| CELEBRITY | AGE | DATE OF DEATH | DESCRIPTION |
| BOBBY FARRELL | 61 | 12/30/2010 | Aruban singer who fronted the international disco group Boney M ('Daddy Cool', 'Ma Baker'). |
| NICK SANTO | 69 | 12/30/2010 | American doo-wop singer with the Capris ('There's a Moon Out Tonight'). |
| BILL LAJOIE | 76 | 12/28/2010 | American Major League Baseball executive and scout with the Detroit Tigers. |
| AGATHE VON TRAPP | 97 | 12/28/2010 | Austrian-born American singer, member of the Von Trapp Family Singers and inspiration for the Leisl character in 'The Sound of Music'. |
| BERNARD WILSON | 64 | 12/26/2010 | American R & B baritone singer of Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes. |
| TEENA MARIE | 54 | 12/26/2010 | American white R & B singer ('Lovergirl', 'Square Biz', 'I Need Your Lovin') who was a protégée of Rick James. |
| DOROTHY JONES | 76 | 12/25/2010 | American girl group singer and one of the founding members of the Cookies. |
| BUD GREENSPAN | 84 | 12/25/2010 | American Olympic documentary filmmaker. |
| ELISABETH BERESFORD | 84 | 12/24/2010 | British children's author who created The Wombles. |
| MYRNA SMITH | 69 | 12/24/2010 | American R & B singer with the soul group the Sweet Inspirations. |
| FRED FOY | 89 | 12/22/2010 | American radio announcer best known for his narration of The Lone Ranger. |
| STEVE LANDESBERG | 74 | 12/20/2010 | American television ('Barney Miller') and movie ('Forgetting Sarah Marshall') actor. |
| CLAY COLE | 72 | 12/18/2010 | American host and disc jockey who hosted the self-titled 'Clay Cole Show' on New York's WNTA and WPIX in the 1960's. |
| WALT DROPO | 87 | 12/17/2010 | American major league baseball first baseman with the Boston Red Sox and 2 other teams. |
| CAPTAIN BEEFHEART | 69 | 12/17/2010 | American alternative music artist whose given name was Don Glen Vliet. Led the Magic Band. |
| BLAKE EDWARDS | 88 | 12/15/2010 | American screenwriter and producer ('Breakfast at Tiffany's', 'The Pink Panther', '10'). |
| BOB FELLER | 92 | 12/15/2010 | American major league baseball pitcher with the Cleveland Indians. Member of the Hall of Fame. |
| RICHARD HOLBROOKE | 69 | 12/13/2010 | American diplomat and former ambassador to Germany and the United Nations. |
| ELISABETH EDWARDS | 61 | 12/7/2010 | American author who was the wife of North Carolina Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards. |
| DON MEREDITH | 72 | 12/5/2010 | Pro football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and Monday Night Football commentator along with Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford. |
| RON SANTO | 70 | 12/2/2010 | American baseball player and announcer for the Chicago Cubs. |
| LESLIE NIELSEN | 84 | 11/28/2010 | Canadian born actor who starred in the 50's sci-fi film Forbidden Planet, the Airplane! and Naked Gun movies and the Police Squad TV show. |
| IRWIN KERSHNER | 87 | 11/27/2010 | American movie director who was most famous for directing the original 'The Empire Strikes Back' Star Wars film. |
| INGRID PITT | 73 | 11/23/2010 | Polish born British actress of the horror films The Countess Dracula and The House That Dripped Blood. |
| PAT BURNS | 58 | 11/19/2010 | Canadian National Hockey League coach of four different teams including the Boston Bruins. |
| WILLIAM SELF | 89 | 11/15/2010 | American actor and television production manager of the TV shows Batman, Lost in Space and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. |
| HENRYK GÓRECKI | 76 | 11/12/2010 | Polish classical music composer who most successful recording was Symphony No. 3. |
| DINO DE LAURENTIIS | 91 | 11/10/2010 | Italian film producer of many films including Conan the Barbarian, Death Wish, Hannibal and the cult classic Barbarella. |
| JILL CLAYBURGH | 66 | 11/5/2010 | American actress (An Unmarried Woman, Ally McBeal and Dirty Sexy Money). |
| SPARKY ANDERSON | 76 | 11/4/2010 | Major league baseball Hall of Fame manager for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. Won the World Series with both. |
| JIM CLENCH | 61 | 11/3/2010 | Canadian bassist of the groups Bachman-Turner Overdrive and April Wine. |
| CHARLIE O'DONNELL | 78 | 11/1/2010 | American announcer who was the voice of the syndicated television show Wheel of Fortune. |
| SHANNON TAVARES | 11 | 11/1/2010 | Child actress who was in The Lion King. |
| JAMES MacARTHUR | 72 | 10/28/2010 | American actor who played Dan-O on Hawaii Five-0 and was in the movie Swiss Family Robinson. |
| DENISE BURRINO-QUINN | 46 | 10/26/2010 | American actress who played Ginny Sack on the television show The Sopranos. |
| LISA BLOUNT | 53 | 10/25/2010 | American actress (An Officer and a Gentleman) and Academy-Award winning film producer (The Accountant). |
| JOSEPH STEIN | 98 | 10/24/2010 | American playwright (Fiddler on the Roof, Zorba the Greek). |
| STANLEY TANGER | 87 | 10/23/2010 | American businessman who founded the Tanger Outlet strip plazas. |
| ARI UP | 48 | 10/21/2010 | German-born british punk musician (The Slits). |
| BOB GUCCIONE | 79 | 10/20/2010 | American founder and publisher of Penthouse Magazine. |
| TOM BOSLEY | 83 | 10/19/2010 | American television actor ('Happy Days', 'Father Dowling Mysteries'). |
| BARBARA BILLINGSLEY | 94 | 10/16/2010 | American actress best known for her portrayal of June Cleaver on TV's Leave It to Beaver. |
| MARION BROWN | 79 | 10/15/2010 | American jazz alto saxophonist and ethnomusicologist. A member of the 1960s avant-garde jazz scene in New York City. |
| JEAN MARIE JOHNSON | 67 | 10/15/2010 | Singer who was along with Gail Huston co-founder of the 1960's girl group The Percells ('What are Boys Made Of'). |
| GENERAL NORMAN JOHNSON | 70 | 10/13/2010 | American lead singer of the soul group The Chairmen of the Board ('Give Me Just a Little More Time'). |
| JOAN SUTHERLAND | 83 | 10/10/2010 | Australian dramatio coloratura soprano. Luciano Pavarotti called her the "Voice of the Century". |
| SOLOMON BURKE | 70 | 10/10/2010 | American soul singer and songwriter and member of the Rock 'N Roll Hall of Fame. |
| MARY LEONA GAGE | 71 | 10/5/2010 | American beauty pageant contestant who was stripped of the title Miss USA in 1957 when it was
found out that she was married. |
| ROGER A. PETERSON | 89 | 10/1/2010 | American television producer of game shows (To Tell the Truth, I've Got a Secret and What's My Line?). |
| TONY CURTIS | 85 | 9/29/2010 | American actor ('Some Like It Hot', 'The Defiant Ones'), singer and writer. |
| ARTHUR PENN | 88 | 9/28/2010 | American film director and producer ('Bonnie and Clyde'). |
| GEORGE BLANDA | 83 | 9/27/2010 | National Football League Hall of fame quarterback for the Bears, Colts, Oilers and Raiders. |
| GLORIA STUART | 100 | 9/26/2010 | The oldest woman to ever be nominated for an Academy Award. She was 88 and the film was 'Titanic'. |
| EDDIE FISHER | 82 | 9/22/2010 | Pop singer and man of multiple celebrity marriages including Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor. |
| LEONARD SKINNER | 77 | 9/20/2010 | American school teacher and inspiration for the name of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. |
| HAROLD GOULD | 86 | 9/11/2010 | American television character actor ('Rhoda', 'The Golden Girls') |
| KEVIN McCARTHY | 96 | 9/11/2010 | American actor of many movies including the original 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. |
| RICH CRONIN | 36 | 9/8/2010 | American singer and songwriter who was a member of the pop boy band LFO. |
| GLENN SHADIX | 58 | 9/7/2010 | American character actor who played 'Otho' in the film 'Beetlejuice' and he also lent his vocals to 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'. |
| MIKE EDWARDS | 62 | 9/3/2010 | British cellist who was a member of the Electric Light Orchestra back in the 1970's. |
| GEORGE DAVID WEISS | 89 | 8/23/2010 | American composer the hit songs "What a Wonderful World", "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" and many others. |
| NANCY DOLMAN | 58 | 8/21/2010 | Canadian actress (Soap) and wife of actor Martin Short. |
| MICHAEL BEEN | 60 | 8/19/2010 | American musician (The Call) and actor (The Last Temptation of Christ). |
| BOBBY THOMPSON | 86 | 8/16/2010 | American baseball player who hit 'The Shot Heard 'Round the World' in the 1951 MLB playoffs. |
| ABBEY LINCOLN | 80 | 8/14/2010 | American jazz singer and actress (Nothin' But a Man'). |
| EDWIN NEWMAN | 91 | 8/13/2010 | American journalist and newscaster for NBC news. |
| RICHIE HAYWARD | 64 | 8/12/2010 | American drummer who was one of the founding members of Little Feat ('Dixie Chicken'). |
| TED STEVENS | 86 | 8/10/2010 | Former US Senator from Alaska who served for 41 years making him the longest serving Republican ever in the senate. |
| PATRICIA NEAL | 84 | 8/8/2010 | American actress who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1963 for her performance in the film 'Hud'. |
| CATFISH COLLINS | 64 | 8/6/2010 | Funk guitarist who was a member of James Brown's band, Bootsy's Rubber Band and Parliament-Funkadelic. |
| BOBBY HEBB | 72 | 8/3/2010 | American pop singer who had a #1 hit with his song 'Sunny'. |
| MITCH MILLER | 99 | 7/31/2010 | Orchestra leader who was best known for his gang and their 'Sing Along with Mitch' albums. |
| LORENZEN WRIGHT | 34 | 7/28/2010 | NBA basketball player who played for the Clippers, Hawks and the Grizzlies. |
| AL GOODMAN | 67 | 7/26/2010 | American soul singer who was a member of Ray, Goodman and Brown ('Special Lady'). |
| RALPH HOUK | 80 | 7/21/2010 | Major League baseball player (New York Yankees) and manager (Yankees, Red Sox, Tigers). |
| LARRY KEITH | 79 | 7/18/2010 | Broadway star who played Nick Davis on 'All My Children' in the 1970's. |
| JAMES GAMMON | 70 | 7/16/2010 | American actor who played the manager of the Indians baseball team in the 'Major League' movies. Also on TV on 'Nash Bridges'. |
| LUO PINCHAO | 98 | 7/15/2010 | Chinese opera singer who was the oldest in the world at his profession at the time of his death. |
| PETER FERNANDEZ | 83 | 7/15/2010 | The voice of 'Speed Racer' in the original 1967 anime series. |
| GEORGE STEINBRENNER | 80 | 7/13/2010 | Ruthless american baseball team owner (New York Yankees). Nicknamed "The Boss". |
| BOB SHEPPARD | 99 | 7/11/2010 | Public address announcer for the New York Yankees baseball team for many years. |
| HARVEY FUQUA | 80 | 7/5/2010 | American R & B singer with the Moonglows and producer most known for his work with Marvin Gaye. |
| ILENE WOODS | 81 | 7/1/2010 | Singer and actress who provided the lead voice of 'Cinderella' in the 1950 Disney Motion Picture. |
| ROBERT BYRD | 92 | 6/28/2010 | US Senator from West Virginia since 1959. |
| PETE QUAIFE | 66 | 6/23/2010 | Original bassist and longtime member of the British rock group The Kinks ('You Really Got Me', 'All Day and All of the Night'). |
| MANUTE BOL | 47 | 6/18/2010 | Sudanese basketball player who stood 7 feet 7 inches tall and played in the NBA. |
| GARY SHIDER | 56 | 6/16/2010 | Guitarist who was a member of George Clinton's "Parliament" and "Funkadelic" groups. He was the musical director of the "P-Funk All-Stars". |
| JIMMY DEAN | 81 | 6/13/2010 | Country singer 'Big Bad John' who also was a businessman 'Jimmy Dean Sausages'. |
| CRISPIAN ST PETERS | 71 | 6/8/2010 | Pop singer who had a big hit in the 1960's with 'The Pied Piper'. |
| MARVIN ISLEY | 56 | 6/6/2010 | American bassist for the R & B group The Isley Brothers. |
| JOHN WOODEN | 99 | 6/4/2010 | College basketball coach who guided UCLA to many championships in the 1960's and 1970's. |
| RUE McLANAHAN | 76 | 6/3/2010 | American actress most famous for portraying sultry southerner Blanche Devereaux on TV's 'Golden Girls'. Also appeared with Bea Arthur in 'Maude'. |
| ANITA HUMES | 69 | 5/30/2010 | American lead singer of the 60's group The Essex ('Easier Said Than Done', 'A Walkin' Miracle'). |
| ALI-OLLIE WOODSON | 58 | 5/30/2010 | American soul singer who was the lead singer of the Temptations through most of the 1980's and 1990's. |
| DENNIS HOPPER | 74 | 5/28/2010 | American actor ('Easy Rider', 'Apocalypse Now', 'Flashback') who was also a filmmaker and artist. |
| GARY COLEMAN | 42 | 5/27/2010 | Television actor ('Diff'rent Strokes') who had most of his success as a child star. |
| ART LINKLETTER | 97 | 5/26/2010 | Television personality who was the star of 'House Party' and 'People are Funny'. |
| JOSÉ LIMA | 37 | 5/23/2010 | All-star major league pitcher who won 21 games for the Houston Astros in 1999. |
| RONNIE JAMES DIO | 67 | 5/16/2010 | Heavy metal rock performer who was in the groups 'Black Sabbath', 'Dio', 'Rainbow' and 'Heaven and Hell'. |
| LENA HORNE | 92 | 5/9/2010 | Jazz singer and actress who helped break the color barrier in the films. |
| ROBIN ROBERTS | 83 | 5/6/2010 | Hall of Fame Baseball pitcher who won a lot of games with the Philadelphia Phillies of the 1950's. |
| ERNIE HARWELL | 92 | 5/4/2010 | American baseball broadcaster who was the voice of the Detroit Tigers. |
| LYNN REDGRAVE | 67 | 5/2/2010 | British actress best known for her roles in the films 'Georgy Girl' and 'Gods and Monsters'. |
| HELEN WAGNER | 91 | 5/1/2010 | American soap opera actress who played matriarch Nancy Hughes on 'As the World Turns'. |
| ELIZABETH POST | 89 | 4/24/2010 | American etiquette expert and granddaughter-in-law of Emily Post. |
| DOROTHY HEIGHT | 98 | 4/20/2010 | American civil rights activist who received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. |
| GURU | 48 | 4/19/2010 | American rapper who was the leader of the rap group Gang Starr. |
| RALPH SNODSMITH | 70 | 4/17/2010 | American gardener and radio host of 'Garden Hotline'. |
| MISSISSIPPI SLIM | 66 | 4/14/2010 | American blues singer and musician. |
| DIXIE CARTER | 70 | 4/11/2010 | Actress best known for her roles on television's 'Designing Women' and 'Desperate Housewives'. |
| LECH KACZYNSKI | 60 | 4/10/2010 | President of Poland who perished in a plane crash along with his wife and several of the country's top politicians and heads of state. |
| MEINHARDT RAABE | 94 | 4/9/2010 | Played the coroner of Munchkinland in the classic movie 'The Wizard of Oz', the last surviving role to have a speaking part in the film. |
| MALCOLM McLAREN | 64 | 4/8/2010 | British musician and band manager of the Sex Pistols, Bow Wow Wow and the New York Dolls. |
| MIKE CUELLAR | 72 | 4/2/2010 | Major league pitcher who was one of 4 pitchers to win 20 games for the Baltimore Orioles in 1971. |
| JOHN FORSYTHE | 92 | 4/1/2010 | Movie and TV star who played Blake Carrington on 'Dynasty' and was the voice of Charlie on 'Charlie's Angels'. |
| ROBERT CULP | 79 | 3/24/2010 | TV actor who starred in 'I Spy' in the 1960's and 'The Greatest American Hero' in the early 1980's. |
| JOHNNY MAESTRO | 70 | 3/24/2010 | Lead singer of the groups The Crests 'Sxteen Candles' and The Brooklyn Bridge "The Worst That Could Happen'. |
| FESS PARKER | 85 | 3/18/2010 | Actor who played Daniel Boone in the 1950's television series and sang its theme song. |
| ALEX CHILTON | 59 | 3/17/2010 | Lead singer of the 1960's oldies group The Box Tops ('The Letter') and then became an influential alternative music artist in the 1980's. |
| PETER GRAVES | 83 | 3/14/2010 | American actor who had roles in 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Airplane' among others. |
| MERLIN OLSEN | 69 | 3/11/2010 | NFL Hall of Fame football player who also had a small recurring role on the TV series 'The Little House on the Prairie'. |
| COREY HAIM | 38 | 3/10/2010 | Reality TV star and actor who was in hit movies in his teens. 'The Lost Boys', 'Licence to Drive', and many others. |
| DORIS 'GRANNY D' HADDOCK | 100 | 3/9/2010 | Political activist who, at the age of 90, walked across the United States in support of campaign finance reform. |
| MARY JOSEPHINE RAY | 114 | 3/7/2010 | Oldest living person in the US at the time of her death. Lived out her final years at Maplewood nursing home in Westmoreland, NH. |
| NAN MARTIN | 82 | 3/4/2010 | Television and movie character actor best known for her role as Mrs. Lauder on 'The Drew Carey Show'. |
| RON BANKS | 58 | 3/4/2010 | Lead singer of the Philadelphia soul group the Dramatics. |
| LOLLY VEGAS | 70 | 3/4/2010 | American singer and songwriter with the rock group Redbone. Wrote their classic hit 'Come and Get Your Love'. |
| DON KENT | 92 | 3/2/2010 | Television meteorologist for many years for WBZ-TV in Boston. |
| TOM 'T-BONE' WOLK | 58 | 2/27/2010 | American bass guitarist for the Daryl Hall and John Oates band. |
| ANDREW KOENIG | 41 | 2/25/2010 | TV child actor who portrayed 'Boner' on the TV show 'Growing Pains'. |
| MOSI TATUPU | 54 | 2/23/2010 | National Football League running back for 15 seasons mostly with the New England Patriots. |
| ALEXANDER HAIG | 85 | 2/20/2010 | American politician who was Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan and White House Chief of Staff under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. |
| KATHRYN GRAYSON | 88 | 2/17/2010 | American actress and singer who starred in many MGM musicals ('Show Boat', 'Kiss Me Kate'). |
| JIM BIBBY | 65 | 2/16/2010 | Major league baseball pitcher for four teams including the 1979 World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. |
| DOUG FIEGER | 57 | 2/14/2010 | Lead singer of the rock group The Knack ('My Sharona'). |
| DALE HAWKINS | 73 | 2/13/2010 | Rockabilly singer/songwriter who was the architect of the Swamp Rock Boogie sound. Wrote the classic hit 'Susie Q'. |
| NODAR KUMARITASHVILI | 21 | 2/12/2010 | Georgian luger who was a national team member for the 2010 Winter Olympics. |
| ALEXANDER McQUEEN | 40 | 2/11/2010 | British fashion designer whose clothes were worn by many famous celebrities. |
| PHIL HARRIS | 53 | 2/9/2010 | American fisherman who was a participant in the reality TV series 'Deadliest Catch'. |
| JOHN MURTHA | 77 | 2/8/2010 | American politician who served in the House of Representatives from 1977-2010 for the state of Pennsylvania. |
| FRANCIS REID | 95 | 2/3/2010 | American actress who played the role of family matriarch Alice Horton on the soap opera 'Days of our Lives' for over 40 years. |
| JD SALINGER | 91 | 1/27/2010 | Reclusive american novelist most famous for 'The Catcher in the Rye'. |
| ZELDA RUBENSTEIN | 76 | 1/27/2010 | American actress and human rights activist who played the eccentric Tangina Barrons in the 'Poltergeist' movie series. |
| PERNELL ROBERTS | 81 | 1/24/2010 | American actor best known for his roles on 'Bonanza' (Adam Cartwright) and 'Trapper John MD' (Dr. John MacIntrye). |
| JAMES MITCHELL | 89 | 1/22/2010 | Soap opera star who played villain Palmer Cortlandt on 'All My Children' for over 30 years. |
| JEAN SIMMONS | 80 | 1/22/2010 | British born actress ('Spartacus', "Hamlet') who later became an American citizen. |
| KATE McGARRIGLE | 63 | 1/18/2010 | Canadian singer who was part of a popular folk duo with her sister Anna. Was formerly married to Loudon Wainwright III. |
| ERICH SEGAL | 72 | 1/17/2010 | American author 'Love Story' and screenwriter 'Yellow Submarine'. |
| GAINES ADAMS | 26 | 1/17/2010 | American football player with the NFL's Chicago Bears. |
| GLEN BELL | 86 | 1/17/2010 | American entrepreneur who was the founder of Taco Bell. |
| CARL SMITH | 82 | 1/16/2010 | American country singer and songwriter who was the former husband of June Carter Cash. |
| TEDDY PENDERGRASS | 59 | 1/13/2010 | American soul singer who was the lead vocalist of Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes ('If You Don't Know Me By Now', 'The Love I Lost', 'Wake Up Everybody'). |
| BRIAN DAMAGE | 46 | 1/12/2010 | American punk rocker who was the drummer for the band The Misfits. |
| JOSEPH SERGE MIOT | 63 | 1/12/2010 | Archbishop of Port-au-Prince who perished in the Haitian earthquake. |
| MIEP GIES | 100 | 1/11/2010 | Dutch protector of Anne Frank and her family during World War II. |
| ÉRIC ROHMER | 89 | 1/11/2010 | French art house film director and screenwriter who was a key figure in post-war New Wave cinema. |
| WILLIE MITCHELL | 81 | 1/5/2010 | American musician and record producer who recorded on the Memphis Hi Records label. |
| TONY CLARKE | 68 | 1/4/2010 | British musician and record producer of the group The Moody Blues from 1966-1979. |
| CASEY JOHNSON | 30 | 1/4/2010 | American socialite who was heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune. |