August 18th
145 Notable deaths
Ralph Byrd
Actor (1909-1952).
Born April 22nd, 1909 in Dayton.
Died August 18th, 1952 at 43 years old in Tarzana (myocardial infarction).
Dmitri Shepilov
Soviet newspaper editor (1905-1995).
Born November 5th, 1905 in Ashgabat. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1995 at 89 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Philip La Follette
American politician from wisconsin (1897-1965).
Born May 8th, 1897 in Madison.
Died August 18th, 1965 at 68 years old in Madison.
Wilhelm Brückner
Austrian sa officer (1884-1954).
Born December 11th, 1884 in Baden-Baden.
Died August 18th, 1954 at 69 years old
Jacques Roumain
Haitian politician and poet (1907-1944).
Born June 4th, 1907 in Port-au-Prince. [ref]
Died August 18th, 1944 at 37 years old in Port-au-Prince (cardiovascular disease). [ref]
Ludwig Kübler
German general (1889-1947).
Born September 2nd, 1889 in Thalkirchen-Obersendling-Forstenried-Fürstenried-Solln.
Died August 18th, 1947 at 57 years old in Ljubljana (hanging).
Richard Laurence Millington Synge
British biochemist.
Born October 28th, 1914 in Liverpool.
Died August 18th, 1994 at 79 years old in Norwich.
Evgeny Sveshnikov
Soviet chess player.
Born February 11th, 1950 in Chelyabinsk.
Died August 18th, 2021 at 71 years old
Rafaela Ottiano
Italian actress.
Born March 4th, 1888 in Venice.
Died August 18th, 1942 at 54 years old in East Boston (cancer).
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Neither the sun, nor death can be looked at steadily. François de La Rochefoucauld