2010 Celebrity Death List

January

January 4: Casey Johnson - Tila Tequilas fiance and Johnson & Johnson heiress - PIC - COD: Unknown

January 7: Shirley Collie Nelson (78) - Country Singer - PIC - COD: long illness

January 9: Art Clokey - Creator of Gumby - PIC - COD: Died in sleep after "battling bladder infections"

January 10: Donald E. Goerke (83) - Inventor of SpaghettiOs - PIC - COD: heart failure

January 13: Jay Reatard (29) - Musician - PIC - COD: Died in his sleep. unknown causes

January 14: Teddy Pendergrass (59) - Soul legend - PIC - COD: Colon cancer

January 17: Gaines Adams (26) - Chicago Bears defensive lineman - PIC - COD: Cardiac arrest due to an enlarged heart

January 17: Erich Segal (72) - Author of "Love Story" - no pic - COD Huh

January 18: Robert B. Parker (77) - Author - PIC - COD: Huh

January 19: Jenn Lyon (37) - Survivor contestant - PIC - COD: Cancer

January 22: Jennifer Lyn Jackson (40) - Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for April 1989 - PIC - COD: drug overdose

January 22: Joe Ptacek (37) - Singer of Broken Hope - no pic - COD: Self-inflicted gunshot wound

January 24: Pernell Roberts (81) -- Actor (Bonanza, Trapper John, M.D) - PIC - COD: Cancer

January 27: Zelda Rubinstein (76) - Tangina from Poltergeist - PIC - COD: Heart attack

Januray 27: JD Salinger (91) - Author of "Catcher In The Rye" - PIC -COD Natural Causes

February

February 1: David Brown (93) - Producer (Jaws, The Island) - PIC - COD: Kidney Failure

February 1: Justin Mentell (27) - Actor (Boston Legal) - PIC - COD: Car Crash

February 1: Jack Brisco (68) - Professional Wrestler, two-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and multi-time NWA Tag Team Champion. COD: Complications from open heart surgery

February 3: Frances Reid (95) - Soap Actress (Days of Our Lives) - PIC - COD: Old fucking age!

February 9: Captain Phil Harris - Star of Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch - PIC - COD: Stroke

February 11: Alexander McQueen (40) - Fashion Designer - PIC - COD: Suicide

February 14: Doug Fieger (57) - Lead singer of The Knack - PIC - COD: lung and brain cancer

February 18: Lionel Jeffries (83) - Actor, screenwriter - PIC - COD: Huh

February 25: Andrew Koenig - Boner from Growing Pains - PIC - COD: suicide

March

March 4: Nan Martin (82) - Actress (A Nightmare on Elm Street 3) - PIC - COD: complications from emphysema

March 5: Charles B. Pierce (71) - Legend of Boggy Creek director - COD: unknown

March 6: Mark Linkous (47) - Frontman of Sparklehorse - COD: suicide

March 10: Corey Haim (38) - Actor and drug addict (Lost Boys) - PIC - COD: drug overdose

March 11: Merlin Olsen (69) - NFL football player and Jonathan Garvey on Little House on the Prairie - PIC - COD: cancer

March 15: Peter Graves (83) - Actor TV show (Mission: Impossible Airplane) - PIC - COD: heart attack

March 17: Alex Chilton (59) - Musician - PIC - COD: unknown

March 18: Fess Parker (85) - Actor (Davy Crockett) - PIC - COD: old age

March 21: Bernard "Bunchy" Johnson (57) - Actor/Musician (Bad Lieutenant: Port Charles...) - COD: heart attack

March 24: Johnny Maestro (70) - Singer (Brooklyn Bridge) - PIC - COD: cancer

March 24: Robert Culp (79) - Actor - PIC - COD: Hit his head ?

March 25: Jim Marshall (74) - Rock Photographer - PIC - COD: died in sleep

March 27: Dock Giordano (77) - Comic book artist - no pic - COD: leukemia

March 28: June Havoc (97) - Vaudeville Star (Gypsy 1957) - PIC - COD: natural causes

March 28: Herb Ellis (88) - Jazz Guitarist - no pic - COD: Alzheimer's complications

April

April 1: David Mills (48) - Journalist and Writer (The Wire) - PIC - COD: brain aneurysm

April 1: Robert Pattinson (24) - Twilight star - PIC - COD: suicide April Fools

April 1: John Forsythe (92) - Played Blake Carrington on Dynasty - PIC -COD: complications of pneumonia

April 4: Chris Kanyon (40) - Professional Wrestler (1/2 of the WCW's "Men at Work") - PIC- COD: suicide

April 6: Corin Redgrave (70) - Actor (Four Weddings and A Funeral, Excalibur) - PIC - COD: Huh

April 7: Christopher Cazenove (66) - Played Ben Carrington on Dynasty - PIC - COD: Septicaemia

April 8: Malcolm McLaren (64) - Manager of the Sex Pistols - PIC - COD: cancer

April 8: James Aubrey (63) - Actor (Lord of the Flies 1963) - no picture - COD: Huh

April 9: Meinhardt Raabe (94) - Famous Munchkin (The Wizard of Oz) - PIC - COD: presumed heart attack

April 11: Dixie Carter (70) - Not the lady who runs TNA wrestling. Actress (Designing Women) - PIC - COD: Huh

April 12: Peter Haskell (76) - Actor (Child's Play 1 & 2) - no picture - COD: Huh

April 14: Peter Steele (48) - Singer & bassist of Type O Negative (real name Petrus T. Ratajczyk) - PIC - COD: heart attack

April 15: Vinnie Chas - Original bassist for Pretty Boy Floyd - PIC - COD: Huh

April 18: Allen Swift (86) - Voice actor (Underdog) - PIC - COD: Huh

April 19: Keith "Guru" Elam (43) - Rapper, frontman of group Gang Starr - PIC - COD: cancer

April 20: Keli McGregor (48) - sports guy and Colorado Rockies president - PIC - COD: Huh

April 25: Dorothy Provine (76) - American singer, dancer, actress - PIC - COD: emphysema

May

May 1: Helen Wagner (91) - Soap opera actress (As the World Turns) Holds the Guinness World Record for playing the same TV role for the longest time! - PIC - COD: Huh

May 3: Lynn Redgrave (67) - Actress (The Bad Seed) - PIC - COD: possibly breast cancer

May 6: Robin Roberts (87) - Phillies Pitcher and Baseball Star - PIC - COD: natural causes

May 6: David E. Durston (89) - Director (I Drink Your Blood) - no pic - COD: complications from pneumonia

May 9: Lena Horne (92) - Jazz Singer - PIC - COD: Huh

May 10: Erica Blasberg (25) - LPGA golfer - PIC - COD: Huh

May 10: Frank Frazetta (82) - Fantasy Artist - PIC - COD: stroke

May 12: Phyllis Hodges Boyce - Actress (Star Trek) - PIC - COD: unknown

May 17: Ronnie James Dio (67) - Musician (Black Sabbath) - PIC - COD: cancer

May 23: Jose Lima (37) - MLB pitcher - PIC - heart attack

May 24: Simon Monjack (39) - Brittany Murphy's Husband - PIC - COD Huh

May 24: Paul Gray (38) - Bassist for the band Slipknot - PIC - COD Huh

May 26: Art Linkletter (97) - TV show and radio host (House Party) - PIC -
COD: natural causes

May 28: Gary Coleman (42) - Actor and our reason for waking up in the morning - PIC - COD: intracranial hemorrhage

May 29: Dennis Hopper (74) - Legendary actor (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2) - PIC - COD: prostate cancer

June

June 1: Ali Ollie Woodson (58) - Singer the Temptations - PIC - COD: cancer

June 3: Rue McClanahan (76) - Actress (The Golden Girls) - PIC - COD: massive stroke

June 5: John Wooden (99) - UCLA Basketball Coach - PIC - COD: old age

June 6: Stephen Clancy Hill aka Steve Driver (34) - Porn Star - Video - COD: falling off a cliff

June 6: Marvin Isley (67) - Musician (The Isley Brothers) - PIC - COD: unknown

June 6: Dana Key (56) - Co-founder of the Christian rock group DeGarmo & Key - PIC - COD: complications for a ruptured blood clot

June 7: Adriana Xenides (54) - Model / game show hostess (Wheel of Fortune) - PIC - COD: ruptured intestine (gross)

June 7: Stuart Cable (40) - Ex-Stereophonics drummer - no picture - COD: not been determined

June 10: Maury High aka Rocket Monroe (69) - AWA wrestler - PIC - COD: blood infection

June 11: Rayquon "Stack Bundle" Elliot (24) - Rapper - PIC - COD: multiple gun shot wounds

June 12: Grizzly Smith (Aurelian Smith) (77) - Professional wrestler ((Jake "The Snake" Roberts dad) - no picture - COD: Alzheimer's disease

June 13: Jimmy Dean (81) - Singer and Sausage Man - PIC - COD: natural causes

June 16: Garry Shider (56) - Guitar player P-Funk - PIC - COD: brain and lung cancer

June 19: Manute Bol (47) - 7-foot-7 NBA basketball player (76ers) - PIC - kidney disease

June 23: Pete Quaife (66) - Bassist for the Kinks - PIC - COD: kidney failure

June 24: Frank Giering (38) - Actor (Funny Games) - PIC - COD: Police are investigating

June 26: Fred Anderson (81) - Famous saxophonist - PIC - COD: Huh

July

July 1: Joshua Ragsdale (32) - Songwriter - PIC - COD: cancer

July 3: Bill Aucoin (66) - Manager of KISS - PIC - COD: prostate cancer

July 6: Bob Probert (45) - NHL enforcer, 6th highest penalty minutes w/ 3,300 (Blackhawks and Redwings) - PIC - COD: collapsed while fishing

July 11: Walter Hawkins (61) - Grammy-winning gospel singer - PIC - COD: pancreatic cancer

July 11: Bob Sheppard (99) - Yankess announcer - PIC - COD: old age

July 12: Harvey Pekar (70) - Comic book writer (American Splendor) - PIC - COD: Huh

July 13: George Steinbrenner (80) - Yankees owner - PIC - COD: heart attack

July 16: James Gammon (70) - Actor (Major League) - PIC - COD - cancer

July 21: Ralph Houk (90) - Yankees manager - PIC - COD: Huh

July 27: Jack Tatum (61) - Football player (Defensive back Oakland Raiders) -no picture - COD: heart attack

August

August 2: Makh Daniels (28) - Vocalist for Early Graves - no picture - COD: car crash

August 3: Tom Mankiewicz (68) - Screenwriter and director (Diamonds are Forever) - PIC - COD: cancer

August 3: Dan Resin (79) - Ty-D-Bol man - no picture - COD: complications from parkinson disease

August 8: Patricia Neal (84) - Actress (The Day the Earth Stood Still) - PIC - COD: lung cancer

August 13: Edwin Newman (91) - Edwin Newman - no pic - COD: pneumonia

August 16: Bobby Thompson (86) - MLB Baseball Player, Hit the "Shot Heard Round the World" - PIC - COD: Huh

August 30: Alain Conreau (67) - French Director - no pic - COD: cancer

August 31: Luna Vachon (48) - Wrestler - PIC - drug overdose?

September

September 3: Bob Schimmel (60) - Comedian - PIC - COD: car crash

September 9: Glenn Shadix (58) - Actor (Beetlejuice) - PIC - COD: struck head

September 9: Rich Cronin (35) - Lead singer LFO - PIC - COD: leukaemia

September 12: Mike Shaw (53) - WWE wrestler aka Bastion Booger - PIC - COD: heart attack

September 13: Kevin McCarthy (96) - Actor (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) - PIC - COD: Huh

September 15: Billie Mae Richards (88) - Voice of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - PIC - COD: stroke

September 20: Kenny McKinley (23) - Wide Receiver Denver Broncos - PIC - COD: suicide

September 22: Jackie Burroughs (71) - Actress (Anne of Green Gables) - PIC - COD: cancer

September 24: Eddie Fisher (83) - Singer - PIC - COD: complications from surgery

September 26: Gloria Stuart (100) - Actress (The Old Dark House) - PIC - COD: old

September 27: George Blanda (83) - NFL (Raiders) - no picture - COD: Huh

September 28: Jorge "Giant" Gonzalez (44) - Wrestler - PIC - COD: diabetes

September 29: Greg Giraldo (44) - Comedian - PIC - COD: accidental prescription drug overdose

September 30: Tony Curtis (88) - Actor - PIC - COD: cardiac arrest

September 30: Arthur Penn (88) - Director (Bonnie and Clyde) - no pic - COD: congestive heart failure

October

October 10: Roy Ward Baker (93) - Director (Hammer Films: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires) - PIC - COD: Huh

October 10: Solomon Burke (70) - Soul Singer - PIC - COD: natural causes

October 11: Joan Sutherland (83) - Opera singer - PIC - COD: long illness

October 19: Tom Bosley (83) - Actor (Mr. Cunningham) - PIC - COD: heart failure

October 20: Ari Up (48) - Musician (Punk Band The Slits) - no pic - COD: Huh

October 22: Alex Anderson (90) - Creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle - PIC - COD: complications from Alzheimer's

October 25: Gregory Issacs (60) - Reggae singer - no pic - COD: lung cancer

October 27: Denise Borino-Quinn (46) - Actress (Sopranos) - PIC - liver cancer

October 27: James Wall: (92) - Captain Kangaroo's neighbor "Mr. Baxter" - no pic - COD: short illness

October 28: Lisa Blount (53) - Actress (Dead & Buried, Cut and Run, Prince of Darkness) - PIC - COD: Huh

October 28: James MacArthur (72) - Actor (Hawaii Five-0) - PIC - COD: Huh

November

November 1: George Hickenlooper (47) - Director (Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse) - PIC - COD: natural causes

November 5: Jill Clayburgh (66) - Actress (An Unmarried Woman) - PIC - COD: leukemia

November 28: Ingrid Pitt (73) - Actress (The House That Dripped Blood) - PIC - COD: Huh

November 28: Leslie Nielsen (84) - Actor (Airplane, Prom Night) - PIC - COD: complications from pneumonia

November 29: Irvin Kershner (87) - Director (The Empire Strikes Back, Robocop 2) - PIC - COD unknown illness

December

December 2: Ron Santo (70) - Cubs Color Commentator - no pic - COD: Complications from Bladder Cancer and Diabetes

December 9: Robert Renfrow (49) - Composer (Future Kill) - PIC - COD: short illness

December 15: Jean Rollin (72) - Horror Director (Living Dead Girl) - no pic - COD: Huh

December 16: Blake Edwards (88) - Actor (Pink Panther) - PIC - COD: complications of pneumonia

December 17: Captain Beefheart aka Don Van Vliet - Musician - PIC - COD: Huh

December 27: Teena Marie (54) - Musician - PIC- COD: Huh

December 30: Bobby Farrell (62) - Frontman of 1970s disco band Boney M - PIC - COD: Huh

In memory of our little angel Gary Coleman

Horror celebrities marked in green.