In the year 2010
1,040 Notable deaths
Ellis Clarke
Last governor-general and first president of trinidad and tobago (1917-2010).
Born December 28th, 1917 in Port of Spain.
Died December 30th, 2010 at 93 years old in Port of Spain (stroke). [ref]
Bella Akhmadulina
Soviet and russian poet, short story writer, and translator (1937–2010).
Born April 10th, 1937 in Moscow.
Died November 29th, 2010 at 73 years old in Peredelkino (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Milka Planinc
Yugoslav politician (1924–2010).
Born November 21st, 1924 in Drniš.
Died October 7th, 2010 at 85 years old in Zagreb. [ref]
David Markson
American writer (1927-2010).
Born December 20th, 1927 in Albany.
Died June 4th, 2010 at 82 years old in Greenwich Village. [ref]
Roy Neuberger
American businessman and art collector (1903-2010).
Born July 21st, 1903 in Bridgeport.
Died December 24th, 2010 at 107 years old in Manhattan. [ref]
Colette Renard
French actress (1924-2010).
Born November 1st, 1924 in Ermont.
Died October 6th, 2010 at 85 years old in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (brain cancer). [ref]
Ruth Park
New zealand-born australian writer (1917–2010).
Born August 24th, 1917 in Auckland.
Died December 14th, 2010 at 93 years old in Sydney. [ref]
Basil Davidson
British journalist and historian (1914–2010).
Born November 9th, 1914 in Bristol.
Died July 9th, 2010 at 95 years old in London. [ref]
Claude Lefort
French philosopher (1924–2010).
Born April 21st, 1924 in 8th arrondissement of Paris.
Died October 3rd, 2010 at 86 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (cancer). [ref]
Watts S. Humphrey
American engineer (1927–2010).
Born July 4th, 1927 in Battle Creek.
Died October 28th, 2010 at 83 years old in Sarasota. [ref]
Alec Bedser
British cricketer (1918-2010).
Born July 4th, 1918 in Reading.
Died April 4th, 2010 at 91 years old in London (disease). [ref]
Christoph Schlingensief
German theatre and film director, playwright, and performance artist (1960-2010).
Born October 24th, 1960 in Oberhausen. [ref]
Died August 21st, 2010 at 49 years old in Berlin (lung cancer). [ref]
Wu Guanzhong
Chinese painter (1919–2010).
Born August 29th, 1919 in Yixing.
Died June 25th, 2010 at 90 years old in Beijing (lung cancer). [ref]
Marion Brown
American saxophonist (1931–2010).
Born September 8th, 1931 in Atlanta.
Died October 18th, 2010 at 79 years old in Hollywood (disease). [ref]
Vladislav Ardzinba
President of abkhazia (1945-2010).
Born May 14th, 1945 in Eshera.
Died March 4th, 2010 at 64 years old in Moscow.
Ed Thigpen
American jazz drummer (1930–2010).
Born December 28th, 1930 in Chicago.
Died January 13th, 2010 at 79 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Larry Siegfried
American basketball player (1939-2010).
Born May 22nd, 1939 in Shelby.
Died October 14th, 2010 at 71 years old in Cleveland (myocardial infarction). [ref]
David Thompson
Sixth prime minister of barbados (1961-2010).
Born December 25th, 1961 in London.
Died October 23rd, 2010 at 48 years old in Saint Philip (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Ernst von Glasersfeld
German philosopher (1917–2010).
Born March 8th, 1917 in Munich.
Died November 12th, 2010 at 93 years old in Franklin County (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Fran Crippen
American long-distance and open water swimmer.
Born April 17th, 1984 in Bryn Mawr.
Died October 23rd, 2010 at 26 years old in Fujairah (heart failure). [ref]
Mohammed Arkoun
Algerian philosopher (1928–2010).
Born February 1st, 1928 in Tawrirt Mimun.
Died September 14th, 2010 at 82 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Salvador Jorge Blanco
President of the dominican republic (1926-2010).
Born July 5th, 1926 in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Died December 26th, 2010 at 84 years old in Santo Domingo. [ref]
Bogdan Bogdanović
Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist (1922-2010).
Born August 20th, 1922 in Belgrade.
Died June 18th, 2010 at 87 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction).
Richard Gregory
British psychologist; (1923-2010).
Born July 24th, 1923 in London.
Died May 17th, 2010 at 86 years old in Bristol. [ref]
Andrei Voznesensky
Soviet poet (1933-2010).
Born May 12th, 1933 in Moscow.
Died June 1st, 2010 at 77 years old in Peredelkino (stroke).
Deaths 401 to 425 of 1040
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis