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June 18th
187 Notable deaths
Lev Kopelev
Soviet writer.
Born April 9th, 1912 in Kyiv. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1997 at 85 years old in Cologne. [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]
Bogdan Bogdanović
Serbian architect, urbanist and essayist (1922-2010).
Born August 20th, 1922 in Belgrade. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2010 at 87 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Danish politician (1941-2022).
Born November 1st, 1941 in Haarby. [ref]
Died June 18th, 2022 at 80 years old in Østerbro (cancer). [ref]
Paul Karrer
Russian chemist (1889-1971).
Born April 21st, 1889 in Moscow. [ref]
Died June 18th, 1971 at 82 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Deaths 81 to 90 of 187
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Samuel Johnson