In the year 2018
1,220 Notable deaths
Uri Avnery
Israeli politician, journalist and author (1923-2018).
Born September 10th, 1923 in Beckum. [ref]
Died August 20th, 2018 at 94 years old in Tel Aviv (cerebrovascular disease).
Arnold Kopelson
American film producer (1935-2018).
Born February 14th, 1935 in New York City.
Died October 8th, 2018 at 83 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Nancy Roman
American astronomer and principal in the hubble space telescope project.
Born May 16th, 1925 in Nashville.
Died December 26th, 2018 at 93 years old in Germantown. [ref]
Paul Madeley
English footballer (1944-2018).
Born September 20th, 1944 in Leeds.
Died July 23rd, 2018 at 73 years old in Leeds (Parkinson's disease). [ref]
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
Danish princess (1935-2018).
Born May 8th, 1935 in Copenhagen.
Died June 19th, 2018 at 83 years old in Sorgenfri Palace. [ref]
Steve Daskewisz
American actor (1944-2018).
Born March 14th, 1944 in United States.
Died December 18th, 2018 at 74 years old in Florida (diabetes).
Maurane
Belgian singer (1960-2018).
Born November 12th, 1960 in Ixelles - Elsene.
Died May 7th, 2018 at 57 years old in Schaerbeek (falling). [ref]
Arthur Mitchell
American dancer and choreographer, co-founder of dance theatre of harlem (1934-2018).
Born March 27th, 1934 in Harlem.
Died September 19th, 2018 at 84 years old in Manhattan (heart failure). [ref]
Joseph Polchinski
Physicist working on string theory.
Born May 16th, 1954 in Hawthorne.
Died February 2nd, 2018 at 63 years old in Santa Barbara (brain cancer). [ref]
Peter Temple
Australian crime fiction writer (1946-2018).
Born March 10th, 1946 in South Africa. [ref]
Died March 8th, 2018 at 71 years old in Ballarat (pancreatic cancer).
Deaths 391 to 400 of 1220
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.