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In the year 1918
366 Notable deaths
Henry Adams
American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918).
Born February 16th, 1838 in Boston.
Died March 27th, 1918 at 80 years old in Washington, D.C..
William Ellsworth Robinson
American magician (1861–1918).
Born April 2nd, 1861 in New York City.
Died March 24th, 1918 at 56 years old in London.
Benjamin Tillman
American politician (1847–1918).
Born August 11th, 1847 in South Carolina.
Died July 3rd, 1918 at 70 years old in Washington, D.C..
Rose Cleveland
First lady of united states (1846-1918).
Born June 13th, 1846 in Fayetteville.
Died November 22nd, 1918 at 72 years old in Bagni di Lucca (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Lavr Kornilov
Imperial russian army general (1870–1918).
Born August 19th, 1870 in Oskemen.
Died April 13th, 1918 at 47 years old in Krasnodar.
Henry Gunther
Last soldier killed in wwi.
Born June 6th, 1895 in Baltimore.
Died November 11th, 1918 at 23 years old in Chaumont-devant-Damvillers.
Joyce Kilmer
American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier (1886–1918).
Born December 6th, 1886 in New Brunswick.
Died July 30th, 1918 at 31 years old in Seringes-et-Nesles.
Joseph F. Smith
President of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (1838-1918).
Born November 13th, 1838 in Missouri, Far West. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1918 at 80 years old in Salt Lake City (pneumonia).
Fanny Kaplan
Russian assassin (1890-1918).
Born February 10th, 1890 in Novichi.
Died September 3rd, 1918 at 28 years old in Moscow (execution by shooting).
Charles W. Fairbanks
American politician; vice president of the united states from 1905 to 1909 (1852–1918).
Born May 11th, 1852 in Unionville Center.
Died June 4th, 1918 at 66 years old in Indianapolis.
Robbie Baldwin Ross
Canadian journalist and art critic (1869-1918).
Died October 5th, 1918 at 49 years old in London.
Cäsar Johann Ritz
Swiss hotelier (1850-1918).
Born February 23rd, 1850 in Niederwald.
Died October 26th, 1918 at 68 years old in Küssnacht.
Myrtle Gonzalez
American actress (1891–1918).
Born September 28th, 1891 in Los Angeles.
Died October 22nd, 1918 at 27 years old in Los Angeles (1918–1920 flu pandemic).
William Ramsay
Scottish chemist (1852–1916).
Born October 2nd, 1852 in Glasgow.
Died July 23rd, 1918 at 65 years old in High Wycombe (cancer).
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine
Grand duchess of russia (1864–1918).
Born November 1st, 1864 in Darmstadt.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 53 years old in Alapayevsk (explosion).
Lili Boulanger
French composer (1893–1918).
Born August 21st, 1893 in Paris.
Died March 15th, 1918 at 24 years old in Mézy-sur-Seine (Crohn's disease).
Hubert Parry
British composer, teacher and historian (1848–1918).
Born February 27th, 1848 in Bournemouth.
Died October 7th, 1918 at 70 years old in Rustington (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Georgi Plekhanov
Russian philosopher (1856–1918).
Born December 11th, 1856 in Gudalovka. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1918 at 61 years old in Zelenogorsk (tuberculosis). [ref]
John Bauer
Swedish painter and illustrator (1882-1918).
Born June 4th, 1882 in Jönköpings Kristina församling.
Died November 20th, 1918 at 36 years old in Vättern, Sankt Matteus (shipwrecking).
Anna Held
French-american stage performer (1872–1918).
Born September 19th, 1878 in Warsaw.
Died August 12th, 1918 at 39 years old in New York City (multiple myeloma).
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
British occultist (1854-1918).
Born January 8th, 1854 in London.
Died November 5th, 1918 at 64 years old in Paris (influenza, 1918–1920 flu pandemic).
Frank Luke
American fighter ace and medal of honor recipient (1897-1918).
Born May 19th, 1897 in Phoenix.
Died September 29th, 1918 at 21 years old in Murvaux.
Fakir Mohan Senapati
Indian odia author (1843–1918).
Born January 13th, 1843 in Balasore.
Died June 14th, 1918 at 75 years old in Balasore.
Otto Wagner
Austrian architect (1841-1918).
Born July 13th, 1841 in Penzing.
Died April 11th, 1918 at 76 years old in Vienna (1918–1920 flu pandemic). [ref]
Eugene Botkin
Court physician for tsar nicholas ii.
Born June 8th, 1865 in Pushkin.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 53 years old in Yekaterinburg (gunshot wound).
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde