Deaths 2010 in the United Kingdom

1 deaths

1.1 january
1.2 february
1.3 march
1.4 april
1.5 may
1.6 june
1.7 july
1.8 august
1.9 september
1.10 october
1.11 november
1.12 december

deaths
january

1 january – john lyon, 58, cricketer (b. 1951)
4 january – hywel teifi edwards, welsh-language academic , writer (b. 1934)
6 january – graham leonard, former anglican bishop (b. 1921)
9 january – rupert hamer, journalist (b. 1970)
19 january – bill mclaren, rugby commentator (b. 1923)
20 january –

jack parry, footballer (b. 1924)
john pawle, cricketer (b. 1915)
derek prag, politician, mep hertfordshire (1979–1994) (b. 1923)


22 january – jean simmons, actress (b. 1929)

february

3 february – gil merrick, footballer , football manager (b. 1920)
5 february – ian carmichael, actor (b. 1920)
6 february – sir john dankworth, jazz composer , musician (b. 1927)
11 february – alexander mcqueen, fashion designer (b. 1969)
13 february – john reed, actor , opera singer (b. 1916)
14 february – dick francis, novelist , former jockey (b. 1920)
19 february – lionel jeffries, actor (b. 1926)
20 february – jason wood, comedian (b. 1972)
27 february – wendy toye, actress (b. 1917)

march

1 march – kristian digby, television presenter , director (b. 1977)
2 march – winston churchill, politician (b. 1940); grandson of former prime minister sir winston churchill
3 march

michael foot, politician (b. 1913)
keith alexander, footballer , manager (b. 1956)


5 march – philip langridge, tenor (b. 1939)
15 march – ashok kumar, politician (b. 1956)
20 march – harry carpenter, sports commentator (b. 1925)
22 march – sir james w. black, doctor (b. 1924)
23 march – alan king-hamilton, barrister , judge (b. 1904)
24 march – daphne park, diplomat , spy (b. 1921)
28 march – john lawrenson, british rugby league player (b. 1921)

april

3 april – tia rigg, murder victim (b. 1998)
4 april – sir alec bedser, cricketer (b. 1918)
6 april – corin redgrave, actor , political activist (b. 1939)
7 april – christopher cazenove, actor (b. 1943)
8 april – malcolm mclaren, impresario , former sex pistols manager (b. 1946)
25 april – alan sillitoe, writer (b. 1928)

may

2 may – lynn redgrave, actress (b. 1943)
3 may – peter o donnell, comic strip writer (b. 1920)
9 may – florrie baldwin, supercentenarian (b. 1896)
10 may – jack birkett, dancer, singer, mime artist , actor (b. 1934)
23 may – simon monjack, screenwriter, producer , director (b. 1970)

june

4 june – jack harrison, royal air force pilot, last survivor of stalag luft iii great escape (b. 1912)
7 june – stuart cable, musician (b. 1970)
10 june – antony quinton, philosopher (b. 1925)
16 june – ronald neame, director , writer (b. 1911)
17 june – andy ripley, rugby union player (b. 1947)
19 june – dame angela rumbold, politician (b. 1932)
21 june

chris sievey, comedian , musician (b. 1956)
tam white, musician , actor (b. 1942)


22 june – robin bush, historian (b. 1943)
23 june

pete quaife, musician (b. 1943)
lord peter walker, politician (b. 1932)


25 june – alan plater, writer (b. 1935)

july

1 july – geoffrey hutchings, actor (b. 1939)
2 july – dame beryl bainbridge, novelist (b. 1934)
5 july – david fanshawe, composer (b. 1942)
14 july – christopher story, editor , intelligence analyst (b. 1938)
24 july – alex higgins, snooker player (b. 1949)
28 july – ivy bean, centenarian (b. 1905)

august

6 august – tony judt, historian (b. 1948)
10 august – james jimmy reid, trade union activist (b. 1932)
13 august – albert frost, businessman (b. 1914)
17 august

bill millin, bagpiper @ d-day normandy landings (b. 1922)
edwin morgan, poet (b. 1920)



september

3 september – sir cyril smith, politician (b. 1928)
21 september – maurice line, librarian (b. 1928)
26 september – terry newton, rugby league player (b. 1978)
30 september – sir robert mark, police officer (b. 1917)

october

4 october – sir norman wisdom, actor (b. 1915)
11 october – claire rayner, broadcaster , writer (b. 1931)
14 october – simon maccorkindale, actor (b. 1952)
15 october – malcolm allison, football player , manager (b. 1927)
24 october – andy holmes, rower (b. 1959)
28 october – gerard kelly, actor (b. 1959)
29 october – ronnie clayton, footballer (b. 1934)

november

23 november – ingrid pitt, polish-born actress (b. 1937)
25 november

bernard matthews, businessman (b. 1930)
peter christopherson, musician (b. 1955)


26 november – gavin blyth, producer (b. 1969)
29 november – sir maurice wilkes, computer scientist (b. 1913)

december

12 december – tom walkinshaw, racing driver , team owner (b. 1946)
14 december – dale roberts, footballer (b. 1986)
17 december – ralph coates, footballer (b. 1946)
18 december – james pickles, judge , tabloid columnist. (b. 1925)
19 december – anthony howard, journalist (b. 1934)
20 december – brian hanrahan, journalist (b. 1949)
25 december

elisabeth beresford, creator of wombles (born 1926)
sir iain noble, banker , gaelic activist (b. 1935)






^ norman wisdom dies @ age of 95 . bbc news. bbc. 5 october 2010. archived original on 6 october 2010. retrieved 6 october 2010. 
^ former manchester city boss malcolm allison dies . bbc sport. bbc. 15 october 2010. archived original on 16 october 2010. retrieved 15 october 2010. 
^ bbc news obituary . bbc.co.uk. 22 december 2010. retrieved 27 march 2012. 
^ banker sir iain noble, champion of gaelic, skye , scotland, dies @ 75 scotsman, 27 december 2010