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2010Clive DonnerSeptember 7, 2010: Clive Donner, 84, British director best known for the 1960s films Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush and What's New Pussycat and for TV adaptations of Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol. David DortortSeptember 5, 2010: David Dortort, 93, US television writer executive who created the long-running western series Bonanza and The High Chaparral Robert SchimmelSeptember 3, 2010: Robert Schimmel, 60, US comedian best know for his work with radio star Howard Stern, following a car accident. Mike EdwardsSeptember 3, 2010: Mike Edwards, 62, British cellist who was a founding member of 1970s pop band ELO (the Electric Light Orchestra), crushed by a hay bale in a bizarre traffic accident. A runaway He quit music and became a Buddhist, changing his name to Deva Pramada. Cammie King ConlonSeptember 1, 2010: Cammie King Conlon, 76, US child actor, born Eleanore Cammack King, who played Bonnie Blue, the daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara, in the 1939 epic Gone With the Wind. She also voiced a character in Bambi, in 1942, but never worked in movies again. Victoria LongleyAugust 30, 2010: Victoria Longley, 49, Australian actress who had a distinguished stage career and mentored young television actors, of breast cancer. Her own TV career included roles in Wildside, Young Lions, Water Rats and All Saints while her stage credits included King Lear, The Vertical Hour, and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? George David WeissAugust 23, 2010: George David Weiss, 89, US songwriter whose hits included What a Wonderful World, The Lion Sleeps Tonight and Can't Help Falling In Love. Charles HaddonAugust 20, 2010: Charles Haddon, 22, singer with British band Ou Est Le Swim, who dived from a tower at the Pukkelpop music festival in Belgium. Robert WilsonAugust 15, 2010: Robert Wilson, 53, bassist with US funk group The Gap Band. Their hits included Oops Up Side Your Head, Big Fun and Party Lights. Abbey LincolnAugust 14, 2010: Abbey Lincoln, 84, US jazz singer, songwriter and actress whose hits included ou Gotta Pay the Band, recorded with Stan Getz, and Devil's Got Your Tongue. She was also active in the civil-rights movement. George DiCenzoAugust 9, 2010: George DiCenzo, 71, US actor, commercial and cartoon voiceover artist and producer who appeared in more than 30 films including g Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Back to the Future and About Last Night. Patricia NealAugust 8, 2010: Patricia Neal, 84, US stage and screen actress who won an Academy Award for the 1963 film Hud. She was also in The Day the Earth Stood Still and Breakfast at Tiffany's John Louis MansiAugust 6, 2010: John Louis Mansi, 83, British character actor, born John Patrick Adams, who found fame as Gestapo officer Von Smallhausen in the sitcom 'Allo 'Allo. He also appeared in the Beatles' film Help! Tom MankiewiczJuly 31, 2010: Tom Mankiewicz, 68, US screenwriter and director whose writing credits include the first two Superman films and the James Bond movies, Diamonds Are Forever and Live and Let Die. Ivy BeanJuly 28, 2010: Ivy Bean, 104, British woman who was regarded as the world's oldest Twitter and Facebook user. Her thousands of fans included TV and music star Peter Andre, politician Lord Prescott and writer and broadcasterr Stephen Fry. Alex HigginsJuly 24, 2010: Alex "Hurricane" Higgins, 61, Northern Ireland snooker legend, of throat cancer. He was world champion in 1972 and 1982. Jon ClearyJuly 20, 2010: Jon Cleary, 92, Australian writer whose works included the novels You Can't See Round Corners, Degrees of Connection and The Sundowners. His best-known character is the Sydney detective Scobie Malone, the subject of 20 crime novels. David WarrenJuly 19, 2010: David Warren, 85, Australian-born inventor of the aircraft "black box" data recorder. Charles MackerrasJuly 14, 2010: Sir (Alan) Charles Mackerras, 84, New York-born, London-based Australian conductor who specialised in the operas of Janacek and Mozart, and the comic works of Gilbert and Sullivan. George SteinbrennerJuly 13, 2010: George Steinbrenner, 80, US businessman who owned the New York Yankees and was a dominant figure in the sport of baseball for four decades. Harvey PekarJuly 12, 2010: Harvey Pekar, 70, US cult cartoonist best known for his autobiographical series, American Splendor. He was portrayed in the 2003 film of the same name by Paul Giamatti. Bobby SpillaneJuly 10, 2010: Robert "Bobby" Spillane, 45, son of legendary New York gangster Mickey Spillane, actor and author of a play about a cross-dressing mobster. He fell from an apartment building. Sugar MinottJuly 10, 2010: Sugar Minott, 54, Jamaican reggae singer and poet whose career began in the late 1960s with The African Brothers. Vonetta McGeeJuly 9, 2010: Lawrence Vonetta McGee, 65, African-American star of 1970s blaxploitation films Melinda and Hammer, and the 1975 film The Eiger Sanction, alongside Clint Eastwood. She also appeared in the TV series Bustin' Loose, LA Law and Cagney & Lacey Beryl BainbridgeJuly 2, 2010: Dame Beryl Bainbridge, 75, British novelist whose works included An Awfully Big Adventure, The Dressmaker and Injury Time. Robert ByrdJune 28, 2010 Robert Byrd, 92, longest-serving US senator, in office for 51 years. A Democrat, he was briefly a member of the Ku Klux Klan and he joined Southern Democrats in an unsuccessful filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Alan PlaterJune 25, 2010 Alan Plater, 75, British dramatist, novelist and screenwriter whose work ranged from TV series Z Cars to The Fortunes of War and The Blonde Bombshell. Pete QuaifeJune 24, 2010 Pete Quaife, 66, British musician who played bass with 60s band The Kinks. He later moved to Canada and worked as a graphic artist. Chris SieveyJune 21, 2010: Chris Sievey, 54, British comedian and writer best known as the creator of papier-mache-headed character Frank Sidebottom. Ronald NeameJune 18, 2010: Ronald Neame, 99, London-born British and Hollywood film director whose successes included Blithe Spirit, The Poseidon Adventure and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. He also wrote screenplays, including Brief Encounter and Great Expectations. |
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