In the year 2010
961 Notable deaths
Peter Porter
Australian, british based poet (1929-2010).
Born February 16th, 1929 in Brisbane.
Died April 23rd, 2010 at 81 years old in London (liver cancer). [ref]
Peter Hofmann
German opera singer.
Born August 12th, 1944 in Mariánské Lázně. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2010 at 66 years old in Wunsiedel (pneumonia). [ref]
Kari Tapio
Finnish singer (1945-2010).
Born November 22nd, 1945 in Suonenjoki.
Died December 7th, 2010 at 65 years old in Espoo (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William B. Lenoir
American astronaut (1939–2010).
Born March 14th, 1939 in Miami.
Died August 26th, 2010 at 71 years old in Albuquerque (bicycle accident). [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]
Eugénie Blanchard
French supercentenarian (1896–2010).
Born February 16th, 1896 in Saint Barthélemy.
Died November 4th, 2010 at 114 years old in Saint Barthélemy. [ref]
Lew Allen
American air force general (1925-2010).
Born September 30th, 1925 in Miami.
Died January 4th, 2010 at 84 years old in Sterling (arthritis). [ref]
Leigh Van Valen
American biologist.
Born August 12th, 1935 in Albany.
Died October 16th, 2010 at 75 years old in Chicago (leukemia). [ref]
Isabella Abbott
Hawaiian-american professor of botany, ethnobotanist and specialist in algology (1919-2010).
Died October 28th, 2010 at 91 years old in Honolulu. [ref]
Gil Merrick
English footballer (1922–2010).
Born January 26th, 1922 in Sparkhill.
Died February 3rd, 2010 at 88 years old in Birmingham. [ref]
Deaths 461 to 470 of 961
The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe