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December 18th

169 Notable deaths

Léon Duguit

French legal scholar.

Born February 4th, 1859 in Libourne. [ref]

Died December 18th, 1928 at 69 years old in Bordeaux. [ref]

Gene Gauntier

American actor and screenwriter (1885-1966).

Born May 17th, 1885 in Kansas City.

Died December 18th, 1966 at 81 years old in Cuernavaca.

Peter Takeo Okada

Catholic priest from japan.

Born October 24th, 1941 in Ichikawa.

Died December 18th, 2020 at 79 years old in Tokyo. [ref]

Altero Matteoli

Italian politician (1940-2017).

Born September 8th, 1940 in Cecina.

Died December 18th, 2017 at 77 years old in Capalbio (traffic collision). [ref]

Wu Yonggang

Chinese film director (1907-1982).

Born November 1st, 1907 in Jiangsu.

Died December 18th, 1982 at 75 years old

Ricardo Miledi

Mexican neuroscientist (1927-2017).

Born September 15th, 1927 in Mexico City.

Died December 18th, 2017 at 90 years old in Irvine.

Sergio Méndez

Salvadoran footballer (1942-1978).

Born February 14th, 1943 in Santa Elena.

Died December 18th, 1976 at 33 years old in El Salvador (traffic collision).

Ivan Rabuzin

Croatian naive painter (1921-2008).

Born March 27th, 1921 in Ključ, Una-Sana Canton.

Died December 18th, 2008 at 87 years old in Varaždin. [ref]

Charles Bennett

British athlete.

Born December 28th, 1870 in Dorset.

Died December 18th, 1948 at 77 years old in Bournemouth. [ref]

Ante Žanetić

Yugoslavian footballer (1936-2014).

Born November 18th, 1936 in Blato, Korčula.

Died December 18th, 2014 at 78 years old in Wollongong.

Deaths 111 to 120 of 169

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