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In the year 2010
1,040 Notable deaths
Lesley Duncan
English singer-songwriter.
Born August 12th, 1943 in Stockton-on-Tees.
Died March 12th, 2010 at 66 years old in Isle of Mull (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Bruno Cremer
French actor (1929-2010).
Born October 6th, 1929 in Saint-Mandé.
Died August 7th, 2010 at 80 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris (lip and oral cavity carcinoma).
Alan Sillitoe
British writer.
Born March 4th, 1928 in Nottingham.
Died April 25th, 2010 at 82 years old in London (cancer). [ref]
Georges Rutaganda
Rwandan militia leader and war criminal (1958-2010).
Born November 27th, 1958 in Ngoma District.
Died October 11th, 2010 at 51 years old in Porto-Novo (disease). [ref]
Jerry Bock
American theatre composer (1928-2010).
Born November 23rd, 1928 in New Haven.
Died November 3rd, 2010 at 81 years old in Mount Kisco (heart failure). [ref]
David Brown
American film and theatre producer, and writer (1916-2010).
Born July 28th, 1916 in Manhattan.
Died February 1st, 2010 at 93 years old in Manhattan (kidney failure). [ref]
Ryszard Kaczorowski
Polish statesman, last president of poland in exile (1919–2010).
Born November 26th, 1919 in Białystok.
Died April 10th, 2010 at 90 years old in Smolensk (Smolensk air disaster).
Hank Cochran
American country musician (1935-2010).
Born August 2nd, 1935 in Isola.
Died July 15th, 2010 at 74 years old in Nashville (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Beryl Bainbridge
English writer (1932–2010).
Born November 21st, 1934 in Liverpool.
Died July 2nd, 2010 at 75 years old in University College Hospital (cancer). [ref]
Fatima Meer
South african academic and writer (1928-2010).
Born August 12th, 1928 in Durban.
Died March 13th, 2010 at 81 years old in Durban (stroke). [ref]
Bent Larsen
Danish chess grandmaster and author (1935–2010).
Born March 4th, 1935 in Tilsted Parish.
Died September 9th, 2010 at 75 years old in Buenos Aires (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
Carl Smith
American country singer (1927–2010).
Born March 15th, 1927 in Maynardville.
Died January 16th, 2010 at 82 years old in Nashville. [ref]
Dorothy DeBorba
American child actress (1925–2010).
Born March 28th, 1925 in Los Angeles.
Died June 2nd, 2010 at 85 years old in Walnut Creek (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Vladimir Ilyushin
Soviet and russian test pilot (1927–2010).
Born March 31st, 1927 in Moscow.
Died March 1st, 2010 at 82 years old in Moscow. [ref]
David L. Wolper
American television producer (1928–2010).
Born January 11th, 1928 in New York City.
Died August 10th, 2010 at 82 years old in Beverly Hills (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Tom Walkinshaw
Racecar driver (1946-2010).
Born August 14th, 1946 in Penicuik.
Died December 12th, 2010 at 64 years old in Chipping Norton (lung cancer). [ref]
Aldo Sambrell
Spanish actor (1931–2010).
Born February 23rd, 1931 in Madrid.
Died July 10th, 2010 at 79 years old in Alicante (stroke). [ref]
George David Weiss
American songwriter and arranger; president of the songwriters guild of america (1921-2010).
Born April 9th, 1921 in New York City.
Died August 23rd, 2010 at 89 years old in New Jersey (disease). [ref]
Bobby Charles
American singer-songwriter.
Born February 21st, 1938 in Abbeville.
Died January 14th, 2010 at 71 years old in Abbeville. [ref]
John Shepherd-Barron
British inventor (1925-2010).
Born June 23rd, 1925 in Shillong.
Died May 15th, 2010 at 84 years old in Inverness. [ref]
Richie Hayward
American musician.
Born February 6th, 1946 in Des Moines.
Died August 12th, 2010 at 64 years old in Victoria (pneumonia). [ref]
Lucille Clifton
American poet (1936-2010).
Born June 27th, 1936 in Depew. [ref]
Died February 13th, 2010 at 73 years old in Baltimore. [ref]
Jean Rollin
French film director, actor and novelist (1938-2010).
Born November 3rd, 1938 in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Died December 15th, 2010 at 72 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris (disease). [ref]
Angus Maddison
British economist (1926–2010).
Born December 6th, 1926 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Died April 24th, 2010 at 83 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine. [ref]
Peter Hilton
British mathematician (1923-2010).
Born April 7th, 1923 in London.
Died November 6th, 2010 at 87 years old in Binghamton. [ref]
Deaths 226 to 250 of 1040
Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come. Rabindranath Tagore