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June 18th
181 Notable deaths
Maxim Gorky
Russian writer (1868-1936).
Born March 26th, 1868 in Nizhny Novgorod. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1936 at 68 years old in Gorki-10, Moscow (pneumonia). [ref]
Michael Hastings
American journalist.
Born January 28th, 1980 in Malone.
Died June 18th, 2013 at 33 years old in Los Angeles (traffic collision). [ref]
Hamish Harding
British businessman, astronaut, and pilot.
Born June 24th, 1964 in Hammersmith. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2023 at 58 years old in wreck of the RMS Titanic (Titan submersible implosion). [ref]
Olga Constantinovna of Russia
Queen of the hellenes (1851–1926).
Born September 3rd, 1851 in Pavlovsk.
Died June 18th, 1926 at 74 years old in Rome.
José Saramago
Portuguese writer and recipient of the 1998 nobel prize in literature.
Born November 16th, 1922 in Golegã, Azinhaga. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2010 at 87 years old in Tías, Las Palmas, Lanzarote (leukemia). [ref]
Ethel Barrymore
American actress (1879-1959).
Born August 15th, 1879 in Philadelphia.
Died June 18th, 1959 at 79 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Pedro Armendáriz
Mexican actor (1912-1963).
Born May 9th, 1912 in Mexico City.
Died June 18th, 1963 at 51 years old in UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center (ballistic trauma).
John Cheever
American novelist and short story writer (1912-1982).
Born May 27th, 1912 in Quincy. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1982 at 70 years old in Ossining (kidney cancer). [ref]
Curd Jürgens
German actor.
Born December 13th, 1915 in Solln. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1982 at 66 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction). [ref]
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To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure. J.K. Rowling