March 18th
166 Notable deaths
Johannes Aavik
Estonian philologist and fennophile.
Born December 8th, 1880 in Randvere. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1973 at 92 years old in Stockholm. [ref]
Vasily Abaev
Ossetian soviet linguist.
Born December 15th, 1900 in Kobi, Georgia.
Died March 18th, 2001 at 100 years old in Moscow.
Felix Graf von Bothmer
German general.
Born December 10th, 1852 in Munich.
Died March 18th, 1937 at 84 years old in Munich.
Paul van Ostaijen
Belgian poet, writer (1896-1928).
Born February 22nd, 1896 in Antwerp. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1928 at 32 years old in Belgium (tuberculosis). [ref]
Egon Balas
Mathematician (1922-2019).
Born June 7th, 1922 in Cluj-Napoca. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2019 at 96 years old [ref]
Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi
Uzbek screenwriter and poet (1889-1929).
Born March 6th, 1889 in Kokand.
Died March 18th, 1929 at 40 years old in Shohimardon (stoning).
Károly Ferenczy
Hungarian painter (1862-1917).
Born February 8th, 1862 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1917 at 55 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Kenjirō Shinozuka
Japanese rally driver.
Born November 20th, 1948 in Ota. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2024 at 75 years old in Suwa (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Niní Marshall
Argentine comedian (1903-1996).
Born June 1st, 1903 in Buenos Aires.
Died March 18th, 1996 at 92 years old in Buenos Aires.
Lothar Späth
German politician of the cdu (1937-2016).
Born November 16th, 1937 in Sigmaringen. [ref]
Died March 18th, 2016 at 78 years old in Stuttgart (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Deaths 91 to 100 of 166
Man cannot possess anything as long as he fears death. But to him who does not fear it, everything belongs. Leo Tolstoy