Let's take a look at 90 celebrities that the world lost in 2010. These late notables are listed in alphabetical order (by last name).
Alexander Anderson, Jr., cartoonist (creator of "Rocky & Bullwinkle" and "Dudley Do-Right")
Ivy Bean, the oldest known Twitter user
Barbara Billingsley, actress ("Leave It to Beaver")
Jerry Bock, Broadway musical composer ("Fiddler on the Roof")
Tom Bosley, actor ("Happy Days")
Stephen J. Cannell, television producer ("The A-Team" and "The Rockford Files")
Ian Carmichael, British comic actor ("I'm All Right Jack" and "The World of Wooster")
Maury Chaykin, Canadian actor ("Dances with Wolves," "Entourage" and "Nero Wolfe")
Jill Clayburgh, actress ("Starting Over" and "An Unmarried Woman")
Art Clokey, animator (creator of "Gumby")
Gary Coleman, actor ("Diff'rent Strokes")
Paul Conrad, political cartoonist
Robert Culp, actor ("I Spy")
Tony Curtis, actor ("The Defiant Ones" and "Sweet Smell of Success") and father of actress Jamie Lee Curtis
Dino De Laurentiis, filmmaker ("Barbarella" and "Serpico")
Jimmy Dean, country music singer ("Big Bad John") and actor ("Diamonds Are Forever")
Blake Edwards, filmmaker ("10," "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "The Pink Panther") and husband of actress Julie Andrews
Elizabeth Edwards, political activist
Herb Ellis, jazz guitarist (The Oscar Peterson Trio)
Doug Fieger, pop singer (The Knack)
Dave Fisher, folk singer (The Highwaymen)
Eddie Fisher, pop singer ("On the Street Where You Live" and "Tell Me Why")
Sid Fleishman, children's book author ("The Whipping Boy")
Fred Foy, television announcer ("The Lone Ranger")
Dick Francis, British horse racing jockey and crime novelist ("Blood Sport" and "Twice Shy")
Miep Gies, Dutch office worker and political activist (hider of diarist Anne Frank and her family)
Harold Gould, actor ("Rhoda" and "The Sting")
Peter Graves, actor ("Airplane," "Mission: Impossible" and "7th Heaven")
Kathryn Grayson, singer and actress ("Anchors Aweigh," "Kiss Me, Kate" and "Show Boat")
Bud Greenspan, sports documentary filmmaker
Alexander Haig, U.S. four-star general and secretary of state
Corey Haim, actor ("The Lost Boys"_
Phil Harris, Alaskan fishing boat captain and television personality ("Deadliest Catch")
Walter Hawkins, pastor and gospel singer
Richie Hayward, jam drummer (Little Feat)
Dennis Hopper, actor ("Easy Rider" and "Rebel Without a Cause")
Lena Horne, jazz singer and Broadway actress ("Till the Clouds Roll By")
Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican reggae singer
Marvin Isley, R&B bassist (The Isley Brothers)
Lionel Jeffries, British actor ("Chitty Chitty Bang Bang")
Elaine Kaufman, New York restaurateur
Andrew Koenig, Canadian actor ("Growing Pains")
Steve Landesberg, actor ("Barney Miller")
Art Linkletter, comedian and television personality ("House Party" and "People Are Funny")
James McArthur, actor ("Hawaii Five-0")
Simon MacCorkindale, British actor ("Casualty" and "Falcon Crest")
Johnny Maestro, pop singer ("16 Candles")
Teena Marie, Motown singer ("Lovergirl" and "Square Biz")
Rue McClanahan, actress ("The Golden Girls")
Alexander McQueen, British fashion designer
Don Meredith, NFL player and television personality ("Monday Night Football")
Mitch Miller, singer and bandleader ("Sing Along with Mitch")
James Mitchell, soap opera actor ("All My Children")
James Moody, jazz saxophonist
Fred Morrison, toy inventor ("Frisbee")
Patricia Neal, actress ("Hud")
Edwin Newman, newscaster ("Strictly Speaking")
Leslie Nielsen, comedian and actor ("Airplane" and "The Naked Gun")
Charlie O'Donnell, television announcer ("Wheel of Fortune")
Merlin Olsen, NFL player and actor ("Aaron's Way," "Father Murphy" and "Little House on the Prairie")
Fess Parker, actor ("Davy Crockett")
Robert Parker, crime novelist ("Spenser")
Teddy Pendergrass, R&B singer ("Close the Door," "Joy" and "Love T.K.O.")
Ingrid Pitt, horror movie actress
Belva Plain, novelist ("Evergreen")
Elizabeth Post, etiquette specialist
Meinhardt Raabe, actor ("The Wizard of Oz")
Corin Redgrave, British actor ("Excalibur," "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "In the Name of the Father" and "A Man for All Seasons")
Lynn Redgrave, British actress ("Georgy Girl")
Frances Reid, soap opera actress ("Days of Our Lives")
Pernell Roberts, actor ("Bonanza" and "Trapper John, M.D.")
Egon Ronay, British food critic
J.D. Salinger, novelist ("The Catcher in the Rye")
Ron Santo, MLB player and manager (Chicago Cubs) and radio sportscaster
Erich Segal, novelist ("Love Story")
Jean Simmons, singer and actress ("Guys and Dolls" and "Hamlet")
Richard Stapley, actor ("Little Women" and "The Three Musketeers")
George Steinbrenner, MLB owner (New York Yankees) and Thoroughbred horse racing owner
Gloria Stuart, actress ("Titanic")
Joan Sutherland, operatic soprano
Shannon Tavarez, Broadway actress ("The Lion King")
Doris Eaton Travis, chorus girl ("Ziegfeld Follies")
Don Van Vliet, experimental rocker ("Captain Beefheart")
Agathe von Trapp, Austrian-Hungarian singer (Trapp Family Singers)
Helen Wagner, soap opera actress ("As the World Turns")
Albertina Walker, gospel singer
Dolores Wilson, operatic soprano
Ilene Woods, actress and voice-over artist ("Cinderella")
Ali-Ollie Woodson, R&B singer (The Temptations)
Marva Wright, gospel and blues singer
These memorable folks made their marks in a variety of fields, from arts and entertainment to authoring books, from industry to invention, and from politics to sports.
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We did lose a lot in 2010 and 2011 is continuing that trend, unfortunately.
So many I didn't realize! Nicely done.
Nicely done, thanks.
Such a long list. May they all rest in peace.
Excellent list of people that will be missed.
Party on heaven-side with some greats, indeed! Thank you for the 'round-up!'
I didn't know some of these people passed this year. Sad :( Good reporting , though.
So many greats now gone never to the likes again!
Unfortunately even the best of us have to go eventually!!!!!!