July 18th
154 Notable deaths
Paul Schneider
Prussian pastor (1897-1939).
Born August 29th, 1897 in Pferdsfeld.
Died July 18th, 1939 at 41 years old in Buchenwald concentration camp.
Vítězslav Novák
Czech composer and pedagogue (1870-1949).
Born December 5th, 1870 in Kamenice nad Lipou. [ref]
Died July 18th, 1949 at 78 years old in Prague, Skuteč. [ref]
Kenji Miyamoto
Communist leader (1908–2007).
Born October 17th, 1908 in Hikari.
Died July 18th, 2007 at 98 years old in Shibuya-ku. [ref]
Salo Flohr
Czech chess player, arbiter, theoretician, organiser and writer (1908–1983).
Born November 21st, 1908 in Horodenka.
Died July 18th, 1983 at 74 years old in Moscow.
Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia
Russian prince (1891-1918).
Born January 1st, 1891 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 27 years old in Alapayevsk.
Carl Clinton Van Doren
American biographer (1885-1950).
Born September 10th, 1885 in Hope.
Died July 18th, 1950 at 64 years old in Torrington.
Lucio Urtubia
Spanish anarchist and forger (1931–2020).
Born February 18th, 1931 in Cascante.
Died July 18th, 2020 at 89 years old in 20th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Simcha Blass
Israeli civil engineer.
Born November 27th, 1897 in Warsaw.
Died July 18th, 1982 at 84 years old
Juan Marsé
Spanish writer.
Born January 8th, 1933 in Barcelona.
Died July 18th, 2020 at 87 years old in Barcelona. [ref]
Deaths 71 to 80 of 154
Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life. Bertolt Brecht