Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

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Larbi Zekkal

العربي زكال

Algeria

1934 – 2010 (76 years old)

Master stage and film actor who played pivotal roles in world-renowned cinematic classics including Gillo Pontecorvo's 'The Battle of Algiers' and 'Hors-la-loi'.

Algiers, Algeria

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Claude Chabrol

Claude Henri Jean Chabrol

France

1930 – 2010 (80 years old)

Prolific French film director who launched the French New Wave with Le Beau Serge (1958) and created fifty feature films dissecting bourgeois hypocrisy and crime with Hitchcockian precision.

Paris, France

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Alain Corneau

Alain Corneau

France

1943 – 2010 (67 years old)

Acclaimed French film director whose versatile career spanned stylized neo-noirs like Police Python 355 and the celebrated 1991 baroque music masterpiece Tous les matins du monde.

Paris, France

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Satoshi Kon

今 敏

Japan

1963 – 2010 (46 years old)

Visionary Japanese anime director and manga artist whose psychological masterpieces Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, and Paprika blurred the boundaries of reality, memory, and dreams.

Tokyo, Japan

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Abbey Lincoln

Anna Marie Wooldridge

United States

1930 – 2010 (80 years old)

Iconic American jazz vocalist, composer, and civil rights activist who collaborated with Max Roach on the landmark 1960 album We Insist! Freedom Now Suite.

New York City, United States

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Patricia Neal

Patsy Louise Neal

United States

1926 – 2010 (84 years old)

Acclaimed American actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Hud (1963) and inspired millions worldwide by relearning to walk and speak after severe strokes.

Bethlehem, United States

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Bruno Cremer

Bruno Jean Marie Crémer

France

1929 – 2010 (80 years old)

Distinguished French actor celebrated for his commanding presence on stage and in films like The 317th Platoon and Sorcerer, and as the definitive television Commissaire Maigret.

Paris, France

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Suso Cecchi d'Amico

Giovanna Cecchi

Italy

1914 – 2010 (96 years old)

Legendary Italian screenwriter who shaped the golden age of Italian cinema, writing masterpieces including Bicycle Thieves, Miracle in Milan, Senso, Rocco and His Brothers, and The Leopard.

Rome, Italy

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Mitch Miller

Mitchell William Miller

United States

1911 – 2010 (99 years old)

Influential American musician and head of A&R at Columbia Records who shaped mid-century pop music and hosted the beloved NBC television show Sing Along with Mitch.

New York City, United States

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Bernard Giraudeau

Bernard René Giraudeau

France

1947 – 2010 (63 years old)

Versatile French actor, director, and maritime novelist whose charismatic screen presence graced films from Le Crabe-Tambour to Ridicule and Une affaire de goût.

La Rochelle, France

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Laurent Terzieff

Laurent Didier Alex Terzieff

France

1935 – 2010 (75 years old)

Towering figure of French theater and cinema who championed contemporary playwrights (Beckett, Albee, Schisgal) and starred in films by Carné, Pasolini, and Buñuel.

Paris, France

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Rue McClanahan

Eddi-Rue McClanahan

United States

1934 – 2010 (76 years old)

Emmy-winning American comedic actress celebrated for her legendary role as the man-crazy Southern belle Blanche Devereaux on The Golden Girls.

New York City, United States

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Rubén Juárez

Rubén Juárez

Argentina

1947 – 2010 (63 years old)

Phenomenal Argentine bandoneon virtuoso and tango singer celebrated for his unique ability to play the bandoneon while standing and singing simultaneously with raw passion.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Louise Bourgeois

Louise Joséphine Bourgeois

France

1911 – 2010 (98 years old)

French-American sculptor and printmaker internationally acclaimed for monumental spider sculptures (Maman) and emotionally intense explorations of domesticity, trauma, and the human body.

Easton, United States

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Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

United States

1936 – 2010 (74 years old)

American actor and director who transformed Hollywood with the counterculture landmark Easy Rider (1969) and delivered iconic performances in Apocalypse Now and Blue Velvet.

Ranchos de Taos, United States

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Gary Coleman

Gary Wayne Coleman

United States

1968 – 2010 (42 years old)

Beloved American child actor who became an international television sensation as Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes, famous for his catchphrase 'Whatcha talkin' 'bout, Willis?'.

Salt Lake City, United States

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Hank Jones

Henry Jones

United States

1918 – 2010 (91 years old)

Master American jazz pianist and composer whose flawless touch, lyrical swing, and harmonic sophistication spanned seven decades of recordings with Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Parker.

New York City, United States

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Ronnie James Dio

Ronald James Padavona

United States

1942 – 2010 (67 years old)

Iconic American heavy metal vocalist renowned for his operatic range and medieval lyrical themes across Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio, who popularized the 'devil horns' hand gesture.

Los Angeles, United States

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