May 18th
177 Notable deaths
Betty Robinson
Athletics competitor (1911-1999).
Born August 23rd, 1911 in Riverdale.
Died May 18th, 1999 at 87 years old in Denver.
Selwyn Lloyd
Politician (1904-1978).
Born July 28th, 1904 in Liverpool.
Died May 18th, 1978 at 73 years old in Oxfordshire.
James Truslow Adams
American writer and historian (1878–1949).
Born October 18th, 1878 in Brooklyn, Southport.
Died May 18th, 1949 at 70 years old in Westport.
Aleksei Balabanov
Russian film director and screenwriter (1959-2013).
Born February 25th, 1959 in Yekaterinburg.
Died May 18th, 2013 at 54 years old in Sestroretsk (myocardial infarction).
Genevieve Waite
South african singer and actress.
Born February 19th, 1948 in Cape Town.
Died May 18th, 2019 at 71 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Dobrica Ćosić
Serbian politician and writer (1921-2014).
Born December 29th, 1929 in Velika Drenova.
Died May 18th, 2014 at 84 years old in Belgrade.
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
British explorer (1886-1959).
Born January 2nd, 1886 in Bedford.
Died May 18th, 1959 at 73 years old in Piccadilly.
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
French physicist.
Born October 24th, 1932 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died May 18th, 2007 at 74 years old in Orsay (cancer). [ref]
Lincoln Kilpatrick
Film, television actor (1932-2004).
Born February 12th, 1932 in St. Louis.
Died May 18th, 2004 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Frank Aiken
Irish republican army commander and politician (1898-1983).
Born February 13th, 1898 in Camlough.
Died May 18th, 1983 at 85 years old in Dublin.
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