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October 18th
171 Notable deaths
Norman Corwin
American radio producer and screenwriter (1910-2011).
Born May 3rd, 1910 in Boston. [ref]
Died October 18th, 2011 at 101 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Viktor Ullmann
Austrian composer.
Born January 1st, 1898 in Český Těšín. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1944 at 46 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (asphyxia). [ref]
Martine Brochard
French actress.
Born April 2nd, 1944 in Paris.
Died October 18th, 2025 at 81 years old in Rome. [ref]
János Kornai
Hungarian economist (1928-2021).
Born January 21st, 1928 in Budapest.
Died October 18th, 2021 at 93 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Ricardo Vidal
Catholic cardinal (1931-2017).
Born February 6th, 1931 in Philippines.
Died October 18th, 2017 at 86 years old in Cebu City (sepsis).
Rui Jordão
Portuguese footballer (1952-2019).
Born August 9th, 1952 in Benguela.
Died October 18th, 2019 at 67 years old in Cascais (heart disease). [ref]
Claudio Brook
Mexican actor (1927-1995).
Born August 28th, 1927 in Mexico City. [ref]
Died October 18th, 1995 at 68 years old in Mexico City (stomach cancer). [ref]
Danièle Delorme
French actress and producer (1926–2015).
Born October 9th, 1926 in Levallois-Perret.
Died October 18th, 2015 at 89 years old in 6th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Diego Abad de Santillán
Spanish anarchist, author, economist (1897-1983).
Born May 20th, 1897 in Reyero.
Died October 18th, 1983 at 86 years old in Barcelona.
Jan-Carl Raspe
German terrorist.
Born July 24th, 1944 in Seefeld in Tirol.
Died October 18th, 1977 at 33 years old in Stammheim Prison.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 171
Man always thinks about the past before he dies, as if he were frantically searching for proof that he truly lived. Jet Black