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In the year 2018
1,155 Notable deaths
Roh Hoe-chan
President of new progressive party (1956-2018).
Born August 31st, 1956 in Busan.
Died July 23rd, 2018 at 61 years old in Seoul (falling). [ref]
Héctor Timerman
Argentine journalist and politician (1953-2018).
Born December 16th, 1953 in Buenos Aires.
Died December 30th, 2018 at 65 years old in Buenos Aires (liver cancer).
Dieter Thomas Heck
German television presenter, singer and actor (1937-2018).
Born December 29th, 1937 in Flensburg.
Died August 23rd, 2018 at 80 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Wilson Harris
Guyanese writer.
Born March 24th, 1921 in New Amsterdam.
Died March 8th, 2018 at 96 years old in Chelmsford.
Claribel Alegría Vides
Nicaraguan writer (1924-2018).
Born May 12th, 1924 in Estelí.
Died January 25th, 2018 at 93 years old in Managua. [ref]
Fuat Sezgin
Turkish historian of arabic-islamic science (1924–2018).
Born October 24th, 1924 in Bitlis.
Died June 30th, 2018 at 93 years old in Istanbul.
Leonard Boswell
American politician (1934-2018).
Born January 10th, 1934 in Harrison County.
Died August 17th, 2018 at 84 years old in Des Moines (cancer).
Barys Kit
American scientist.
Born April 6th, 1910 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 1st, 2018 at 107 years old in Frankfurt am Main (pneumonia). [ref]
Nelson Pereira dos Santos
Brazilian film director (1928–2018).
Born October 22nd, 1928 in São Paulo.
Died April 21st, 2018 at 89 years old in Rio de Janeiro (liver cancer).
Ola Ullsten
Swedish politician, prime minister of sweden between october 1978 and october 1979.
Died May 28th, 2018 at 86 years old in Öja socken. [ref]
Deaths 611 to 620 of 1155
Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs