This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2010.
Name | Age | Date | Location | Cause of death | |
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Gregory Slay Remy Zero | 40 | January 1, 2010 | Bodega Bay, California, U.S. | Cystic fibrosis[1] | |
Tony Clarke Record producer from The Moody Blues | 68 | January 4, 2010 | Emphysema[2] | ||
66 | January 4, 2010 | Cancer | |||
64 | January 4, 2010 | Septic shock | |||
81 | January 5, 2010 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Cardiac arrest[3] | ||
Woody Cunningham Kleeer | 61 | January 9, 2010 | Bowie, Maryland, U.S. | Cause unknown[4] | |
Mick Green Johnny Kidd & The Pirates | 65 | January 11, 2010 | Ilford, Essex, England | Heart failure[5] | |
35 | January 12, 2010 | Killed and crushed in Haiti earthquake 2010[6] | |||
63 | January 12, 2010 | Clarendon Parish, Jamaica | Brain aneurysm[7] | ||
Jay Reatard Lost Sounds, The Reatards | 29 | January 13, 2010 | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | Cocaine and alcohol toxicity[8] | |
Teddy Pendergrass Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 59 | January 13, 2010 | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Respiratory failure[9] | |
Jim Korthe 3rd Strike, Phantasm | 39 | January 13, 2010 | San Pedro, California, U.S. | Natural causes | |
79 | January 13, 2010 | Heart and lung problems[10] | |||
Eddie Edehill The Valentines | 74 | January 13, 2010 | Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Heart attack | |
71 | January 14, 2010 | Abbeville, Louisiana, U.S. | Natural causes[11] | ||
Mike "Ace" Evans The Action | 64 | January 15, 2010 | Heart attack | ||
82 | January 16, 2010 | Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. | Natural causes[12] | ||
63 | January 18, 2010 | St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada | Cancer[13] | ||
75 | January 20, 2010 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Cancer | ||
Geoff Workman Record producer for Toto, The Cars, Drivin N Cryin, Foreigner and Mötley Crüe | 62 | January 21, 2010 | Aurora, Colorado, U.S. | Liver failure | |
Robert "Squirrel" Lester The Chi-Lites | 67 | January 21, 2010 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Liver cancer[14] | |
45 | January 22, 2010 | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S. | Undisclosed causes | ||
78 | January 27, 2010 | Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | After a long illness | ||
Pauly Fuemana OMC | 40 | January 31, 2010 | North Shore City, New Zealand | Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy[15] | |
Mallia Franklin Parliament | 57 | February 5, 2010 | Unknown | ||
82 | February 6, 2010 | Marylebone, London, England | After a long illness[16] | ||
73 | February 13, 2010 | Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. | Colorectal cancer[17] | ||
Doug Fieger The Knack | 57 | February 14, 2010 | Woodland Hills, California, U.S. | Cancer[18] | |
Ines Paulke Motiv Danzu | 51 | February 17, 2010 | Thannhausen, Bavaria, Germany | Suicide[19] | |
Edmondas Čivinskas Vairas | 49 | February 24, 2010 | Kaunas, Lithuania[20] | Hepatitis B | |
Nujabes Record producer | 36 | February 26, 2010 | Traffic collision[21] | ||
Larry Cassidy Section 25 | 56 | February 27, 2010 | Blood clot | ||
Tom Wolk Hall & Oates, Billy Joel Band, Saturday Night Live Band | 58 | February 28, 2010 | Pawling, New York, U.S. | Heart attack[22] | |
Ron Banks The Dramatics | 58 | March 4, 2010 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Heart attack[23] | |
Lolly Vegas Redbone | 70 | March 4, 2010 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Lung cancer | |
Bud Cockrell It's a Beautiful Day | 59 | March 6, 2010 | Hinds County, Mississippi, U.S. | Complications from diabetes[24] | |
Mark Linkous Sparklehorse | 47 | March 6, 2010 | Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. | Suicide by gunshot[25] | |
Rich Parris Guitarist for Animal Bag | 47 | March 9, 2010 | Ruptured ulcer | ||
66 | March 12, 2010 | Isle of Mull, Scotland | Cerebrovascular disease[26] | ||
Cherie DeCastro The DeCastro Sisters | 87 | March 14, 2010 | Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | Pneumonia[27] [28] | |
Alex Chilton The Box Tops, Big Star | 59 | March 17, 2010 | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | Heart attack[29] | |
78 | March 22, 2010 | London, England | [30] | ||
Jim Marshall Rock and roll photographer | 74 | March 24, 2010 | New York City, New York, U.S. | [31] | |
88 | March 28, 2010 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease | ||
Vinnie Chas Pretty Boy Floyd | 46 | April 6, 2010 | Vancouver, Washington, U.S. | [32] | |
- | 69 | April 7, 2010 | Morgan City, Louisiana, U.S. | Lung cancer[33] | |
89 | April 7, 2010 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | [34] | ||
Malcolm McLaren Manager for Sex Pistols | 64 | April 8, 2010 | Bellinzona, Ticino, Switzerland | Peritoneal mesothelioma[35] | |
66 | April 13, 2010 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Throat cancer | ||
Peter Steele Type O Negative, Carnivore | 48 | April 14, 2010 | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | Aortic aneurysm[36] | |
Guru Gang Starr | 48 | April 19, 2010 | New York City, New York, U.S. | Multiple myeloma[37] | |
44 | April 30, 2010 | Franklin, Tennessee, U.S. | Suicide[38] | ||
Eddie L. Jackson Brenda & the Tabulations | 63 | May 3, 2010 | Brain aneurysm | ||
92 | May 9, 2010 | Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | Congestive heart failure[39] | ||
Ronnie James Dio Dio, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Elf | 67 | May 16, 2010 | Houston, Texas, U.S. | Stomach cancer[40] | |
91 | May 16, 2010 | The Bronx, New York, U.S. | [41] | ||
59 | May 23, 2010 | Sarcoma | |||
Paul Gray Slipknot | 38 | May 24, 2010 | Urbandale, Iowa, U.S. | Drug overdose[42] | |
Steve New Rich Kids | 50 | May 24, 2010 | London, England, | Cancer | |
Ali-Ollie Woodson The Temptations | 58 | May 30, 2010 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Leukemia[43] | |
Marvin Isley The Isley Brothers | 56 | June 6, 2010 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | Complications due to diabetes[44] | |
70 | June 6, 2010 | Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S. | [45] | ||
Stuart Cable Stereophonics | 40 | June 7, 2010 | Llwydcoed, Wales | Asphyxiation on vomit[46] | |
Walt Woodward III Twisted Sister, Shark Island, The Painkillers, Sweet Savage | 51 | June 8, 2010 | Liver failure[47] | ||
71 | June 8, 2010 | Swanley, United Kingdom | Unknown[48] | ||
Garry Shider Parliament-Funkadelic | 56 | June 16, 2010 | Greater Upper Marlboro, Maryland, U.S. | Lung cancer[49] | |
Peter Quaife The Kinks | 66 | June 23, 2010 | Copenhagen, Denmark | Kidney failure[50] | |
40 | June 26, 2010 | Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico | Shot[51] | ||
Ilene Woods Disney's Cinderella | 81 | July 1, 2010 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Alzheimer's disease | |
Harvey Fuqua The Moonglows | 80 | July 6, 2010 | Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | Heart attack[52] | |
54 | July 10, 2010 | Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica | [53] | ||
Tuli Kupferberg The Fugs | 86 | July 12, 2010 | New York City, U.S. | Kidney failure[54] | |
76 | July 17, 2010 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Stroke | ||
Andy Hummel Big Star | 59 | July 19, 2010 | Weatherford, Texas, U.S. | Cancer[55] | |
73 | July 22, 2010 | Palm Springs, California, U.S. | Heart failure[56] | ||
Al Goodman Ray, Goodman & Brown | 67 | July 26, 2010 | Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S. | Heart failure[57] | |
Ben Keith Great Speckled Band | 73 | July 26, 2010 | La Honda, California, U.S. | Blood clot in lung[58] | |
Derf Scratch Fear | 58 | July 28, 2010 | Camarillo, California, U.S. | Liver disease[59] | |
99 | July 31, 2010 | New York, New York, U.S. | [60] | ||
72 | August 3, 2010 | Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | Lung cancer[61] | ||
Catfish Collins Parliament-Funkadelic, The J.B.'s | 66 | August 6, 2010 | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | Cancer[62] | |
84 | August 9, 2010 | Southaven, Mississippi, U.S. | Lung cancer | ||
36 | August 10, 2010 | New York U.S. | Colorectal Cancer [63] | ||
Richie Hayward Little Feat | 64 | August 12, 2010 | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | Liver cancer[64] | |
80 | August 14, 2010 | Manhattan, New York, New York, U.S. | Complications from open-heart surgery[65] | ||
Kenny Edwards The Stone Poneys | 64 | August 18, 2010 | Santa Barbara, California, U.S. | Prostate cancer[66] | |
Michael Been The Call | 60 | August 19, 2010 | Hasselt, Belgium | Heart attack[67] | |
Mike Edwards Electric Light Orchestra | 62 | September 3, 2010 | Halwell, Devon, England | Traffic accident[68] | |
78 | September 8, 2010 | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | [69] | ||
Rich Cronin LFO | 36 | September 8, 2010 | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | Leukemia and stroke[70] | |
78 | September 11, 2010 | Miami, Florida, U.S. | [71] | ||
60 | September 15, 2010 | Cerebral cancer | |||
89 | September 19, 2010 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Heart failure[72] | ||
68 | September 21, 2010 | Peacehaven, East Sussex, England | Heart attack | ||
82 | September 22, 2010 | Berkeley, California, U.S. | Complications from hip surgery[73] | ||
Dick Griffey Founder of SOLAR Records | 71 | September 24, 2010 | Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Complications from coronary artery bypass surgery[74] | |
80 | September 27, 2010 | Garner, North Carolina, U.S. | Injuries sustained in fall[75] | ||
Steve Lee Gotthard | 47 | October 5, 2010 | Mesquite, Nevada, U.S. | Traffic accident[76] | |
Reg King The Action | 65 | October 8, 2010 | Cancer[77] | ||
70-74 | October 10, 2010 | Badhoevedorp, Netherlands | Pulmonary embolism[78] | ||
General Johnson Chairmen of the Board, The Showmen | 69 | October 13, 2010 | Atlanta, U.S. | Lung cancer[79] | |
Eyedea Eyedea & Abilities | 28 | October 16, 2010 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | Accidental drug overdose[80] | |
79 | October 18, 2010 | Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | [81] | ||
Ari Up The Slits | 48 | October 20, 2010 | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | Cancer[82] | |
Denis Simpson The Nylons | 59 | October 22, 2010 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Brain hemorrhage[83] | |
59 | October 25, 2010 | London, England | Lung cancer[84] | ||
Jim Clench April Wine, Loverboy, Bachman–Turner Overdrive | 61 | November 3, 2010 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Lung cancer[85] | |
James Freud Models | 51 | November 4, 2010 | |||
Randy Miller The Myriad | 39 | November 5, 2010 | Redding, California, U.S. | Bone cancer | |
80 | November 10, 2010 | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||
Peter Christopherson Throbbing Gristle, Coil | 55 | November 25, 2010 | |||
Trev Thoms Inner City Unit, Atomgods, Steve Took's Horns | 60 | December 8, 2010 | Pancreatic cancer [86] | ||
85 | December 9, 2010 | San Diego, California, U.S. | Pancreatic cancer | ||
Captain Beefheart Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band | 69 | December 17, 2010 | Glendale, California, U.S. | Complications from multiple sclerosis[87] | |
Jack Tracy Record producer and music journalist | 84 | December 21, 2010 | Nooksack, Washington, U.S. | ||
Myrna Smith The Sweet Inspirations | 69 | December 24, 2010 | Canoga Park, Los Angeles, U.S. | Kidney failure[88] | |
54 | December 26, 2010 | Pasadena, California, U.S. | Natural causes[89] | ||
Bernard Wilson Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | 64 | December 26, 2010 | Stroke and heart attack[90] | ||
Bobby Farrell Boney M | 61 | December 30, 2010 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Heart failure[91] |