In the year 2010
1,040 Notable deaths
Frank Fenner
Australian virologist (1914–2010).
Born December 21st, 1914 in Ballarat.
Died November 22nd, 2010 at 95 years old in Canberra. [ref]
Rajeshwari Chatterjee
Indian scientist.
Born January 24th, 1922 in Karnataka.
Died September 3rd, 2010 at 88 years old
Sid Fleischman
American (1920–2010).
Born March 16th, 1920 in New York City, Brooklyn.
Died March 17th, 2010 at 90 years old in Santa Monica (cancer). [ref]
Petar Borota
Serbian footballer (1952-2010).
Born March 5th, 1952 in Belgrade.
Died February 12th, 2010 at 57 years old in Genoa. [ref]
Olga Guillot
Cuban singer (1922–2010).
Born October 9th, 1922 in Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province.
Died July 12th, 2010 at 87 years old in Miami Beach.
Loki Schmidt
German environmentalist (1919–2010).
Born March 3rd, 1919 in Hamburg.
Died October 21st, 2010 at 91 years old in Hamburg. [ref]
Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi
Sheikhs of ras al khaimah (1918-2010).
Born April 9th, 1920 in Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
Died October 27th, 2010 at 90 years old in Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah.
Carlos Monsiváis
Mexican writer (1939–2010).
Born May 5th, 1939 in Mexico City.
Died June 19th, 2010 at 71 years old in Mexico City (respiratory failure). [ref]
Busi Mhlongo
South african singer-songwriter.
Born October 28th, 1947 in Inanda.
Died June 15th, 2010 at 62 years old in Durban (cancer).
Fred Schaus
American basketball player and coach, college athletics administrator (1925–2010).
Born June 30th, 1925 in Newark.
Died February 10th, 2010 at 84 years old in Morgantown. [ref]
Frank Giering
German actor (1971-2010).
Born November 23rd, 1971 in Magdeburg.
Died June 23rd, 2010 at 38 years old in Charlottenburg. [ref]
Maureen Forrester
Canadian operatic contralto (1930-2010).
Born July 25th, 1930 in Montreal. [ref]
Died June 16th, 2010 at 79 years old in Toronto (dementia). [ref]
Abraham Sutzkever
Russian-born yiddish poet and holocaust survivor (1913-2010).
Born July 15th, 1913 in Smarhon.
Died January 20th, 2010 at 96 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Peter O'Donnell
English writer (1920–2010).
Born April 11th, 1920 in Lewisham. [ref]
Died May 3rd, 2010 at 90 years old in Brighton (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Dana Dawson
American actress, singer (1974-2010).
Born August 7th, 1974 in Jamaica.
Died August 10th, 2010 at 36 years old in New York City (colorectal cancer). [ref]
George Nissen
American inventor of the modern trampoline (1914–2010).
Born February 3rd, 1914 in Blairstown.
Died April 7th, 2010 at 96 years old in San Diego (pneumonia).
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Polish actress (1938-2010).
Born May 14th, 1938 in Warsaw.
Died June 17th, 2010 at 72 years old in New York City (esophageal cancer). [ref]
Hajo Herrmann
German bomber pilot (1913–2010).
Born August 1st, 1913 in Kiel.
Died November 5th, 2010 at 97 years old in Düsseldorf. [ref]
Luis Corvalán
Chilean politician (1916-2010).
Born September 14th, 1916 in Puerto Montt.
Died July 21st, 2010 at 93 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Adrian Păunescu
Romanian poet, publicist and politician (1943–2010).
Born July 20th, 1943 in Copăceni.
Died November 5th, 2010 at 67 years old in Floreasca Hospital (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Britton Chance
American biochemist and olympic sailor (1913–2010).
Born July 24th, 1913 in Wilkes-Barre.
Died November 16th, 2010 at 97 years old in Philadelphia. [ref]
Robert F. Boyle
Art directors (1909-2010).
Born October 10th, 1909 in Los Angeles.
Died August 1st, 2010 at 100 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Yvonne Loriod
French musician.
Born January 20th, 1924 in Houilles.
Died May 18th, 2010 at 86 years old in Saint-Denis. [ref]
Jonathan Motzfeldt
Prime minister of greenland (1938-2010).
Born September 25th, 1938 in Qassimiut. [ref]
Died October 28th, 2010 at 72 years old in Qaqortoq (cerebral hemorrhage). [ref]
W. Willard Wirtz
American secretary of labor (1912-2010).
Born March 14th, 1912 in DeKalb.
Died April 24th, 2010 at 98 years old in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
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Death is nothing, but to live defeated is to die every day. Napoleon Bonaparte