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June 18th
214 Notable deaths
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr.
American lieutenant general during world war ii.
Born July 18th, 1886 in Munfordville.
Died June 18th, 1945 at 58 years old in Okinawa Prefecture.
Djuna Barnes
American modernist writer, poet and artist (1892-1982).
Born June 12th, 1892 in Cornwall-on-Hudson. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1982 at 90 years old in Greenwich Village. [ref]
Horace Silver
American jazz pianist and composer (1928–2014).
Born September 2nd, 1928 in Norwalk. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2014 at 85 years old in New Rochelle. [ref]
John Henry Patterson
Anglo-irish soldier, hunter and author.
Born November 10th, 1867 in Ireland.
Died June 18th, 1947 at 79 years old in Bel Air.
Stephanie L. Kwolek
American chemist, inventor of kevlar.
Born July 31st, 1923 in New Kensington.
Died June 18th, 2014 at 90 years old in Wilmington.
Sergei Khrushchev
Soviet scientist (1935-2020).
Born July 2nd, 1935 in Moscow.
Died June 18th, 2020 at 84 years old in Cranston.
Roger Delgado
Character actor (1918–1973).
Born March 1st, 1918 in Whitechapel.
Died June 18th, 1973 at 55 years old in Nevşehir (traffic collision).
Giorgio Morandi
Italian painter and printmaker.
Born July 20th, 1890 in Bologna. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1964 at 73 years old in Bologna (lung cancer). [ref]
Ronald Allen
English actor (1930-1991).
Born December 16th, 1930 in Reading.
Died June 18th, 1991 at 60 years old in London (esophageal cancer).
William Delbert Gann
American businessman.
Born June 6th, 1878 in Lufkin.
Died June 18th, 1955 at 77 years old in Miami.
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride! Hunter S. Thompson