In the year 2010
1,040 Notable deaths
Simone Valère
French actress (1923–2010).
Born August 2nd, 1923 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died November 11th, 2010 at 87 years old in Roinville.
Aleksander Szczygło
Polish politician (1963-2010).
Born October 27th, 1963 in Jeziorany.
Died April 10th, 2010 at 46 years old in Smolensk (aviation accident).
Elena Tairova
Chess player.
Born August 28th, 1991 in Minsk.
Died March 16th, 2010 at 18 years old in Moscow.
Kazimir Hnatow
French footballer (1929–2010).
Born November 9th, 1929 in Crusnes.
Died December 16th, 2010 at 81 years old in Vouillé.
Jānis Klovāns
Latvian chess player (1935-2010).
Born April 9th, 1935 in Ruba Parish.
Died October 5th, 2010 at 75 years old in Riga. [ref]
Amanda Berenguer
Uruguayan writer (1921–2010).
Born June 24th, 1921 in Montevideo.
Died July 13th, 2010 at 89 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Marie Corridon
American swimmer (1930–2010).
Born February 5th, 1930 in Washington, D.C..
Died May 26th, 2010 at 80 years old in Norwalk. [ref]
Andrzej Przewoźnik
Polish historian (1963-2010).
Born May 13th, 1963 in Palmiry.
Died April 10th, 2010 at 46 years old in Smolensk (Smolensk air disaster).
Dejene Berhanu
Athletics competitor (1980–2010).
Born December 12th, 1980 in Addis Alem.
Died August 29th, 2010 at 29 years old in Ethiopia.
Phillip Walker
American electric blues guitarist (1937–2010).
Born February 11th, 1937 in Welsh.
Died July 22nd, 2010 at 73 years old in Palm Springs. [ref]
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern
Head of the house of hohenzollern-sigmaringen (1924-2010).
Born February 3rd, 1924 in Umkirch.
Died September 16th, 2010 at 86 years old in Sigmaringen. [ref]
Emil Schulz
German boxer (1938-2010).
Born May 25th, 1938 in Kaiserslautern.
Died March 22nd, 2010 at 71 years old in Kaiserslautern. [ref]
Romeu Tuma
Brazilian politician (1931-2010).
Born October 4th, 1931 in São Paulo.
Died October 26th, 2010 at 79 years old in São Paulo (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Imre Polyák
Olympic wrestler (1932–2010).
Born April 16th, 1932 in Kecskemét.
Died November 15th, 2010 at 78 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir
Icelandic writer (1940–2010).
Born December 10th, 1940 in Hornstrandir. [ref]
Died May 7th, 2010 at 69 years old in Reykjavík.
Ángel Cabrera
Uruguayan footballer (1939-2010).
Born October 9th, 1939 in Mercedes.
Died November 15th, 2010 at 71 years old in Mercedes.
Frank Baumgartl
East german athlete (1955–2010).
Born May 29th, 1955 in Bad Schlema.
Died August 26th, 2010 at 55 years old in Como. [ref]
Ronald Pettersson
Ice hockey player (1935-2010).
Born April 16th, 1935 in Surahammar.
Died March 6th, 2010 at 74 years old in Gothenburg. [ref]
Andrzej Karweta
Polish admiral (1958-2010).
Born June 11th, 1958 in Jaworzno.
Died April 10th, 2010 at 51 years old in Smolensk (Smolensk air disaster).
Daniel Ducarme
Belgian politician (1954-2010).
Born March 8th, 1954 in Liège.
Died August 28th, 2010 at 56 years old in Brussels metropolitan area (cancer). [ref]
Michele Giordano
Catholic cardinal (1930–2010).
Born September 26th, 1930 in Sant'Arcangelo.
Died December 2nd, 2010 at 80 years old in Naples. [ref]
Erika Burkart
Swiss writer (1922-2010).
Born February 8th, 1922 in Aarau.
Died April 14th, 2010 at 88 years old in Muri. [ref]
Sakina Aliyeva
Azerbaijani-soviet politician.
Born April 15th, 1925 in Nakhchivan.
Died October 6th, 2010 at 85 years old in Baku.
Peter Risi
Swiss footballer (1950-2010).
Born May 16th, 1950 in Buochs. [ref]
Died December 11th, 2010 at 60 years old in Buochs (disease). [ref]
Leonid Nechayev
Soviet and russian film director.
Died January 24th, 2010 at 70 years old in Moscow (stroke).
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau