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In the year 2010
1,040 Notable deaths
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]
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]
Bill Dixon
American composer and educator (1925–2010).
Born October 5th, 1925 in Nantucket.
Died June 16th, 2010 at 84 years old in Bennington. [ref]
Luis Molowny
Spanish footballer (1925–2010).
Born May 12th, 1925 in Puerto de la Cruz.
Died February 12th, 2010 at 84 years old in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. [ref]
Palle Huld
Danish actor (1912–2010).
Born August 2nd, 1912 in Hellerup.
Died November 26th, 2010 at 98 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Miodrag Djuric
Yugoslavian-born artist, active in france (1933-2010).
Born October 4th, 1933 in Cetinje.
Died November 27th, 2010 at 77 years old in Pontoise.
Enrique Morente
Spanish recording artist; flamenco singer (1942-2010).
Born December 25th, 1942 in Granada. [ref]
Died December 13th, 2010 at 67 years old in Madrid (surgical complications). [ref]
Kenneth Dover
British hellenist and classical philologist (1920–2010).
Born March 11th, 1920 in London.
Died March 7th, 2010 at 89 years old in St Andrews. [ref]
Panajot Pano
Albanian association football player (1939–2010).
Born March 7th, 1939 in Durrës.
Died January 19th, 2010 at 70 years old in Jacksonville (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Jacques Bertin
French geographer and cartographer (1918–2010).
Born July 27th, 1918 in Maisons-Laffitte.
Died May 3rd, 2010 at 91 years old in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
Kage Baker
American writer.
Born June 10th, 1952 in Hollywood.
Died January 31st, 2010 at 57 years old in San Luis Obispo County (uterine cancer). [ref]
Belva Plain
American writer (1915-2010).
Born October 9th, 1915 in New York City.
Died October 12th, 2010 at 95 years old in Short Hills. [ref]
Nicola Cabibbo
Italian physicist (1935–2010).
Born April 10th, 1935 in Rome.
Died August 16th, 2010 at 75 years old in Rome. [ref]
Mohammed Abed al-Jabri
Moroccan philosopher (1935-2010).
Born December 27th, 1935 in Figuig.
Died May 3rd, 2010 at 74 years old in Casablanca. [ref]
Freya von Moltke
German writer and scholar (1911–2010).
Born March 29th, 1911 in Cologne.
Died January 1st, 2010 at 98 years old in Norwich (disease). [ref]
Vladislav Galkin
Soviet and russian actor (1971–2010).
Born December 25th, 1971 in Moscow.
Died February 25th, 2010 at 38 years old in Moscow (cardiomyopathy). [ref]
Momo Kapor
Serbian novelist, painter and actor (1937-2010).
Born April 8th, 1937 in Sarajevo. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 2010 at 72 years old in Belgrade (cancer). [ref]
Hans van Mierlo
Dutch politician (1931–2010).
Born August 18th, 1931 in Breda.
Died March 11th, 2010 at 78 years old in Amsterdam (liver disease). [ref]
Jerrold E. Marsden
Canadian-american mathematician.
Born August 17th, 1942 in Ocean Falls.
Died September 21st, 2010 at 68 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
Jimmy Gardner
Actor from england (1924-2010).
Born August 24th, 1924 in Newmarket.
Died May 3rd, 2010 at 85 years old in London (pneumonia). [ref]
Robert Freitag
Swiss-austrian actor (1916-2010).
Born April 7th, 1916 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 8th, 2010 at 94 years old in Munich. [ref]
Stephen J. Solarz
American politician (1940–2010).
Born September 12th, 1940 in New York City.
Died November 29th, 2010 at 70 years old in Washington, D.C. (esophageal cancer). [ref]
David Nolan
Writer and politician (1943-2010).
Born November 23rd, 1943 in Washington, D.C..
Died November 21st, 2010 at 66 years old in Tucson (stroke). [ref]
Frederik van Zyl Slabbert
South african political analyst, businessman and politician (1940-2010).
Born March 2nd, 1940 in Pretoria.
Died May 14th, 2010 at 70 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Werner Schroeter
German film director and screenwriter (1945–2010).
Born April 7th, 1945 in Georgenthal.
Died April 12th, 2010 at 65 years old in Kassel (lung cancer). [ref]
Deaths 451 to 475 of 1040
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