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List of 2010 deaths in popular music

List of 2010 deaths in popular music

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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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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2009		 List of deaths in popular music
2010		 Succeeded by
2011
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