In the year 2010
965 Notable deaths
Merlin Olsen
American football player and actor (1940-2010).
Born September 15th, 1940 in Logan.
Died March 11th, 2010 at 69 years old in City of Hope National Medical Center (mesothelioma). [ref]
Glenn Shadix
American actor (1952-2010).
Born April 15th, 1952 in Bessemer.
Died September 7th, 2010 at 58 years old in Birmingham (falling from height). [ref]
Alexander Haig
Former u.s. secretary of state and u.s. army general (1924-2010).
Born December 2nd, 1924 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died February 20th, 2010 at 85 years old in Baltimore (infectious disease). [ref]
Simon MacCorkindale
British actor (1952–2010).
Born February 12th, 1952 in Ely.
Died October 14th, 2010 at 58 years old in London (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Guru
American rapper, producer and actor.
Born July 17th, 1961 in Boston.
Died April 19th, 2010 at 48 years old in New York City (cancer, multiple myeloma). [ref]
Eddie Fisher
American entertainer and singer (1928–2010).
Born August 10th, 1928 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died September 22nd, 2010 at 82 years old in Berkeley (surgical complications). [ref]
Israr Ahmed
Pakistan muslim scholar.
Born April 26th, 1932 in Hisar.
Died April 14th, 2010 at 77 years old in Lahore (cardiac arrest). [ref]
Luna Vachon
American professional wrestler (1962-2010).
Born January 12th, 1962 in Atlanta.
Died August 27th, 2010 at 48 years old in Port Richey (drug overdose). [ref]
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Japanese marine engineer (1916–2010).
Born March 16th, 1916 in Nagasaki. [ref]
Died January 4th, 2010 at 93 years old in Nagasaki (stomach cancer). [ref]
Corin Redgrave
British actor (1939-2010).
Born July 16th, 1939 in Marylebone. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2010 at 70 years old in Tooting (prostate cancer). [ref]
Benoit Mandelbrot
Polish-born, french and american mathematician.
Born November 20th, 1924 in Warsaw.
Died October 14th, 2010 at 85 years old in Cambridge (pancreatic cancer).
Winston Churchill
British politician (1940–2010).
Born October 10th, 1940 in Chequers. [ref]
Died March 2nd, 2010 at 69 years old in Belgravia (prostate cancer). [ref]
Zecharia Sitchin
American-israeli author of azerbaijani origin (1920-2010).
Died October 9th, 2010 at 90 years old in New York City. [ref]
Eugene Allen
American waiter and butler.
Born July 14th, 1919 in Scottsville.
Died March 31st, 2010 at 90 years old in Takoma Park (kidney failure). [ref]
Chris Kanyon
American professional wrestler (1970-2010).
Born January 4th, 1970 in Sunnyside.
Died April 2nd, 2010 at 40 years old in Sunnyside (drug overdose). [ref]
Jyoti Basu
Indian politician (1914-2010).
Born July 8th, 1914 in Kolkata.
Died January 17th, 2010 at 95 years old in Kolkata (pneumonia). [ref]
Zelda Rubinstein
American actress (1933-2010).
Born May 28th, 1933 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 27th, 2010 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (kidney failure). [ref]
Michael Foot
British politician (1913-2010).
Born July 23rd, 1913 in Plymouth. [ref]
Died March 3rd, 2010 at 96 years old in Hampstead (disease). [ref]
Norman Wisdom
English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter.
Born February 4th, 1915 in Marylebone.
Died October 4th, 2010 at 95 years old in Isle of Man (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Bob Probert
Canadian ice hockey player (1965-2010).
Born June 5th, 1965 in Windsor.
Died July 5th, 2010 at 45 years old in Windsor (heart failure). [ref]
Stephen J. Cannell
American television producer, writer, novelist, and occasional actor, and the founder of cannell entertainment (1941-2010).
Born February 5th, 1941 in Los Angeles.
Died September 30th, 2010 at 69 years old in Pasadena (cancer, melanoma). [ref]
Alex Chilton
American musician (1950–2010).
Born December 28th, 1950 in Memphis.
Died March 17th, 2010 at 59 years old in New Orleans (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Harold Gould
American actor (1923-2010).
Born December 10th, 1923 in Schenectady.
Died September 11th, 2010 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills (prostate cancer). [ref]
Paul Schäfer
German criminal and founder of a sect and agricultural commune colonia dignidad in chile (1921-2010).
Born December 4th, 1921 in Bonn.
Died April 24th, 2010 at 88 years old in Santiago (heart failure). [ref]
Kevin McCarthy
American actor (1914–2010).
Born February 15th, 1914 in Seattle.
Died September 11th, 2010 at 96 years old in Hyannis (pneumonia). [ref]
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Every exit is an entry somewhere else. Tom Stoppard