Deaths 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in 2010 A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference, language of reference if not English.

18

• Konstantin Eremenko, 39, Russian futsal player, European champion (1999), heart attack. [1] (Russian)
• Chick Lang Sr., 83, American businessman, general manager of Maryland Jockey Club, after long illness. [2]
• Pak Nam-gi, 76, North Korean government official, executed by firing squad. [3] (death announced on this date)
• Fess Parker, 85, American actor (Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone), natural causes. [4]
• Zygmunt Józef Pawłowicz, 82, Polish Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop of Gdańsk (1985–2005), Titular Bishop of Tamallula (since 1985). [5]
• Paul Warner Powell, 31, American murderer, executed by electric chair. [6]
• Jerome York, 71, American businessman, Executive Director for Apple Inc., cerebral aneurysm. [7]

17

• Alex Chilton, 59, American musician (Big Star, The Box Tops). [8]
• Wayne Collett, 60, American athlete, 1972 Summer Olympics silver medalist, cancer. [9]
• Charlie Gillett, 68, British radio presenter, music writer and record producer, after long illness. [10]
• Johnnie High, 80, American country music impresario, heart disease. [11]
• Robert M. White, 85, American X-15 test pilot. [12]

16

• Herb Cohen, 77, American record company executive, manager of Frank Zappa. [13]
• Filip Kapisoda, 22, Montenegrin model, suicide by gunshot. [14]
• Hachiro Maekawa, 97, Japanese baseball player (Tokyo Giants), respiratory failure. [15]
• Ksenija Pajčin, 32, Serbian pop singer, shot. [16] (Serbian)

15

• Dan Achen, 51, Canadian guitarist (Junkhouse), heart attack. [17]
• Charlie Ashcroft, 83, British footballer (Liverpool F.C.). [18]
• Emilia Boncodin, 55, Filipino public servant, whistleblower in ZTE scandal, cardiac arrest. [19]
• Joseph Galdon, 81, Filipino writer and academic. [20]
• Robert Hodgins, 89, South African artist, lung cancer. [21]
• Ashok Kumar, 53, British politician, MP for Langbaurgh (1991–1992) and Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland (1997–2010). [22]
• Ron Lundy, 75, American radio disc jockey (WABC, WCBS-FM), heart attack. [23]
• Sam Mtukudzi, 21, Zimbabwean musician, car accident. [24]
• Heno Sarv, 56, Estonian cultural geographer and ethnologist. [25] (Estonian)
• Sotiris Zakapidas, 97, Greek footballer (Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C.). [26] (Greek)

14

• Chimen Abramsky, 93, British historian, expert in Jewish studies and Hebrew literature. [27]
• Carmen Capalbo, 84, American theater director, emphysema. [28]
• Corsica Joe, 90, American professional wrestler. [29]
• Edmund Dinis, 85, American prosecutor, investigated Chappaquiddick incident, complications of treatment for lymphoma. [30]
• Panos Glykofridis, 80, Greek film director. [31] (Greek)
• Peter Graves, 83, American actor (Mission: Impossible, Airplane!), heart attack. [32]
• Vinda Karandikar, 91, Indian poet and writer, after short illness. [33]
• Urpo Leppänen, 66, Finnish politician. [34] (Finnish)
• Park Chun-seok, 80, South Korean composer, stroke. [35]
• John Powles, 61, Canadian Head of the Canada-Japan Society, Order of the Rising Sun recipient, pancreatic cancer. [36]
• Felipe Sapag, 93, Argentine politician. [37] (Spanish)
• Der Scutt, 75, American architect (Trump Tower, One Astor Plaza, Reading Public Museum), liver failure. [38]

13

• Sir Michael Angus, 79, British businessman, Chairman of Unilever (1986–1992). [39]
• Sir Ian Axford, 76, New Zealand space scientist, after long illness. [40]
• Jean Ferrat, 79, French singer, after long illness. [41]
• He Pingping, 21, Chinese dwarf, shortest man who was able to walk, heart complications. [42]
• Ljubomir Kapor, 78, Croatian actor, cancer. [43] (Croatian)
• Neville Meade, 61, Jamaican-born British boxer, 1974 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, British heavyweight champion, cancer. [44]
• Gary Mittelholtz, 55, Canadian journalist (CBC Radio), heart attack. [45]
• Andres Ringo, 71, Estonian architect. [46] (Estonian)
• Tõnu Tuvikene, 57, Estonian astrophysicist and applied mathematician. [47] (Estonian)