Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history who lost his seat after a corruption conviction that was later dismissed, was killed on Aug. 10, 2010, in a small plane crash in Alaska. He was 86. (Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
George Steinbrenner
Robert Byrd
Manute Bol
Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean was a country singer who made his fortune with a breakfast sausage company that bears his name. He died on June 12, 2010.
Rue McClanahan
Actress Rue McClanahan died after suffering a massive stroke on June 3, 2010. McClanahan is best known for her role as sassy, sensual Blanche Devereaux on the "Golden Girls." (Credit: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)
Dennis Hopper
Gary Coleman
Brittany Murphy and Simon Monjack
Simon Monjack and actress Brittany Murphy attend the Matthew Williamson Foundation fashion show during Fashion Week Fall 2008 in New York City. Monjack died 5 months after his wife on May 23, 2010. (Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
Doris Eaton Travis
Doris Eaton Travis by the door to her dressing room at the New Amsterdam Theater on April 25, 2006. The Broadway and film actress, dance instructor and last surviving member of the Ziegfield Follies showgirls died on May 11, 2010 at 106. (Stan Honda/Getty Images)
Lena Horne
Lena Horne, actress and jazz singer, born in 1917 died on May 9, 2010, at age 92. (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
Lynn Redgrave
Lynn Redgrave, an introspective and independent player in her family's acting dynasty, died on May 3, 2010. She was 67.
Daryl Gates
Daryl Gates, the Los Angeles police chief during the deadly 1992 riots following the Rodney King verdict, died on April 14, 2010, at age 83. (Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
Dixie Carter
"Designing Women" actress Dixie Carter, who used her charm and stately beauty in a host of roles on Broadway and television, died on April 10, 2010. She was 70. (Credit: David Livingston/Getty Images)
John Forsythe
Peter Graves
Actor Peter Graves died from a heart attack at his Los Angeles home on March 14, 2010, after returning from brunch with his family, according to his publicist. Graves starred in the TV series "Mission Impossible" as well as the film "Airplane." Credit: Mark Ralston/Getty Images)
Phil Harris
Phil Harris of Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" is seen here on Nov. 8, 2008, in Avondale, Ariz. He died during filming of the reality show on Feb. 9, 2010. Discovery Channel was lauded for its tasteful presentation of the death during an episode aired in July. (Credit: Todd Warshaw/Getty Images)
Casey Johnson
Tila Tequila (right) and Casey Johnson attend the Famouse Stars and Straps 10th Anniversary and Snoop Dogg's 10th album release party on Dec. 8, 2009, in Hollywood, Calif. Johnson reportedly died of natural causes on Jan. 5, 2010. (Credit: Noel Vasquez/Getty Images)
Corey Haim
Actor Corey Haim died at age 38 on March 10, 2010. Haim starred in "The Lost Boys" with actor Corey Feldman. The duo made a number of movies together in the 1980s. (Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
Jean Biden
Vice President Joe Biden points to his mother, Jean Finnegan Biden, in this 2008 file photo. Mrs. Biden passed away on Jan. 8, 2010, at the family's Delaware home. She was 92. (Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Miep Gies
Miep Gies died on Jan. 11, 2010, from a neck injury suffered when she fell the previous month, the Anne Frank House said. She was 100 and had been one of the few people alive who knew Anne Frank, whom she hid from the Nazis for two years. (Credit: CBS)
Robert Parker
Author Robert Parker, seen in this 2006 file photo, died Jan. 19, 2010. Parker, a crime novelist who helped revive the hard-boiled genre, was 77. (Credit: Chitose Suzuki/AP)
Pernell Roberts
Pernell Roberts, who starred in "Bonanza" and "Trapper John, M.D." died on Jan. 25, 2010, at the age of 81. He had been suffering from cancer. (Credit: AP)
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist who leftist "A People's History of the United States" became a million-selling alternative to mainstream texts, died of a heart attack on Jan. 27, 2010. He was 87. (Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
J.D. Salinger
J.D. Salinger, who authored "The Catcher in the Rye" in 1951, passed away on Jan. 28, 2010. The reclusive writer died of natural causes, according to his son. (Credit: AP)
Justin Mentell
Actor Justin Mentell, who appeared on the TV show "Boston Legal," was killed in an SUV crash in Wisconsin on Feb. 1, 2010. (Credit: Thos Robinson/Getty Images)
Alexander McQueen
Fashion designer Alexander McQueen walks down the catwalk after his Ready-to-Wear 2009 fashion show during Paris Fashion Week on March 10, 2009, in Paris. McQueen hung himself in his London apartment on Feb. 11, 2010. (Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)