CAUSE OF DEATH: CANCER
Laurent Fignon (12 August 1960 – 31 August 2010) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He won the Tour de France twice, in 1983 and 1984 and also missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by 8 seconds, the closest margin ever to decide the tour. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1989, after having been the runner-up in 1984, and the Milan – San Remo Classic in 1988 and 1989.
CAUSE OF DEATH: LUNG CANCER
Patricia Neal (January 20, 1926 – August 8, 2010) was an American actress of stage and screen. She won the Best Actress Oscar for her role in the drama Hud (1963).
CAUSE OF DEATH: CANCER
Sir Alan Charles Maclaurin Mackerras, AC, CH, CBE (pronounced /m??k?r?s/; 17 November 1925 – 14 July 2010) was an Australian conductor. He was an authority on the operas of Janá?ek and Mozart, and the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. He was the first Australian chief conductor of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
CAUSE OF DEATH: ADRENAL AND LIVER CANCER
James Gammon (April 20, 1940 – July 16, 2010) was an American actor, known for playing grizzled "good ol' boy" types in numerous movies and television shows.
CAUSE OF DEATH: PANCREATIC CANCER
Walter Hawkins (May 18, 1949 – July 11, 2010) was an award-winning American gospel music singer, and a pastor. Hawkins became an ordained bishop in 1992. He died at his home in Ripon, California, from pancreatic cancer.
