In the year 2018
1,155 Notable deaths
Gamil Ratib
Egyptian actor (1926-2018).
Born November 28th, 1926 in Alexandria. [ref]
Died September 19th, 2018 at 91 years old in Cairo. [ref]
Kedarnath Singh
Indian writer.
Born July 7th, 1934 in Chakia. [ref]
Died March 19th, 2018 at 83 years old in New Delhi. [ref]
José Antonio Abreu Anselmi ( La estrella de la música)
Venezuelan musician (1939-2018).
Died March 24th, 2018 at 78 years old in Caracas.
George Maxwell Richards
President of trinidad and tobago (1931-2018).
Born December 1st, 1931 in San Fernando.
Died January 8th, 2018 at 86 years old in Port of Spain (heart failure). [ref]
Dick Quax
New zealand distance runner and local-body politician.
Born January 1st, 1948 in Alkmaar.
Died May 28th, 2018 at 70 years old in Auckland (laryngeal cancer). [ref]
Domenico Losurdo
Italian scholar (1941-2018).
Born November 14th, 1941 in Sannicandro di Bari. [ref]
Died June 28th, 2018 at 76 years old in Ancona (esophageal cancer).
Nikolai Glushkov
Russian businessman (1949-2018).
Born December 24th, 1949 in Maykop.
Died March 12th, 2018 at 68 years old in New Malden.
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Irigoyen
Guatemalan president (1996-2000).
Born March 14th, 1946 in Guatemala City.
Died April 27th, 2018 at 72 years old in Guatemala City (myocardial infarction).
Sangharakshita
British philosopher.
Born August 26th, 1925 in Tooting.
Died October 30th, 2018 at 93 years old in Hereford (pneumonia, sepsis).
David Douglas Duncan
American photographer (1916-2018).
Born January 23rd, 1916 in Kansas City. [ref]
Died June 7th, 2018 at 102 years old in Grasse. [ref]
Deaths 461 to 470 of 1155
That’s what literature is. It’s the people who went before us, tapping out messages from the past, from beyond the grave, trying to tell us about life and death! Listen to them! Connie Willis