December 18th
205 Notable deaths
George Abecassis
Racecar driver.
Born March 21st, 1913 in Walton-on-Thames.
Died December 18th, 1991 at 78 years old in Ibstone.
Jacqueline de Romilly
French hellenist and philologist.
Born March 26th, 1913 in Chartres. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2010 at 97 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt. [ref]
Òscar Ribas Reig
Prime minister of andorra.
Born October 26th, 1936 in Sant Julià de Lòria.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 84 years old in Sant Julià de Lòria. [ref]
Max Jammer
Israeli physicist and philosopher of physics (1915-2010).
Born April 13th, 1915 in Berlin. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2010 at 95 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Peter M. Neumann
Mathematician (1940–2020).
Born December 28th, 1940 in Oxford.
Died December 18th, 2020 at 79 years old in Oxford (COVID-19). [ref]
Giovanni Anselmo
Italian sculptor.
Born August 5th, 1934 in Borgofranco d'Ivrea. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2023 at 89 years old in Turin. [ref]
Chana Orloff
Ukrainian sculptor (1888–1968).
Born July 12th, 1888 in Konstantovka. [ref]
Died December 18th, 1968 at 80 years old in Tel Aviv. [ref]
June Storey
Canadian-american actress (1918-1991).
Born April 20th, 1918 in Toronto.
Died December 18th, 1991 at 73 years old in Vista (cancer).
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa
Italian banker and economist (1940-2010).
Born July 23rd, 1940 in Belluno. [ref]
Died December 18th, 2010 at 70 years old in Rome (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Necip Hablemitoğlu
Turkish historian (1954–2002).
Born November 28th, 1954 in Ankara.
Died December 18th, 2002 at 48 years old in Ankara.
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Death is beautiful when seen to be a law, and not an accident. Henry David Thoreau