page_title: 2010
section_title: April
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 / Deaths / April
caption_attribution_description: English: From the DoD site: Left side, front view of International Olympic Committee President Juan Antonio Samaranch (Middle). He was visiting the Sydney International Shooting Centre on September 23rd, 2000, where US Army Sergeant First Class James Graves (Not shown) won the Olympic Bronze Medal in the Skeet Competition during the 2000 games.
context_page_description: 2010 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2010th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 10th year of the 3rd millennium, the 10th year of the 21st century, and the 1st year of the 2010s decade.
  2010 was designated as:
  International Year of Biodiversity
  International Year of Youth
  2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion
  International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures
context_section_description: April 1
  John Forsythe, American actor (b. 1918)
  Tzannis Tzannetakis, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1928)
  April 3 – Eugène Terre'Blanche, South African politician and white supremacist (b. 1941)
  April 6
  Anatoly Dobrynin, Soviet diplomat and politician (b. 1919)
  Corin Redgrave, English actor and activist (b. 1939)
  April 7 – Christopher Cazenove, English actor (b. 1943)
  April 8
  Malcolm McLaren, British musician and manager (b. 1946)
  Abel Muzorewa, Zimbabwean politician (b. 1925)
  April 10
  Dixie Carter, American actress (b. 1939)
  96 people (89 passengers, 7 pilots) are killed in plane crash near Smolensk. Among the victims were:
  Krystyna Bochenek, Polish journalist, and politician (b. 1953)
  Ryszard Kaczorowski, 9th President of Poland (b. 1919)
  Lech Kaczyński, 13th President of Poland (b. 1949)
  Maria Kaczyńska, First Lady of Poland (b. 1942)
  Janusz Kurtyka, Polish historian (b. 1960)
  Tadeusz Płoski, Polish cardinal (b. 1956)
  Sławomir Skrzypek, President of the National Bank of Poland (b. 1963)
  Jerzy Szmajdziński, Polish politician (b. 1952)
  April 11 – Vicki Draves, American olympic athlete (b. 1924)
  April 14 – Peter Steele, American musician (b. 1962)
  April 15
  Michael Pataki, American voice actor (b. 1938)
  Jack Herer, American activist and author (b. 1939)
  April 16 – Tomáš Špidlík, Czech cardinal (b. 1919)
  April 19 – Guru, American rapper (b. 1961)
  April 20 – Dorothy Height, American civil rights activist and educator (b. 1912)
  April 21 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official (b. 1920)
  April 25 – Alan Sillitoe, British writer (b. 1928)
  April 30 – Paul Mayer, German cardinal (b. 1911)
caption: Juan Antonio Samaranch
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