October 18th
155 Notable deaths
Pierre Mendès France
French politician (1907-1982).
Born January 11th, 1907 in 3rd arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1982 at 75 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Viswanatha Satyanarayana
Telugu writer, poet, novelist.
Born September 10th, 1895 in Krishna district.
Died October 18th, 1976 at 81 years old in Guntur. [ref]
Soong Ai-ling
Wife of h. h. kung (1889-1973).
Born July 15th, 1889 in Kunshan.
Died October 18th, 1973 at 84 years old in New York City.
Etta Jones
American jazz singer.
Born November 25th, 1928 in Aiken. [ref]
Died October 18th, 2001 at 72 years old in Mount Vernon (cancer). [ref]
Danny Leiner
American film and television director (1961-2018).
Born May 13th, 1961 in Manhattan.
Died October 18th, 2018 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer). [ref]
Frederick Ashton
British dancer and choreographer.
Born September 17th, 1904 in Guayaquil. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1988 at 84 years old in Suffolk. [ref]
Frank Watkins
American musician (1968-2015).
Born February 19th, 1968 in Tampa.
Died October 18th, 2015 at 47 years old (cancer). [ref]
Cornelius Rost
German soldier.
Born March 27th, 1919 in Kufstein.
Died October 18th, 1983 at 64 years old in Munich.
Lee Tracy
American actor (1898-1968).
Born April 14th, 1898 in Atlanta.
Died October 18th, 1968 at 70 years old in Santa Monica (liver cancer).
Roman Tam
Hong kong singer.
Born February 12th, 1945 in Baise.
Died October 18th, 2002 at 57 years old in Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong (liver cancer).
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Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive – the risk to be alive and express what we really are. Miguel Angel Ruiz