In the year 2018
1,222 Notable deaths
Bert Romp
Dutch equestrian.
Born November 4th, 1958 in Veendam.
Died October 4th, 2018 at 59 years old in Tilburg (horse fall).
Haripal Kaushik
Indian field hockey player (1934–2018).
Born February 2nd, 1934 in Jalandhar.
Died January 25th, 2018 at 83 years old in Jalandhar (dementia). [ref]
Josep Fontana
Spanish historian.
Born November 20th, 1931 in Barcelona.
Died August 28th, 2018 at 86 years old in Barcelona (heart failure). [ref]
Derek Saunders
English footballer (1928-2018).
Born January 6th, 1928 in Ware.
Died March 3rd, 2018 at 90 years old [ref]
Tadeusz Kraus
Czech footballer (1932-2018).
Born October 22nd, 1932 in Třinec. [ref]
Died October 31st, 2018 at 86 years old in Prague. [ref]
Aleksei Paramonov
Soviet footballer (1925-2018).
Born February 21st, 1925 in Borovsk.
Died August 24th, 2018 at 93 years old in Moscow (respiratory failure). [ref]
Khaira Arby
Malian singer.
Born September 21st, 1959 in Timbuktu.
Died August 19th, 2018 at 58 years old in Bamako (breast cancer).
Milunka Lazarević
Serbian chess player (1932–2018).
Born December 1st, 1932 in Jagodina.
Died December 15th, 2018 at 86 years old in Belgrade. [ref]
Bob Clotworthy
American diver and coach (1931–2018).
Died June 1st, 2018 at 87 years old in Salt Lake City. [ref]
Deaths 961 to 970 of 1222
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon