In Memoriam - 90 Celebrities Lost in 2010

Recalling Famous Folks Who Passed Away During 2010

Linda Ann Nickerson
Although a new year brings both hope and promise for the future, the changing of the annual calendar also reminds us of those we have lost in the past year.

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.

Published by Linda Ann Nickerson - Featured Contributor in Lifestyle and Sports

Linda Ann Nickerson brings decades of reporting and a globally minded Midwestern perspective to a host of topics, balancing human interest with history, hard facts and often humor.  View profile

  • A new year means future hope, but the calendar's change reminds us of those we lost last year.
  • Here's a look at 90 celebrities the world lost in 2010, the latest late-greats.
  • These memorable folks made their marks in a variety of fields.
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  • Bridget Ilene Delaney3/2/2011

    Wednesdays are now a one list my five list (http://www.listmyfive.com/bridgetidelaney) day (and it doesn't make much money, but I appreciate views of my lists if you have the time) and then returning comments day - I'll catch up one of these days, I just don't know when!

  • Sandy James2/6/2011

    We did lose a lot in 2010 and 2011 is continuing that trend, unfortunately.

  • Deb Martin-Webster1/14/2011

    So many I didn't realize! Nicely done.

  • Sue Smith1/13/2011

    Nicely done, thanks.

  • Patti Walden1/5/2011

    Such a long list. May they all rest in peace.

  • Steve West1/2/2011

    Excellent list of people that will be missed.

  • Lynn Pritchett1/1/2011

    Party on heaven-side with some greats, indeed! Thank you for the 'round-up!'

  • Lady Samantha1/1/2011

    I didn't know some of these people passed this year. Sad :( Good reporting , though.

  • J.C. JORDAN1/1/2011

    So many greats now gone never to the likes again!

  • Harriet Steinberg1/1/2011

    Unfortunately even the best of us have to go eventually!!!!!!

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