Notable Deaths of 2010 (August)

… and Some In Memoriam from Other Years.

AUGUST
August 1st, 2010
Robert F Boyle, 100
American art director and production designer (North By Northwest, The Birds)

Bruce Garvey, 70
British-born Canadian journalist

Reginald Levy, 88
British pilot, captain of Sabena Flight 571

William MacVane, 95
American surgeon and politician, Mayor of Portland, Maine (1971)

George Shangrow, 59
American conductor, pianist and radio personality

Eric Tindill, 99
New Zealand cricketer and rugby union player

Larry Yachimec, 51
Canadian actor

August 2nd, 2010
Ian Castles, 75
Australian public servant, Australian Statistician (1986 – 1994)

Makh Daniels, 28
American heavy metal singer (Early Graves)

James Hunter, 56
American football player (Detroit Lions)

Mitch Jayne, 82
American bluegrass bassist (The Dillards) and actor (The Andy Griffith Show)

Jan Wilson, 66
British politician, Leader of Sheffield City Council (1997 – 1999, 2002 – 2008)

August 3rd, 2010
Herman Bassman, 97
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles)

Bobby Hebb, 72
American singer-songwriter (“Sunny”)

August 4th, 2010
Robert E Davis, 70
American jurist, Chief Justice of the Kansas Supreme Court (2009 – 2010)

Gary Johnson, 57
American football player (San Diego Chargers)

Jim Kennan, 64
Australian lawyer and politician, Deputy Premier of Victoria (1990 – 1992)

Henry Lardy, 92
American biochemist

Frank Latta, 63
Australian surfer and surfboard shaper

August 5th, 2010
Robert Baker Aitken, 93
American Zen Buddhist teacher

Sue Napier, 62
Australian politician, Leader of the Tasmanian Opposition (1999 – 2001)

August 6th, 2010
Julian Besag, 65
British statistician

Catfish Collins, 66
American guitarist (James Brown, Bootsy’s Rubber Band, Parliament-Funkadelic)

David C Dolby, 64
American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient

Tony Judt, 62
British historian

Jeff McLean, 63
Australian rugby union player

August 7th, 2010
Keith Drumright, 55
American baseball player (Houston Astros, Oakland Athletics)

Jerry Flint, 79
American automotive journalist (Forbes)

John Nelder, 85
British statistician, President of the Royal Statistical Society (1985 – 1986)

August 8th, 2010
David Dixon, 87
American businessman

Michael Meagher, 55
Australian journalist

Patricia Neal, 84
American Academy Award-winning actress (Hud)

Jack Parnell, 87
British bandleader and musician

Matthew Simmons, 67
American businessman and economist

August 9th, 2010
Gene Hermanski, 90
American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers)

Jay Larkin, 59
American, Showtime boxing television executive

Paul Rexe, 66
Canadian politician and writer

Ted Stevens, 86
American politician, US Senator from Alaska (1968 – 2009)

John Yaremko, 91
Canadian politician

August 10th, 2010
Brian Clark, 67
English footballer (Cardiff City FC)

Dana Dawson, 36
American actress and singer

Séamus Dolan, 95
Irish politician, TD (1961 – 1965) and Senator (1965 – 1969, 1973 – 1982)

Fernando Fernández, 70
Spanish illustrator and comic artist

Robin Warwick Gibson, 66
British art historian

Gordon Howard
British sports administrator, director of Kidderminster Harriers FC

Antonio Pettigrew, 42
American athletics coach, 1991 world champion and 2000 Olympic sprinter

Jimmy Reid, 78
Scottish trade unionist and journalist

Adam Stansfield, 31
English footballer (Exeter City FC)

David L Wolper, 82
American film and television producer (North and South, Roots, The Thorn Birds)

August 11th, 2010
Robert Rubane Diaz, 72
American serial killer

David Hull, 75
American philosopher

Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith, 86
British politician, MP for Holborn and St Pancras South (1959 – 1964), East Grinstead (1965 – 1983) and Wealden (1983 – 2001)

Nellie King, 82
American baseball player and public address announcer (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Markus Liebherr, 62
Swiss businessman, owner of Southampton FC

Dan Rostenkowski, 82
American politician, Representative from Illinois (1959 – 1995)

Lou Smit, 75
American police detective, investigated JonBenét Ramsey case

Sir Ron Trotter, 82
New Zealand businessman, cancer

August 12th, 2010
Isaac Bonewits, 60
American Neopagan leader and author

Guido de Marco, 79
Maltese politician, President (1999 – 2004)

Laurence Gardner
British writer and lecturer on historical revisionism

Richie Hayward, 64
American drummer (Little Feat)

André Kim, 74
South Korean fashion designer, pneumonia

Mario Laguë, 52
Canadian diplomat, Liberal Party communications director

Paul Ryan Rudd, 70
American actor (Beacon Hill, The Betsy)

August 13th, 2010
Helen Berg, 78
American statistician, Mayor of Corvallis, Oregon (1994 – 2006)

Lance Cade, 29
American professional wrestler

Macchour Chaouk, 65
Australian crime figure, shot

Jacques Maurice Faivre, 76
French Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Le Mans (1997 – 2008)

Esteban Jordan, 71
American accordionist

August 14th, 2010
Abd-al-Rahman Awad
Lebanese Islamist militant, leader of Fatah al-Islam

Abu Bakr Abdullah
Lebanese Islamist militant, deputy and trainer of Fatah al-Islam

Mervyn Alexander, 85
British Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Clifton (1974 – 2001)

Herman Leonard, 87
American photographer

Abbey Lincoln, 80
American jazz singer and actress (For Love of Ivy, Nothing But a Man)

Sherman W Tribbitt, 87
American politician, Governor of Delaware (1973 – 1977)

August 15th, 2010
Ahmad Alaadeen, 76
American jazz musician

Joe L Brown, 91
American baseball executive (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Denis E Dillon, 76
American lawyer and politician, District Attorney of Nassau County, New York (1974 – 2005)

James J Kilpatrick, 89
American columnist and grammarian

Philip Markoff, 24
American murder suspect

Harrison Price, 89
American theme park pioneer

Robert Wilson, 53
American musician (The Gap Band)

August 16th, 2010
Christopher Freeman, 88
British economist

Frank Ryan, 50
American plastic surgeon

Bobby Thomson, 86
Scottish-born American baseball player (Shot Heard ’Round the World)

August 17th, 2010
Francesco Cossiga, 82
Italian politician, Prime Minister (1979 – 1980) and President (1985 – 1992)

Sir Frank Kermode, 90
British literary critic and writer

Bill Millin, 88
British soldier, bagpiper during World War II

Edwin Morgan, 90
Scottish poet, The Scots Makar

August 18th, 2010
Edelmiro Cavazos, 38
Mexican politician, Mayor of Santiago (body found on this date)

Harold Vincent Connolly, 79
American hammer thrower, Olympic gold medalist (1956)

Fiona Coyne, 45
South African television presenter (The Weakest Link)

Kenny Edwards, 64
American singer-songwriter (The Stone Poneys)

Christopher Kovacevich, 82
American Orthodox prelate, Metropolitan of Libertyville and Chicago

Rod Shealy, 56
American political consultant

Maria Wachter, 100
German communist and resistance fighter, member of VVN

August 19th, 2010
Skandor Akbar, 75
American professional wrestler and wrestling manager

Ted Allen, 54
American professional wrestler

Johnny Bailey, 43
American football player (Chicago Bears)

Michael Been, 60
American musician (The Call) and actor (The Last Temptation of Christ)

Dick Maloney, 77
Canadian singer

August 20th, 2010
James Dooge, 88
Irish politician and academic, Senator (1961 – 1977; 1981 – 1987), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1981 – 1982)

Charles Haddon, 22
British musician (Ou Est Le Swimming Pool)

Jack Horkheimer, 72
American public television host (Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer), executive director of Miami Planetarium

Ron Stewart, 74
American politician, Mayor of Independence, Missouri (1994 – 2006)

August 21st, 2010
Nancy Dolman, 58
Canadian actress (Soap), wife of Martin Short

Harold Dow, 62
American television news correspondent (48 Hours)

Sir James Foots, 94
Australian businessman and mining executive

Sir Peter Gwynn-Jones, 70
British herald, Garter Principal King of Arms (1995 – 2010)

Magomedali Vagabov, 35
Russian Dagestani militant leader, suspected mastermind of 2010 Moscow Metro bombings

August 22nd, 2010
Stjepan Bobek, 86
Yugoslavian footballer (1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups, 1948 and 1952 Olympic silver medalist)

August 23rd, 2010
Dave McElhatton, 81
American television news anchor

Bill Phillips, 74
American country music singer

George Thornewell Smith, 93
American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Georgia (1967 – 1971)

George David Weiss, 89
American composer (“What a Wonderful World”, “Can't Help Falling in Love”, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”)

August 24th, 2010
Douglas K Amdahl, 91
American jurist, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court (1981 – 1989)

Sir Graham Liggins, 84
New Zealand scientist

Acácio Rodrigues Alves, 85
Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Palmares (1962 – 2000)

August 25th, 2010
Daniel Davidson, 85
American banker and chairman (JP Morgan & Co, Christie’s, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Burlington Northern Railroad)

Soboma George
Nigerian militant leader (MEND), shot death confirmed on this date

August 26th, 2010
Ton van Duinhoven, 89
Dutch actor

John Karefa-Smart, 95
Sierra Leonean politician, Foreign Minister (1961 – 1964)

Steve Laore, 46
Solomon Islands politician

William B Lenoir, 71
American NASA astronaut

Bob Maitland, 86
British Olympic silver medal-winning (1948) cyclist

Cal McLish, 84
American baseball player

Jack Pitney, 47
American marketing executive (BMW North America), promoter of the Mini Cooper

August 27th, 2010
Anton Geesink, 76
Dutch judoka, 1964 Olympic gold medalist and member of the IOC

Andrew McIntosh, Baron McIntosh of Haringey, 77
British politician and life peer, GLC member (1973 – 1983), Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (1997 – 2003)

Tony Osborne, 84
American professional wrestler

Simone Scatizzi, 79
Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Fiesole (1977 – 1981) and Pistoia (1981 – 2006)

Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, 83
Scottish noble

Thomas White, Jr, 71
American politician, member of the New York City Council (1992 – 2001, since 2006)

August 28th, 2010
William P Foster, 91
American marching band director (Florida A&M University)

Robin Loh, 81
Singaporean businessman, founded Robina, Queensland

August 29th, 2010
Mickey Garagiola, 89
American wrestling announcer

Ramiro Inampues, 48
Colombian politician and indigenous peoples activist

Peter Lenz, 13
American motorcycle racer

Jules Loh, 79
American journalist (Associated Press)

Courtney Milne, 66
Canadian nature photographer

August 30th, 2010
J C Bailey, 27
American professional wrestler

Patrick Dougherty, 78
Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bathurst (1983 – 2008)

Victoria Longley, 49
Australian actress

Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, 71
British politician, MP (1979 – 2001), Solicitor General (1987 – 1992), Attorney General (1992 – 1997) and life peer

Jim MacLaren, 47
American triathlete

Lynn Turner, 42
American murderer

Francisco Varallo, 100
Argentine footballer, last surviving participant in the 1930 FIFA World Cup

August 31st, 2010
Owen Edwards, 76
British television executive, Director of BBC Wales (1974 – 1981)

Laurent Fignon, 50
French road bicycle racer, winner of 1983 and 1984 Tour de France

Karin Elly Hansen, 109
Danish centenarian, oldest person in Denmark

Mick Lally, 64
Irish actor (Glenroe)

Irvin Rockman
Australian politician and businessman, Lord Mayor of Melbourne (1977 – 1979) [/align]