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In the year 2018
1,155 Notable deaths
Meena Alexander
Poet, scholar, and writer (1951-2018).
Born February 17th, 1951 in Allahabad. [ref]
Died November 21st, 2018 at 67 years old in Manhattan (endometrial cancer). [ref]
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Italian population geneticist.
Born January 25th, 1922 in Genoa.
Died August 31st, 2018 at 96 years old in Belluno.
Tomasz Stańko
Polish trumpeter, composer and improviser.
Born July 11th, 1942 in Rzeszów.
Died July 29th, 2018 at 76 years old in Warsaw (lung cancer). [ref]
John Spellman
Us politician (1926-2018).
Born December 29th, 1926 in Seattle.
Died January 16th, 2018 at 91 years old in Seattle (pneumonia). [ref]
Lyudmila Alexeyeva
Russian historian and activist (1927-2018).
Born July 20th, 1927 in Yevpatoria. [ref]
Died December 8th, 2018 at 91 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Liliane Montevecchi
French-italian actress, dancer, and singer (1932-2018).
Born October 13th, 1932 in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Died June 29th, 2018 at 85 years old in New York City (colorectal cancer).
Alfred W. Crosby
Historian, author, and professor (1931-2018).
Born January 15th, 1931 in Boston.
Died March 14th, 2018 at 87 years old in Nantucket.
Stan Dragoti
American film director (1932-2018).
Born October 4th, 1932 in New York City.
Died July 13th, 2018 at 85 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Saba Mahmood
American anthropologist, associate professor, university of california, berkeley.
Born February 3rd, 1961 in Quetta.
Died March 18th, 2018 at 57 years old in Berkeley (pancreatic cancer).
Carlos Ezquerra
Spanish comics artist (1947–2018).
Born November 12th, 1947 in Ibdes.
Died October 1st, 2018 at 70 years old (cancer). [ref]
Deaths 421 to 430 of 1155
Death is a challenge. It tells us not to waste time… It tells us to tell each other right now that we love each other. Leo Buscaglia