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June 18th
191 Notable deaths
Florence Bascom
American geologist.
Born July 14th, 1862 in Williamstown. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1945 at 82 years old in Williamstown (cerebrovascular disease). [ref]
Faisal bin Musaid
Saudi arabian prince, assassin of king faisal of saudi arabia (1944-1975).
Born April 4th, 1944 in Riyadh.
Died June 18th, 1975 at 31 years old in Riyadh (decapitation).
Lev Kopelev
Soviet writer.
Born April 9th, 1912 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1997 at 85 years old in Cologne. [ref]
Mark Peploe
British film director and screenwriter.
Born February 24th, 1943 in Nairobi. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2025 at 82 years old in Florence. [ref]
George Kelly
American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor.
Born January 16th, 1887 in Philadelphia.
Died June 18th, 1974 at 87 years old in Bryn Mawr (disease).
Davorin Popović
Bosnia and herzegovina singer (1946-2001).
Born September 23rd, 1946 in Sarajevo.
Died June 18th, 2001 at 54 years old in Sarajevo (pancreatic cancer).
Otto Baum
Ss-oberführer.
Born November 15th, 1911 in Hechingen.
Died June 18th, 1998 at 86 years old in Hechingen.
Héctor Yazalde
Argentine footballer (1946-1997).
Born May 29th, 1946 in Villa Fiorito. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1997 at 51 years old in Buenos Aires.
Georges Bonnet
French politician (1889-1973).
Born July 22nd, 1889 in Bassillac.
Died June 18th, 1973 at 83 years old in Paris. [ref]
Jacobus Kapteyn
Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the milky way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922).
Born January 19th, 1851 in Barneveld, Utrecht. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1922 at 71 years old in Amsterdam. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 191
It is not length of life, but depth of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson