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In the year 2018
1,155 Notable deaths
Ken Swofford
American actor (1933-2018).
Born July 25th, 1933 in Du Quoin.
Died November 1st, 2018 at 85 years old in Pacific Grove (disease). [ref]
Irena Szewińska
Polish sprinter and sports official.
Born May 24th, 1946 in Saint Petersburg.
Died June 29th, 2018 at 72 years old in Warsaw (breast cancer). [ref]
Kora
Polish singer (1951-2018).
Born June 8th, 1951 in Kraków.
Died July 28th, 2018 at 67 years old in Bliżów (ovarian cancer).
Arnaud Beltrame
Officer in the french gendarmerie.
Born April 18th, 1973 in Étampes. [ref]
Died March 24th, 2018 at 44 years old in Carcassonne (stab wound). [ref]
Osamu Shimomura
Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist (1928-2018).
Born August 27th, 1928 in Fukuchiyama.
Died October 19th, 2018 at 90 years old in Nagasaki (senility).
Momoko Sakura
Japanese mangaka.
Born May 8th, 1965 in Shimizu-ku. [ref]
Died August 15th, 2018 at 53 years old in Tokyo (breast cancer). [ref]
Gardner Dozois
American science fiction editor (1947-2018).
Born July 23rd, 1947 in Salem.
Died May 27th, 2018 at 70 years old in Philadelphia (sepsis). [ref]
John Sulston
British biologist and nobel laureate (1942-2018).
Born March 27th, 1942 in Cambridge, Fulmer.
Died March 6th, 2018 at 75 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Jean Bourgain
Belgian mathematician and fields medalist (1954-2018).
Born February 28th, 1954 in Ostend.
Died December 22nd, 2018 at 64 years old in Bonheiden. [ref]
Liam O'Flynn
Irish musician (1945-2018).
Born April 15th, 1945 in Kill. [ref]
Died March 14th, 2018 at 72 years old in Dublin (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Deaths 411 to 420 of 1155
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