indian economist, after long illness. [92]
• Fred Schaus, 84, American basketball player and coach (Los Angeles Lakers). [93]
• Enn Soosaar, 72, Estonian translator, critic and publicist. [94] (Estonian)
• Paulus van der Sloot, 57, Aruban judge, father of murder suspect Joran van der Sloot, cardiac arrest. [95] (Dutch)
• Eduard Vinokurov, 67, Russian Olympic gold (1968, 1976) and silver (1972) medal-winning fencer. [96] (Russian)
• Frederick C. Weyand, 93, American general, natural causes. [97]
• Charles Wilson, 76, American politician, U.S. Representative (1973–1997), subject of Charlie Wilson's War, pulmonary arrest. [98]

9

• Chaskel Besser, 86, Polish-born American rabbi. [99]
• Brian Brewer, 38, American professional wrestler. [100]
• John D. Butler, 94, American politician, Mayor of San Diego (1951–1955). [101]
• Dave Coenen, 29, Belgian mountain biker, brain tumor. [102]
• Alfred Gregory, 96, British mountain climber and photojournalist. [103]
• Phil Harris, 53, American fisherman, reality television participant (Deadliest Catch), stroke. [104]
• Walter Frederick Morrison, 90, American inventor of the frisbee. [105]
• Francine Irving Neff, 84, American politician, Treasurer of the United States (1974–1977), heart failure. [106]
• Hastings Shade, 68, American deputy tribal chief of the Cherokee Nation (1999–2003). [107]
• Robert Shaw Sturgis Whitman, 94, American Episcopalian priest. [108]

8

• Pena Branca, 70, Brazilian folk singer, heart attack. [109] (Portuguese)
• Jacques Hétu, 71, Canadian composer, lung cancer. [110]
• Jimmie Heuga, 66, American Alpine ski racer, bronze medal winner (1964 Winter Olympics), multiple sclerosis. [111]
• Robert Hoy, 82, American actor (The High Chaparral) and stuntman, cancer. [112]
• Carl Kaysen, 89, American economist and Deputy Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (1961-1963). [113]
• Bernard Lander, 94, American rabbi, founder of Touro College. [114]
• Fedir Muravchenko, 80, Ukrainian head of Ivchenko-Progress, Hero of Ukraine. [115] (Russian)
• John Murtha, 77, American politician, Representative from Pennsylvania (1974–2010), complications of gallbladder surgery. [116]
• Anna Samokhina, 47, Russian actress, stomach cancer. [117] (Russian)
• Krzysztof Skubiszewski, 83, Polish politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (1989–1993). [118] (Polish)
• Wahei Tatematsu, 62, Japanese novelist, multiple organ failure. [119]

7

• Franco Ballerini, 45, Italian road racing cyclist, rally car accident. [120]
• Daniel Joseph Bradley, British physicist. [121]
• Bobby Dougan, 83, Scottish football player. [122]
• David Froman, 71, American actor (The Edge of Night, Matlock), cancer. [123]
• André Kolingba, 73, Central African politician, President (1981–1993). [124]
• Paul LaPalme, 86, American baseball player. [125]
• Lim Soo-Hyeok, 40, South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants), cardiac dysrhythmia. [126] (Korean)
• Mihailo Marković, 86, Serbian philosopher. [127] (German)
• William Tenn, 89, American science fiction writer and professor, heart failure. [128]

6

• Albert Booth, 81, British politician, MP for Barrow-in-Furness (1966–1983), Secretary of State for Employment (1976–1979). [129]
• Robert Dana, 80, American poet, Iowa poet laureate (2004–2008), pancreatic cancer. [130]
• Sir John Dankworth, 82, British jazz musician. [131]
• Richard Delvy, 67, American drummer (The Bel-Airs), composer and producer, after long illness. [132]
• Brad Ecklund, 87, American football player (New York Yanks), heart failure. [133]
• Kipkemboi Kimeli, 43, Kenyan Olympic bronze medal-winning (1988) athlete, pneumonia and tuberculosis. [134]
• Lee Yeong-duk, 84, South Korean politician, Prime Minister (1994), pneumonia. [135]
• Nancy Sweezy, 88, American folklorist, potter and writer. [136]
• Tony Taylor, 42, American heavy metal singer (Twisted Tower Dire), motorcycle accident. [137]
• Donald Welsh, 66, American publisher (Outside), drowning. [138]

5

• Bayken Ashimov, 92, Kazakh politician. [139]
• Gul Hameed Bhatti, 63, Pakistani journalist and editor, stroke. [140]
• Brendan Burke, 21, Canadian-born American ice hockey player notable for coming out, car accident. [141]
• Peter Calvocoressi, 97, British historian, publisher and intelligence officer. [142]
• Ian Carmichael, 89, British actor (Lucky Jim, Private's Progress, I'm All Right Jack). [143]
• Cecil Heftel, 85, American businessman and politician, U.S. Representative from Hawaii (1977–1986), natural causes. [144]
• Galimzyan Khusainov, 72, Russian footballer. [145] (Russian)
• Sujeet Kumar, 75, Indian actor and producer, cancer. [146]
• Frank Magid, 78, American media consultant, creator of Action News, cancer. [147]
• Hiroyuki Oze, 24, Japanese baseball player, suicide by jumping. [148]
• Greg Pianka, 35, American bassist (Dirty Looks), stabbed. [149]
• Harry Schwarz, 85, South African lawyer, politician and diplomat, leader of the anti-apartheid movement, after short illness. [150]
• Te Wei, 95, Chinese animator, respiratory failure. [151]
• Brooks Thomas, 78, American publisher (Harper and Row), complications of a brain injury after a fall. [152]

4

• Kostas Axelos, 85, Greek philosopher. [153] (Greek)
• Bill Dudley, 88, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers), Pro Football Hall of Famer, stroke. [154]
• Manuel Esteba, 68, Spanish film director. [155]
• Tomás Mac Giolla, 86, Irish politician, after long illness. [156]
• Phillip Martin, 83, American tribal chief of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, stroke. [157]
• H. A. Perera, 59, Sri Lankan actor, after short illness. [158]
• Meir Pichhadze, 54, Georgian-born Israeli artist and painter, cancer. [159]
• Joseph Ignace Randrianasolo, 62, Malagasy Roman Catholic Bishop of Mahajanga (1999–2010). [160]
• Helen Tobias-Duesberg, 90, Estonian-born American composer. [161]
• Allan Wicks, 86, British organist and choirmaster. [162]

3

• Frank Fasi, 89, American politician, Mayor of Honolulu (1969–1981, 1984–1994), natural causes. [163]
• John McCallum, 91, Australian actor and television producer (Skippy the Bush Kangaroo). [164]
• Dick McGuire, 84, American basketball player, New York Knicks senior consultant, Basketball Hall of Famer, natural causes. [165]
• Gil Merrick, 88, English footballer (Birmingham City). [166]
• Regina, Crown Princess of Austria, 85, German princess, wife of Otto von Habsburg. [167]
• Frances Reid, 95, American actress (Days of our Lives). [168]
• Lindsay Thomas, 31, Canadian stage actress, lung cancer. [169]
• Georges Wilson, 88, French actor and film director. [170] (French)

2

• Cláudio Chirinian, 46, Brazilian comedian, cardiac arrest. [171] (Portuguese)
• Cochin Haneefa, 58, Indian Malayalam film actor, multiple organ failure. [172]
• Futa Helu, 75, Tongan philosopher. [173]
• Tahir Hussain, 72, Indian film director, producer and writer, cardiac arrest. [174]
• Aleen Leslie, 101, American screenwriter (A Date with Judy), pneumonia. [175]
• Rosa Lobato de Faria, 77, Portuguese writer and actress, complications from anemia. [176] (Portuguese)
• Eustace Mullins, 86, American political writer, author and biographer, stroke. [177]
• Rex Nettleford, 76, Jamaican scholar and choreographer, heart attack. [178]
• Ng Teng Fong, 82, Chinese-born Singaporean billionaire, complications from a cerebral hemorrhage. [179]
• Bob Pickett, 77, American NCAA football coach (UMass Minutemen). [180]
• Jens-Anton Poulsson, 91, Norwegian military officer and resistance member (heavy water sabotage). [181] (Norwegian)
• Nelli Shkolnikova, 82, Ukrainian-born Australian violinist and teacher, cancer. [182]
• Raymond Wang Chong Lin, 88, Chinese Roman Catholic Bishop of Zhaoxian, cerebral hemorrhage. [183]

1

• Jack Brisco, 68, American professional wrestler, complications from open heart surgery. [184]
• David Brown, 93, American film producer (Jaws), renal failure. [185]
• Rodolfo de Anda, 66, Mexican actor, thrombosis. [186] (Spanish)
• Steingrímur Hermannsson, 81, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister (1983–1987, 1988–1991). [187]
• Bobby Kirk, 82, Scottish footballer, dementia. [188]
• Atsushi Kuroi, 40, Japanese professional drifting driver, motorcycle accident. [189]
• Azzeddine Laraki, 80, Moroccan politician, Prime Minister (1986–1992). [190] (Spanish)
• Justin Mentell, 27, American actor (Boston Legal), car accident. [191]
• Mario Monreal, 71, Spanish pianist, natural causes. [192] (Spanish)
• Jaap van der Poll, 95, Dutch Olympic javelin thrower (1936 Summer Olympics). [193] (Dutch)
• María Rosa Salvador, 84, Spanish haute couture pioneer, complications from ischemic stroke. [194] (Spanish)

January 2010

See Deaths in January 2010.

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