The Recently Dead List 2010

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Celebrity
Died
Age
Comments
Sir Cyril Smith
3 sep 2010
82
'Larger than life' MP for Rochdale.
Alex Higgins
24 jul 2010
61
Former Snooker world champion.
Beryl Bainbridge
2 jul 2010
77
Novelist.
Chris Sievey
21 jun 2010
54
Better known as Frank Sidebottom
Ronald Neame
16 jun 2010
99
Film director
Jimmy Dean
13 jun 2010
81
Singer - had a hit with the song 'Big Bad John'.
Egon Ronay
12 jun 2010
94
Chef turned food critic.
Stuart Cable
7 jun 2010
39
Former drummer with the Stereophonics.
Rue McClanahan
3 jun 2010
76
Actress. Star of TV series Golden Girls
Dennis Hopper
29 may 2010
74
Actor. Starred in (and directed) Easy Rider.
Gary Coleman
28 may 2010
42
Actor
Ray Alan
24 may 2010
79
TV ventriloquist.
Ronnie James Dio
16 may 2010
67
Heavy metal singer.
Malcolm McLaren
8 apr 2010
64
Manager of the Sex Pistols.
Christopher Cazenove
7 apr 2010
66
The second Dynasty actor to die this month.
Corin Redgrave
6 apr 2010
70
Actor. Member of the Redgrave acting family.
John Forsythe
1 apr 2010
92
Actor. Appeared in Dynasty
Harry Carpenter
20 mar 2010
84
Boxing comentator. Did a lot of TV with Frank Bruno
Peter Graves
14 mar 2010
83
Actor. Appeared in the Mission Impossible tv series
Cory Haim
10 mar 2010
38
Actor - appeared in The Lost Boys.
Mark Linkous
6 mar 2010
47
Lead singer of Sparklehorse.
Michael Foot
3 mar 2010
96
Former leader of the labour party.
Rose Gray
28 feb 2010
71
Co-founder of the River Cafe restaurant in London
Dick Francis
14 feb 2010
89
Former jockey turned author.
Ian Carmichael
5 feb 2010
89
Actor from the 50s and 60s.
J D Salinger
27 jan 2010
91
Author of Catcher in the Rye.
Bill McLaren
19 jan 2010
86
Sports commentator.
Kate McGarrigle
18 jan 2010
63
Folk singer.
Erich Segal
17 jan 2010
72
Novelist and screen-writer. Wrote 'Love Story'

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