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In the year 2018
1,349 Notable deaths
Gerald Weinberg
American computer scientist (1933-2018).
Born October 27th, 1933 in Chicago.
Died August 7th, 2018 at 84 years old
Winston Ntshona
South african playwright and actor (1941–2018).
Born October 6th, 1941 in Gqeberha.
Died August 2nd, 2018 at 76 years old in New Brighton. [ref]
Kira Muratova
Soviet and ukrainian film director, screenwriter, film actress (1934–2018).
Born November 5th, 1934 in Soroca.
Died June 6th, 2018 at 83 years old in Odesa (stroke). [ref]
Nikolai Glushkov
Russian businessman (1949-2018).
Born December 24th, 1949 in Maykop.
Died March 12th, 2018 at 68 years old in New Malden. [ref]
Elizabeth Hawley
Journalist and chronicler of himalayan expeditions (1923–2018).
Born November 9th, 1923 in Chicago.
Died January 26th, 2018 at 94 years old in Kathmandu. [ref]
Edna Molewa
South african politician (1957-2018).
Born March 23rd, 1957 in Bela-Bela.
Died September 22nd, 2018 at 61 years old in Pretoria (legionnaires' disease).
Karl Mildenberger
German boxer (1937–2018).
Born November 23rd, 1937 in Kaiserslautern.
Died October 4th, 2018 at 80 years old in Kaiserslautern.
Arto Paasilinna
Finnish author (1942-2018).
Born April 20th, 1942 in Kittilä.
Died October 15th, 2018 at 76 years old in Espoo (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Li Ao
Taiwanese writer (1935-2018).
Born April 25th, 1935 in Harbin.
Died March 18th, 2018 at 82 years old in Taipei Veterans General Hospital (brain cancer).
Paul Andreu
French architect (1938-2018).
Born July 10th, 1938 in Caudéran.
Died October 11th, 2018 at 80 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Anthea Bell
English translator (1936-2018).
Born May 10th, 1936 in Sudbury.
Died October 18th, 2018 at 82 years old in Cambridge (Alzheimer's disease).
Jacques Higelin
French actor and singer (1940-2018).
Born October 18th, 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine.
Died April 6th, 2018 at 77 years old in Nogent-sur-Marne (dementia with Lewy bodies). [ref]
Adem Demaçi
Albanian politician (1936-2018).
Born February 26th, 1936 in Podujeva.
Died July 26th, 2018 at 82 years old in Pristina. [ref]
Anna Mae Hays
United states army general (1920–2018).
Born February 16th, 1920 in Buffalo.
Died January 8th, 2018 at 97 years old in Washington, D.C. (myocardial infarction).
Thomas J. J. Altizer
American professor and theologian (1927–2018).
Born September 28th, 1927 in Cambridge.
Died November 28th, 2018 at 91 years old in Stroudsburg (cerebrovascular disease).
Abdelmalek Benhabyles
Algerian politician and chairman of the constitutional council (1921–2018).
Born April 27th, 1921 in Beni Aziz.
Died December 28th, 2018 at 97 years old in Algiers. [ref]
Peter Hill-Wood
English cricketer (1936-2018).
Born February 25th, 1936 in Kensington.
Died December 28th, 2018 at 82 years old in London (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Mathilde Krim
Medical researcher (1926–2018).
Died January 15th, 2018 at 91 years old in Kings Point.
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Russian conductor and composer (1931-2018).
Died June 16th, 2018 at 87 years old in Moscow.
John McKenzie
Canadian hockey player (1937–2018).
Born December 12th, 1937 in High River.
Died June 9th, 2018 at 80 years old (disease). [ref]
Jun-ichi Nishizawa
Japanese physicist (1926-2018).
Born September 12th, 1926 in Sendai.
Died October 21st, 2018 at 92 years old in Sendai.
Stelvio Cipriani
Italian composer (1937–2018).
Born August 20th, 1937 in Rome.
Died October 1st, 2018 at 81 years old in Rome (brain ischemia). [ref]
Ehsan Yarshater
Iranian historian and linguist (1920–2018).
Born April 3rd, 1920 in Hamadan.
Died September 2nd, 2018 at 98 years old in Fresno (thrombosis). [ref]
David McReynolds
American activist (1929-2018).
Born October 25th, 1929 in Los Angeles.
Died August 17th, 2018 at 88 years old in New York City (falling from height).
Paul D. Boyer
American biochemist (1918–2018).
Born July 31st, 1918 in Provo.
Died June 2nd, 2018 at 99 years old in Los Angeles (respiratory failure). [ref]
Deaths 551 to 575 of 1349
Death is nothing else but going home to God, the bond of love will be unbroken for all eternity. Mother Teresa