In the year 2018
1,349 Notable deaths
Namkhai Norbu
Tibetan dzogchen master (1938–2018).
Born December 8th, 1938 in Gengqing Town.
Died September 27th, 2018 at 79 years old in Arcidosso. [ref]
Cara Lott
American pornographic actress.
Born August 6th, 1961 in Huntington Beach. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2018 at 56 years old in Orange County.
Daniel Pilon
Canadian actor (1940–2018).
Born November 13th, 1940 in Montreal.
Died June 26th, 2018 at 77 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Günter Blobel
German american biologist (1999 nobel prize).
Born May 21st, 1936 in Niegosławice. [ref]
Died February 18th, 2018 at 81 years old in New York City (prostate cancer). [ref]
James G. March
American sociologist (1928–2018).
Born January 15th, 1928 in Cleveland.
Died September 27th, 2018 at 90 years old in Portola Valley.
Jean-Pierre Van Rossem
Belgian politician, scholar, socialite and writer (1945-2018).
Born May 26th, 1945 in Bruges.
Died December 14th, 2018 at 73 years old in Jette.
Ilie Balaci
Romanian footballer (1956–2018).
Born September 13th, 1956 in Bistreț.
Died October 21st, 2018 at 62 years old in Craiova (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Roman Filipov
Russian military pilot.
Born August 13th, 1984 in Voronezh. [ref]
Died February 3rd, 2018 at 33 years old in Saraqib (explosive device). [ref]
Marion Woodman
Canadian psychoanalyst and writer (1928-2018).
Born August 15th, 1928 in London.
Died July 9th, 2018 at 89 years old in London. [ref]
Earl Bakken
American academic (1924–2018).
Born January 10th, 1924 in Minneapolis.
Died October 21st, 2018 at 94 years old in Kona District.
Brian Garfield
American novelist, historian and screenwriter (1939-2018).
Born April 24th, 1939 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 29th, 2018 at 79 years old in Pasadena.
Robert Gilpin
American political scientist (1930–2018).
Born July 2nd, 1930 in Burlington. [ref]
Died June 20th, 2018 at 87 years old in Waterbury. [ref]
Will Alsop
British architect (1947-2018).
Born December 12th, 1947 in Northampton.
Died May 12th, 2018 at 70 years old in London.
Kate Wilhelm
American science fiction writer (1928-2018).
Born June 8th, 1928 in Toledo.
Died March 8th, 2018 at 89 years old in Eugene.
Shinobu Hashimoto
Japanese screenwriter (1918-2018).
Born April 18th, 1918 in Tsurui.
Died July 19th, 2018 at 100 years old in Tokyo (pneumonia). [ref]
Moishe Postone
American historian, thomas e. donnelley professor of modern history and the college, university of chicago (1942–2018).
Born April 17th, 1942 in Edmonton. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2018 at 75 years old in Chicago (cancer).
Kedarnath Singh
Indian writer.
Born July 7th, 1934 in Chakia. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2018 at 83 years old in New Delhi. [ref]
Thomas Bopp
American astronomer (1949–2018).
Born October 15th, 1949 in Denver.
Died January 5th, 2018 at 68 years old in Phoenix (liver failure). [ref]
Jimmy McIlroy
Northern irish footballer (1931-2018).
Born October 25th, 1931 in Northern Ireland.
Died August 20th, 2018 at 86 years old [ref]
Ara Güler
Turkish photographer (1928–2018).
Born August 16th, 1928 in Beyoğlu.
Died October 17th, 2018 at 90 years old in Istanbul (myocardial infarction). [ref]
George Maxwell Richards
President of trinidad and tobago (1931-2018).
Born December 1st, 1931 in San Fernando.
Died January 8th, 2018 at 86 years old in Port of Spain (heart failure). [ref]
Lucho Gatica
Chilean musician (1928-2018).
Born August 11th, 1928 in Rancagua. [ref]
Died November 13th, 2018 at 90 years old in Mexico City (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Daphne Sheldrick
Kenya-based british author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry (1934–2018).
Born June 4th, 1934 in Kenya. [ref]
Died April 12th, 2018 at 83 years old in Nairobi (breast cancer). [ref]
Thomas A. Steitz
American biochemist (1940–2018).
Born August 23rd, 1940 in Milwaukee. [ref]
Died October 9th, 2018 at 78 years old in Branford (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
Former vice president of ghana (1951-2018).
Born April 29th, 1951 in Cape Coast.
Died June 29th, 2018 at 67 years old in Accra (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Deaths 501 to 525 of 1349
We owe respect to the living; to the dead we owe only truth. Voltaire