The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2010. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. January 2010 1 Gary Brockette, 62, American actor (The Last Picture Show) and assistant director, cancer. Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., 75, American politician, West Virginia Attorney General (1969–1985). Jean Carroll, 98, American comedian (The Ed Sullivan Show). Periyasamy Chandrasekaran, 52, Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, after short illness. Lhasa de Sela, 37, American singer, breast cancer. Michael Dwyer, 58, Irish journalist and film critic, lung cancer. *Alfredo Mario Espósito Castro, 82, Argentinian Roman Catholic Bishop of Zárate-Campana (1976–1991). John Freeman, 93, American animator (The Smurfs) and animation director (My Little Pony and Friends). Bingo Gazingo, 85, American performance poet, struck by car. Adrien Gilbert, 78, Canadian Olympic weightlifter Richard Kindleberger, 67, American newspaper reporter (The Boston Globe), brain tumor. John Lyon, 58, British cricketer. Jack Middleton, 92, British Olympic swimmer. Tetsuo Narikawa, 65, Japanese actor (Spectreman) and karate instructor, lung cancer. Marlene Neubauer-Woerner, 91, German sculptor. Libuše Patočková, 76, Czech Olympic cross-country skier. Stanisław Przybylski, 79, Polish modern pentathlete. Mohamed Rahmat, 71, Malaysian politician, Information Minister (1978–1982, 1987–1999). Faisal Bin Shamlan, 75, Yemeni politician, presidential candidate (2006), cancer. Billy Arjan Singh, 92, Indian author. Gregory Slay, 40, American rock drummer (Remy Zero), songwriter (Nip/Tuck theme), cystic fibrosis. Freya von Moltke, 98, German World War II resistance fighter. John Shelton Wilder, 88, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee (1971–2007), stroke. 2 Johann Frank, 71, Austrian football player (FK Austria Wien). David Gerber, 86, American executive producer (Police Story, Police Woman), heart failure. William Green, 82, British aviation writer. Deborah Howell, 68, American journalist, The Washington Post ombudsman, hit by car. René Oreel, 87, Belgian cyclist. Augustine Paul, 65, Malaysian Federal Court judge, after chronic illness. David R. Ross, 51, Scottish historian, heart attack. Rajendra Shah, 96, Indian poet. 3 Gus Alexander, 75, Scottish footballer (Workington). Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, 84, Chilean composer, lung cancer. Margery Beddow, 72, American choreographer and dancer. Barry Blair, 56, Canadian comics artist and writer, brain aneurysm. Gianni Bonichon, 65, Italian bobsledder, Olympic silver medalist. Otto Breg, 60, Austrian Olympic bobsledder. Sir Ian Brownlie, 77, British barrister, traffic collision. Joyce Collins, 79, American jazz singer and