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October 18th
164 Notable deaths
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).
Eamonn Campbell
Irish musician.
Born November 29th, 1946 in Drogheda.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 70 years old in Dublin (heart failure).
Gary Sprake
Welsh footballer (1945-2016).
Born April 3rd, 1945 in Swansea.
Died October 18th, 2016 at 71 years old in Solihull.
Tsuru Aoki
Japanese actress (1892–1961).
Born September 9th, 1892 in Fukuoka, Tokyo.
Died October 18th, 1961 at 69 years old in Tokyo (peritonitis).
Yehuda Bauer
Israeli historian of the holocaust (1926–2024).
Born April 6th, 1926 in Prague.
Died October 18th, 2024 at 98 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Koloman Moser
Austrian painter (1868-1918).
Born March 30th, 1868 in Vienna. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1918 at 50 years old in Vienna (prostate cancer). [ref]
Alvin M. Weinberg
American nuclear physicist.
Born April 20th, 1915 in Chicago.
Died October 18th, 2006 at 91 years old in Oak Ridge. [ref]
Countess Georgina von Wilczek
Princess consort of liechtenstein.
Born October 24th, 1921 in Graz.
Died October 18th, 1989 at 67 years old in Grabs.
Edita Gruberová
(1946–2021) slovak-born austrian opera singer.
Born December 23rd, 1946 in Rača.
Died October 18th, 2021 at 74 years old in Zürich. [ref]
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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe