In the year 2018
1,221 Notable deaths
Fernando del Paso Morante
Mexican writer.
Born April 1st, 1935 in Mexico City.
Died November 14th, 2018 at 83 years old in Guadalajara. [ref]
Alan R. Battersby
British chemist (1925-2018).
Born March 4th, 1925 in Leigh.
Died February 10th, 2018 at 92 years old
Aldo Parisot
Brazilian-american music educator and cellist.
Born September 30th, 1918 in Natal.
Died December 29th, 2018 at 100 years old in Guilford.
Jonathan Cantwell
Australian road racing cyclist (1982–2018).
Born January 8th, 1982 in Brisbane.
Died November 6th, 2018 at 36 years old [ref]
Margot Duhalde Sotomayor
Chilean aviator (1920–2018).
Born December 12th, 1920 in Río Bueno. [ref]
Died February 5th, 2018 at 97 years old in Santiago. [ref]
Jean Piat
French actor and author (1924–2018).
Born September 23rd, 1924 in Lannoy.
Died September 18th, 2018 at 93 years old in Boulogne-Billancourt (disease). [ref]
Daša Drndić
Croatian writer.
Born August 10th, 1946 in Zagreb.
Died June 5th, 2018 at 71 years old in Rijeka (cancer).
Edgar Hilsenrath
German-jewish writer.
Born April 2nd, 1926 in Leipzig.
Died December 30th, 2018 at 92 years old in Wittlich (pneumonia). [ref]
Haim Gouri
Israeli poet (1923-2018).
Born October 9th, 1923 in Tel Aviv.
Died January 31st, 2018 at 94 years old in Jerusalem. [ref]
Rubén Galván
Argentine association football player (1952-2018).
Born April 7th, 1952 in Comandante Fontana.
Died March 14th, 2018 at 65 years old in Avellaneda (liver cirrhosis). [ref]
Deaths 741 to 750 of 1221
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. Washington Irving