2010
Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (born 1950)
Loris Kessel was a racing driver from Switzerland.
Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (born 1950)
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2010
Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1924)
Yvonne Louise Georgette Loriod-Messiaen was a French pianist, teacher, and composer, and the second wife of composer Olivier Messiaen. Her sister was the Ondes Martenot player Jean…
Yvonne Loriod, French pianist, composer, and educator (born 1924)
2010
Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (born 1929)
Walasse Ting was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. His colorful paintings have attracted critical admiration and a popular following. Common subjects include nude women an…
Walasse Ting, Chinese-American painter and poet (born 1929)
2010
Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
Ronald James Padavona, known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black …
Ronnie James Dio, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1942)
2010
Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1918)
Henry Jones Jr. was an American jazz pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer. Critics and musicians have described Jones as eloquent, lyrical, and impeccable. In 1989, The Nati…
Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1918)
2010
Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (born 1914)
Martin Gardner was an American writer on popular mathematics and popular science. His interests also encompassed magic, scientific skepticism, micromagic, philosophy, religion, and…
Martin Gardner, American mathematician, cryptographer, and author (born 1914)
2010
José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1972)
José Desiderio Rodriguez Lima was a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros (1997–2001), Kansas C…
José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (born 1972)
2010
Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
Simon Mark Monjack was an English screenwriter, film director, producer and make-up artist. He was the husband and later widower of Brittany Murphy.
Simon Monjack, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
2010
Ray Alan, English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (born 1930)
Raymond Alan Whyberd was an English ventriloquist, television entertainer, and writer. His career spanned over half a century, though he was most popular from the 1950s until the 1…
Ray Alan, English ventriloquist, actor, and screenwriter (born 1930)
2010
Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (born 1972)
Paul Dedrick Gray, also known as the Pig, was an American musician who was the bassist, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he was designate…
Paul Gray, American bass player and songwriter (born 1972)
2010
Raymond V
Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. was an American business executive and civil rights leader during the second half of the 20th century in Baltimore, Maryland. During World War II, he served…
Raymond V
2010
Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)
Petr Muk was a Czech pop musician, composer, and performer, famous in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Muk began playing music at the age of fifteen, performing with various underg…
Petr Muk, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1965)
2010
Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano and actress (born 1926)
Anneliese Rothenberger was a German operatic soprano who had an active international performance career which spanned from 1942 to 1983. She specialized in the lyric coloratura sop…
Anneliese Rothenberger, German soprano and actress (born 1926)
2010
Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (born 1959)
Alexander Mikhaylovich Belostenny was a Ukrainian professional basketball player. He was a member of the senior Soviet national team, from 1977 to 1992, except for an absence durin…
Alexander Belostenny, Ukrainian basketball player (born 1959)
2010
Michael H
Michael H. Jordan was an American businessman. He served as the chief executive officer of PepsiCo Worldwide Foods (1986–1990), Westinghouse Electric Corporation (1993–1998), CBS C…
Michael H
2010
Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (born 1925)
Alan David Hickinbotham AM was an Australian businessman and Australian rules football player and coach.
Alan Hickinbotham, Australian footballer and coach (born 1925)
2010
Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1915)
Gabriel Vargas Bernal was a Mexican cartoonist, whose comic strip La Familia Burrón was created in 1937. This cartoon has been described as one of the most important in Mexican pop…
Gabriel Vargas, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1915)
2010
Jarvis Williams, American football player and coach (born 1965)
Jarvis Eric Williams, Sr. was an American professional football player who was a defensive back for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. …
Jarvis Williams, American football player and coach (born 1965)
2010
Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (born 1912)
Arthur Gordon Linkletter was a Canadian-born American radio and television personality. He was the host of House Party, which ran on CBS radio and television for 25 years, and Peop…
Art Linkletter, Canadian-American radio and television host (born 1912)
2010
Chris Moran, English air marshal and pilot (born 1956)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Hugh Moran, was a fast jet pilot and later a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. He was Commander-in-Chief of Air Command at the time of his …
Chris Moran, English air marshal and pilot (born 1956)
2010
Kieran Phelan, Irish politician (born 1949)
Kieran Phelan was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann on the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
Kieran Phelan, Irish politician (born 1949)
2010
Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (born 1929)
Payut Ngaokrachang was a Thai cartoonist and animator. He created Thai cinema's first cel-animated feature film, The Adventure of Sudsakorn.
Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and director (born 1929)
2010
Dennis Hopper, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1936)
Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. He is considered one of the key figures of the New Hollywood era. He earned prizes from the Cann…
Dennis Hopper, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1936)
2010
Gary Coleman, American actor (born 1968)
Gary Wayne Coleman was an American actor, known as a high-profile child star of the late 1970s and 1980s. Born in Zion, Illinois, Coleman grew up with his adoptive parents. Due to …
Gary Coleman, American actor (born 1968)