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In the year 1918
224 Notable deaths
Francesco Baracca
Italian flying ace (1888-1918).
Died June 19th, 1918 at 30 years old in Nervesa della Battaglia (killed in action).
Niko Pirosmani
Georgian artist (1862-1918).
Born May 5th, 1862 in Mirzaani. [ref]
Died May 5th, 1918 at 56 years old in Tbilisi (mal nutrition, liver failure). [ref]
Mick Mannock
British world war i flying ace (1887-1918).
Died July 26th, 1918 at 31 years old in Béthune.
George Lawrence Price
Canadian soldier (1892-1918).
Born December 15th, 1892 in Falmouth.
Died November 11th, 1918 at 25 years old in Ville-sur-Haine.
James McCudden
Recipient of the victoria cross.
Born March 28th, 1895 in Gillingham.
Died July 9th, 1918 at 23 years old in Auxi-le-Château.
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia
Russian noble (1869-1918).
Born October 7th, 1869 in Borjomi.
Died July 18th, 1918 at 48 years old in Alapayevsk (gunshot wound).
August Oetker
German food scientist (1862-1918).
Born January 6th, 1862 in Obernkirchen.
Died January 10th, 1918 at 56 years old in Bielefeld.
István Tisza
Hungarian politician (1861-1918).
Born April 22nd, 1861 in Pest. [ref]
Died October 31st, 1918 at 57 years old in Budapest. [ref]
Ivan Kharitonov
Russian saint (1870-1918).
Born June 14th, 1870 in Saint Petersburg.
Died July 17th, 1918 at 48 years old in Yekaterinburg (ballistic trauma).
Bidar Kadınefendi
Fourth wife of ottoman sultan abdul hamid ii (1855–1918).
Born May 5th, 1858 in Caucasus.
Died January 1st, 1918 at 59 years old in Istanbul.
Deaths 51 to 60 of 224
Death commences too early – almost before you’re half-acquainted with life – you meet the other. Tennessee Williams