Notable Deaths of 2010 (43 images)

U.S. Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Texas, whose exploits were chronicled in a book and movie, died in Texas on February 10, 2010. A spokeswoman for Memorial Medical Center in Lufkin, Texas, said Wilson, 76, was pronounced dead in the emergency room after complaining of difficulty breathing during a meeting with a friend, CNN reported. Wilson, a 12-term congressman from Texas' 2nd Congressional District from 1973 to 1997, inspired the book and movie "Charlie Wilson's War," which told of his campaign to supply weapons to Afghan mujahedeen fighters battling Soviet invaders. (UPI Photo/Kristoffer Tripplaar/ Pool) (UPI Photo/Kristoffer Tripplaar/ Pool)

New York Yankee's owner George Steinbrenner died of a heart attack at the age of 80 in Tampa, Florida on July 13, 2010. Steinbrenner rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire, winning seven MLB's World Series. He is shown in a June, 2005 file photo. (UPI/Laura Cavanaugh/Files)

New York Yankee's owner George Steinbrenner died of a heart attack at the age of 80 in Tampa, Florida on July 13, 2010. Steinbrenner rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire, winning seven MLB's World Series. He is shown in a June, 2005 file photo. (UPI/Laura Cavanaugh/Files)

New York Yankee's owner George Steinbrenner died of a heart attack at the age of 80 in Tampa, Florida on July 13, 2010. Steinbrenner rebuilt the Yankees into a sports empire, winning seven MLB's World Series. He is shown in a June, 2005 file photo. (UPI/Laura Cavanaugh/Files)

British actress Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer at her home in Connecticut at the age of 67. Born March 8, 1943, in London, Lynn Redgrave was the daughter of actor Michael Redgrave, who died in 1985, and actress Rachel Kempson, who died in 2003, and the younger sister of actress Vanessa Redgrave. Redgrave, pictured above with her husband John Clark, were among the headliners performing "A Halloween Story", an NBC All-star radio theater premier presentation, believed to be the first live commercial radio network drama to be broadcast in some 35 years. (UPI Photo/handout/Files)

British actress Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer at her home in Connecticut at the age of 67. Born March 8, 1943, in London, Lynn Redgrave was the daughter of actor Michael Redgrave, who died in 1985, and actress Rachel Kempson, who died in 2003, and the younger sister of actress Vanessa Redgrave. Redgrave, pictured above with her husband John Clark, were among the headliners performing "A Halloween Story", an NBC All-star radio theater premier presentation, believed to be the first live commercial radio network drama to be broadcast in some 35 years. (UPI Photo/handout/Files)

British actress Lynn Redgrave died of breast cancer at her home in Connecticut at the age of 67. Born March 8, 1943, in London, Lynn Redgrave was the daughter of actor Michael Redgrave, who died in 1985, and actress Rachel Kempson, who died in 2003, and the younger sister of actress Vanessa Redgrave. Redgrave, pictured above with her husband John Clark, were among the headliners performing "A Halloween Story", an NBC All-star radio theater premier presentation, believed to be the first live commercial radio network drama to be broadcast in some 35 years. (UPI Photo/handout/Files)

Walter Hawkins died at his home in Ripon, California, from pancreatic cancer. Pictured above Hawkins performs during a ceremony in Honor of Black Music Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington on June 17, 2008. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)