In the year 2018
1,349 Notable deaths
Geneviève Fontanel
French actress.
Born June 27th, 1936 in Bordeaux.
Died March 17th, 2018 at 81 years old in Draveil. [ref]
Shuhrat Abbosov
Uzbek actor, director, playwright, and producer (1931–2018).
Born January 16th, 1931 in Kokand.
Died April 25th, 2018 at 87 years old in Tashkent.
Yehoshua Glazer
Israeli footballer (1927-2018).
Born December 29th, 1927 in Tel Aviv.
Died December 29th, 2018 at 91 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
Flemming Nielsen
Danish footballer (1934-2018).
Born February 24th, 1934 in Copenhagen.
Died November 16th, 2018 at 84 years old in Copenhagen. [ref]
Gilbert Lazard
French linguist (1920-2018).
Born February 4th, 1920 in 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
Died September 6th, 2018 at 98 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Vittorio Taviani
Italian film director, screenwriter and producer (1929-2018).
Born September 20th, 1929 in San Miniato.
Died April 15th, 2018 at 88 years old in Rome.
William Smith
American wrestler and olympic champion in freestyle wrestling.
Born September 17th, 1928 in Portland.
Died March 20th, 2018 at 89 years old in Humboldt. [ref]
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier
French writer (1914–2018).
Born May 3rd, 1914 in Limoges. [ref]
Died July 4th, 2018 at 104 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (pneumonia). [ref]
Ion Ciubuc
Moldovan politician (1943-2018).
Born May 29th, 1943 in Hădărăuți.
Died January 29th, 2018 at 74 years old in Chișinău. [ref]
Alojz Rebula
Slovenian writer (1924–2018).
Born July 21st, 1924 in San Pelagio. [ref]
Died October 23rd, 2018 at 94 years old in Topolšica (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Waldir Pires
Brazilian lawyer and politician, former governor of the state of bahia (1926–2018).
Born October 21st, 1926 in Acajutiba. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 2018 at 91 years old in Salvador (multiple organ dysfunction syndrome). [ref]
Gustavo Giagnoni
Italian footballer and manager (1933-2018).
Born March 23rd, 1933 in Olbia.
Died August 7th, 2018 at 85 years old in Mantua. [ref]
Bebeto de Freitas
Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager (1950–2018).
Born January 16th, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro.
Died March 13th, 2018 at 68 years old in Vespasiano (myocardial infarction). [ref]
André Lerond
French footballer (1930-2018).
Born December 6th, 1930 in Le Havre.
Died April 8th, 2018 at 87 years old in Bron. [ref]
Oleg Pavlov
Russian writer (1970–2018).
Born March 16th, 1970 in Moscow.
Died October 7th, 2018 at 48 years old in Moscow (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Branislav Pokrajac
Serbian handball player.
Born January 27th, 1947 in Belgrade.
Died April 5th, 2018 at 71 years old in Belgrade.
Sabit Hadžić
Olympic medalist in basketball (1957-2018).
Born August 7th, 1957 in Sarajevo.
Died March 3rd, 2018 at 60 years old in Antalya (stroke). [ref]
Francisco Molina
Chilean football player and manager (1930-2018).
Born March 29th, 1930 in Súria.
Died November 14th, 2018 at 88 years old in Antofagasta. [ref]
Viktor Kanevskyi
Soviet footballer (1936-2018).
Born October 3rd, 1936 in Kyiv.
Died November 25th, 2018 at 82 years old in Bristol (brain cancer). [ref]
Michel Sénéchal
French opera singer (1927–2018).
Born February 11th, 1927 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died April 1st, 2018 at 91 years old in Eaubonne.
Ivan Štraus
Yugoslav architect (1928–2018).
Born June 24th, 1928 in Kremna, Užice.
Died August 25th, 2018 at 90 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Elie Onana
Cameroonian footballer (1951-2018).
Born October 13th, 1951 in Okola.
Died April 2nd, 2018 at 66 years old in Yaoundé. [ref]
Sylvia Geszty
Hungarian singer and opera singer (1934–2018).
Born February 28th, 1934 in Germany, Budapest.
Died December 15th, 2018 at 84 years old in Stuttgart. [ref]
John Clawson
Basketball player (1944–2018).
Born May 15th, 1944 in Duluth.
Died December 15th, 2018 at 74 years old [ref]
Mircea Petescu
Romanian footballer (1943-2018).
Born October 15th, 1943 in Pecica.
Died December 16th, 2018 at 75 years old in Vosselaar (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
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Life is for the living. Death is for the dead. Let life be like music. And death a note unsaid. Langston Hughes