Deaths in 2018

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This is a chronology of notable deaths in 2018. Names are reported under the date of death. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by surname or pseudonym.

A typical entry reports information in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and reference.

Video Deaths in 2018

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21

• Nara Almeida, 24, Brazilian model and YouTube personality, stomach cancer.
• António Arnault, 82, Portuguese politician, poet and Grand Master of Grande Oriente Lusitano, Minister of Social Affairs (1978).
• Aleksandr Askoldov, 85, Russian actor and film director (Commissar).
• Muhammad Fazil, 92, Pakistani sprinter.
• Anna Maria Ferrero, 84, Italian actress (The Violent Patriot, Bad Girls Don't Cry, Love and Larceny).
• Nobukazu Kuriki, 35, Japanese mountaineer, heart attack.
• Thomas McGhee, 89, English footballer (Portsmouth, Reading). (death announced on this date)
• Dovey Johnson Roundtree, 104, American civil rights activist and attorney (Keys v. Carolina Coach Co.).
• Yaddanapudi Sulochana Rani, 78, Indian novelist.
• Pedro Tenorio, 84, Northern Mariana Islander politician, Governor (1982-1990, 1998-2002).
• Vasilis N. Triantafillidis, 78, Greek comedian and singer.

20

• Antonio Annibale, 78, Italian footballer (Internazionale, Cesena, Pisa).
• Jaroslav Brabec, 68, Czech shot putter and athletics coach.
• Ramón Chao, 82, Spanish anti-Francoist journalist (Le Monde, La Voz de Galicia) and writer.
• Bill Gold, 97, American film poster artist (Casablanca, The Exorcist, A Streetcar Named Desire).
• Richard N. Goodwin, 86, American political writer, cancer.
• Ali Hassanein, 93, Libyan politician, last foreign minister of Kingdom of Libya (1969).
• Koo Bon-moo, 73, South Korean business executive, Chairman of LG Corporation, brain tumor.
• Fernando MacDowell, 72, Brazilian politician.
• Carol Mann, 77, American Hall of Fame golfer (LPGA).
• Patricia Morison, 103, American actress (Kiss Me, Kate, Dressed to Kill, The Song of Bernadette).
• John Morroni, 63, American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives (1992-2000), leukemia.
• Dieter Schnebel, 88, German composer.

19

• Joseph Cassar, 71, Maltese diplomat, United Nations representative and Ambassador to Portugal, Italy, Libya and Russia.
• Anthony Cruz, Puerto Rican-American salsa singer.
• Harvey Hall, 77, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Bakersfield, California (2001-2017).
• Robert Indiana, 89, American pop artist (Love).
• Houmane Jarir, 73, Moroccan footballer (national team, Raja Casablanca).
• Maya Jribi, 58, Tunisian politician.
• Bernard Lewis, 101, British-American historian.
• Reggie Lucas, 65, American songwriter ("Borderline", "Never Knew Love Like This Before") and record producer, Grammy winner (1981), complications from heart disease.
• John Moorfield, 74, New Zealand M?ori language academic, cancer.
• Giovanni Pace, 84, Italian politician, deputy (1994-2001) and President of Abruzzo (2000-2005).
• Ernst Sieber, 91, Swiss pastor, founder of Sozialwerke Pfarrer Sieber.
• Roland Vogt, 77, German politician.
• Zhengzhang Shangfang, 84, Chinese linguist (reconstruction of Old Chinese).

18

• Stephanie Adams, 47, American model (Playboy, Clairol, Venus Swimwear) and author, suicide by jumping.
• Ayad Futayyih Al-Rawi, 76, Iraqi military officer and convicted criminal, stroke.
• Stanislav Belikov, 80, Russian football player and coach.
• Billy Cannon, 80, American football player (Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders, Kansas City Chiefs), Heisman Trophy winner (1959).
• Sir John Carrick, 99, Australian politician, Minister for Education (1975-1979).
• Darío Castrillón Hoyos, 88, Colombian Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Bucaramanga (1992-1996), Prefect of the Clergy (1996-2006) and President of the Ecclesia Dei (2000-2009), liver disease.
• Christopher Jones, 82, Irish Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Elphin (1994-2014).
• Clare Jupiter, 65, American judge, complications of a stroke.
• Mumin Kanoat, 86, Tajik poet.
• Antonio Lupatelli, 88, Italian illustrator and writer (Pingu, Le Storie del Bosco).
• Sir Des Champs, 12, Irish racehorse, race injury.
• Yrsa Stenius, 73, Finnish-born Swedish journalist.
• Sun Fuling, 96, Chinese politician, member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (1983-2003).
• Troy Waters, 53, Australian middleweight boxer, Commonwealth champion (1987-1991), acute myeloid leukaemia.

17

• Ezio Barbieri, 95, Italian criminal.
• Bret Bearup, 56, American basketball player (University of Kentucky).
• Inger Brattström, 97, Swedish writer.
• Sir James Eberle, 90, British Royal Navy Admiral, Commander-in-Chief Fleet (1979-1981).
• Skip Finn, 69, American Ojibwe politician, member of the Minnesota Senate for the 4th district (1991-1996).
• Nicole Fontaine, 76, French lawyer and politician, President of the European Parliament (1999-2002).
• Lawrence Jegen, 83, American legal scholar.
• Lee Young-hee, 82, South Korean hanbok fashion designer, pneumonia.
• Bill Longmore, 79, British civil servant, West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner (2012-2016), cancer.
• Maciej Maciejewski, 103, Polish actor.
• Anthony Michael Milone, 85, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Great Falls-Billings (1988-2006), cancer and heart disease.
• Richard Pipes, 94, Polish-born American historian.
• Mait Riisman, 61, Estonian water polo player, Olympic gold medalist (1980).
• Pawe? ?piewok, 77, Polish ice hockey player.
• Mehdi Tabatabaei, 82, Iranian Shia cleric and politician, MP (1984-1988, 2004-2008), lung disease.

16

• François Bréda, 62, Romanian writer and literary critic.
• Joe Byrne, 64, Irish jump racing jockey, Champion Jockey (1979).
• Joseph Campanella, 93, American actor (Mannix, Days of Our Lives, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre), complications from Parkinson's disease.
• Nick Coleman, 67, American journalist (Star Tribune), stroke.
• Richard Fork, 82, American physicist.
• Nils Foss, 90, Danish civil engineer (Foss A/S), Parkinson's disease.
• Camille Gira, 59, Luxembourgish politician and ecologist, member of the Chamber of Deputies (since 1994), cardiac arrest.
• Elena Gremina, 61, Russian scriptwriter, director and playwright.
• Miriam T. Griffin, 82, American academic (Somerville College).
• Tom Hadfield, 83, New Zealand rugby league player (Auckland, national team).
• Yuriko Hoshi, 74, Japanese actress (Mothra vs. Godzilla; Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster).
• Russell Jessop, 60, Australian footballer (Collingwood).
• Andy Johnson, 65, American football player (New England Patriots).
• Gérard Jouannest, 85, French pianist.
• Eloísa Mafalda, 93, Brazilian actress.
• Diana E. Murphy, 84, American judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit (1994-2016), U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (1980-1994).
• Lucian Pintilie, 84, Romanian film director (The Reenactment, An Unforgettable Summer, Next Stop Paradise).
• Hideki Saijo, 63, Japanese singer, heart failure.
• Michael Slive, 77, American college athletics commissioner (Conference USA, Southeastern Conference).
• Zhao Kangmin, 82, Chinese archaeologist, discoverer of the Terracotta Army.

15

• Aisha Abimbola, 46, Nigerian actress, breast cancer.
• Balakumaran, 71, Indian writer.
• Hopeful Christian, 92, Australian-born New Zealand evangelist and convicted sex offender, founder of Gloriavale Christian Community, cancer.
• Amir Ganiel, 55, Israeli swimmer.
• Gogon, 58, Indonesian comedian.
• Martin Hoffman, 88, Czech-born British bridge player, writer and Holocaust survivor.
• Wilson Chisala Kalumba, 53-54, Zambian politician, Mayor of Lusaka (since 2016), heart failure.
• Wilson Franco Cruz, 91, Ecuadorian doctor and politician, Mayor of Machala (1963-1967).
• Dokdin Kanyamarn, 94, Thai film director and actor.
• Jean-Claude Lamy, 76, French journalist.
• José Lavat, 69, Mexican voice actor, renal failure.
• Diana Lennon, New Zealand paediatrician (University of Auckland).
• Tom Murphy, 83, Irish playwright (A Whistle in the Dark, Conversations on a Homecoming).
• Elyas Omar, 82, Malaysian politician, Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (1981-1992), heart disease.
• Jlloyd Samuel, 37, Trinidadian footballer (Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers), traffic collision.
• Georges Scandar, 91, Lebanese Maronite Catholic hierarch, Bishop of Baalbek and Zahleh (1977-1990) and Zahleh (1990-2002).
• Ray Wilson, 83, English footballer (Huddersfield Town, Everton, national team), world champion (1966), Alzheimer's disease.

14

• Kalasala Babu, 68, Indian actor, complications from a stroke.
• Howard Bayne, 75, American basketball player (Kentucky Colonels).
• T. P. Burns, 94, Irish jockey.
• Peter Byrne, 90, English actor (Dixon of Dock Green) and director.
• Mike Drass, 57, American football coach (Wesley College), heart attack.
• Elaine Edwards, 89, American politician, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1972).
• Abdulrahim Abby Farah, 98, Welsh-born Somali diplomat and politician.
• Roberto Farias, 86, Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter (Pra Frente, Brasil), cancer.
• Doug Ford, 95, American golfer, PGA (1955) and Masters champion (1957).
• Vladimír Jirásek, 84, Czech slalom canoeist, multi-ICF world champion.
• Dieter Kunzelmann, 78, German political activist.
• María Elena Meneses Rocha, 56, Mexican journalist, technologist and academic (Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education).
• Kamel Omrane, 67, Tunisian politician and academic, Minister of Religious Affairs (2010-2011).
• Frank Quilici, 79, American baseball player, manager and commentator (Minnesota Twins), kidney disease.
• Mani Shah, 51, Nepalese footballer.
• E. C. George Sudarshan, 86, Indian theoretical physicist and professor (University of Texas at Austin).
• William Vance, 82, Belgian comics artist (XIII, Bob Morane, Bruno Brazil), Parkinson's disease.
• Tom Wolfe, 88, American author (The Bonfire of the Vanities, The Right Stuff, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test) and journalist.
• Jozef J. Zwislocki, 96, Polish-born American neuroscientist.

13

• Edgardo Angara, 83, Filipino politician, Senator (1987-1998, 2001-2013), Senate President (1993-1995) and Minister of Agriculture (1991-2005), heart attack.
• Rajab Ali Khan Baloch, 48, Pakistani politician, member of the National Assembly (since 2013), cancer.
• Rogelio Blaín, 73, Cuban actor (Lucía).
• Glenn Branca, 69, American avant-garde composer (The Ascension) and guitarist (Theoretical Girls), throat cancer.
• Epitácio Cafeteira, 93, Brazilian politician, Senator from Maranhão (2007-2015) and Governor (1987-1990).
• Beth Chatto, 94, British gardener (Beth Chatto Gardens) and writer.
• Clare Drake, 89, Canadian ice hockey coach (Alberta Golden Bears, Edmonton Oilers).
• Donald T. Farley, 84, American physicist and engineering scientist.
• Steve Hogan, 69, American politician, Mayor of Aurora, Colorado (since 2011), member of the Colorado House of Representatives (1975-1976), cancer.
• Hasan Junaid, 56, Pakistani journalist, brain haemorrhage.
• Margot Kidder, 69, Canadian-American actress (Superman, Black Christmas, The Amityville Horror) and activist.
• Baadur Tsuladze, 83, Georgian actor, film director, writer and broadcaster.
• Lucien Villa, 95, French politician, Deputy (1967-1968, 1973-1981).
• Gareth Powell Williams, 63, British rugby union player (Wales, British and Irish Lions).

12

• Mansoor Ahmed, 50, Pakistani field hockey player, Olympic bronze medalist (1992), heart failure.
• Will Alsop, 70, British architect, Stirling Prize winner (2000).
• Billy Brewer, 83, American football player and coach (Ole Miss, Southeastern Louisiana, Louisiana Tech).
• Eufranio Eriguel, 58, Filipino physician and politician, shot.
• Vaughn J. Featherstone, 87, American Mormon general authority.
• Vern Harper, 85, Canadian Cree elder and indigenous rights activist.
• Tessa Jowell, Baroness Jowell, 70, English politician, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (2001-2007), MP (1992-2015) and peer (since 2015), brain cancer.
• Chuck Knox, 86, American football coach (Los Angeles Rams, Buffalo Bills, Seattle Seahawks), dementia.
• Antonio Mercero, 82, Spanish film and television director (Verano azul, Farmacia de guardia, La cabina), Emmy (1972) and Goya (2010) winner, complications from Alzheimer's disease.
• Borislav Mikeli?, 78, Serbian politician, Prime Minister of Serbian Krajina (1994-1995).
• Dennis Nilsen, 72, Scottish serial killer.
• Sam Nzima, 83, South African photographer.
• Jack Sures, 83, Canadian artist.
• Charles Thake, 90, Maltese actor (Agora, Treasure in Malta).
• Joe Thomson, 70, Scottish legal scholar, Regius Professor of Law (Glasgow) (1991-2005).
• Kevin Tierney, 67, Canadian film producer (Bon Cop, Bad Cop, The Trotsky) and journalist (Montreal Gazette), cancer.
• Donald Gary Young, 68, American business executive, founder of Young Living, complications from multiple strokes.

11

• Mikhail Alperin, 61, Ukrainian-born Norwegian jazz pianist.
• Tony Beers, 55, Australian footballer (Collingwood, Claremont).
• Bob Bonnett, 85, Australian footballer (Port Melbourne).
• Zlatko Bourek, 89, Croatian filmmaker.
• Bessie Camm, 113, British supercentenarian, oldest verified person in the United Kingdom.
• Anita Das, 57, Indian actress, heart attack.
• Clare Droesch, 36, American basketball player, cancer.
• Gérard Genette, 87, French literary theorist.
• Giraddi Govindraj, 79, Indian professor and poet, heart attack.
• Josh Greenfeld, 90, American author and screenwriter (Harry and Tonto).
• Hugo Guerra, 52, Uruguayan footballer (national team, Boca Juniors, Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata), heart attack.
• Tom E. Lewis, 59, Australian Yan-nha?u actor (The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, Red Hill), heart attack.
• Yvan Mainini, 73, French basketball referee and executive, president of FIBA (2010-2014).
• Matt Marks, 38, American composer and musician (Alarm Will Sound).
• Peter Mayer, 82, American publisher (The Overlook Press, Penguin Books), complications from amyloidosis.
• Bengt Nilsson, 84, Swedish high jumper.
• Jose Francisco Oliveros, 71, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Malolos (since 2004).
• Julio Pardo Padrós, 66, Spanish sports executive, President of RCD Espanyol (1989-1993).
• Himanshu Roy, 54, Indian police officer, Director General of Police for Maharashtra, suicide by gunshot.
• Ulla Sallert, 95, Swedish actress and singer.
• Viktor Shamburkin, 86, Russian sport shooter, Olympic gold medalist (1960).

10

• Graham Bunyard, 78, South African cricketer (Transvaal, Rhodesia).
• Liz Chase, 68, Zimbabwean field hockey player, Olympic champion (1980).
• David Goodall, 104, English-born Australian botanist, assisted suicide by lethal injection.
• Emile Gumbs, 90, Anguillan politician, Chief Minister (1977-1980, 1984-1994).
• Günther Haensch, 95, German linguist and lexicographer.
• Ken Hodgkisson, 85, English footballer (Walsall, West Bromwich Albion).
• Scott Hutchison, 36, Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist (Frightened Rabbit, Mastersystem, The Fruit Tree Foundation).
• Kevin Kamenetz, 60, American politician, Baltimore County Executive (since 2010), cardiac arrest.
• Graham Lovett, 70, English footballer (West Bromwich Albion).
• Alfonso Lovo Cordero, 91, Nicaraguan politician, member of the Liberal-Conservative Junta (1972-1974).
• R. Neelakantan, 83, Indian actor.
• Adam Parfrey, 61, American writer, editor and publisher (Feral House).
• Joseph Paul, 81, Pakistani Roman Catholic priest.
• Maynard Troyer, 79, American race car driver and race chassis engineer.
• Evgeni Vasiukov, 85, Russian chess Grandmaster.
• The Wanderer, 60, Norwegian serial burglar.

9

• Mario Agnes, 86, Italian journalist, President of Azione Cattolica (1973-1980) and Chief Editor of L'Osservatore Romano (1984-2007).
• Poldine Carlo, 97, American writer and Koyukon elder.
• Lolita Chatterjee, 81, Indian actress, stroke.
• Omar Daoud, 35, Libyan footballer (Al Ahli SC, JS Kabylie, national team), traffic collision.
• Arthur Fitzsimons, 88, Irish football player (Middlesbrough) and manager.
• Tom Fletcher, 75, American baseball player (Detroit Tigers).
• Delphine Gibson, 114, American supercentenarian, oldest verified person in the United States.
• Ben Graves, 46, American drummer (Murderdolls), cancer.
• Eunice Groark, 80, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1991-1995).
• Mustafa Nurul Islam, 91, Bangladeshi academic, National Professor (2011).
• Per Kirkeby, 79, Danish artist.
• Rajinder Pal, 80, Indian cricketer.
• Carl Perkins, 59, New Zealand musician (House of Shem), bowel cancer.
• Murai Shimako, 89, Japanese playwright.
• Carlos Enrique Trinidad Gómez, 63, Guatemalan Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of San Marcos (since 2014).
• Duke Friedrich of Württemberg, 56, German aristocrat, traffic collision.

8

• Oleg Belous, 66, Russian diplomat, ambassador to Portugal (since 2013).
• Big Bully Busick, 63, American professional wrestler (WWF), spinal fluid cancer.
• Anne V. Coates, 92, British film editor (Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man, Fifty Shades of Grey), Oscar winner (1963).
• George Deukmejian, 89, American politician, Governor of California (1983-1991).
• Peter Fehlner, 86, American Roman Catholic priest and theologian.
• Mahmoud Hammoud, 82-83, Lebanese politician and diplomat.
• Julio López Hernández, 88, Spanish sculptor.
• Ernest Medina, 81, American army officer, commander of unit responsible for the My Lai Massacre.
• Irena Orlov, 76, Soviet-born American piano teacher, complications from heart surgery.
• Lara Saint Paul, 73, Eritrean-born Italian singer, cancer.
• James Scott, 71, American light-heavyweight boxer and convicted murderer.
• Al Stanek, 74, American baseball player (San Francisco Giants).
• Jonathan Sternberg, 98, American conductor and musical director, heart failure.
• Rauf Talyshinski, 61, Azerbaijani journalist and editor (Echo).
• Don Testerman, 65, American football player (Seattle Seahawks, Miami Dolphins), dementia.

7

• Big T, 52, American rapper ("Wanna Be a Baller"), heart attack.
• Antonio Fernández Valenzuela, 71, Spanish businessman and politician, President of Alicante province (1983-1991), heart attack.
• Mikhail German, 85, Russian writer.
• Joan Groothuysen, 60, Canadian Olympic cross-country skier (1976, 1980), cancer.
• Thomas Hempel, 76, Swedish radio journalist (Dagens Eko).
• Søren Hyldgaard, 55, Danish composer (Red), diabetes.
• Jesús Kumate Rodríguez, 93, Mexican physician and politician, Secretary of Health (1988-1994).
• Maurane, 57, Belgian singer and actress.
• Russell McPhedran, 82, Australian news photographer.
• Salih Mirzabeyo?lu, 66, Turkish writer and Islamist leader (Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front), brain hemorrhage.
• Miki Muster, 92, Slovenian artist.
• César Paredes Canto, 76, Peruvian academic and politician, Vice President (1995-2000), heart attack.
• Isyaku Rabiu, 92, Nigerian businessman and Islamic scholar.
• Charlie Russell, 76, Canadian naturalist.
• Jeremy D. Safran, 66, Canadian-born American psychotherapist, beaten and stabbed.
• Crosbie E. Saint, 81, American military officer.
• António Saraiva, 84, Portuguese footballer (Caldas, Benfica).
• Gayle Shepherd, 81, American singer (Shepherd Sisters), dementia.
• Roman Toi, 101, Estonian-Canadian composer, choir conductor and organist.
• Tore Torell, 76, Norwegian magician, esophageal cancer.
• Miroslav Vardi?, 73, Serbian footballer (Hajduk Split, Helmond Sport).
• Oleksandr Vozianov, 79, Ukrainian physician.
• Scott Wilson, 67, American bodybuilder.

6

• Sam Aanestad, 71, American politician, member of the California State Assembly (1998-2002) and Senate (2002-2010).
• Cirilo Bautista, 76, Filipino writer and poet.
• Raymond Book, 93, American politician, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1983-1989).
• Herbert E. Brekle, 82, German typographer and linguist.
• Dick Casull, 87, American gunsmith.
• Jack Chamangwana, 61, Malawian football player and coach.
• Daniel Cohen, 82, American writer, sepsis.
• Ivan Dagnin, 80, South African cricketer.
• Arun Date, 84, Indian singer.
• Jean-Claude Decagny, 78, French politician, MP (1993-2010), Mayor of Maubeuge (1984-1989, 1995-2001).
• Leonard Faulkner, 91, Australian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Adelaide (1985-2001).
• Paolo Ferrari, 89, Belgian-born Italian actor (Susanna Whipped Cream, White Voices, Lo scippo).
• Andreas Findig, 56, Austrian author.
• Eric Geboers, 55, Belgian motocross racer, five-time world champion, drowned.
• Tarcisio Gitti, 82, Italian politician, President of Brescia province (1972-1975) and deputy (1979-1994).
• Gurukrushna Goswami, 84, Indian lyricist.
• Billy Gustafsson, 70, Swedish politician, MP (since 2002).
• Lai Meng, 90, Malaysian actress (Dance Dance Dragon, Taxi! Taxi!).
• David Mitchell, 84, Australian lawyer and missionary.
• Josef Mladý, 63, Czech conferencier, actor and entrepreneur.
• Khaled Mohieddin, 95, Egyptian military officer, member of the Revolutionary Command Council.
• Jamal Naji, 63, Jordanian novelist, stroke.
• Derek Riley, 95, Canadian rower.
• Vladimir Sapunov, 65, Russian band manager (Mashina Vremeni, Voskreseniye).
• Charles W. Steger, 70, American academic, President of Virginia Tech (2000-2014).
• Brad Steiger, 82, American author and paranormal researcher.
• Ray Szmanda, 91, American radio personality and Menards spokesman (1976-2002).

5

• Randy Alexander, 69, American drag racing driver (NHRA), race collision.
• Michele Castoro, 66, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Manfredonia-Vieste-S.Giovanni Rotondo (since 2009), cancer.
• Klaus Dede, 81, German writer and journalist.
• Peter Duhan, 71, Czech journalist and manager, Czech Radio director (2010-2015).
• Frederic H. Dustin, 88, American businessman and philanthropist.
• Stanley Falkow, 84, American microbiologist.
• Wilson Frost, 92, American politician, member of the Chicago City Council (1967-1987).
• Ludwig Harig, 90, German writer.
• Arjun Hingorani, 92, Indian film producer and director (Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere, Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan?, Katilon Ke Kaatil).
• José María Íñigo, 75, Spanish journalist (RTVE) and commentator (Eurovision Song Contest), cancer.
• Séamus Lagan, 71, Northern Irish Gaelic footballer.
• Adolfo Lastretti, 80, Italian actor (Massacre in Rome, Borsalino & Co., Four of the Apocalypse), heart failure.
• Robbie Little, 73, British film producer (The Prophecy II, Tsotsi, An American Haunting).
• Lambert Maassen, 76, Dutch footballer (PSV Eindhoven, ADO Den Haag).
• Ermanno Olmi, 86, Italian film director and screenwriter (Il Posto, The Tree of Wooden Clogs, The Legend of the Holy Drinker), complications from Guillain-Barre syndrome.
• Aaron D. Panken, 53, American rabbi, President of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (since 2014), plane crash.
• Fuad Poladov, 69, Azerbaijani actor.
• Pierre Rissient, 81, French film director and producer.
• P. N. Sathya, 46, Indian actor and director (Majestic).
• Rosemarie Schuder, 89, German writer.
• Lawrence Simbarashe, 69, Zimbabwean actor and comedian (Cry Freedom, Jit, Flame).
• Norma Vermeulen, 87, Argentine human rights activist.
• Dick Williams, 91, American singer (The Williams Brothers).
• Roy Wright, 84, American baseball player (New York Giants).

4

• John Altamura, American actor (The Toxic Avenger Part II, The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie), heart attack.
• Paul Bloodgood, 58, American artist, Alzheimer's disease.
• Edwin G. Burrows, 74, American historian.
• Naser Cheshm Azar, 68, Iranian composer, heart attack.
• Steve Coy, 56, British musician (Dead or Alive).
• Renate Dorrestein, 64, Dutch writer and journalist, esophageal cancer.
• Billy Fourquet, 57, Puerto Rican radio host and film actor, liver cancer.
• Cathy Godbold, 43, Australian actress (The Saddle Club, Home and Away), brain cancer.
• Bobbie Louise Hawkins, 87, American poet and author.
• Larry Hunter, 68, American college basketball coach (Wittenberg Tigers, Ohio Bobcats, Western Carolina Catamounts), complications from a stroke.
• Katie Kelly, 81, American entertainment reporter (Entertainment Tonight, The Today Show), Alzheimer's disease.
• BN Vijaya Kumar, 59, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
• Lionel Lamy, 74, French footballer.
• Patricia Lascelles, Countess of Harewood, 91, Australian-British violinist and fashion model.
• André Le Dissez, 88, French racing cyclist.
• Bill MacGowan, 66, New Zealand sports administrator (Auckland Warriors, New Zealand Football).
• Juan Morano, 76, Spanish politician, member of the Congress of Deputies (2004-2015), mayor of León (1979-1987, 1989-1995).
• Jimmy Nickerson, 68, American stunt performer (Rocky, Raging Bull, Lethal Weapon).
• Luyanda Ntshangase, 21, South African footballer (Maritzburg United), lightning strike.
• Abi Ofarim, 80, Israeli musician ("Cinderella Rockefella") and dancer.
• Tony Steel, 76, New Zealand rugby union player (national team) and politician, MP for Hamilton East (1990-1993, 1996-2002).
• Kenneth J. Thorneycroft, 90, Canadian military officer.
• Alexander Tschäppät, 66, Swiss politician, National Councillor (1979-1991, 2011-2018), Mayor of Bern (2005-2016), cancer.

3

• Jim Argue, 66, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1996-2008), kidney cancer.
• Monica Barnes, 82, Irish politician, Teachta Dála (1982-1992, 1997-2002), Senator (1982).
• Carlos Carvalho, 47, South African filmmaker, struck by giraffe.
• John Innes Clarke, 89, British geographer.
• Doina Cornea, 88, Romanian human rights activist and professor.
• Afonso Dhlakama, 65, Mozambican politician and opposition leader (RENAMO), heart attack.
• Cliff Downey, 89, Canadian politician, MP (1968-1972).
• Luiz Antonio Gasparetto, 68, Brazilian writer, psychologist and TV presenter, lung cancer.
• Dan Grimm, 77, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons), Parkinson's disease and dementia.
• Tony Kinman, 62, American rock singer and bass guitarist (Rank and File, The Dils).
• Maria Paris, 85, Italian singer.
• David Pines, 93, American physicist.
• Bob Prewitt, 93, American college basketball coach (SMU Mustangs).
• Junior Rodriguez, 82, American politician.
• Joe Scannella, 89, American football coach (Oakland Raiders, Montreal Alouettes, Cleveland Browns).
• Paolo Signorelli, 79, Italian footballer.
• Ivan Steblin-Kamenskiy, 72, Soviet-born Russian linguist.
• Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, 94, Peruvian academic and Quechua translator.
• Marcello Verziera, 83, Italian actor and stuntman (It Can Be Done Amigo, ... All the Way, Boys!, Squadra antitruffa).

2

• Javier Aller, 46, Spanish actor (El robo más grande jamás contado, La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón, El milagro de P. Tinto), complications from diabetes.
• Gord Brown, 57, Canadian politician, MP (since 2004), heart attack.
• Tony Cucchiara, 80, Italian singer and songwriter.
• Paul Dick, 77, Canadian politician, heart attack.
• Dick Edell, 74, American lacrosse coach (Maryland Terrapins), pneumonia.
• Takayuki Inoue, 77, Japanese musician (The Spiders).
• János Juszkó, 78, Hungarian racing cyclist.
• Tania Khanna, 26, Indian radio presenter, traffic collision.
• Herman Krebbers, 94, Dutch violinist.
• Antonín Líman, 86, Canadian-Czech japanologist and translator.
• Hauwa Maina, 48, Nigerian actress.
• Tokay Mammadov, 90, Azerbaijani sculptor.
• Vadim Mulerman, 79, Soviet singer, cancer.
• Eugenio de Nora, 94, Spanish poet.
• Katherine O'Regan, 71, New Zealand politician, MP for Waipa (1984-1996), list MP (1996-1999), cancer.
• Elisabeth Pfluger, 98, Swiss writer.
• Kottayam Pushpanath, 80, Indian author.
• Harald Range, 70, German jurist, Attorney General (2011-2015).
• James Thorp, 81, American electrical engineer.
• Bill Torrey, 83, Canadian ice hockey executive (New York Islanders, Florida Panthers).
• Wolfgang Völz, 87, German actor.
• Chris Walsh, 66, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (since 2010), lymphoma.
• Wang Danfeng, 93, Chinese actress.
• Cliff Watson, 78, English rugby league footballer (St Helens, Cronulla-Sutherland, national team), cancer.
• Sir Keith Williamson, 90, British air force commander, Chief of the Air Staff (1982-1985).

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• Elmar Altvater, 79, German political scientist.
• Arthur Barnard, 89, American sprinter.
• Florence Berman, 92, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Superdawg.
• Max Berrú, 74, Ecuadorian-Chilean musician (Inti Illimani).
• Dennis Claridge, 76, American football player (Green Bay Packers, Atlanta Falcons), bladder cancer.
• Ninalee Craig, 90, American-born Canadian teacher and photograph subject, complications from lung cancer.
• Carl W. Duckworth, 63, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives (1999-2008), bone cancer.
• Raymond D. Dzendzel, 96, American politician, member of the Michigan House of Representatives (1955-1958) and Senate (1959-1970).
• Reg Gadney, 77, British artist and screenwriter.
• Robert B. Kennedy, 78, American politician, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1975-1979) and Governor's Council (1989-1995), Mayor of Lowell (1986-1987).
• Stu Boy King, 64, American drummer (The Dictators), pancreatic cancer.
• Harry Lavington, 91, Welsh-born New Zealand actor (Close to Home).
• Chuck Missler, 83, American evangelist and author.
• Ashok Mitra, 90, Indian economist and politician.
• Constantin Olteanu, 90, Romanian general and politician.
• Pavel Pergl, 40, Czech footballer (Sparta Prague), suicide.
• Bozor Sobir, 79, Tajik poet, laureate of the Rudaki Prize, People's Poet.
• John "Jabo" Starks, 79, American drummer (James Brown, The J.B.'s).
• Charlie Stone, 67, English rugby league footballer (Hull, Featherstone Rovers).
• Sun Yueh, 87, Chinese-born Taiwanese actor (Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing), sepsis.
• Peter Temple-Morris, 80, British politician and life peer, MP for Leominster (1974-2001).
• Universo 2000, 55, Mexican professional wrestler (CMLL, AAA, IWRG).
• Milena Vecková-Blahoutová, 85, Czech Hall of fame basketball and handball player.
• Wanda Wi?komirska, 89, Polish violinist and teacher.
• Bob Woffinden, 70, British journalist and author, mesothelioma.

Maps Deaths in 2018

Earlier months

• Deaths in January 2018
• Deaths in February 2018
• Deaths in March 2018
• Deaths in April 2018

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See also

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References

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External links

• The Guardian, UK obituaries
• The Telegraph obituaries
• Obituaries, Chicago Tribune
• Obituaries, Los Angeles Times
• The New York Times, US obituaries
• The Washington Post obituaries
• The Sydney Morning Herald, Australian obituaries

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