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1817Jane Austen, English novelist, dies at 41

1954George Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster, dies at 59

July 18th Deaths
Date Event
640
Arnulf, bishop of Metz (614-640)/politician, dies at about 58 
715
Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695) 
1100
Godfried IV van Bouillon, count of Antwerp, dies 
1374
Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (Italia Mia), dies at 69 
1488
Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432) 
1544
René van Chalon, viceroy of Holland, dies in battle at 25 
1591
Jakob Handl, [Petelin], Austrian composer/bandmaster, dies at 40 
1608
Joachim III Frederik, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 61 
1610
Michelangelo Merisi, Italian artist (b. 1573) 
1639
Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar, German prince and general (b. 1604) 
1642
Willem earl of Nassau-Siegen, gov of Ft Emmerik/Heusden, dies 
1650
Christoph Scheiner, German astronomer, dies at 74 
1695
Joannes Camphuys, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 61 
1698
Johann Heinrich Heidegger, Swiss theologian (b. 1633) 
1710
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter, dies at 36 
1721
Jean Antoine Watteau, French painter, dies 
1721
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon Museum 
1730
François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644) 
1735
Johann Krieger, composer, dies at 83 
1792
John Paul Jones, American naval commander (b. 1747) 
1817
Jane Austen, English novelist, dies at 41 
1817
Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice 
1831
Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 
1833
Joseph Comb, missionary to Moluccas, dies at 63 
1854
Abbas Hilmi I, viceroy of Egypt, dies at about 41 
1863
William Dorsey Pender, US Confederate gen-mjr, dies of injuries at 29 
1863
Robert Gould Shaw, Glory 
1872
Benito Juarez, Cuban justice/general (battle of Acapulco), dies at 66 
1884
Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (b. 1829) 
1892
Thomas Cook, English tour director (Thomas Cook & Son), dies at 83 
1894
Leconte de Lisle, writer, dies at 75 
1898
Emil Hartmann, composer, dies at 62 
1899
Horatio Alger Jr, American clergyman/author (Disagreeeable Woman), dies 
1901
Alfredo Carlo Piatti, composer, dies at 79 
1902
John White, composer, dies at 47 
1908
Jaime Nuno, composer, dies at 83 
1915
George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53 
1916
Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author 
1918
Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna (b. 1864) 
1923
Louis Calvert, David Garrick 
1924
Àngel Guimerà, El padre Juanico 
1925
Louis Nazaire Bégin, Roman Catholic cardinal and Archbishop of Quebec (b. 1840) 
1927
Ludwik Dybizbanski, Tajemnica pokoju nr 100 
1930
Oscar Brimberton Figman, Manhattan 
1931
Oskar Minkowski, German Biologist (pancreas and diabetes), dies at 73 
1933
Charles Prince, Les timidités de Rigadin 
1934
Dimitrije Ginic, Karadjordje 
1934
Herbert Ross, The Skin Game 
1935
Cecil Lean, Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfield 
1937
Julian Bell, British poet (b. 1908) 
1937
Velma Whitman, By Right of Love 
1937
Dal Clawson, Back to God's Country 
1938
Vladimir M Kirshon, Russian playwright, executed at 35 
1938
Queen Marie of Rumania, Le lys de la vie 
1939
Witold Maliszewski, composer, dies at 65 
1939
Karl Zeska, Johann Strauß an der schönen blauen Donau 
1940
J. Edwin Robbins, A Society Sensation 
1941
Dionyssios Lavrangas, composer, dies at 80 
1941
Léon Courtois, Napoleon 
1943
Roy McCray, Nothing Ever Happens Right 
1943
McClelland Barclay, Artists & Models 
1944
George A Hartland, English MP (Norwich 1931-35), dies at 60 
1944
Thomas Sturge Moore, English poet (Centaurs' Booty), dies at 74 
1944
George Holt, Through the Wall 
1944
Frank Montgomery, The 'Epidemic' in Paradise Gulch 
1948
Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian and politician (b. 1877) 
1948
Baldassarre Negroni, Two Happy Hearts 
1948
Max Linder, Scanian Guerilla 
1949
Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (b. 1870) 
1950
Carl Clinton Van Doren, US literary (The Nation), dies at 64 
1950
Jack Barker,  
1951
Boris Poslavsky, Golden Mountains 
1952
Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862) 
1952
Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer (b. 1906) 
1952
Fayte M. Browne, Arizona 
1952
Jack Earle, A Lofty Marriage 
1953
Lucy Booth, Daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868) 
1953
Sigfred Johansen, Hans store aften 
1954
George Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster, dies at 59 
1955
Fred Burns, Doctor Jim 
1955
Weldon Kees, The Joy of Life 
1955
Friedrich Freksa, Sumurun 
1955
Hans Theyer, An Orphan Boy of Vienna 
1956
Willem J A Kerncamp, Dut overseas minister (Islam & Woman), dies at 57 
1956
Violet Loraine, Road House 
1956
Mort Blumenstock, Her Future 
1956
William Horwitz, Carmen 
1957
Giuseppe Bonavolontà, Arcobaleno 
1957
Herman Lissauer, Arsenic and Old Lace 
1957
Harvey Gould, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 
1958
Henry Farman, French aviation pioneer (double decker), dies at 84 
1958
John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67 
1960
Oscar Tengström, Cross of Love 
1961
Kit Guard, dies of cancer at 67 
1961
Alfréd Deésy, Casanova 
1962
Carl Kuhlmann, The Rothschilds 
1963
A H C Cooper, South African cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies 
1965
Shalva Mikhailovich Taktakishvili, composer, dies at 64 
1965
Bing Davidson, Move Over, Darling 
1966
Bobby Fuller, American rock singer and guitarist (I Fought the Law), found dead at 23 
1966
German Germanovich Galinin, composer, dies at 44 
1967
Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66 
1968
Corneille Heymans, Belgian physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) 
1969
Barbara Pepper, actress (Doris Ziffel-Green Acres), dies at 57 
1970
Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86 
1973
Jack Hawkins, actor (Ben Hur, Ben-Four Just Men), dies at 62 
1975
Federico Ghisi, composer, dies at 74 
1977
Harry Adams, Music Fiends 
1978
Meyer Grace, Dark Alibi 
1979
Herbert Hennies, Irren ist Teuflisch 
1980
Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), dies 
1980
Hanna Januszewska, Zaczarowane podwórko 
1980
Per Kellberg, Vi på Väddö 
1980
János Komlós, Minden kezdet nehéz 
1980
Nikolay Panasev, Viy 
1981
Wilhelm HC Tenhaeff, Dutch para-psychologist, dies at 87 
1981
Hugh MacMullan, Casablanca 
1982
Lionel Daunais, French-Canadian singer and composer (b. 1902) 
1982
John Maxwell, Objective, Burma! 
1982
Bob Emery, Sylvie St. Clair 
1982
John Maxwell, The Asphalt Jungle 
1983
Marian Spitzer, The Dolly Sisters 
1983
Mrs. Reed Howes, Playthings of Desire 
1984
James Oliver Huberty, shot by police after killing 21 in McDonalds 
1984
Lally Bowers, The Chalk Garden 
1984
Charles Friedman, Episode #1.27 
1984
James Oliver Huberty,  
1984
Grigori Kromanov, Viimne reliikvia 
1984
Eduard Bredun, Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future 
1985
Shahnawaz Bhutto, son of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 
1985
Milan Kovacevic, Karavan - Skadarsko jezero 
1985
Wiesje Ghijs, De vier mullers 
1985
Robert Raglan, What's That Tie You're Wearing? 
1986
Stanley Rous, British soccer official, dies at 91 
1986
Jeanne Spencer, Evangeline 
1986
Dan Liu, Big Jim McLain 
1986
Buddy Baer, Africa Screams 
1986
Mihai Paladescu, Vlad Tepes 
1987
Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87 
1987
La Houppa, Le bal des mariniers 
1987
Jerome Collamore, Annie 
1987
Gilberto Freyre, O Mestre de Apipucos 
1987
Tomislav Terzic, Pucanj 
1987
Hermod Knudsen, Trommen 
1988
Nico, US model/pop singer (Velvet Underground), dies at 43 
1988
Petre Munteanu, Petre Munteanu Recital 
1988
Elsa Gress, Boxiganga 
1988
Nico, The Royal Tenenbaums 
1988
Miklós Szentkuthy, Gulliver az óriások országában 
1989
Donnie Moore, pitcher (Angels), shoots himself at 35 
1989
Rebecca Schaeffer, actress (My Sister Sam), is shot by a fan at 21 
1989
Maurice Seiderman, Bride of the Monster 
1989
Olaf Ruhen, Naked Under Capricorn 
1989
Martin Brumer, Chopper Chicks in Zombietown 
1989
Harriet Gibson, The Lord of the Rings 
1989
Donnie Moore, Game 7 
1989
Will Bradley, Basin Street Boogie 
1989
Shmuel Rodensky, The Odessa File 
1989
Rebecca Schaeffer, One Life to Live 
1990
Georges Dargaud, French publisher (Asterix, Kuifje), dies at 78 
1990
Karl Menninger, psychatrist (Menninger Clinic), dies at 96 of cancer 
1990
Yoon Boseon, President of South Korea (b. 1897) 
1990
Gerry Boulet, Quebec rock singer (b. 1946) 
1990
Johnny Wayne, W.C. Fields 
1990
John Gliddon, The Dawn of Truth 
1990
Mihajlo Popovic, The Morning 
1990
Michael Garrett, The Pinkertons 
1991
Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63 
1991
Harold Butler, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1947-48, 12 wkts), dies 
1991
Bruno Mondi, Sissi 
1991
Robert Nemiroff, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black 
1991
Mario Fanelli, U mrezi 
1992
Jan Pelleboer, Dutch meteorologist, dies 
1992
Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies 
1992
Rudolf Ising, cartoonist (Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies), dies at 88 
1992
Viktor Louis, Russian journalist, dies 
1992
Jarmila Bechynová, Golden Queen 
1992
Eugene Hoo, Charlie Chan in Honolulu 
1992
Molly Parnis, Happy Anniversary 
1992
Sergey Martyanov, Vesennyaya Olimpiada, ili Nachal'nik khora 
1992
Ruth Vann, Women's Prison 
1992
Helmut Schmid, Kohlhiesel's Daughters 
1992
Rudolf Ising, The Milky Way 
1993
Jean Negulesco, director (3 Coins in a Fountain), dies at 93 
1993
John Beck, US producer (Harvey, Singing Nun), dies at 83 
1993
Robert Davis, dies of emphysema at 76 
1993
Sergei Y Vozovikov, Russian major/cosmonaut, dies in accident at 35 
1993
Vladimir Pavlovich Barmin, Chief designer of Soviet launch pads, dies 
1993
Keith Aldrich, The Bridges at Toko-Ri 
1993
Tôru Abe, Tokyo Story 
1993
Jean Negulesco, How to Marry a Millionaire 
1993
John Beck, Harvey 
1993
Hal Elias, The 52nd Annual Academy Awards 
1993
Betty Pagel, 5 Steps to Danger 
1993
Davis Roberts, Westworld 
1994
Gottfried Reinhardt, [Goldmann], German/US director, dies at 83 
1994
Ron Rawson, Strike It Rich 
1994
Predrag Golubovic, Bombasi 
1995
Fabio Casartelli, Italian olympian (Oly-gold-92), dies at 24 
1995
Serge Nadaud, Moon Madness 
1996
Hans Fellner, bookseller, dies at 71 
1996
Ann Leicester, The Towering Inferno 
1996
Javier Escrivá, Molokai, la isla maldita 
1996
Rajko Smederevac, Sesir profesora Koste Vujica 
1997
Eugene Shoemaker, astronomer (Shoemaker-Levy comet), dies at 69 
1997
Zsolt Csalog, Istenmezején 1972-73-ban 
1997
Vladimir Osobik, Dikaya sobaka Dingo 
1997
Eugene Shoemaker, Asteroids: Deadly Impact 
1997
Harold Spina, Anywhere But Here 
1997
Bernard Tabakin, Breaker! Breaker! 
1997
Charles Street, The Trolley at East Troy 
1997
David Fresco, Liar Liar 
1998
Emilio Alfaro, Historia de jóvenes 
1998
Walter Earl Haraway, Die Alptraumfrau 
1998
Chris Munson, What Happened to Jo Jo? 
1999
Boris Kaplan, Let No Man Write My Epitaph 
2000
Larry Curran, The Kentucky Fried Movie 
2000
Dusan Povh, Bojan the Bear: Musician 
2000
Lawrence Menkin, Wagon Train 
2000
István Holl, Witman fiúk 
2000
Tamara Soloniewicz, Ziemia 
2000
Roberto Contreras, Scarface 
2000
Ethel Sway, Rebound: Part 2 
2001
James Hatfield, American author (b. 1958) 
2001
Fabio Taglioni, Italian automotive engineer (b. 1920) 
2001
Mimi Fariña, Pride 
2001
Ika Panajotovic, Operation Cross Eagles 
2001
Serena Sande, Moon of the Wolf 
2001
James Hatfield, Horns and Halos 
2002
Victor Emery, British theoretical physicist (b. 1933) 
2002
Daniil Sagal, The New Moscow 
2002
Paula McClure, Total Recall 
2002
William Saracino, The Deer Hunter 
2002
Gerald Gallego,  
2002
Kyôko Togawa, The Woman 
2003
Jane Barbe, The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 
2003
Daniël Van Avermaet, Brussels by Night 
2003
Marc Camoletti, Boeing, Boeing 
2003
Norman Rassmussen, Incident at Browns Ferry 
2003
Sandro Ciotti, Il profeta del gol 
2004
Paul Foot, British journalist (b. 1937) 
2004
Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (b. 1912) 
2004
Edward M. Shonk, Pig in a Blanket 
2004
Emilio Peynaud, La gran aventura del vino 
2004
André Castelot, L'Autrichienne 
2004
Georgine Darcy, Rear Window 
2004
Richard Ney, Mrs. Miniver 
2004
Allan Lindner, Dollar 
2004
Paul Foot, Donald Crowhurst 
2004
Sebastian Graham Jones, Mystery!: Cadfael 
2005
William Westmoreland, American military officer (b. 1914) 
2005
Bill Hicke, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938) 
2005
William Westmorland, From Hollywood to Hanoi 
2005
William C. Westmoreland, Don't Ask Me, Ask God 
2005
Paul Duke, Washington Week in Review 
2005
John Herald, Deep Water: The Building of the Catskill Water System 
2005
Jim Parker, Super Bowl XXXIII 
2006
Erik Engström, Say That You Love Me 
2006
Raul Cortez, To the Left of the Father 
2006
Bud Furillo, Brian's Song 
2006
David Maloney, Genesis of the Daleks: Part One 
2006
Jean Luisi, La regrettable absence de Terry Monaghan 
2006
Andre Rosey Brown, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 
2006
Ilmari Aarre-Ahtio, Hovineuvoksen kello 
2006
Malcolm Sebastian, Helter Skelter 
2007
George Caiazzo, American professional wrestler 
2007
Jerry Hadley, American opera singer, (b. 1952) 
2007
Kenji Miyamoto, Japanese politician (b. 1908) 
2007
Lizzie Ruge, Solskinsbørnene 
2007
Heinrich von Einsiedel, In the Name of the Revolution 
2007
Charles Wylie, The Conquest of Everest 
2007
Sekou Sundiata, Episode #2.1 
2007
Sherman Torgan, Death Proof 
2007
Sergey Zhirnov, Operation 'Y' & Other Shurik's Adventures 
2007
Jerry Hadley, Candide 
2007
John Kronus, Xtreme Pro Wrestling 
2007
Jean Chatburn, The Great Ziegfeld 
2007
Wayne Downing, The Gulf War 
2008
Khosrow Shakibai, Iranian actor (b. 1944) 
2008
Tauno Marttinen, A Man from This Star 
2008
Khosro Shakibai, Khaharan-e gharib 
2008
Harry Gibbs, Tully 
2008
Michael Aichhorn, Uprising 
2009
Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian and World War I veteran (b. 1896) 
2009
Annagul Annakuliyeva, Za rekoy, granitsa 
2009
Helen Hovey, The Sadist 
2009
Yasmine Belmadi, Wild Side 
2009
Roberta Hill, Cinemania 
2009
Jonathan Furie, True Crime 
2009
Henry Allingham, The Last Volunteer: A Tribute to Henry Allingham 
2009
Jill Balcon, An Ideal Husband 
2009
Aleksandra Kharitonova, Sibiryaki 
2010
Shane Theis, Con Air 
2010
Kathy O'Dare, Eat My Dust 
2010
Renato De Carmine, Romanzo di un giovane povero 
2010
Akil Williams, No Excuses 
2010
Chriss Tuxi, Episode dated 20 July 2008 
2010
Colette Courtois, Nuit de noces 
2010
Philippe Faure, Too Beautiful for You 
2011
Sergei Podgornyj, Only Old Men Are Going to Battle 
2011
Edel Stenberg, Loffe blir polis 
2011
Poppe Berg, Episode dated 19 September 1960 
2011
John Horn, Forrest Gump 
2011
Emma Shenah, The Prophecy 
2011
Bhagwan Das Garga, Bhuvan Shome 
2011
Robert Trendler, Bozo's Circus 
2011
Edson Stroll, Snow White and the Three Stooges 
2011
Sid Cooper, Bullets Over Broadway 
2012
Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor, dies from kidney problems at 69 
2012
Birthe Korsø, Ta' briller på 
2012
Rajesh Khanna, Anand 
2012
Isidoro M. Ferry, Un atleta: Manuel Cuadra Salcedo 
2012
Frank A. Serrao, Striking Distance 
2012
Robert W. Creamer, The Curse of the Bambino 
2012
Ergin Orbey, Bizim Aile 
2012
Jean Francois-Poncet, Sons of the Clouds 
2012
Birger Heymann, Linie 1 
2012
Aleck Block, Embraceable You 
2013
Vaali, Sivaji 
2013
Olivier Ameisen, Episode dated 25 January 2012 
2013
Frank Geney, The Poisoner 
2013
Carline Ray, The Girls in the Band 
2013
Donald Blakney, Tigers in the Suburbs 
2013
Willie Reed, The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till 
2014
João Ubaldo Ribeiro, God Is Brazilian 
2014
Dietmar Schönherr, Kohlhiesel's Daughters 
2014
Augie Rodriguez, Magic Sticks 
2014
Nigel Ryan, Episode dated 11 October 1975 
2014
Bengt von der Burg, Torment 
2015
Hazen J. Schumacher Jr., Understanding Our World: An Interview with Ayn Rand 
2015
Buddy Buie, Crazy, Stupid, Love. 
2015
Xabier Erauskin, Cuéntame un cuento 
2015
Christopher Hazelett, A Secret Handshake 
2015
Igor Artashonov, Heaven on Earth 
2015
George Coe, Kramer vs. Kramer 
2016
Ras Al Khaimah's 'mother of medicine' dies aged 80 
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