They Left Us In 2010

Every year has a number of notable deaths, and 2010 was no exception.   Here is a list of some of the famous (or especially deserving of a mention) people who died this year:

Dec. 26..........Geraldine Doyle ("Rosie the Riveter")
Dec. 26..........Teena Marie (singer)
Dec. 25..........Bud Greenspan (Olympic filmmaker)
Dec. 20..........Steve Landesberg (actor)
Dec. 16..........Melvin E. Biddle (Medal of Honor winner)
Dec. 15..........Blake Edwards (film director and producer)
Dec. 15..........Bob Feller (baseball player)
Dec. 13..........Richard Holbrooke (American diplomat)
Dec. 7..........Elizabeth Edwards (author & political activist)
Dec. 5..........Don Meredith (football player & actor)
Dec. 2..........Ron Santo (baseball player & broadcaster)

Nov. 28..........Samuel T. Cohen (physicist & inventor of neutron bomb)
Nov. 28..........Gil McDougald (baseball player)
Nov. 28..........Leslie Nielsen (actor)
Nov. 21..........David Nolan (Libertarian Party founder)
Nov. 10..........Dino De Laurentis (Italian film producer)
Nov. 5..........Jill Clayburgh (actress)
Nov. 4..........Sparky Anderson (baseball manager)

Oct. 31..........Maurice Lucas (basketball player)
Oct. 31..........Ted Sorenson (White House counsel)
Oct. 28..........James MacArthur (actor)
Oct. 19..........Tom Bosley (actor)
Oct. 16..........Barbara Billingsley (actress)
Oct. 10..........Solomon Burke (blues singer)

Sept. 30..........Stephen J Cannell (TV producer)
Sept. 29..........Tony Curtis (actor)
Sept. 28..........Arthur Penn (film director)
Sept. 27..........George Blanda (football player)
Sept. 8..........Allen Dale June (Navajo code talker)
Sept. 4..........Paul Conrad (Pulitzer Prize winner & political cartoonist)

Aug. 31..........Laurent Fignon (1983 & 84 Tour de France winner)
Aug. 26..........William B. Lenoir (NASA astronaut)
Aug. 16..........Bobby Thomson (baseball player)
Aug. 14..........Abbey Lincoln (jazz singer)
Aug. 13..........Edwin Newman (newscaster)
Aug. 10..........David L. Wolper (film & TV producer)
Aug. 9..........Ted Stevens (U.S. Senator)
Aug. 8..........Patricia Neal (actress)
Aug. 6..........Catfish Collins (guitarist)
Aug. 6..........David C. Dolby (Medal of Honor winner)

Jul. 28..........Lorenzen Wright (basketball player)
Jul. 27..........Maury Chaykin (actor)
Jul. 27..........Jack Tatum (football player)
Jul. 23..........Daniel Schorr (journalist)
Jul. 23..........Dorothy Stowe (co-founder of Greenpeace)
Jul. 21..........Ralph Houk (baseball manager)
Jul. 13..........George Steinbrenner (baseball owner)

Jun. 28..........Robert Byrd (U.S. Senator)
Jun. 19..........Manute Bol (basketball player)
Jun. 13..........Jimmy Dean (country singer & businessman)
Jun. 4..........John Wooden (college basketball coach)
Jun. 3..........Rue McClanahan (actress)

May 29..........Dennis Hopper (actor)
May 28..........Gary Coleman (actor)
May 26..........Art Linkletter (TV personality)
May 20..........Robert L McNeil, Jr. (chemist & creator of Tylenol)
May 16..........Ronnie James Dio (rock singer)
May 11..........Doris Eaton Travis (last Ziegfeld girl)
May 9..........Lena Horne (singer & actress)
May 6..........Robin Roberts (baseball player)
May 2..........Lynn Redgrave (actress)

Apr. 21..........Juan Antonio Samaranch (president International Olympic Comm.)
Apr. 16..........Daryl Gates (long-time LA police chief)
Apr. 15..........Benjamin Hooks (civil rights leader)
Apr. 14..........Mississippi Slim (blues singer)
Apr. 10..........Dixie Carter (actress)
Apr. 1..........John Forsythe (actor)

Mar. 24..........Robert Culp (actor)
Mar. 23..........Marva Wright (blues singer)
Mar. 20..........Liz Carpenter (author & press sec. for Lady Bird Johnson)
Mar. 20..........Stewart Udall (former Sec. of the Interior)
Mar. 18..........Fess Parker (actor)
Mar. 14..........Peter Graves (actor)
Mar. 11..........Merlin Olsen (football player & actor)

Feb. 23..........Mosi Tatupu (football player)
Feb. 16..........Jim Bibby (baseball player)
Feb. 14..........Dick Francis (jockey & novelist)

Jan. 29..........Tom Brookshier (football player & sportscaster)
Jan. 27..........Lee Archer (Tuskegee Airman)
Jan. 27..........J.D. Salinger (author)
Jan. 27..........Howard Zinn (historian)
Jan. 26..........Anne Froelick (blacklisted screenwriter)
Jan. 24..........Robert Mosbacher (former Sec. of Commerce)
Jan. 24..........Pernell Roberts (actor)
Jan. 22..........Jean Simmons (actress)
Jan. 21..........Bobby Bragan (baseball manager)
Jan. 18..........Kate McGarrigle (folk singer)
Jan. 18..........Robert B. Parker (writer)
Jan. 17..........Erich Segal (writer)
Jan. 13..........Teddy Pendergrass (soul singer)
Jan. 11..........Miep Gies (protector of Anne Frank's family)

This is by no means a comprehensive list.   But these names jumped out at me and I thought they were deserving of a mention.   Maybe you know of others (or have your own list).   I'd love to hear your suggestions.