December 18th
205 Notable deaths
Don Sharp
Australian-british film director.
Born April 19th, 1922 in Hobart. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2011 at 89 years old in Cornwall. [ref]
Bill Slater
English footballer (1927-2018).
Born April 29th, 1927 in Clitheroe.
Died December 18th, 2018 at 91 years old in Oxfordshire (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
John Alcock
British captain in the royal navy and the royal air force (1892-1919).
Born November 5th, 1892 in Stretford.
Died December 18th, 1919 at 27 years old in Rouen (aviation accident).
Carole Crawford
Jamaican model and beauty queen.
Born August 31st, 1943 in Kingston. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2024 at 81 years old [ref]
Ruth Bernhard
American photographer (1905-2006).
Born October 14th, 1905 in Berlin.
Died December 18th, 2006 at 101 years old in San Francisco. [ref]
Irving Caesar
American composer and lyricist.
Born July 4th, 1895 in New York City. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1996 at 101 years old in New York City.
Gustav Simon
German politician (1900-1945).
Born August 2nd, 1900 in Saarbrücken. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1945 at 45 years old in Paderborn (hanging). [ref]
Bruno Liljefors
Swedish artist (1860–1939).
Born May 14th, 1860 in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1939 at 79 years old in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly. [ref]
Ernst Stromer
German paleontologist.
Born June 12th, 1871 in Nuremberg.
Died December 18th, 1952 at 81 years old in Germany.
Dmitry Lavrinenko
Soviet tank commander (1914–1941).
Born October 14th, 1914 in Krasnodar.
Died December 18th, 1941 at 27 years old in Volokolamsky District.
Deaths 81 to 90 of 205
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Mark Twain