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January 18th
189 Notable deaths
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir
Punjabi poet and politician (1899-1976).
Born January 15th, 1899.
Died January 18th, 1976 at 77 years old in Delhi.
Johannes Fried
German historian.
Born May 23rd, 1942 in Hamburg.
Died January 18th, 2026 at 83 years old in Heidelberg. [ref]
Zohurul Hoque
Translator of the quran (1926-2017).
Born October 11th, 1926 in Sylhet Division, British Raj, Sribhumi district, Assam Province.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 90 years old in Muscat, Oman.
Mike MacDowel
English racing driver.
Born September 13th, 1932 in Great Yarmouth.
Died January 18th, 2016 at 83 years old in Surrey (cancer).
Ute Bock
Austrian educator and humanitarian.
Died January 18th, 2018 at 75 years old in Vienna. [ref]
Berthold Hatschek
Austrian zoologist.
Born April 3rd, 1854 in Skrbeň.
Died January 18th, 1941 at 86 years old in Vienna.
Julie Winnefred Bertrand
Canadian supercentenarian (1891–2007).
Born September 16th, 1891 in Coaticook.
Died January 18th, 2007 at 115 years old in Montreal. [ref]
Obed Dlamini
Swazi politician (1937-2017).
Born April 4th, 1937 in Mhlosheni.
Died January 18th, 2017 at 79 years old in Johannesburg (disease). [ref]
Dani Shmulevich-Rom
Israeli footballer (1940–2021).
Born November 29th, 1940 in Haifa.
Died January 18th, 2021 at 80 years old [ref]
Mario Bergamaschi
Italian footballer (1929-2020).
Born January 7th, 1929 in Crema.
Died January 18th, 2020 at 91 years old in Crema. [ref]
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson