Deaths in December 2010

The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2010.

Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:

Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.

December 2010

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Berlenti Abdul Hamid, 75, Egyptian actress, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://egyptianchronicles.blogspot.com/2010/12/rip-berlanti-abdel-hamid.html |title=RIP Berlanti Abdel Hamid |author=Zeinobia |date=1 December 2010 |work=Egyptian Chronicles}}
W. Geoffrey Arnott, 80, British Hellenist.{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/obituaries/geoffrey-arnott-1944230|title = Geoffrey Arnott}}
Adriaan Blaauw, 96, Dutch astronomer.{{cite web |url=http://www.rug.nl/sterrenkunde/index |title=Adriaan Blaauw, 1914–2010 |language=nl |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227142715/http://www.rug.nl/sterrenkunde/index |archive-date=2010-12-27}}
Helen Boatwright, 94, American soprano, complications from a fall.{{cite news |url=http://blog.syracuse.com/entertainment/2010/12/soprano_helen_boatwright_who_p.html |title=Soprano Helen Boatwright, who performed at the White House, dies at 94 |work=blog.syracuse.com|date=December 2, 2010 }}
Hillard Elkins, 81, American talent manager and film producer (Alice's Restaurant, Richard Pryor: Live in Concert), heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-hillard-elkins-20101204,0,2529507.story |title=Hillard Elkins dies at 81; talent manager and producer |date=4 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Frank S. Emi, 94, American member of the Fair Play Committee.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/us/19emi.html |title=Frank Emi, Defiant World War II Internee, Dies at 94 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=18 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Shahla Jahed, 41, Iranian convicted murderer, executed by hanging.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11884022 |title=Iran hangs footballer's mistress for murder |date=1 December 2010 |work=BBC News}}
Charles N. Millican, 94, American academic, founding president of the University of Central Florida.{{cite web |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ucf-millican-dies-12-02-2010-20101201,0,7889290.story |title=Charles Millican, UCF's founding president, dies at age 94 |work=Orlando Sentinel |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905202933/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/os-ucf-millican-dies-12-02-2010-20101201,0,7889290.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-05}}
Richard P. Myers, 62, American politician, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (1995–2010), prostate cancer.[https://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2010/12/state-rep-rich-myers-dies-at-62.html State Rep. Rich Myers Dies At 62]
Sir Peter Wakefeld, 88, British diplomat.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8182588/Sir-Peter-Wakefield.html Sir Peter Wakefield]

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*Michael Bunluen Mansap, 81, Thai Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Ubon Ratchathani (1976–2006).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbunl.html |title=Bishop Michael Bunluen Mansap |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}

Michele Giordano, 80, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Naples (1987–2006).{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/world/europe/05giordano.html |title=Cardinal Michele Giordano of Italy Dies at 80 |author=The Associated Press |date=4 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Chane't Johnson, 34, American actress, heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20101207,0,2712317.story |title=Passings: Maria Esther Gatti de Islas, Chane't Johnson |date=7 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

*Lee Huan, 93, Taiwanese politician, Premier of the Republic of China (1989–1990), cardiopulmonary failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1601&MainCatID=16&id=20101203000017 |title=Former Premier Lee Huan Dies Aged 94 |access-date=2011-01-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213113942/http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1601&MainCatID=16&id=20101203000017 |archive-date=2010-12-13}}

Ernâni Lopes, 68, Portuguese politician, Minister of Finance (1983–1985).{{cite web |url=http://aeiou.expresso.pt/morreu-ernani-lopes-ex-ministro-das-financas=f618886 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206010351/http://aeiou.expresso.pt/morreu-ernani-lopes-ex-ministro-das-financas=f618886 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-06 |title=Morreu Ernâni Lopes, ex-ministro das Finanças |work=Expresso |language=pt}}
Lauri Tamminen, 91, Finnish Olympic athlete.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182035/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/lauri-tamminen-1.html Lauri Tamminen]

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Abdumalik Bahori, 83, Tajikistani writer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ozodi.org/content/article/2238187.html|title = Даргузашти нависандаи фантаст Абдумалик Баҳорӣ}}
Marvin Bass, 91, American college football player and coach.{{cite web |url=http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13612705 |title=Former USC football coach passes away |work=WIS (TV) |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204063929/http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13612705 |archive-date=December 4, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
Hugues Cuénod, 108, Swiss tenor.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/8187377/Hugues-Cuenod.html |title=Hugues Cuenod |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Phil Jasner, 68, American sportswriter, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/obituaries/20101204_Phil_Jasner_dies__was_DN_reporter.html |title=Phil Jasner dies, was DN reporter |work=Philadelphia Daily News}}
Elaine Kaufman, 81, American restaurateur, founder of Elaine's, emphysema and pulmonary hypertension.{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2010/12/03/famed-restaurateur-elaine-kaufman-of-elaines-dies-at-81/ |title=Famed restaurateur Elaine Kaufman of Elaine's dies at 81 |first=Ada |last=Calhoun |date=3 December 2010 |work=New York Post}}
Ma Ning, 88, Chinese major general, Commander of the PLA Air Force (1973–1977).{{Cite web |url=http://news.sohu.com/20101217/n278367731.shtml |title=空军原司令员马宁因病医治无效逝世享年89岁 |date=2010-12-17 |website=Sohu |language=zh |access-date=2019-09-19}}
Donald Pass, 80, British abstract painter.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/27/donald-pass-obituary |title=Donald Pass obituary |first=Henry |last=Boxer |date=27 March 2011 |work=The Guardian}}

*José Ramos Delgado, 75, Argentine footballer and coach, Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite web |url=http://www.urgente24.com/noticias/val/902/murio-el-negro-ramos-delgado-el-argentino-que-jugo-con-pele.html |title=Murió el 'Negro' Ramos Delgado, el argentino que jugó con Pelé |language=es |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719235738/http://www.urgente24.com/noticias/val/902/murio-el-negro-ramos-delgado-el-argentino-que-jugo-con-pele.html |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=dead}}

Ron Santo, 70, American baseball player and broadcaster (Chicago Cubs), member of MLB Hall of Fame, complications from diabetes and bladder cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101224/sports/712259923/ |title=Ron Santo's last gift to his family |first=Barry |last=Rozner |date=24 December 2010 |work=Daily Herald}}
Skip Young, 59, American professional wrestler.{{cite web |url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2010/12/08/16479471.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714153754/http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/2010/12/08/16479471.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 14, 2016 |title=Skip Young, master of the dropkick dead at 59}}

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Manish Acharya, 43, Indian film director and actor, fall from horse.{{cite web |url=http://movies.ndtv.com:80/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA |title=Manish Acharya dies after falling off a horse |date=8 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208060821/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 December 2010}}
Mohamed Mahbub Alam, 38, Bangladeshi Olympic sprinter, road accident.[https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-164814 A sprint cut short]
Pamela Bryant, 51, American model, actress (H.O.T.S.), and Playboy Playmate of the Month (April 1978), natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=::CONFIG::modelbrowse&key=bryant,%20pamela%20jean&limit=0 |title=Playboy Playmates: Bryant, Pamela Jean |work=wekinglypigs.com}}
Pierre de Beaumont, 96, Franco-American founder of Brookstone.[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/19/business/19beaumont.html Pierre de Beaumont, Brookstone Founder, Dies at 95]
Lia Dorana, 92, Dutch actress and comedian.{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/8413619/__Lia_Dorana_overleden__.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208061415/http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/8413619/__Lia_Dorana_overleden__.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-08 |title=Actrice en zangeres Lia Dorana overleden |language=nl}}
Cathy Harvin, 56, American politician, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (since 2006), breast cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/greenvilleonline/obituary.aspx?n=cathy-harvin&pid=146973225 |title=Cathy Harvin 1953–2010|website=Legacy.com}}
Torodd Hauer, 88, Norwegian Olympic speed skater.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/torodd-hauer-1.html |title=Torodd Hauer Bio, Stats, and Results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213212552/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/torodd-hauer-1.html |archive-date=2012-12-13}}
King Curtis Iaukea, 73, American professional wrestler, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2010/12/05/sports/former-pro-wrestler-iaukea-dies-at-age-73/ |title=Former pro wrestler Iaukea dies at age 73 |date=5 December 2010 |work=Star-Advertiser}}
Jacques Lafleur, 78, French politician, leader of New Caledonia anti-independence movement.{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/194123/new-caledonia's-jacques-lafleur-dies-aged-78 |title=New Caledonia's Jacques Lafleur dies aged 78 |date=5 December 2010 |work=RNZI.com}}
Ken Lehman, 82, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers).{{cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/remembering-the-modesty-of-ken-lehman-former-uw-coach-and-major-leaguer/ |title=Remembering the modesty of Ken Lehman, former UW coach and major-leaguer |work=Seattle Times|date=December 24, 2010 }}
Birthe Nielsen, 84, Danish Olympic sprinter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063337/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/birthe-nielsen-1.html Birthe Nielsen]
Adrienne Simpson, 67, New Zealand broadcaster and writer.{{cite news|last=Kitchin|first=Peter|title=The woman who told the story of opera|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/obituaries/4569803/The-woman-who-told-the-story-of-opera|work=The Dominion Post|date=25 January 2011|access-date=20 November 2022|via=Stuff.co.nz}}
Heather Stilwell, 66, Canadian anti-abortion activist and politician, leader of the Christian Heritage Party (1993–1994), breast cancer.{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Heather+Stilwell+former+Surrey+school+board+chair+dies+cancer/3935916/story.html |title=Heather Stilwell, former Surrey school board chair, dies of cancer |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209041344/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Heather%2BStilwell%2Bformer%2BSurrey%2Bschool%2Bboard%2Bchair%2Bdies%2Bcancer/3935916/story.html |archive-date=2010-12-09}}
Dagoberto Suárez Melo, 35, Colombian politician, Governor of Guaviare (2010), car crash.{{cite web |url=http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/llano/en-grave-estado-de-salud-est-gobernador-del-guaviare_8518620-4 |title=Murió el gobernador del Guaviare, Dagoberto Suárez |language=es |access-date=2010-12-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930095620/http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/llano/en-grave-estado-de-salud-est-gobernador-del-guaviare_8518620-4 |archive-date=2012-09-30}}

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Albano Albanese, 88, Italian hurdler and high jumper.{{Cite web|url=http://ricerca.gelocal.it/ilpiccolo/archivio/ilpiccolo/2010/12/07/NZ_32_CEEE.html|title=Addio a Albano Albanese, atleta azzurro e amico di Missoni - Il Piccolo}}
Alan Armer, 88, American Emmy Award-winning television producer (The Fugitive), colon cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-alan-armer-20101209,0,1290060.story |title=Alan Armer dies at 88; TV producer won Emmy with 'The Fugitive' |date=9 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Shamil Burziyev, 25, Russian footballer, car crash.{{cite web |url=http://www.fc-anji.ru/news.php?id=1083 |title=5 декабря в результате автокатастрофы погиб полузащитник "Анжи" Шамиль Бурзиев |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107105433/http://www.fc-anji.ru/news.php?id=1083 |archive-date=2011-01-07}}
David French, 71, Canadian playwright, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/playwright-david-french-dies-1.873287 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210013555/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2010/12/05/david-french.html |url-status=live |archive-date=2010-12-10 |title=Playwright David French dies |work=CBC News}}
María Ester Gatti, 92, Uruguayan human rights activist.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/world/americas/07islas.html |title=María Ester Gatti, Uruguayan Activist, Dies at 92 |first=Charles |last=Newbery |date=6 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Heda Margolius Kovály, 91, Czech author and Holocaust survivor.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/8192521/Heda-Kovaly.html |title=Heda Kovaly |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
John Leslie, 65, American pornographic film actor and director, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://business.avn.com/articles/Industry-Veteran-John-Leslie-Passes-Away-of-Apparent-Heart-Attack-418821.html |title=Industry Veteran John Leslie Passes Away of Apparent Heart Attack |work=AVN |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-date=December 11, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211205508/http://business.avn.com/articles/Industry-Veteran-John-Leslie-Passes-Away-of-Apparent-Heart-Attack-418821.html |url-status=dead }}
Don Meredith, 72, American football player (Dallas Cowboys) and commentator (Monday Night Football), brain hemorrhage.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101208234909/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/120610dnspomeredithobit.8ac4895.html Legendary Cowboys, SMU quarterback Don Meredith dies]
John Thomas Steinbock, 73, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Santa Rosa (1987–1991) and Fresno (since 1991), lung cancer.[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bsteij.html Bishop John Thomas Steinbock]
Virgílio Teixeira, 93, Portuguese actor (Return of the Seven, The Fall of the Roman Empire, El Cid).{{cite web |url=http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/ultima-hora/actor-virgilio-teixeira-morre-aos-93-anos |title=Actor Virgílio Teixeira morre aos 93 anos |language=pt |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210134936/http://www.cmjornal.xl.pt/detalhe/noticias/ultima-hora/actor-virgilio-teixeira-morre-aos-93-anos |archive-date=December 10, 2010 |url-status=dead}}

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Mariá Álvarez Rios, 91, Cuban composer, pianist and educator.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cadenagramonte.cu/efemerides/ver/2010-fallece-la-musicologa-pianista-y-compositora-maria-lvarez-rios|title=Efemérides del 2010 de|access-date=May 28, 2021|archive-date=August 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829121019/https://www.cadenagramonte.cu/efemerides/ver/2010-fallece-la-musicologa-pianista-y-compositora-maria-lvarez-rios|url-status=dead}}
Frank Bessac, 88, American anthropologist, stroke.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/world/americas/26bessac.html |title=Frank Bessac, Scholar and Adventurer, Dies at 88 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=25 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Tom Crowe, 88, Irish-born British presenter (BBC Radio 3).{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8237576/Tom-Crowe.html |title=Tom Crowe |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Hugues Cuénod, 108, Swiss tenor.[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/dec/08/hugues-cuenod-obituary Hugues Cuénod obituary]
Mark Dailey, 57, American-born Canadian television journalist and announcer, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/102653--a-legend-lost-toronto-mourns-the-death-of-mark-dailey |title=A Legend Lost: Toronto Mourns The Death Of Mark Dailey |work=Citytv |date=9 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101209111314/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/news/local/article/102653--a-legend-lost-toronto-mourns-the-death-of-mark-dailey |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 December 2010}}
Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita, 88, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Barbastro-Monzón (1974–1999).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/becha.html |title=Bishop Ambrosio Echebarria Arroita |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
René Hauss, 82, French footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2010/20101207_150820_rene-hauss-n-est-plus.html |title=René Hauss n'est plus |language=fr |access-date=2011-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210040924/http://www.francefootball.fr/FF/breves2010/20101207_150820_rene-hauss-n-est-plus.html |archive-date=2010-12-10 |url-status=dead}}
Norman Hetherington, 89, Australian cartoonist and television personality.{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/mr-squiggle-creator-norman-hetherington-dies-aged-89/story-e6frfmyi-1225966586409 |title=End of the line for Mr Squiggle's creator |work=News.com.au |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-date=January 2, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102133330/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/television/mr-squiggle-creator-norman-hetherington-dies-aged-89/story-e6frfmyi-1225966586409 |url-status=dead }}
Ferenc Keszthelyi, 82, Hungarian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Vác (1992–2003).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkesz.html |title=Bishop Ferenc Keszthelyi |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
James Thomas Lynn, 83, American politician, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1973–1975), complications from a stroke.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/07/AR2010120706925.html |title=James T. Lynn, budget-cutter at OMB, dies at 83 |first=T. Rees |last=Shapiro |date=8 December 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Vic Lynn, 85, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers).[https://thehockeynews.com/news/article/vic-lynn-who-played-on-all-original-six-nhl-teams-dies-in-saskatoon-at-85 Vic Lynn, who played on all original six NHL teams, dies in Saskatoon at 85]
Imre Mathesz, 73, Hungarian footballer and coach, car crash.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140103155931/http://football.vasassc.hu/php/nyomtatas.php?page=news&id=122 Vasas mourn the sad death of Imre Mathesz]
Art Quimby, 77, American college basketball player (UConn).{{cite web |url=http://www.theday.com/article/20101207/SPORT05/101209746/1047 |title=Local basketball legend Art Quimby dies |work=The Day}}
Hank Raymonds, 86, American college basketball coach (Marquette), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/ns/hank-raymonds-obituary/146982098 |title=Hank Raymonds Obituary |work=Legacy.com}}
Roy R. Rubottom, Jr., 98, American diplomat.{{cite web |url=http://hosting-tributes-24744.tributes.com/show/R.-Rubottom-90098224 |title=R. Rubottom Obituary - Austin, Texas - Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home Lake Travis}}
Martin Russ, 79, American author and United States Marine.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/10/world/10russ.html |title=Martin Russ, 79, Marine and Author of Books on Battles |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=9 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
T. E. Srinivasan, 60, Indian cricketer, brain cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/490664.html |title=Former India batsman TE Srinivasan dies of brain cancer |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
Júlio Tavares Rebimbas, 88, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto (1982–1997).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/btare.html |title=Archbishop Júlio Tavares Rebimbas |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Ellen Ugland, 57, Norwegian billionaire.{{cite web |url=http://www.newsinenglish.no/2010/12/13/shipping-heiress-death-under-probe/ |title=Shipping heiress' death under probe}}

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Murat Akhedzhak, 48, Russian politician, heart attack.{{Cite web|url=http://veneme.ru/news/skonchalsja_vice_gubernator_kubani_murat_akhedzhak/2011-01-19-158|title=Veneme.ru бесплатное порно видео в хорошем качестве}}
Peter Andry, 83, Australian-born British record producer (Decca Records, EMI Classics), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/obituary-peter-andry |title=Obituary: Peter Andry |first=Martin |last=Cullingford |date=15 December 2010 |work=Gramophone}}
Muzaffer Atac, 77, Turkish-American physicist.{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/12/16/muzaffer-atac-1931-2010/ |title=Muzaffer Atac, 1931-2010 - tribunedigital-chicagotribune |website=Chicago Tribune |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081434/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-12-16/features/ct-met-atac-obit-1217-20101216_1_fermilab-fermi-national-accelerator-laboratory-bruce-chrisman |archive-date=2016-03-04}}
John E. Baldwin, 79, British astronomer.{{cite web |url=http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/notices-2010/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006104501/http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/notices-2010/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-06 |title=Notices 2010 |work=Royal Society}}
Hendrik Coetzee, 35, South African kayaker and adventurer, crocodile attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/a-life-of-extremes-whitewater-legend--taken-by-maneater-20101210-18s07.html |title=A life of extremes: whitewater 'legend' taken by maneater |first=Paul |last=Tatnell |date=10 December 2010 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
Cardell Camper, 58, American baseball player.{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/campeca01.shtml |title=Cardell Camper Stats |work=Baseball-Reference.com}}
Elizabeth Edwards, 61, American author, lawyer and political activist, breast cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5573188/ |title=Elizabeth Edwards passes away after cancer battle |date=7 December 2010 |work=WRAL}}

*Fan Yew Teng, 68, Malaysian politician and human rights activist, cancer.{{Cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2010/12/07/former-dap-mp-fan-yew-teng-dies-in-bangkok-hospital |title=Former DAP MP Fan Yew Teng dies in Bangkok hospital}}

John A. Ferraro, 64, American television actor and director, colon cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20101215,0,2712316.story |title=Passings: Dick Hoerner, John A. Ferraro |date=19 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Samuel Pailthorpe King, 94, American district court judge (District of Hawaii, 1972–1984), injuries from a fall.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-samuel-king-20101218-story.html |title=Samuel P. King dies at 94; longtime federal judge in Hawaii |date=18 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Art Mahan, 97, American baseball player (Philadelphia Phillies) and college baseball coach (Villanova), heart failure.[https://www.inquirer.com/philly/hp/sports/20101208_Former_Phillie_Art_Mahan_dies_at_97.html Former Phillie Art Mahan dies at 97]
Gus Mercurio, 82, American-born Australian boxing promoter, international boxing judge and actor.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/07/3087306.htm?section=entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211152014/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/07/3087306.htm?section=entertainment |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2010 |title=Gus Mercurio dies aged 82 |date=7 December 2010 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
Volha Samusik, 25, Belarusian rock singer, pneumonia.
Kari Tapio, 65, Finnish schlager singer, heart attack.{{Cite web |url=http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=9359 |title=Kari Tapio (NF 2008) dies aged 65 |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230111500/http://www.oikotimes.com/v2/index.php?file=articles&id=9359 |archive-date=December 30, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
Federico Vairo, 80, Argentine footballer and coach, stomach cancer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rosario3.com/deportes/noticias.aspx?idNot=82605 |title=Murió Federico Vairo, gloria de Rosario Central de los 50 |language=es |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715202839/http://www.rosario3.com/deportes/noticias.aspx?idNot=82605 |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Armin Weiss, 83, German chemist and politician.{{cite web |url=http://www.gruene-fraktion-bayern.de/cms/presse/dok/364/364369.sein_herzensthema_war_der_kampf_gegen_di.html |title=Grüne trauern um ihren früheren Landtagsabgeordneten Prof. Armin Weiß |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229083626/http://www.gruene-fraktion-bayern.de/cms/presse/dok/364/364369.sein_herzensthema_war_der_kampf_gegen_di.html |archive-date=2010-12-29}}
Arnold Weiss, 86, German-born American soldier, helped discover Adolf Hitler's will, pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/world/02weiss.html |title=Arnold Weiss Dies at 86; Helped to Find Hitler's Will |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=1 January 2011 |work=The New York Times}}

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Poul Andersen, 82, Danish footballer.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/poul-andersen-1.html |title=Poul Andersen Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=www.sports-reference.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418052042/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/an/poul-andersen-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}
Murray Armstrong, 94, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (University of Denver), complications from a stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.denverpost.com/2010/12/09/legendary-denver-hockey-coach-murray-armstrong-dies/ |title=Legendary Denver hockey coach Murray Armstrong dies |work=The Denver Post|date=December 9, 2010 }}
Walter Haeussermann, 96, German-born American rocket scientist, complications from a fall.{{cite web |url=http://blog.al.com/space-news/2010/12/rocket_pioneer_von_braun_team.html |title=Rocket pioneer, von Braun team member Walter Haeussermann dead at 96 |work=blog.al.com|date=December 11, 2010 }}
John James, 76, Australian footballer, Brownlow Medallist, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/blues-champion-john-james-dies/story-e6freck3-1225967565343 |title=Blues say goodbye to John James |work=adelaidenow.com.au}}
Trev Thoms, 60, British guitarist (Inner City Unit, Atomgods), pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/8735913.Judge_Trev/ |title=Death Notices & Obituaries: Judge Trev |access-date=2011-01-01}}

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Andy Anderson, 97, American retired major general, Mayor of Naples, Florida (1978–1982).[https://web.archive.org/web/20120320065643/http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/dec/11/former-naples-mayor-major-general-roland-andy-ande/ Former Naples Mayor Major General Roland 'Andy' Anderson dies at 97]
John Makepeace Bennett, 89, Australian computer scientist.{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/australian-computing-pioneer-pushed-technological-frontiers-20101226-197uy.html |title=Australian computing pioneer pushed technological frontiers |date=27 December 2010 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
John du Pont, 72, American billionaire and murderer, natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://6abc.com/archive/7834281/ |title=Millionaire John du Pont dies in prison at 72 |first=Jennifer C. |last=Yates |work=6abc.com}}
Chuck Jordan, 83, American automobile designer (General Motors).{{cite web |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/10/fabled-gm-design-chief-chuck-jordan-dead-at-83/ |title=Fabled GM design chief Chuck Jordan dead at 83 |first=Jeff |last=Glucker |work=Autoblog.com}}
Alexander Kerst, 86, Austrian actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449999/bio |title=Alexander Kerst |work=Internet Movie Database}}
James Moody, 85, American jazz saxophonist and flautist ("Moody's Mood for Love"), pancreatic cancer.[http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/dec/09/jazz-giant-passes-james-moody-1925-2010/ A jazz giant passes: James Moody, 1925–2010]
Fausto Sarli, 83, Italian fashion designer.{{cite web |url=https://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/12/11/fausto_sarli_83_designer_known_for_elegant_gowns/ |title=Fausto Sarli, 83, designer known for elegant gowns |date=11 December 2010 |work=Boston Globe}}
Dov Shilansky, 86, Israeli politician, Speaker of the Knesset (1988–1992).{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3996740,00.html |title=Former Knesset Speaker Dov Shilansky dies |work=Ynetnews|date=December 9, 2010 }}
Thorvald Strömberg, 79, Finnish Olympic sprint canoeist.[https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000004775113.html Olympiavoittaja Strömberg kuollut] {{in lang|fi}}
Boris Tishchenko, 71, Russian composer.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/dec/16/boris-tishchenko-obituary |title=Boris Tishchenko obituary |first=Gerard |last=McBurney |date=16 December 2010 |work=The Guardian}}
Ángel Torres, 82, Cuban author and historian.[https://www.elnuevoherald.com/deportes/article2011457.html Fallece el destacado historiador cubano Angel Torres] {{in lang|es}}

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Nicolas Astrinidis, 89, Romanian-born Greek composer, pianist, conductor, and educator.{{Cite web|url=http://virtualmuseum.nationalopera.gr/el/eikoniki-ekthesi/prosopa/astrinidis-nikos-1772/|title = Αστρινίδης Νίκος - Εθνική Λυρική Σκηνή}}
Marcel Domingo, 86, French footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.atleticofans.com/4458/marcel-domingo-passes-away/ |title=Marcel Domingo passes away |date=11 December 2010 |work=AtleticoFans.com}}
John Fenn, 93, American chemist and Nobel laureate.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8226026/Professor-John-Fenn.html |title=Professor John Fenn |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
J. Michael Hagopian, 97, Ottoman-born American documentary filmmaker.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8215257/Michael-Hagopian.html Michael Hagopian]
George Pickow, 88, American photographer and film-maker.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jan/13/george-pickow-obituary |title=George Pickow obituary |first=Derek |last=Schofield |date=13 January 2011 |work=The Guardian}}
Jacques Swaters, 84, Belgian racing driver.{{cite web |url=http://www.finecars.cc/en/editorial/article/news/in-memoriam-jacques-swaters-30101926-10122010/index.html |title=In Memoriam Jacques Swaters, 30.10.1926 – 10.12.2010 |website=Finecars.cc}}

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José dos Santos Garcia, 97, Portuguese-born Mozambican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Porto Amélia (1957–1975).{{Cite web |url=http://www.agencia.ecclesia.pt/cgi-bin/noticia.pl?id=83222 |title=Faleceu D. José dos Santos Garcia |language=pt |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125144910/http://www.agencia.ecclesia.pt/cgi-bin/noticia.pl?id=83222 |archive-date=January 25, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Dick Hoerner, 88, American football player (Los Angeles Rams), stroke.
Ronnie McMahon, 68, Irish Olympic equestrian.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/ronnie-mcmahon-1.html |title=Ronnie McMahon Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=www.sports-reference.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010418/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/ronnie-mcmahon-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}
MacKenzie Miller, 89, American racehorse trainer, owner and breeder, Hall of Famer, complications of a stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.drf.com/news/hall-fame-trainer-mack-miller-dies-age-89-0 |title=Hall of Fame trainer Mack Miller dies at age 89 |work=Daily Racing Form}}
Urszula Modrzyńska, 82, Polish actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=114300 |title=Urszula Modrzyńska |work=FilmPolski |language=pl}}
Roger Nicole, 95, Swiss-born American Evangelical Christian theologian.{{cite web |url=http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2010/12/11/roger-nicole-1915-2010 |title=Roger Nicole (1915–2010) |first=Justin |last=Taylor |work=The Gospel Coalition.org}}
Peter Risi, 60, Swiss footballer, after long illness.{{cite news |url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/sport/Peter-Risi-60-gestorben/story/17155223 |title=Peter Risi (60) gestorben |date=12 December 2010 |work=Tages Anzeiger |language=de}}
Gene Spangler, 88, American football player (Detroit Lions).{{cite web |url=http://alt.obituaries.narkive.com/cqK25pi5/gene-spangler-87-played-football-for-detroit-lions-wb-db |title=Gene Spangler, 87; Played Football for Detroit Lions |work=alt.obituaries.narkive.com}}
Guillermo Squella, 87, Chilean Olympic equestrian.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sq/guillermo-squella-1.html |title=Guillermo Squella Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=www.sports-reference.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080650/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sq/guillermo-squella-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}

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Manuel Caballero, 79, Venezuelan historian, journalist and author, complications following prostate surgery.[http://www.letralia.com/243/1212caballero.htm Murió el historiador venezolano Manuel Caballero] {{in lang|es}}
Jannie Greeff, 75, South African Olympic weightlifter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081204/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/jannie-greeff-1.html Jannie Greeff]
Lachhiman Gurung, 92, Nepalese-born British soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/8199764/Havildar-Lachhiman-Gurung-VC.html |title=Havildar Lachhiman Gurung, VC |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Raymond Kalisz, 83, American-born Papuan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Wewak (1980–2002).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bkalisz.html |title=Bishop Raymond Philip Kalisz |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Timothée Malendoma, 75, Central African politician, Prime Minister (1992–1993).{{cite web |url=http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20101214-centrafrique-deces-ex-premier-ministre-opposant-timothee-malendoma |title=Centrafrique : décès de l'ex-Premier ministre et opposant Timothée Malendoma |work=Radio France Internationale |date=December 14, 2010 |language=fr}}
Ros Mey, 85, Cambodian-born American Buddhist monk and community leader, survivor of Khmer Rouge regime.{{cite web |url=http://www.projo.com/news/content/MONK_DIES_12-15-10_09LFOTP_v16.2ec57ae.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622083521/http://www.projo.com/news/content/MONK_DIES_12-15-10_09LFOTP_v16.2ec57ae.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-06-22 |title=R.I. Cambodian community mourns Buddhist leader |work=Providence Journal}}
Carleton Naiche-Palmer, 63, American tribal leader, President of the Mescalero Apache (2008–2010).{{Cite web |url=http://www.ruidosonews.com/ci_16859992 |title=Former tribal leader passes: Carleton Naiche-Palmer 1947–2010 |access-date=2010-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715212740/http://www.ruidosonews.com/ci_16859992 |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Emmanuel Ogoli, 21, Nigerian footballer.{{cite web |url=http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/101212/Ocean_Boys_defender_Ogoli_is_dead |title=Ocean Boys' Ogoli passes away |work=SuperSport |date=18 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318072734/http://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/101212/Ocean_Boys_defender_Ogoli_is_dead |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 March 2012}}
B. S. Ranga, 93, Indian film director.{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article948381.ece |title=B.S. Ranga, veteran film director, passes away |work=The Hindu|date=December 12, 2010 }}
Helen Roberts, 98, British singer and actress.{{cite web |url=https://www.gsarchive.net/whowaswho/R/RobertsHelen.htm |title=Helen Roberts (1938-48)}}
William Thompson, 71, British politician, MP for West Tyrone (1997–2001).{{cite news |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/former-unionist-mp-willie-thompson-dies-15028326.html |title=Former Unionist MP Thompson dies |work=The Belfast Telegraph}}
Tom Walkinshaw, 64, British engineer and racing team owner (Tom Walkinshaw Racing, Arrows), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/88672 |title=Tom Walkinshaw passes away |work=Autosport}}

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James Dibble, 87, Australian television news presenter, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/13/3092176.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215174745/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/13/3092176.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2010 |title=James Dibble dead at 87 |date=13 December 2010 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
Claude Foussier, 85, French Olympic sports shooter.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/claude-foussier-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193437/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/claude-foussier-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Claude Foussier Bio, Stats, and Results}}
Maynard W. Glitman, 77, American diplomat, negotiator of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, complications from dementia.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/world/16glitman.html |title=Maynard W. Glitman, Arms Negotiator, Dies at 77 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=15 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Rick Griffiths, 62, Australian Aboriginal activist and ATSIC commissioner.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/14/3093251.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218025645/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/12/14/3093251.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 18, 2010 |title=Former ATSIC commissioner Griffiths dies |date=14 December 2010 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}
Richard Holbrooke, 69, American diplomat, Ambassador to Germany (1993–1994) and United Nations (1999–2001), complications from aortic dissection.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/world/14holbrooke.html |title=Richard C. Holbrooke, Giant of Diplomacy, Dies at 69 |first=Robert D. |last=McFadden |date=13 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Enrique Morente, 67, Spanish flamenco singer.{{cite web |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2010/12/13/cultura/1292240727.html |title=Fallece Enrique Morente, el último poeta flamenco |work=El Mundo |language=es}}
Remmy Ongala, 63, Tanzanian singer.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11984676 |title=Remmy Ongala: Tanzania music fans mourn 'the Doctor' |date=13 December 2010 |work=BBC News}}
Karen Sortito, 49, American movie marketing executive, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-karen-sortito-20101215-story.html |title=Karen Sortito dies at 49; marketing exec negotiated product tie-ins to Bond movies |first=Valerie J. |last=Nelson |date=15 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Takeshi Watabe, 74, Japanese voice actor (Cowboy Bebop, Fist of the North Star, Naruto), pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-12-16/voice-actor-takeshi-watabe-passes-away-at-74 |title=Voice Actor Takeshi Watabe Passes Away at 74 |work=Anime News Network}}

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Florence Armstrong, 82, Irish teacher.{{Cite web|url=https://www.anglocelt.ie/2020/07/26/cavan-visionary-remembered/|title=Cavan visionary remembered}}
Håkon Christie, 88, Norwegian architect.{{cite web |url=https://nbl.snl.no/H%C3%A5kon_Christie |title=Håkon Christie |work=Norsk biografisk leksikon |language=no}}
Timothy Davlin, 53, American politician, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (since 2003), suicide by gunshot.[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/15/us/15springfield.html Illinois Mayor Is Found Dead in His Home]
Robyn Dawes, 74, American psychologist and professor.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2010/December/dec15_dawesobituary.shtml |title=Obituary: CMU's Robyn Dawes Transformed Psychological Sciences; Helped Found the Behavioral Decision Research Field |work=Carnegie Mellon University |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-date=December 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222163933/http://www.cmu.edu/news/archive/2010/December/dec15_dawesobituary.shtml |url-status=dead }}
Adalbert Eledui, 62, Palauan senator and conservationist, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2010/December/12-17-00.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063722/http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/2010/December/12-17-00.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-03-04 |title=Palau Loses Key Voice For Environment: Sen. Adalbert Eledui, 1948–2010 |work=Pacific Islands Report}}
Ruth Park, 93, New Zealand-born Australian novelist.{{cite web |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/australian-author-ruth-park-dies/news-story/cb98c74d5f87247d8ea20186c624de9f |title=Australian author Ruth Park dies |date=17 December 2010 |work=The Advertiser}}
Neva Patterson, 90, American actress (An Affair to Remember, All the President's Men), complications from a broken hip.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-neva-patterson-20101216,0,5006111.story |title=Neva Patterson dies at 90; actress played Cary Grant's fiancee in 'An Affair to Remember' |date=16 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Pascal Rakotomavo, 76, Malagasy politician, Prime Minister (1997–1998), cardiovascular attack.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101217091857/http://www.madagate.com/politique-madagascar/dossier/1614-madagascar-deces-de-pascal-rakotomavo-sur-lile-de-la-reunion.html Madagascar: Décès de Pascal Rakotomavo sur l'île de La Réunion] {{in lang|fr}}
Dale Roberts, 24, English footballer (Rushden & Diamonds), suicide by hanging.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-11996523 Rushden and Diamonds goalkeeper Dale Roberts dies]
Alberto Segado, 66, Argentine actor (Asesinato en el Senado de la Nación).{{cite web |url=http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=206384&id=392218&dis=1&sec=1 |title=A los 66 años, murió el actor Alberto Segado |date=6 July 2011 |work=Telam |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706082917/http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?tipo=N&idPub=206384&id=392218&dis=1&sec=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 July 2011}}

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Ken Ablack, 91, Trinidadian cricket player.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/8654.html |title=Ken Ablack |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
Téclaire Bille, 22, Equatoguinean football player, road accident.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/9291695.stm |title=Equatorial Guinea player killed |work=BBC News|date=December 15, 2010 }}
Domini Blythe, 63, British-born Canadian stage and film actress (Mount Royal, Search for Tomorrow), cancer.{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2010/12/16/obituary_domini_blythe_star_of_stratford_and_shaw_dies_at_63.html |title=Domini Blythe, star of Stratford and Shaw, dies at 63 |work=Toronto Star|date=December 16, 2010 |last1=Ouzounian |first1=Richard }}
Rachel Bromwich, 95, British scholar.{{cite web |url=https://hefenfelth.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/rachel-bromwich-1915-2010/ |title=Rachel Bromwich, 1915–2010 |first=Michelle |last=Ziegler |date=18 December 2010 |work=Heavenfield}}
Carlos Pinto Coelho, 66, Portuguese journalist and television personality, complications from aortic surgery.{{Cite web |url=http://www.publico.pt/Media/morreu-carlos-pinto-coelho-o-senhor-acontece_1471172 |title=Morreu Carlos Pinto Coelho, o senhor "Acontece" |language=pt |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107035313/http://publico.pt/Media/morreu-carlos-pinto-coelho-o-senhor-acontece_1471172 |archive-date=January 7, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Bernard Patrick Devlin, 89, Irish-born Roman Catholic Bishop of Gibraltar (1985–1998).{{cite web |url=http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=20736 |title=Bishop Devlin has died |date=27 March 2012 |work=Gibraltar Chronicle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327061054/http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=20736 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 March 2012}}
Blake Edwards, 88, American film director, producer and screenwriter (The Pink Panther, Breakfast at Tiffany's), pneumonia.{{cite web |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/blake-edwards-prolific-comedy-director-has-died/ |title=Artsbeat: Blake Edwards, Prolific Comedy Director, Dies at 88 |first=Aljean |last=Harmetz |work=The New York Times|date=December 16, 2010 }}
Anthony Enahoro, 87, Nigerian political activist.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/12/16/more-nigerians-mourn-enahoro/ |title=More Nigerians Mourn Enahoro}}
Pablo Ndong Esi, 41, Equatoguinean football player and manager, road accident.{{cite web |url=http://www.cameroon-tribune.cm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62470:edea-une-prado-entre-sous-une-remorque-trois-morts&catid=35:sport&Itemid=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104084037/http://www.cameroon-tribune.cm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62470:edea-une-prado-entre-sous-une-remorque-trois-morts&catid=35:sport&Itemid=4 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-01-04 |title=Une championne équatoguinéenne tuée dans un accident de la route à Edéa |work=Cameroon Tribune |language=fr}}
Bob Feller, 92, American baseball player (Cleveland Indians), member of Baseball Hall of Fame, leukemia.{{cite web |url=http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-bob-feller-passes-120910,0,2820382.story |title=Legend Lost: Iowa legend and Baseball Hall of Famer Bob Feller dies at age 92 |access-date=2010-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218191132/http://www.whotv.com/news/who-story-bob-feller-passes-120910,0,2820382.story |archive-date=2010-12-18}}
Teuvo Hatunen, 66, Finnish Olympic skier.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181043/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/teuvo-hatunen-1.html Teuvo Hatunen]
Stan Heal, 90, Australian footballer, member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/demon-star-stan-pops-heal-dies-at-90/news-story/9b84f88a3c5ada60eb5899c5ea5c900a |title=Demons star Heal dies at 90 |date=14 December 2010 |work=Herald Sun}}
Solange Michel, 98, French mezzo-soprano.{{cite web |url=http://www.forumopera.com/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=2227&cntnt01returnid=34 |title=Décès de Solange Michel |work=Forum Opéra |language=fr}}
Tom Newnham, 84, New Zealand political activist and educationalist, cancer.[https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10694925 Anti-apartheid fighter Tom Newnham dies]
Jean Rollin, 72, French film director, actor and novelist, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2901:rip-jean-rollin&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219143523/http://www.fangoria.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2901:rip-jean-rollin&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=167 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-19 |title=RIP Jean Rollin |work=Fangoria}}
Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, 70, American social theorist and psychoanalyst, professor of political science (UCLA), cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/political-scientist-eugene-v--wolfenstein-is-dead-at-74.aspx |title=Political scientist Eugene V. Wolfenstein is dead at 70 |access-date=2010-12-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302230040/http://www.today.ucla.edu/portal/ut/political-scientist-eugene-v--wolfenstein-is-dead-at-74.aspx |archive-date=2011-03-02}}

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Irwin Abrams, 96, American historian.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-irwin-abrams-historian-of-the-nobel-peace-prize-2244058.html |title=Professor Irwin Abrams: Historian of the Nobel Peace Prize |date=17 March 2011 |work=The Independent}}
Richard Adeney, 90, British flautist.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8319543/Richard-Adeney.html Richard Adeney]
Frank Baldino, Jr., 57, American pharmacologist, founder of the pharmaceutical firm Cephalon, leukemia.[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/business/22baldino.html Frank Baldino Jr., Founder of Pharmaceutical Company, Dies at 57]
Melvin E. Biddle, 87, American Medal of Honor recipient.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-passings-20101223-story.html |title=Passings: Melvin E. Biddle |work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 23, 2010 }}
John David Duty, 58, American convicted murderer, first person executed in the US using pentobarbital, executed by lethal injection.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40697512 |title=Oklahoma executes inmate with substitute drug |date=17 December 2010 |work=NBC News}}
François Gayot, 83, Haitian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (1974–2003).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgayot.html |title=Archbishop François Gayot |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Reg Hope, 83, Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1979–1997).{{cite web |url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/news/local/news/general/gentleman-mp-dies/2030132.aspx |title=Gentleman MP dies |first=Courtney |last=Greisbach |date=19 December 2010 |work=The Advocate.com.au}}
Sterling Lyon, 83, Canadian politician, Premier of Manitoba (1977–1981).[https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Former-Premier-Sterling-Lyon-83-dies-112001049.html Former Premier Sterling Lyon dies after short illness]
Mary Jane Odell, 87, American journalist, lecturer, and politician.[https://www.rbr.com/mary-jane-odell-dead-at-87/ Mary Jane Odell dead at 87]
E. Gene Smith, 74, American Tibetologist.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/world/asia/29smith.html |title=E. Gene Smith, Guardian of the Tibetan Canon, Dies at 74 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=28 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
A. T. Q. Stewart, 81, Northern Irish historian.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8249201/ATQ-Stewart.html |title=ATQ Stewart |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Karen Tuttle, 90, American viola teacher, after long illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/arts/music/26tuttle.html |title=Karen Tuttle, Violist and Teacher, Is Dead at 90 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=24 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}

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Glen Adams, 65, Jamaican musician.{{cite web |url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101220/ent/ent3.html |title=Reggae-music pioneer leaves a legacy of greatness|date=December 20, 2010}}
Silvino Barsana Agudo, 93, Filipino lawyer and businessman.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1974/aug1974/gr_l_26647_1974.html|title=G.R. No. L-26647}}
Arne Arnesen, 82, Norwegian diplomat and politician.{{cite web |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Arne_Arnesen/utdypning |title=Store norske leksikon |website=www.snl.no |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120915115638/http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Arne_Arnesen/utdypning |archive-date=15 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Captain Beefheart, 69, American rock musician and artist (Trout Mask Replica), complications from multiple sclerosis.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/captain-beefheart-dead-at-age-69-20101217 |title=Captain Beefheart Dead at Age 69 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}
Ralph Coates, 64, English footballer (Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur, Leyton Orient, England), stroke.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/9298154.stm |title=Former Tottenham midfielder Ralph Coates dies |work=BBC News|date=December 17, 2010 }}
Walt Dropo, 87, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles).{{cite web |url=http://www.courant.com/sports/baseball/hc-walt-dropo-obituary-1219-20101218-1,0,5711855.story |title=Walt Dropo Dies |work=Courant.com |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729050345/http://www.courant.com/sports/baseball/hc-walt-dropo-obituary-1219-20101218-1,0,5711855.story |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Dick Gibson, 92, English racing driver.{{cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Dick_Gibson |title=Dick Gibson |first=Allen |last=Brown |work=Old Racing Cars.com}}
Eugene Goldwasser, 88, American scientist, first to purify EPO extracts, prostate cancer.[https://archive.today/20130119012826/http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/obituaries/ct-met-goldwasser-obit-1222-20101221,0,3169728.story Dr. Eugene Goldwasser, 1922–2010]
Anton Kunz, 95, Austrian Olympic water polo player[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002459/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ku/anton-kunz-1.html Anton Kunz]
Nikos Papatakis, 92, Greek film director.{{cite web |url=http://eu.greekreporter.com/2010/12/25/greek-film-director-nikos-papatakis-died-at-the-age-of-92/ |title=Greek Film Director Nikos Papatakis Passes at 92 |first=Anastasia |last=Brousou |work=Greek Reporter|date=December 25, 2010 }}
Martti Pennanen, 87, Finnish film and stage actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/a/2010121912888811 |title=Näyttelijä Martti Pennanen kuoli |language=fi}}
Lina Romay, 91, American actress and singer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/arts/music/28romay.html |title=Lina Romay, Singer and Actress, Dies at 91 |agency=Associated Press |date=27 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
María Jesús San Segundo, 52, Spanish diplomat, economist and academic, Minister of Education and Science (2004–2006), cancer.[https://www.lavanguardia.com/politica/20101217/54089485816/fallece-la-ex-ministra-de-educacion-y-ciencia-maria-jesus-san-segundo.html?facet=amp Fallece la ex ministra de Educación y Ciencia María Jesús San Segundo] {{in lang|es}}
Sulaiman Taha, 59, Malaysian politician, member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly.{{Cite web |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2010%2F12%2F17%2Fnation%2F7642035 |title=Johor state assemblyman Sulaiman Taha passes away |access-date=May 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025231102/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp%3Ffile=/2010/12/17/nation/7642035 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Mikhail Umansky, 58, Russian-born German chess grandmaster.{{cite web |url=http://www.schachverbandschwaben.de/index.php?id=196 |title=Trauer um Mikhail Umanskiy |work=Schachverband Schwaben |language=de}}

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Rudolf Ahlswede, 72, German mathematician.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/ahlswede/|title=WG Information and Combinatorics}}
John Bukovsky, 86, Slovak-born American Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Romania (1990–1994) and Russia (1994–2000).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbukovsky.html |title=Archbishop John Bukovsky |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Phil Cavarretta, 94, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox), complications from a stroke.{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/cubs-slugger-phil-cavarretta-dies/article1843759/ |title=Cubs' slugger Phil Cavarretta dies |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=2017-08-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224105418/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/cubs-slugger-phil-cavarretta-dies/article1843759/ |archive-date=2010-12-24}}
Ann Cindric, 88, American AAGPBL baseball player.{{cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/profiles/ann-cindric-cindy/246 |title=Ann Cindric |work=All-American Girls Professional Baseball League}}
Morris L. Cohen, 83, American legal librarian, leukemia.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/26/us/26mcohen.html |title=Morris L. Cohen, Leader Among Legal Librarians, Dies at 83 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=25 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Clay Cole, 72, American television host (The Clay Cole Show) and DJ.{{cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/ode-to-1960s-tv-host-clay-cole-dies_b23785 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223105210/http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/ode-to-1960s-tv-host-clay-cole-dies_b23785 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-23 |title=Ode to 1960s TV Host: Clay Cole Dies |work=MediaBistro.com}}
Norberto Díaz, 58, Argentine actor.{{cite web |url=http://cineymedios.com.ar/noticia.php?id=2201 |title=Falleció El Actor Norberto Díaz |work=Cine y Medios |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706080728/http://cineymedios.com.ar/noticia.php?id=2201 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-06}}
Rafael Fernández Álvarez, 97, Spanish politician, President of the Regional Council (1978–1981), first President of Asturias (1981–1983).{{cite web |url=http://www.rtpa.es/asturias:El-Parlamento-asturiano-expresa-su-pesar-y-dolor-por-el-fallecimiento-de-Rafael-Fernandez_111292677010.html |title=El Parlamento asturiano expresa su pesar y dolor por el fallecimiento de Rafael Fernández |work=RTPA |language=es}}
Steven W. Fisher, 64, American judge, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/nyregion/29fisher.html |title=Steven W. Fisher, New York State Justice, Dies at 64 |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=28 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Max Jammer, 95, Israeli physicist.{{cite web |url=http://www1.biu.ac.il/index.php?id=3&pt=20&pid=4&level=1&cPath=4&type=1&news=1219 |title=אוניברסיטת בר-אילן - הלך לעולמו פרופ' משה (מקס) ימר, לשעבר נשיא בר-אילן ותלמידו של אלברט איינשטיין |language=he}}
Tasso Kavadia, 89, Greek actress and artist.{{cite web |url=http://news.in.gr/culture/article/?aid=1231071455 |title="Έφυγε" πλήρης ημερών η Τασσώ Καββαδία |date=December 19, 2010 |language=el}}
Gerard Mansell, 89, British broadcasting executive.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/tv-radio-obituaries/8227237/Gerard-Mansell.html Gerard Mansell]
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, 70, Italian banker and politician, Minister of Economy and Finance (2006–2008), proponent of the Euro, heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/politica/articoli/articolo498583.shtml |title=E' morto Tommaso Padoa Schioppa |language=it |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101221054919/http://www.tgcom.mediaset.it/politica/articoli/articolo498583.shtml |archive-date=December 21, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
James Pickles, 85, English circuit judge and tabloid columnist.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/dec/22/judge-james-pickles-dies |title=Judge James Pickles dies, aged 85 |work=The Guardian|date=December 22, 2010 }}
Nash Roberts, 92, American television meteorologist.{{cite web |url=https://www.nola.com/news/article_3535c521-7730-5ee6-a1fe-b0c68f5667c8.html |title=WWL-TV meteorologist Nash Roberts dead at 92 |date=December 20, 2010 |work=The Times-Picayune}}
Jacqueline de Romilly, 97, French philologist.{{cite web |url=https://www.nouvelobs.com/societe/20101219.OBS4973/l-helleniste-et-academicienne-jacqueline-de-romilly-est-morte.html |title=L'helléniste et académicienne Jacqueline de Romilly est morte |work=L'Obs |date=December 19, 2010 |language=fr}}
Eric Schmertz, 84, American labor negotiator, Dean of the Hofstra University School of Law.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/nyregion/22schmertz.html |title=Eric Schmertz, Labor Negotiator, Dies at 84 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=22 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}

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Chris Condon, 88, American cinematographer (Jaws 3-D), 3D lens inventor.{{cite web |url=http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home-entertainment/1281802/3d-lens-inventor-chris-condon-dies |title=3D lens inventor Chris Condon dies |access-date=2011-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227053721/http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/home-entertainment/1281802/3d-lens-inventor-chris-condon-dies |archive-date=2010-12-27}}
LeGrand R. Curtis, 86, American Elder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).{{cite web |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700093879/Elder-LeGrand-R-Curtis-Sr-dies.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225133325/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700093879/Elder-LeGrand-R-Curtis-Sr-dies.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 25, 2010 |title=Elder LeGrand R. Curtis Sr. dies |first=Michael De |last=Groote |date=21 December 2010 |work=Deseret News}}
Lupe Gigliotti, 84, Brazilian actress, lung cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.correiodoestado.com.br/noticias/atriz-lupe-gigliotti-irma-de-chico-anysio-morre-no-rio_91424/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928023036/https://www.correiodoestado.com.br/noticias/atriz-lupe-gigliotti-irma-de-chico-anysio-morre-no-rio_91424/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-09-28 |title=Atriz Lupe Gigliotti, irmã de Chico Anysio, morre no Rio |work=Correio do Estado |language=pt}}
Anthony Howard, 76, British journalist, broadcaster and editor (New Statesman).{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8212858/Anthony-Howard-dies.html |title=Anthony Howard dies |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Murali Kuttan, 56, Indian athlete, Asian Games medalist.{{cite web |url=http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-108166.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402221229/http://www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-108166.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-02 |title=Athletics champion dies as son breaks record |work=New Kerala}}
Lucien Mathys, 86, Belgian cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=5085 |title=Lucien Mathys |work=Cycling Archives}}
Trudy Pitts, 78, American jazz organist, pianist and vocalist, pancreatic cancer.[http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/20101220_Trudy_Pitts_Carney__jazz_organist__vocalist.html Trudy Pitts Carney, jazz organist, vocalist]
Noah al-Qudah, 71, Jordanian Muslim scholar, Grand Mufti of Jordan (2007–2010).{{cite web |url=http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleno=11202 |title=Former Mufti of the Kingdom passes away |work=Ammon News}}
Roy Romain, 92, British Olympic swimmer, stroke.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/mar/07/royston-romain-obituary |title=Royston Romain obituary |work=The Guardian|date=March 7, 2011 }}
Helen Maynor Scheirbeck, 75, American educator and activist, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.americanindiannews.org/2010/12/helen-maynor-scheirbeck/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117012639/http://www.americanindiannews.org/2010/12/helen-maynor-scheirbeck/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-01-17 |title=Helen Maynor Scheirbeck (1935–2010) |work=American Indian News Service}}
Mark A. Smith, 45, British-born American professor of pathology, hit and run accident.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alzheimers-researcher-hit-by-car-in-ohio-dies/ |title=Alzheimer's Researcher Hit by Car in Ohio, Dies |work=CBS News}}

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John Alldis, 81, British chorus master and conductor.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/8217729/John-Alldis.html |title=John Alldis |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Donna Atwood, 85, American figure skater, respiratory problems.[https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-xpm-2011-jan-21-la-me-donna-atwood-20110121-story.html Donna Atwood dies at 85; longtime Ice Capades star]
Aamer Bashir, 38, Pakistani cricketer, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/493597.html |title=First-class stalwart Aamer Bashir dies |work=ESPNcricinfo}}
Jacqueline Courtney, 64, American actress (Another World, One Life to Live), metastatic melanoma.{{cite web |url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2010/12/jacqueline-courtney-has-passed-away.html |title=Jacqueline Courtney Has Passed Away |work=WeLoveSoaps.net}}
Giovanni Ferrofino, 98, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Haiti (1960–1965) and to Ecuador (1965–1970){{cite web |url=https://zenit.org/articles/prelate-who-saved-some-10-000-jews-dead-at-98/ |title=Prelate Who Saved Some 10,000 Jews Dead at 98 |work=Zenit News Agency|date=December 23, 2010 }}
Gordon Foster, 89, Irish mathematician.[https://rip.ie/death-notice/frederic-gordon-foster-rathmines-dublin/122754 The death has occurred of Frederic Gordon Foster]
Brian Hanrahan, 61, British journalist, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12037973 |title=BBC correspondent Brian Hanrahan dies at 61 |date=20 December 2010 |work=BBC News}}
Steve Landesberg, 74, American actor (Barney Miller, Forgetting Sarah Marshall), colorectal cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-steve-landesberg-20101221,0,6445609.story |title=Steve Landesberg dies; comic actor played intellectual detective on sitcom 'Barney Miller' |date=21 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
James Mann, 90, American politician, U.S. Representative from South Carolina (1969–1979), Alzheimer's disease.[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/23/us/politics/23mann.html James Mann, 90, Dies; Worked on Nixon Impeachment]
Magnolia Shorty, 28, American rapper, shot.{{cite web |url=http://www.wdsu.com/r/26201630/detail.html |title=Fans Remember Rapper Magnolia Shorty |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308220949/http://www.wdsu.com/r/26201630/detail.html |archive-date=2012-03-08}}
Gérandale Télusma, 38, Haitian lawyer and politician, deputy, car accident.[https://lenouvelliste.com/article/86951/deces-tragique-de-gerandale-telusma Décès tragique de Gérandale Télusma] {{in lang|FR}}
Patricia Thompson, 63, American television producer, Emmy Award-winning documentary director, cerebral hemorrhage.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/arts/television/22thompson.html |title=Patricia Thompson, TV Producer and Documentary Maker, Dies at 63 |first=Marlise |last=Simons |date=22 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}

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Enzo Bearzot, 83, Italian World Cup-winning football manager and player.{{cite web |url=http://www.repubblica.it/sport/calcio/nazionale/2010/12/21/news/morto_enzo_bearzot-10446187/ |title=Addio a Enzo Bearzot ct dell'Italia Mundial |work=la Repubblica |date=December 21, 2010 |language=it}}
W. Pete Cunningham, 81, American politician, Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives (1987–2008).[http://www.thecharlottepost.com/index.php?src=news&refno=3220&category=News Former N.C. lawmaker Pete Cunningham dies]
Elmo Gideon, 86, American artist and sculptor.{{cite web |url=http://www.gideonart.com |title=Artist and Sculptor Gideon: The Life of One Man in the Arts}}
David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, 78, British politician and television executive.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8222824/Lord-Windlesham.html |title=Lord Windlesham |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Oleksandr Kovalenko, 34, Ukrainian footballer (Dnipro, Shakhtar) and referee, suicide by jumping.{{cite web |url=http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/news/4d11d47b.html |title=Погиб экс-игрок "Днепра" Александр Коваленко |work=UA-Futbol |date=December 22, 2010 |language=ru}}
Bertie Lewis, 90, British World War II RAF airman and anti-war campaigner.[http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/boltonnews/8758854.Anti_war_Bertie_dies__aged_90/ Anti-war Bertie dies, aged 90]
Marcia Lewis, 72, American musical theatre actress and singer, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.broadway.com/shows/chicago/buzz/154718/two-time-tony-award-nominee-marcia-lewis-dies-at-72 |title=Two-Time Tony Award Nominee Marcia Lewis Dies at 72 |work=Broadway.com}}
Catalina Speroni, 72, Argentine actress.{{cite web |url=http://entretenimiento.terra.com.ar/famosos/murio-la-actriz-catalina-speroni,71893d9b9aa0d210VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226083644/http://entretenimiento.terra.com.ar/famosos/murio-la-actriz-catalina-speroni,71893d9b9aa0d210VgnVCM3000009af154d0RCRD.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-26 |title=Murió la actriz Catalina Speroni |work=Terra |language=es}}
Jack Tracy, 83, American editor (Down Beat) and music producer (Chess, Mercury).{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?page=lifestory&personid=147482607 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020024215/http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?page=lifestory&personid=147482607 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-20 |title=Jack Tracy Obituary |work=Legacy.com}}

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Jean Chamant, 97, French minister, senator (1977–1995).[http://www.lyonne.fr/editions_locales/region/jean_chamant_est_mort_videos_@CARGNjFdJSsBFBwFCx0-.html Jean Chamant est mort] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228040939/http://www.lyonne.fr/editions_locales/region/jean_chamant_est_mort_videos_%40CARGNjFdJSsBFBwFCx0-.html |date=2010-12-28}}
David Cockayne, 68, British physicist.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/mar/02/david-cockayne-obituary |title=David Cockayne obituary |first=Peter |last=Hirsch |date=2 March 2011 |work=The Guardian}}
Fred Foy, 89, American radio and television announcer (The Lone Ranger), natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2010/12/lone-ranger-announcer-fred-foy-dies-at-89.html |title='Lone Ranger' announcer Fred Foy dies at 89 |date=22 December 2010 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Gianna Galli, 75, Italian operatic soprano.{{cite web |url=http://gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it/cronaca/2010/12/28/news/morta-il-soprano-gianna-galli-aveva-75-anni-3055870 |title=Morta il soprano Gianna Galli, aveva 75 anni |work=Gazzetta di Modena |date=28 December 2010 |language=it |access-date=April 30, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309154438/http://gazzettadimodena.gelocal.it/cronaca/2010/12/28/news/morta-il-soprano-gianna-galli-aveva-75-anni-1.374741 |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |url-status=dead}}
Nalini Jaywant, 84, Indian actress.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Actress-Nalini-Jaywants-death-shrouded-in-mystery/articleshow/7160625.cms Actress Nalini Jaywant's 'death' shrouded in mystery]
John Macreadie, 64, Scottish trade unionist, brain tumour.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2011/jan/17/john-macreadie-obituary |title=John Macreadie obituary |first=Janice |last=Godrich |date=17 January 2011 |work=The Guardian}}
Vivi Markussen, 71, Danish Olympic sprinter.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100212/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/vivi-markussen-1.html Vivi Markussen]
Alan Shallcross, 78, British television producer.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2011/feb/13/alan-shallcross-obituary |title=Alan Shallcross obituary |first=Sandra |last=Harris |date=13 February 2011 |work=The Guardian}}

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Donald Allchin, 80, British Anglican priest and theologian{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/24/donald-allchin-obituary |title=Donald Allchin obituary |last1=Scott |first1=David |date=24 February 2011 |work=The Guardian |access-date=31 March 2017}}
Gordon P. Allen, 81, American politician.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newsobserver/obituary.aspx?n=gordon-allen-joe&pid=147369728&fhid=7115|title=Gordon "Joe" Allen Sr. Obituary (2010) the News & Observer|website=Legacy.com}}
Celestino Rocha da Costa, 72, São Toméan politician, Prime Minister (1988–1991).{{cite web |url=http://www.telanon.info/sociedade/2010/12/24/5935/morreu-o-ex-primeiro-ministro-celestino-rocha-da-costa/ |title=Morreu o ex-primeiro ministro Celestino Rocha da Costa |work=Téla Nón|date=December 24, 2010 }}
Jayaben Desai, 77, Indian-born British trade unionist (Grunwick dispute).{{cite web |url=http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=23463 |title=Jayaben Desai - death of a great fighter |work=Socialist Worker |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-date=January 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104084201/http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=23463 |url-status=dead }}
William Fones, 93, American jurist, Tennessee Supreme Court justice (1973–1990).{{cite web |url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/dec/28/ex-justice-helped-bring-reforms-to-legal-arenas/ |title=Ex-justice helped bring reforms to legal arenas |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615193419/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/dec/28/ex-justice-helped-bring-reforms-to-legal-arenas/ |archive-date=2011-06-15}}
Fred Hargesheimer, 94, American USAAF pilot and philanthropist in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.{{cite web |url=http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/WWII-pilot-who-forever-repaid-rescuers-dies-at-94-917792.php |title=WWII pilot who forever repaid rescuers dies at 94 |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226163440/http://www.ctpost.com/default/article/WWII-pilot-who-forever-repaid-rescuers-dies-at-94-917792.php |archive-date=2010-12-26}}
Ibrahim Ismail, 88, Malaysian army general.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/8284728/Tun-Ibrahim-Ismail.html Tun Ibrahim Ismail]
K. Karunakaran, 92, Indian politician, Chief Minister of Kerala (1977; 1981–1987; 1991–1995), stroke.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Karunakaran-a-master-tactician-and-a-king-in-Kerala-politics-is-dead/articleshow/7151743.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104084241/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-23/india/28261244_1_veteran-congress-kerala-politics-minister |url-status=live |archive-date=2012-11-04 |work=The Times of India |title=Karunakaran, a master tactician and a king in Kerala politics, is dead }}
Kenneth B. Lee, 88, American politician, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1967–1968; 1973–1974), melanoma.{{cite web |url=http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/12/former_pennsylvania_house_spea_1.html |title=Former Pennsylvania House Speaker Kenneth Lee dies at 88 |work=The Patriot-News|date=December 24, 2010 }}
José Antonio Momeñe, 70, Spanish Olympic cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6125 |title=José Antonio Momeñe Campo |work=Cycling Archives}}
Janine Pommy Vega, 68, American Beat Generation poet.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/janine-pommy-vega-beat-poet-and-close-associate-of-corso-ginsberg-and-orlovsky-2221669.html |title=Janine Pommy Vega: Beat poet and close associate of Corso, Ginsberg and Orlovsky |work=The Independent|date=February 22, 2011 }}

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Edsel Albert Ammons, 86, American bishop.{{cite web |url=http://www.detroitconference.org/news/detail/620 |title=Former Michigan Area Bishop Edsel A. Ammons Passes Away |website=www.detroitconference.org |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113142033/http://www.detroitconference.org/news/detail/620 |archive-date=13 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Elisabeth Beresford, 84, British children's author, creator of The Wombles.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12079067 |title=Wombles' creator Elisabeth Beresford dies |date=25 December 2010 |work=BBC News}}
Philip Burton Jr., 76, American documentary filmmaker, Alzheimer's disease.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/01/arts/television/01burton.html |title=Philip Burton Jr., Documentarian, Is Dead at 76 |first=Daniel E. |last=Slotnik |date=31 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Jean-Marie Charpentier, 71, French architect and urban planner.{{cite web |url=http://www.artclair.com/site/archives/docs_article/80606/l-architecte-et-urbaniste-jean-marie-charpentier-est-decede-a-l-age-de-71-ans-.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722205810/http://www.artclair.com/site/archives/docs_article/80606/l-architecte-et-urbaniste-jean-marie-charpentier-est-decede-a-l-age-de-71-ans-.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 July 2011 |title=L'architecte et urbaniste Jean-Marie Charpentier est décédé à l'âge de 71 ans |date=7 January 2011 |work=Artclair.com |language=fr}}
Ljubomir Ćipranić, 74, Serbian actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0162634/ |title=Ljubomir Cipranic |work=Internet Movie Database}}
Frances Ginsberg, 55, American operatic soprano, ovarian cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.operanews.com/operanews/templates/content.aspx?id=18158 |title=Frances Ginsberg, 55, Soprano of Striking Temperament, Has Died |work=Opera News}}
Per Karstensen, 95, Norwegian politician.{{cite web |url=http://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=PEKA&tab=Biography |title=Representant: Karstensen, Per (1915–2010) |date=9 March 2008 |language=no}}
David Kenworthy, 11th Baron Strabolgi, 96, British peer, Member of the House of Lords.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8232394/Lord-Strabolgi.html |title=Lord Strabolgi |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
John Matsko, 77, American football player (Michigan State Spartans).[http://obituaries.tribdem.com/obituary/john-matsko-1933-2010-751763631 John Matsko: December 20, 1933–December 24, 2010]
Frans de Munck, 88, Dutch footballer.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/dutch-soccer-legend-frans-de-munck-dies |title=Dutch soccer legend Frans de Munck dies |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227094527/http://www.rnw.nl/english/bulletin/dutch-soccer-legend-frans-de-munck-dies |archive-date=December 27, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
Roy Neuberger, 107, American financier and arts patron.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/25/arts/design/25neuberger.html |title=Roy R. Neuberger, Financier and Art Patron, Dies at 107 |first=Edward |last=Wyatt |date=24 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
José Orlandis, 92, Spanish church historian and priest.{{Cite web |url=http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=636424 |title=Fallece a los 92 años el sacerdote José Orlandis, catedrático de la UN |language=es |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616061524/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=636424 |archive-date=June 16, 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Orestes Quércia, 72, Brazilian politician, Governor of São Paulo (1987–1991), prostate cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=382256&CategoryId=14090 |title=Co-Founder of Brazil's Largest Party Dies of Cancer |work=Latin America Herald Tribune |access-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607214200/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=382256&CategoryId=14090 |url-status=dead }}
Neil Rogers, 68, American radio personality, heart failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/fl-neil-rogers-obit-20101224,0,1015311.story |title=South Florida radio legend Neil Rogers dies |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120912164745/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainment/fl-neil-rogers-obit-20101224,0,1015311.story |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-09-12}}
Myrna Smith, 69, American singer and songwriter (Sweet Inspirations), kidney failure.{{cite web |url=http://www.classicpopicons.com/myrna-smith-obituary/ |title=Myrna Smith obituary |work=Classic Pop Icons}}
Yuri Starunsky, 65, Russian Olympic silver (1976) and bronze (1972) medal-winning volleyball player, stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.lifesports.ru/news/47810 |title=Умер тренер волейбольного "Спартака" |language=ru |access-date=2011-01-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110114012633/http://www.lifesports.ru/news/47810 |archive-date=2011-01-14}}
Eino Tamberg, 80, Estonian composer.{{cite web |url=http://news.err.ee/culture/ebd7d9f7-e4f7-48bd-b08a-e19351fb1be0 |title=Eino Tamberg, Long-Reigning Master of Modern Music, Dies |work=ERR |date=27 December 2010}}
Viper, 51, American pornographic actress, lung cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110104-PUBLICRECORDS04-101040364?cid=sitesearch |title=Stephanie P. Green |work=The Portsmouth Herald |access-date=April 19, 2011 |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126120803/http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20110104-PUBLICRECORDS04-101040364?cid=sitesearch |url-status=dead }}
John Warhola, 85, American museum founder (The Andy Warhol Museum), brother of Andy Warhol, pneumonia.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/arts/design/29warhola.html |title=John Warhola, Brother of Andy Warhol, Dies at 85 |first=William |last=Grimes |date=28 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}

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Aron Abrams, 50, American screenwriter and television producer (King of the Hill, Everybody Hates Chris, 3rd Rock from the Sun).{{cite web |url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/hawaii-police-investigating-death-los-angeles-tv-writer-20101229-131847-104.html |title=Hawaii police investigating death of Los Angeles TV writer-producer found in hotel room |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101214318/http://ca.news.yahoo.com/hawaii-police-investigating-death-los-angeles-tv-writer-20101229-131847-104.html |archive-date=2011-01-01}}
Joan Alexander, 98, Scottish singer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-joan-alexander-soprano-1-1496105|title = Joyce McMillan: Flawed EU must pass refugee test| date=September 3, 2015 }}
Kevin Boyle, 67, Northern Irish law professor and human rights activist, cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/jan/02/kevin-boyle-obituary |title=Kevin Boyle obituary |first=Nigel |last=Rodley |date=2 January 2011 |work=The Guardian}}
Gavin Brown, 68, Australian academic, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney (1996–2008).{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/education/sydney-uni-don-dies-of-heart-attack-at-christmas-20101227-198ll.html |title=Sydney Uni don dies of heart attack at Christmas |first=Malcolm |last=Brown |date=28 December 2010 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}
John Bulaitis, 77, British-born Lithuanian Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Nuncio to Albania (1997–2008).[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbulaitis.html Archbishop John Bulaitis]
Bud Greenspan, 84, American Olympic filmmaker, Parkinson's disease.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/26/greenspan.olympics.obit/ |title=Olympic filmmaker Bud Greenspan dies |work=CNN}}
Robert E. Kennedy, 95, American university president (California Polytechnic).{{cite web |url=http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2010/December/Kennedy.html |title=Cal Poly President Emeritus Robert E. Kennedy Dies |access-date=2012-06-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231231401/http://calpolynews.calpoly.edu/news_releases/2010/December/Kennedy.html |archive-date=2010-12-31}}
Eric Laakso, 54, American football player (Miami Dolphins), natural causes.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101229164442/http://www.palmbeachpost.com/sports/dolphins/eric-laakso-dolphins-starting-right-tackle-in-super-1149012.html Eric Laakso, Dolphins starting right tackle in Super Bowl XVII, dies at 54] (body found on this date)
Luis Manresa Formosa, 95, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Los Altos Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán (1955–1979).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmanresa.html |title=Bishop Luis Manresa Formosa |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Jorge Mayer, 95, Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Bahía Blanca (1972–1991).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmayer.html |title=Archbishop Jorge Mayer |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Sir Iain Noble, 75, Scottish businessman.{{cite web |url=http://news.scotsman.com/news/Banker-Sir-Iain-Noble-champion.6671995.jp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228060236/http://news.scotsman.com/news/Banker-Sir-Iain-Noble-champion.6671995.jp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-12-28 |title=Banker Sir Iain Noble, champion of Gaelic, Skye and Scotland, dies at 75 |work=The Scotsman}}
Karl Olson, 80, American baseball player.{{cite web |url=https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/alt.obituaries/KoRxVD4o5DU |title=Karl Olson, 80; Was OFer for Red Sox/Senators/Tigers}}
Carlos Andrés Pérez, 88, Venezuelan politician, President (1974–1979; 1989–1993), heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-12079724 |title=Venezuela's ex-President Carlos Andres Perez dies at 88 |date=26 December 2010 |work=BBC News}}
Qian Yunhui, 53, Chinese dissident.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/world/asia/29china.html |title=Villager's Suspicious Death Ignites Fury in China |first1=Xiyun |last1=Yang |first2=Edward |last2=Wong |date=28 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
A. N. Ray, 98, Indian jurist, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1973–1977).{{cite web |url=https://lawandotherthings.com/2011/01/obituary-former-chief-justice-of-india/ |title=Obituary: Former Chief Justice of India, A.N. Ray |work=Law and Other Things|date=January 16, 2011 }}
Maurice Rioli, 53, Australian VFL player and politician, member of the NT Legislative Assembly for Arafura (1992–2001), heart attack.{{cite web |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/football-legend-maurice-rioli-dead-from-suspected-heart-attack/story-e6frg1wu-1225976163098 |title=Football legend Maurice Rioli dead from suspected heart attack |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228010838/http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/football-legend-maurice-rioli-dead-from-suspected-heart-attack/story-e6frg1wu-1225976163098 |archive-date=2010-12-28}}
Irina Zuykova, 52, Soviet Olympic equestrian.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zu/irina-zuykova-1.html |title=Irina Zuykova Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |website=www.sports-reference.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113227/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zu/irina-zuykova-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |url-status=dead}}

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John Archibald Armstrong, 93, Canadian business executive.{{cite web | url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=john-archibald-armstrong-jack&pid=147577806 | title=John Archibald "Jack" Armstrong Obituary (2011) Toronto Star | website=Legacy.com }}
Salvador Jorge Blanco, 84, Dominican Republic politician, President (1982–1986).{{cite web |url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/3027955-418/jorge-blanco-president-dominican-died.html |title=Dominican ex-President Salvador Jorge Blanco dies |access-date=2011-01-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009145905/http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/3027955-418/jorge-blanco-president-dominican-died.html |archive-date=2012-10-09}}
Wade Crane, 66, American pool player, automobile accident.{{cite news |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/local/pro-pool-player-killed-tennessee-wreck/c1RrG9FrbQmaBh0BFDAlRP/ |title=Pro pool player killed in Tennessee wreck |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|last1=Stevens |first1=Alexis }}
Geraldine Doyle, 86, American factory worker, possible inspiration for the "We Can Do It!" poster.[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rosie-riveter-dead-geraldine-hoff-doyle_n_802772 Geraldine Hoff Doyle Dead: 'Rosie The Riveter' Inspiration Dies At 86]
Jonas Falk, 66, Swedish character actor.{{cite news |url=http://www.svd.se/kulturnoje/nyheter/jonas-falk-har-avlidit_5845785.svd |title=Jonas Falk har avlidit |first=Lars |last=Ring |work=Svenska Dagbladet |date=January 5, 2011 |language=sv}}
Eugene K. Garfield, 74, American founder of the Auto-Train Corporation, esophageal cancer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/business/30garfield.html |title=Eugene Garfield, Auto Train Founder, Dies at 74 |first=Bruce |last=Weber |date=29 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Albert Ghiorso, 95, American nuclear scientist, co-discovered twelve chemical elements.{{cite web |url=http://ghiorso.org/AG_documents/AG_obituary_short_version_11_Jan_2011.html |title=Albert Ghiorso Obituary |work=Ghiorso.org}}
Miguel Maria Giambelli, 90, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Bragança do Pará (1980–1996).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgiamb.html |title=Bishop Miguel Maria Giambelli |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Bill Jones, 89, English international footballer, natural causes.{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv:80/news/latest-news/former-red-bill-jones-dies |title=Former Red Bill Jones dies |work=Liverpool FC |date=1 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101124446/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-news/former-red-bill-jones-dies |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 January 2011}}
Matthew Lipman, 87, American educator.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/education/15lipman.html |title=Matthew Lipman, Philosopher and Educator, Dies at 87 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=14 January 2011 |work=The New York Times}}
Robert Macauley, 87, American manufacturer, founder of AmeriCares, emphysema.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/business/30macauley.html |title=Robert Macauley, 87, Founder of Humanitarian Aid Group, Dies |first=William |last=Grimes |date=29 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Teena Marie, 54, American singer and composer.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/arts/music/28marie.html |title=Teena Marie, 1980s R&B Hitmaker, Dies at 54 |first=Ben |last=Sisario |date=27 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Ian Samuel, 95, British Royal Air Force pilot and diplomat.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8287210/Ian-Samuel.html |title=Ian Samuel |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Jessie Rae Scott, 81, American gubernatorial First Lady (1969–1973), widow of North Carolina governor Bob Scott, after long illness.{{cite web |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/27/883216/former-first-lady-scott-dies-at.html |title=Former first lady Jessie Rae Scott dies at 81 |access-date=2011-01-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230035134/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/27/883216/former-first-lady-scott-dies-at.html |archive-date=2010-12-30}}
Bernard Wilson, 64, American singer (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes), stroke and heart attack.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/arts/music/29wilson.html |title=Bernie Wilson, of the Blue Notes, Dies at 64 |author=The Associated Press |date=28 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}

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Keith Andrew, 81, English cricketer.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/8239703/Keith-Andrew.html |title=Keith Andrew |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Walter Balmer, 62, Swiss footballer.{{cite web | url=http://www.fcb.ch/news/show/byItemID/-/10044/25253/16/7 | title=Flyout | FC Basel - die offizielle Website }}
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, 61, French actor, cancer.[https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2010/12/27/mort-de-l-acteur-bernard-pierre-donnadieu_1457980_3382.html Mort de l'acteur Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu] {{in lang|fr}}
Raphael Hillyer, 96, American violist, founding member of the Juilliard String Quartet, heart failure.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/arts/music/06hillyer.html |title=Raphael Hillyer, Founding Violist of Juilliard Quartet, Dies at 96 |first=Allan |last=Kozinn |date=5 January 2011 |work=The New York Times}}
Alfred E. Kahn, 93, American economist, cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/12/28/obit.kahn/index.html |title=Kahn, the architect of airline deregulation, dies at 93 |work=CNN}}
Maureen Lehane, 78, British singer and music festival organiser.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/8236303/Maureen-Lehane-Wishart.html |title=Maureen Lehane Wishart |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Jack Leslie, 90, Canadian politician, Mayor of Calgary (1965–1969).{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary-print.aspx?page=lifestoryprint&pid=147514270 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020061450/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/calgaryherald/obituary-print.aspx?page=lifestoryprint&pid=147514270 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-20 |title=Jack Leslie's Obituary in the Calgary Herald |work=legacy.com}}
Grant McCune, 67, American visual effects artist (Star Wars, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Speed), Oscar winner (1978), pancreatic cancer.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/news/star-wars-visual-effects-artist-dies-1118029530/ |title=Star Wars visual effects artist dies |date=29 December 2010 |work=Variety}}
Michael O'Pake, 70, American politician, longest serving member of the Pennsylvania State Senate (since 1973), complications from surgery.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101230140726/http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=274929 State Sen. Michael O'Pake has died]
Sir David Scott, 91, British diplomat.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/8371748/Sir-David-Scott.html Sir David Scott]

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Atina Bojadži, 66, Macedonian marathon swimmer, first Yugoslavian woman to swim across the English Channel.[https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2010-12-29-2206891105_x.htm Macedonian swimming great Bojadzi dies at 66]
Frank Bonilla, 85, American academic of Puerto Rican descent, long illness.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/nyregion/07bonilla.html |title=Frank Bonilla, Scholar of Puerto Rican Studies, Dies at 85 |first=Dennis |last=Hevesi |date=6 January 2011 |work=The New York Times}}
Bennie Briscoe, 67, American boxer.{{cite web |url=http://www.boxinginsider.com/headlines/r-i-p-bennie-briscoe/ |title=R.I.P. Bennie Briscoe |date=28 December 2010 |work=BoxingInsider.com}}
Avi Cohen, 54, Israeli footballer, motorcycle accident.{{cite web |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/sports/israeli-soccer-giant-avi-cohen-dies-of-injuries-after-motorcycle-crash-1.334032 |title=Israeli Soccer Giant Avi Cohen Dies of Injuries After Motorcycle Crash |date=29 December 2010 |work=Haaretz}}
Chris Colmer, 30, American college football player (NC State)[https://web.archive.org/web/20110102035615/http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/12/31/890864/former-ncsu-lineman-dies.html Former NCSU lineman Chris Colmer dies]
Denis Dutton, 66, American-born entrepreneur and philosopher, creator of Arts & Letters Daily and Bad Writing Contest, prostate cancer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110101010029/http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/web-entrepreneur-dies-3987918 Web entrepreneur dies]
Donald Fraser, 83, American politician.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=donald-r-fraser&pid=147520933&fhid=10466 |title=Donald R. Fraser's Obituary in the Toledo Blade |work=legacy.com}}
Joseph Grech, 62, Maltese-born Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Sandhurst (since 2001), blood disorder{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgrech.html |title=Bishop Joseph Angelo Grech |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Fred Heron, 66, American football player (St. Louis Cardinals).{{cite web |url=http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110110/A_NEWS21/301109999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715164146/http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20110110%2FA_NEWS21%2F301109999 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 15, 2011 |title=Fred Heron |work=Recordnet.com |access-date=March 6, 2021 }}
Brandon Joyce, 26, American football player (St. Louis Rams, Minnesota Vikings), shot.[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?pid=147501569 Brandon Patrick "BJ" Joyce]
Gene Kelton, 55, American blues, rock and rockabilly singer and guitarist, multiple injuries from vehicle collision.[https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Artist-Mean-Gene-Kelton-remembered-for-biker-1603716.php Artist 'Mean' Gene Kelton remembered for 'biker blues']
Bill Lajoie, 76, American baseball scout and executive (Detroit Tigers).{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2010-12-29-bill-lajoie-obit_N.htm |title=Former Detroit Tigers general manager Bill Lajoie dies at 76 |work=USA Today}}
Zeferino Nandayapa, 79, Mexican classical marimbist, injuries from a fall.{{cite web |url=http://www.informador.com.mx/cultura/2010/259933/6/la-marimba-pierde-a-uno-de-sus-exponentes-zeferino-nandayapa.htm |title=La marimba pierde a uno de sus exponentes: Zeferino Nandayapa |work=El Informador |language=es}}
Terry Peder Rasmussen, 67, American serial killer.{{cite news |title=AG: Man who killed woman, 3 children in Allenstown also killed missing Manchester woman |url=https://www.boston25news.com/news/nh-officials-to-announce-development-in-decades-old-cases/487838512/ |date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=January 21, 2020|publisher=WFXT}}
Hideko Takamine, 86, Japanese actress.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2011/film/news/thesp-hideko-takamine-dies-at-86-1118029575/ |title=Thesp Hideko Takamine dies at 86 |first=Mark |last=Schilling |date=1 January 2011 |work=Variety}}
Billy Taylor, 89, American jazz pianist and composer (I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free), heart attack.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/29/AR2010122904818.html |title=Billy Taylor, revered musician, broadcaster and spokesman for jazz, dies at 89 |first=Matt |last=Schudel |date=30 December 2010 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Jeff Taylor, 80, English footballer.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jeff-taylor-footballer-who-went-on-to-forge-a-career-as-a-popular-singer-and-inspirational-teacher-2197814.html |title=Jeff Taylor: Footballer who went on to forge a career as a popular singer and inspirational teacher |date=29 January 2011 |work=The Independent}}
Agathe von Trapp, 97, Austrian-born American singer, member of the Trapp family (The Sound of Music).{{cite news |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/maryland/woman-whose-family-inspired-th.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009070242/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/local-breaking-news/maryland/woman-whose-family-inspired-th.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2012 |title=Von Trapp family member dies |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
Peter Walker, 91, British Anglican prelate, Bishop of Ely (1977–1989).{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/religion-obituaries/8244449/The-Right-Reverend-Peter-Walker.html |title=The Right Reverend Peter Walker |work=The Daily Telegraph}}

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Gratien Ananda, 53, Sri Lankan singer, composer, songwriter and lyricist.{{cite web | url=http://lankanstuff.blogspot.com/2010/12/gratien-ananda.html | title=Our Lanka: Gratien Ananda passed away | date=December 29, 2010 }}
Vladan Batić, 61, Serbian politician and lawyer, Minister of Justice (2001–2003), throat cancer.{{cite web |url=http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=12&dd=29&nav_id=71826 |title=Ex-justice minister and MP dies |access-date=2010-12-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230225534/http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=12&dd=29&nav_id=71826 |archive-date=2010-12-30}}
Steve Boros, 74, American baseball player (Tigers) and manager (Athletics, Padres), complications from multiple myeloma.[https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2010/12/31/former-detroit-tiger-steve-boros-dies/ Former Detroit Tiger Steve Boros Dies]
Jimmy Coffey, 101, Irish hurler.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/1230/1224286494539.html |title=Tipperary mourns one of the game's greats |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022212442/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2010/1230/1224286494539.html |url-status=dead }}
John Doyle, 80, Irish hurler.[http://www.independent.ie/sport/hurling/legendary-hurler-john-doyle-dies-aged-80-2478028.html Legendary hurler John Doyle dies aged 80]
Bill Erwin, 96, American actor (Seinfeld, Falcon Crest, The Twilight Zone).{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110101,0,2188022.story |title=Passings: Bill Erwin, Ellis E.I. Clarke, Bobby Farrell |date=1 January 2011 |work=Los Angeles Times}}
Mondine Garcia, 75, French Gypsy jazz guitarist.{{cite web |url=http://www.djangostation.com/Deces-de-Mondine-Garcia,1360.html |title=Décès de Mondine Garcia |author=Cristof |work=Django Station.com}}
Pavel Kolchin, 80, Russian Olympic gold (1956) and bronze (1956, 1964) medal-winning cross-country skier.{{cite web |url=http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=418126&cid=9 |title=В Эстонии скончался известный советский лыжник Павел Колчин |language=ru}}
Ramón Montesinos, 67, Spanish footballer.[https://archive.today/20130116025447/http://www.fcbarcelona.cat/web/catala/noticies/club/temporada10-11/12/30/n101230114859.html Mor l'exjugador Ramon Montesinos] {{in lang|ca}}
Sören Wibe, 64, Swedish economist and politician, Junilistan party leader, member of the European Parliament and the Riksdag.{{cite web |url=http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2272674/soren-wibe-dod |title=Sören Wibe död |access-date=2011-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102064309/http://www.expressen.se/nyheter/1.2272674/soren-wibe-dod |archive-date=2011-01-02 |url-status=dead}}

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Nikolay Abramov, 26, Russian footballer.{{cite web|url=https://mediaryazan.ru/news/detail/66155.html|title=Умер рязанский футболист Николай Абрамов|language=ru}}
Michael Allinson, 90, British-American actor.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021387/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
Paul Calle, 82, American artist, postage stamp designer, melanoma.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/arts/design/31calle.html |title=Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 |first=Margalit |last=Fox |date=31 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Donald Carroll, 70, American author.{{cite web |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=donald-carroll&pid=147595042 |title=Donald Carroll's Obituary in the Dallas Morning News |work=legacy.com}}
Sir Ellis Clarke, 93, Trinidadian politician, Governor-General (1972–1976) and President (1976–1987), complications from a stroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.co.tt/news/0,133297.html |title=Sir Ellis Dies |work=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday|date=December 31, 2010 }}
V. Balakrishna Eradi, 88, Indian jurist, judge of the Supreme Court of India.[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/Justice-Eradi-passes-away/article12719060.ece Justice Eradi passes away]
Bobby Farrell, 61, Aruba-born dancer and entertainer (Boney M.).{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12094005 |title=Boney M singer Bobby Farrell dies aged 61 |date=30 December 2010 |work=BBC News}}
Thomas Funck, 91, Swedish author, composer and director.{{cite news |url=https://www.svd.se/grodan-bolls-skapare-avliden |title=Grodan Bolls skapare avliden |newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet |date=December 31, 2010 |language=sv}}
Miranda Guinness, Countess of Iveagh, 71, British aristocrat.{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8239702/Lives-Remembered.html |title=Lives Remembered |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
Roger Milliken, 95, American textile executive (Milliken & Company).{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/01/us/01milliken.html |title=Roger Milliken, 95, Industrialist and G.O.P. Stalwart, Dies |first=Timothy |last=Williams |date=31 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Tony Proudfoot, 61, Canadian CFL football player, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ex-cfl-star-tony-proudfoot-dies-1.908717 |title=Ex-CFL star Tony Proudfoot dies}}
Malcolm Spence, 73, South African Olympic bronze medal-winning (1960) athlete.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121016101419/http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/article881420.ece/Obituary--Malcolm-Spence--Humble-SA-track-star Obituary: Malcolm Spence: Humble SA track star]
Eric Teed, 84, Canadian politician, Mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick (1960–1964).{{cite web |url=http://www.news889.com/news/local/article/163364--former-saint-john-mayor-passes-away |title=Former Saint John Mayor passes away |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714173905/http://www.news889.com/news/local/article/163364--former-saint-john-mayor-passes-away |archive-date=2011-07-14}}
Tom Vandergriff, 84, American politician, Mayor of Arlington, Texas (1951–1977) and U.S. Congressman from Texas (1983–1985).{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/01/sports/baseball/01van.html |title=Tom Vandergriff Dies at 84; Lured Baseball Team to Texas |last=The Associated Press |date=31 December 2010 |work=The New York Times}}
Gina Wilkinson, 50, Canadian actress (Hangin' In), cervical cancer.{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/business/technology/Gina+Wilkinson+actor+director+dies/4047074/story.html |title=Gina Wilkinson, actor and director, dies at 50 |access-date=2011-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105032614/http://www.vancouversun.com/business/technology/Gina+Wilkinson+actor+director+dies/4047074/story.html |archive-date=2011-01-05}}
Jenny Wood-Allen, 99, Scottish athlete and politician, world record holder for the oldest female marathon finisher.{{cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Community/Obituaries/article/9171/record-breaking-marathon-runner-jenny-wood-allen.html |title=Record-breaking marathon runner Jenny Wood Allen |work=The Courier |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102182626/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Community/Obituaries/article/9171/record-breaking-marathon-runner-jenny-wood-allen.html |archive-date=2011-01-02}}
Betty Yahr, 87, American baseball player.{{cite web |url=http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/articles/yahr-betty--4-22-1923--12-30-2010/66 |title=Yahr, Betty |date=23 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623012105/http://www.aagpbl.org/index.cfm/articles/yahr-betty--4-22-1923--12-30-2010/66 |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 June 2013}}
Barry Zorthian, 90, American press officer during Vietnam War.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/world/asia/06zorthian.html |title=Barry Zorthian, 90, Dies; Was U.S. Spokesman in Vietnam |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=5 January 2011 |work=The New York Times}}

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Jesús María Coronado Caro, 92, Colombian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Girardot (1973–1981) and Duitama–Sogamoso (1981–1994).{{cite web |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcorc.html |title=Bishop Jesús María Coronado Caro |work=Catholic-Hierarchy |first=David M. |last=Cheney}}
Raymond Impanis, 85, Belgian professional cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6927/Raymond-Impanis-dies-aged-85.aspx |title=Raymond Impanis dies aged 85 |work=VeloNation.com}}
William Harding le Riche, 94, South African-born Canadian epidemiologist.[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=william-le-riche&pid=147622298 William Le Riche Obituary]
Tove Maës, 89, Danish actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.dr.dk/Nyheder/Kultur/2011/01/03/143628.htm |title=Tove Maës er død, 89 år |date=January 2, 2011 |language=da}}
Per Oscarsson, 83, Swedish actor, injuries sustained in a fire.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/swedish-police-identify-oscarsson-s-68646 |title=Swedish Police identify Per Oscarsson's remains |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 5, 2011 }}

*Shi Tiesheng, 59, Chinese writer, cerebral hemorrhage.[http://mychinesebooks.com/shi-tiesheng-painful-journey/ For Shi Tiesheng, the end of a painful journey]

Syd Ward, 103, New Zealand cricketer.{{cite web |url=http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/8607580/worlds-oldest-first-class-cricketer-dies/ |title=World's oldest first class cricketer dies |access-date=2011-01-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111222122/http://nz.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/8607580/worlds-oldest-first-class-cricketer-dies/ |archive-date=2011-01-11}}
John P. Wheeler III, 66, American presidential aide, first chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.{{cite web |url=http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/former_bush_reagan_official_found_dead_in_landfill.php |title=Former Bush, Reagan Official Found Dead In Landfill |work=Talking Points Memo}} (body found on this date)

References

External links

[https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?death_date=2010-12-01,2010-12-31&adult=include List of December 2010 deaths] at IMDb

*2010-12