Public Figures & Cultural Luminaries

Literature & Poetry

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Bella Akhmadulina

Изабелла Ахатовна Ахмадулина

Russia

1937 – 2010 (73 years old)

Prominent Soviet and Russian poet acclaimed as one of the leading literary voices of the post-Stalin Thaw, celebrated for her melodic verse and moral courage.

Moscow, Russia

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Arts & Music

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Leslie Nielsen

Leslie William Nielsen

Canada

1926 – 2010 (84 years old)

Canadian-American actor who redefined cinematic comedy with his deadpan delivery in parody classics Airplane! and The Naked Gun series after a distinguished dramatic career.

Fort Lauderdale, United States

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Sciences & Discovery

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Frank Fenner

Frank John Fenner

Australia

1914 – 2010 (95 years old)

Eminent Australian microbiologist who played a pivotal role in eradicating smallpox and controlling Australia's wild rabbit plague through the myxoma virus.

Canberra, Australia

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Sports & Athletics

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Pat Burns

Patrick John Joseph Burns

Canada

1952 – 2010 (58 years old)

Formidable Canadian NHL head coach and former police officer who won the Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils and is the only coach to win the Jack Adams Award with three different franchises.

Montreal, Canada

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Politics

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Abraham Serfaty

أبراهام السرفاتي

Morocco

1926 – 2010 (84 years old)

Moroccan Jewish mining engineer, anti-Zionist intellectual, and legendary political dissident who spent 17 years as a political prisoner in Kenitra before his triumphant return from exile in 1999.

Casablanca, Morocco

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Sciences & Discovery

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Brian G. Marsden

Brian Geoffrey Marsden

Great Britain

1937 – 2010 (73 years old)

British-American astronomer who served as director of the Minor Planet Center for nearly three decades, specializing in calculating orbits of comets and near-Earth asteroids.

Burlington, United States

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Humanitarian & Peace

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Isabelle Caro

Isabelle Caro

France

1982 – 2010 (28 years old)

French model and actress who bravely posed for Oliviero Toscani's shocking 'No Anorexia' global awareness campaign to expose the deadly realities of eating disorders in fashion.

Paris, France

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Literature & Poetry

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Angèle Rawiri

Angèle Ntyugwetondo Rawiri

Gabon

1954 – 2010 (56 years old)

Pioneering author whose 1980 novel 'Elonga' and 1989 feminist masterwork 'Fureurs et cris de femme' made history as the very first published novels by a Gabonese woman, breaking taboos on female sexuality and witchcraft.

Port-Gentil, Ogooué-Maritime, Gabon

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Literature & Poetry

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Edmond Amran El Maleh

إدمون عمران المالح

Morocco

1917 – 2010 (93 years old)

Moroccan-Jewish writer, philosopher, and Communist activist who fiercely defended Palestinian rights, celebrated Judeo-Arabic-Berber symbiotic identity, and authored 'Aïlen ou la nuit du récit'.

Essaouira, Morocco

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Religious Figures & Theologians

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Abderrahmane El Djilali

عبد الرحمن الجيلالي

Algeria

1908 – 2010 (102 years old)

Centenarian Grand Mufti of Algiers and dean of national historians whose monumental four-volume Tarikh al-Jaza'ir al-Aam (General History of Algeria) provided the definitive chronicle of Algerian identity.

Algiers, Algeria

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Arts & Music

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Dino De Laurentiis

Agostino De Laurentiis

Italy

1919 – 2010 (91 years old)

Legendary Italian-American film producer who produced over 500 films, bringing Italian neorealism to international prominence and producing Hollywood spectacles like Serpico and Dune.

Beverly Hills, United States

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Arts & Music

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Shirley Verrett

Shirley Verrett

United States

1931 – 2010 (79 years old)

Acclaimed African American operatic soprano and mezzo-soprano renowned for her blazing vocal intensity, regal stage presence, and triumphant triumphs at La Scala, Covent Garden, and the Met.

Ann Arbor, United States

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Sports & Athletics

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Sparky Anderson

George Lee Anderson

United States

1934 – 2010 (76 years old)

Hall of Fame Major League Baseball manager who led Cincinnati's 'Big Red Machine' to consecutive World Series titles in 1975–1976 and became the first manager to win the World Series in both leagues.

Thousand Oaks, United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Viktor Chernomyrdin

Виктор Степанович Черномырдин

Russia

1938 – 2010 (72 years old)

Russian statesman who served as Prime Minister under Boris Yeltsin from 1992 to 1998, founded Gazprom, and mediated the end of the 1999 Kosovo War.

Moscow, Russia

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Sports & Athletics

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Andy Irons

Philip Andrew Irons

United States

1978 – 2010 (32 years old)

Legendary American professional surfer from Kauai who won three consecutive ASP World Championships (2002, 2003, 2004) and defined modern competitive big-wave surfing.

Hanalei, United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Ted Sorensen

Theodore Chaikin Sorensen

United States

1928 – 2010 (82 years old)

American attorney and special counsel to President John F. Kennedy, celebrated as JFK's 'intellectual blood bank' who helped craft his historic Inaugural Address and 1962 Moon speech.

New York City, United States

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Statesmanship & Statesmen

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Néstor Kirchner

Néstor Carlos Kirchner

Argentina

1950 – 2010 (60 years old)

President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007 who led the nation's economic recovery from its catastrophic 2001 default and re-opened trials against military junta human rights abusers.

Río Gallegos, Argentina

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Arts & Music

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Gregory Isaacs

Gregory Anthony Isaacs

Jamaica

1951 – 2010 (59 years old)

Celebrated Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter dubbed 'The Cool Ruler', whose smooth vocals and impeccable tailoring defined the Lovers Rock and roots reggae genres.

Saint Catherine, Jamaica

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