Notable Deaths on May 18th
May 18th Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
526 |
John I, Pope (523-26), dies |
1160 |
Erik IX Helgi, [The Saint], King of Sweden, dies |
1401 |
Władysław Opolczyk (German: Ladislaus von Oppel, count palatine of Hungary 1367-1372, governor of Halych-Volhynia 1372 - 1378, count palatine of Poland |
1410 |
Ruprecht, Roman catholics German king, dies |
1450 |
Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) |
1550 |
John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman (b. 1498) |
1551 |
Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, Italian Renaissance-Mannerist painter (d. 1486) |
1584 |
Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559) |
1587 |
Felix van Cantalice, Italian saint, dies |
1625 |
Francisco Gomez de Sandoval y Rojas, Spanish marquis of Denia, dies |
1653 |
Carel Reyniersz, gov-gen (Neth East Indies), dies at 48 |
1675 |
Jacques Marquette jesuit/missionaries (Chicago), dies at 37 |
1675 |
Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623) |
1692 |
Elias Ashmole, antiquary, dies |
1724 |
Johann K Amman, Swiss/Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54 |
1733 |
Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71 |
1767 |
Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer, dies at 28 |
1780 |
Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland |
1781 |
Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742) |
1799 |
Pierre de Beaumarchais, dramatist, dies |
1799 |
Beaumarchais, Der Barbier von Sevilla |
1800 |
Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (b. 1729) |
1807 |
John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (b. 1721) |
1808 |
Jacob Albright, [Albrecht], German/US preacher, dies at 49 |
1808 |
Elijah Craig, American minister and inventor (b. 1738?) |
1829 |
Bernardo Bittoni, composer, dies at 72 |
1829 |
Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (b. 1803) |
1832 |
Bonafacio Asioli, composer, dies at 62 |
1839 |
Carolina [Maria A] Bonaparte (countess Lipona), dies at 57 |
1844 |
Richard McCarty, American politician (b. 1780) |
1848 |
William A Leidesdorf, mixed-race early Californian, dies at 38 in SF |
1862 |
William H Keim, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 48 |
1864 |
James Byron Gordon, Confederate brig-gen, dies at 41 |
1889 |
Isabella Glyn Dallas, Scottish Shakepearean actress (b. 1823) |
1900 |
Jean Gaspard Felix Ravaisson-Mollien, French philosopher (b. 1813) |
1909 |
George Meredith, English poet/writer (Diana of Crossways), dies at 81 |
1909 |
Isaac Albéniz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona |
1909 |
George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel |
1910 |
Flor van Duyse, composer, dies at 66 |
1910 |
Eliza Orzeszkowa, Polish novelist (b.1841) |
1910 |
Pauline Viardot, A Voice Out of the Cold: Vivica Genaux |
1910 |
Eliza Orzeszkowa, Nad Niemnem |
1911 |
Gustav Mahler, Austr composer (Children's Death Songs), dies at 50 |
1911 |
Gustav Mahler, Shutter Island |
1913 |
Otto Reubke, composer, dies at 70 |
1917 |
John Nevil Maskelyne, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Procession |
1918 |
Toivo Kuula, composer, dies at 34 |
1918 |
Toivo Kuula, Säädyllinen murhenäytelmä |
1921 |
Franklin K. Lane, Animated Weekly, No. 31 |
1922 |
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, French physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1845) |
1927 |
Andrew Kehoe, American mass murderer commits suicide (b. 1872) |
1927 |
Maurice Mouvet, The Quest of Life |
1930 |
Joao Marcellino Arroyo, composer, dies at 68 |
1931 |
Billy Stone, King of Jazz |
1936 |
Alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63 |
1940 |
A.B. DeComathiere, The Black King |
1940 |
Clara Allen, The Chosen Prince, or The Friendship of David and Jonathan |
1946 |
Leslie Beresford, While Paris Sleeps |
1946 |
James Burns, The Road o' Strife |
1947 |
Elizabeth Williams, The Burden of Race |
1947 |
Hal Chase, Hal Chase's Home Run |
1947 |
Lucile Gleason, The Clock |
1948 |
Roy Pilcher, Betrayed |
1949 |
James T Adams, US historian (Pulitzer 1921) |
1949 |
Joseph A. Valentine, Rope |
1949 |
May Wilson Preston, Our Mutual Girl, No. 50 |
1949 |
Max Obal, Laubenkolonie |
1950 |
Charles Darnton, The Iron Horse |
1951 |
Frank McGlynn Sr., Captain Blood |
1951 |
Vasil Balanchivadze, Dakarguli samotkhe |
1951 |
Weldon Heyburn, The 13th Man |
1952 |
Rossetter Gleason Cole, composer, dies at 86 |
1952 |
Sermet Muhtar Alus, Kivircik pasa |
1953 |
Tom Killick, cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for Eng 1929), dies |
1953 |
Mozelle Britton, The Fighting Ranger |
1955 |
Mary McLeod Bethune, educator & civil rights leader, dies at 79 |
1955 |
Shalva Gambashidze, Chirveuli mezoblebi |
1955 |
Daniel J. Gray, The Red Mill |
1955 |
Mary McLeod Bethune, |
1956 |
Maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies |
1957 |
Christiane Mandelys, The Cobbler and the Millionaire |
1958 |
Franziska Dörr, The Captain from Cologne |
1958 |
Elmer Davis, The Silver Cord |
1959 |
Paul Dudley, Solomon and Sheba |
1959 |
Wolfgang Dohnberg, Murderers Among Us |
1959 |
William Bradford, The Fighting Seabees |
1961 |
Henry O'Neill, actor (Lady Killer, Nothing But Trouble), dies |
1961 |
Viljo Vesterinen, The Storage |
1961 |
Ann Codee, Can-Can |
1962 |
Franz Winkler, Brick |
1963 |
Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939) |
1965 |
Eduard J Dijksterhuis, mathematician (Archimedes), dies at 72 |
1966 |
Paul Althaus, German theologist (That Christian Wahrheit), dies at 78 |
1967 |
Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75 |
1967 |
Richard Ainley, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56 |
1972 |
Eero Aukusti Sipila, composer, dies at 53 |
1972 |
Sidney Franklin, The Good Earth |
1973 |
Jeannette Rankin, 1st Congresswoman (1917-19, 41-43) and pacifist, dies at 92 |
1973 |
Leonard Fields, The Scarlet Letter |
1973 |
Jack Meskill, Who Framed Roger Rabbit |
1974 |
Daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61 |
1974 |
Mary Maguire, Mysterious Mr. Moto |
1975 |
Leroy Anderson, composer, dies at 66 |
1979 |
David Van de Woestijne, De passie van ons Heer |
1979 |
Claude Génia, The Farm of Seven Sins |
1980 |
Ian Curtis, English rock vocalist (Joy Division), commits suicide at 23 |
1980 |
Reid Blackburn, a photojournalist for National Geographic was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1952) |
1980 |
Harry Truman, victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1896) |
1980 |
David A. Johnston, a U.S. Volcanoligist was also a victim of Mount St. Helens eruption (b. 1949) |
1980 |
Harry Truman, |
1980 |
Walter Kohut, A Bridge Too Far |
1980 |
Ian Curtis, Donnie Darko |
1980 |
James McNamara, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
1980 |
Eduard Simácek, Svejk v ruském zajetí |
1981 |
Arthur O'Connell, actor (Mr Peepers, 2nd Hundred Years), dies at 73 |
1981 |
William Saroyan, US stagewriter (Time of your life), dies at 72 |
1981 |
William Saroyan, The Banishment |
1981 |
Consuelo Baker, The Kid from Spain |
1981 |
Arthur O'Connell, Anatomy of a Murder |
1981 |
Cornwell Jackson, They Call It Murder |
1981 |
Richard Hale, To Kill a Mockingbird |
1981 |
Robert Skelton, Take Me Out to the Ball Game |
1982 |
Phil Harron, The Case of the Mischievous Doll |
1983 |
George Womack, Class |
1984 |
Ray Copeland, Sensations of 1945 |
1984 |
László Turán, Téli sport |
1984 |
Maryse Martin, The Happy Road |
1985 |
Tex Terry, actor (Apache Rose, Timberjack), dies at 82 |
1985 |
Stoyan Tz. Daskalov, Nespokoen pat |
1985 |
Tex Terry, Juliet |
1985 |
Ralph Urmy, Sergeant York |
1985 |
Del Hughes, All My Children |
1985 |
Harald Andersson, Prästen som slog knockout |
1985 |
Charlie Dugdale, Just One Happy Family |
1986 |
John Bubbles Sublett, tap dancer (Black & Bubbles), dies at 84 |
1986 |
Charles Albertine, New American Bandstand 1965 |
1986 |
John William Sublett, Cabin in the Sky |
1986 |
Julius Horwitz, Natural Enemies |
1986 |
Peter Wehle, Hallo 1930 |
1987 |
Wilbur J Cohen, 1st employee of Social Security System, dies at 73 |
1987 |
Sergey Lebedev, Gorod pod udarom |
1987 |
Erik Svendsen, Episode #1.4 |
1987 |
Archie Got, Lady from Chungking |
1988 |
Daws Butler, cartoon voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound), dies at 71 |
1988 |
Daws Butler, The Cat in the Hat |
1988 |
Christopher Gore, Fame |
1988 |
Gudrun Knudsen, Klør Dame |
1988 |
Anthony Forwood, Knights of the Round Table |
1989 |
Julio De Grazia, Time for Revenge |
1989 |
Dorothy Ruth Pirone, |
1989 |
István Fillár, Rafinált bünösök |
1990 |
Jill Ireland, actress (Carry on Nurse, Family), dies of cancer at 54 |
1990 |
Jill Ireland, Death Wish II |
1990 |
Eje Thelin, To Love |
1990 |
Stine Kjelland-Mørdre, Skai TV - imitert fjernsyn |
1990 |
Saul Selznick, Psycho |
1991 |
Edwina Booth, actress (Trader Horn), dies of heart failure at 86 |
1991 |
Betty Alberge, Depressed |
1991 |
Gunnar Johansson, Juninatten |
1991 |
Muriel Box, The Seventh Veil |
1991 |
Edwina Booth, Trader Horn |
1991 |
Talivaldis Abolins, Eine Formel explodiert |
1991 |
Gordon McDougall, Number 96 |
1991 |
Charles Bruce Millholland, Twentieth Century |
1992 |
Marshall Thompson, actor (Bog), dies of congestive heart failure at 65 |
1992 |
Skip Stephenson, comedian (Real People), dies of heart attack at 52 |
1992 |
Marshall Thompson, It! The Terror from Beyond Space |
1992 |
Skip Stephenson, Real People |
1993 |
Heinrich Albertz, theologist/mayor of Berlin (1966-67), dies at 78 |
1993 |
Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/writer, dies at 67 |
1993 |
Handan Adali, Gol Krali |
1993 |
Ron Haver, The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind |
1993 |
Alex Gerry, Funny Face |
1993 |
Gerhard Rachold, Hulla di Bulla |
1995 |
Alexander Gudonov, Russian dancer/actor (Witness), dies at 45 |
1995 |
Elisha Cook Jr, actor (Maltese Falcon, Shane), dies at 91 |
1995 |
Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Bewitched), dies of cancer at 62 |
1995 |
Gordon Reynolds, musician, dies at 74 |
1995 |
Robert Harris, actor (Werewolf of London), dies at 95 |
1995 |
Herb Muller, The Sandlot |
1995 |
Robert Harris, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp |
1995 |
Börge Krüger, Sailors |
1995 |
Elisha Cook Jr., Rosemary's Baby |
1995 |
Henri Laborit, Mon oncle d'Amérique |
1995 |
Sabine Sinjen, It |
1995 |
Dorothy Poynton, Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty |
1995 |
Elizabeth Montgomery, The Legend of Lizzie Borden |
1996 |
Dermot O'Callaghan Grubb, prison governor, dies at 76 |
1996 |
Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44 |
1996 |
Mario Braggiotti, Social Register |
1996 |
Mary Alice Therp, Leonora Christina |
1996 |
Kevin Gilbert, Clueless |
1996 |
Chet Forte, Rollergames |
1997 |
Bridgette Andersen, American actress (b. 1975) |
1997 |
Phyllis Craig, Tom and Jerry: The Movie |
1997 |
Theresa Allen, The Vagabond King |
1997 |
Charles Lewis, The Muppet Movie |
1997 |
Paolo Panelli, Splendor |
1997 |
Frank Slocum, Liberty Weekend |
1997 |
Daniel Saidenberg, Musical Moments from Chopin |
1997 |
Bridgette Andersen, Savannah Smiles |
1998 |
Odd Engström, Morsarvet |
1998 |
Ed Simmons, Dear Father Come Home with Me Now |
1998 |
Maya Bouma, Pa Pinkelman en Tante Pollewop |
1998 |
László Felföldy, Lúdláb királynö |
1998 |
Waclaw Rogucki, Kim jest ten czlowiek? |
1999 |
Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954) |
1999 |
Betty Robinson, American runner (b. 1911) |
1999 |
Augustus Pablo, Knocked Up |
1999 |
Edward Feille Jr., Episode #9.8 |
1999 |
Dias Gomes, The Given Word |
2000 |
Stephen M. Wolownik, Russian musician and arranger (b. 1946) |
2000 |
Maulana Yousuf Ludhianvi, Muslim scholar |
2000 |
Denis Gifford, Episode dated 25 March 1982 |
2000 |
Augusta Weissberger, Too Much Johnson |
2000 |
Angelina Stepanova, Zapomnite menya takoy |
2000 |
Domingos da Guia, Futebol |
2000 |
Al Simon, Lucy Does a TV Commercial |
2000 |
Wim Ibo, Legpuzzel |
2001 |
Danny Sewell, Partners in Crime |
2001 |
Irene Hunt, Across Five Aprils |
2001 |
Stella Pearce, Ad Lib |
2001 |
Jerry Dronsky, Moonlighting |
2001 |
Derek Graham, Episode #1.2 |
2001 |
Maurice Noble, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
2002 |
Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (b. 1962) |
2002 |
Davey Boy Smith, Royal Rumble |
2002 |
Bonet de San Pedro, El caso de Carmen Broto |
2002 |
Gordon Wharmby, Potts in Pole Position |
2002 |
Zypora Spaisman, Enemies: A Love Story |
2003 |
Anna Santisteban, Puerto Rican beauty contest organizer (b. 1914) |
2003 |
Barb Tarbox, Canadian anti-smoking crusader (b. 1961) |
2003 |
Albert Sendrey, Guys and Dolls |
2003 |
Nenad Ciganovic, Tesna koza 3 |
2003 |
Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, The Mummy |
2003 |
Seymour S. Klein, Gone with the West |
2003 |
Peter Lasko, Blue Submarine No. 6 |
2003 |
Shirley Marcus, Dressed to Kill |
2004 |
Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927) |
2004 |
Serge Turgeon, Quebec actor and union leader (b. 1946) |
2004 |
Don Newsome, Lenny |
2004 |
Patricia Russell, Jack Ahoy |
2004 |
Çetin Alp, The Eurovision Song Contest |
2004 |
Lincoln Kilpatrick, Soylent Green |
2004 |
Serge Turgeon, The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck |
2004 |
Elvin Jones, Zachariah |
2005 |
Arne Augustsson, En dag på stranden |
2005 |
Gergely Pongrátz, 1956 - Zokog ez a föld |
2005 |
Stella Zázvorková, Kolya |
2005 |
Hugh Pettibone, Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation |
2005 |
Bobby Thompson, Malibu Express |
2006 |
Andrew Martinez, U.C. Berkeley's "Naked Guy" (b. 1972) |
2006 |
Gilbert Sorrentino, Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow |
2006 |
Ema Paul, Realidade da Fantasia |
2006 |
Bobbie Norman, Cupid & Psycho |
2006 |
Jean-Louis Broust, The Milky Way |
2006 |
Juergen Koppers, Deadlock |
2007 |
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist (b. 1932) |
2007 |
Yoyoy Villame, Philippine novelty singer and movie actor (b. 1932) |
2007 |
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Les palmes de M. Schutz |
2007 |
Wojciech Przybos, Mlode wilki |
2007 |
Edi Bierling, Liebe und Blechschaden |
2007 |
Nelli Gosheva, 12 stulyev |
2007 |
Donald Scott, Report 0846: Lonely Hearts - Who Killed Dan Cupid? |
2008 |
Joseph Pevney, American television director |
2008 |
Irving Rosenthal, Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media |
2008 |
Tari Tabakin, Deathmaster |
2008 |
Lawrence Roman, Under the Yum Yum Tree |
2008 |
Klyon Protasov, On byl ne odin |
2008 |
Lionel Algama, Indunila |
2008 |
Irma Córdoba, Eva Peron: The True Story |
2008 |
Bill Bigelow, Forty Feet High and It Kills! |
2008 |
Jack Colby, In Broad Daylight |
2008 |
Joseph Pevney, The City on the Edge of Forever |
2008 |
Kazimierz Janus, Hamlet |
2008 |
Kimberly Von Hagen, Austin Powers in Goldmember |
2009 |
Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1954) |
2009 |
Dolla American Rapper a.k.a. Roderick Anthony Burton II (b.1987) |
2009 |
Wayne Allwine, American voice actor (b.1947) |
2009 |
Lyubov Malinovskaya, Dzhek Vosmyorkin, amerikanets |
2009 |
Prabhakaran, Suicide Killers |
2009 |
Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, Enlighten Up! |
2009 |
Lee Solters, Yentl |
2009 |
Paul Parin, Dr. Paul Parin im Gespräch mit Georg Stefan Troller |
2009 |
Eva Mae LeFevre, Warren Roberts Presents |
2009 |
Claude Johnson, Papa's Delicate Condition |
2009 |
Marion, Não É Nada Disso |
2009 |
Wayne Allwine, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers |
2009 |
Kenneth Jupp, The Inspiration of Mr. Budd |
2010 |
Ofeliya Aslan, Adi sanin, dadi manim |
2010 |
Antonio Ghigonetto, Geração em Fuga |
2010 |
Rudolf Mazzola, Andrea Chénier |
2010 |
Christie Humphrey, The King's Square |
2010 |
István Torontáli, 100 Folk Celsius: Amerikai országút |
2010 |
Willie Zapalec, We've Never Been Licked |
2010 |
Edoardo Sanguineti, Truck Stop |
2010 |
Shûsaku Arakawa, For Example: A Critique of Never |
2010 |
Abdula Farghali, Al-mouled |
2011 |
Randall L. Wreghitt, A Tale of Two Pizzas |
2011 |
Dick Wimmer, Million Dollar Infield |
2011 |
Leonard Kastle, The Honeymoon Killers |
2011 |
Greta Stanton, Watermarks |
2012 |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, German baritone, dies at 86 |
2012 |
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Children of Men |
2012 |
Peter Jones, Two Hands |
2012 |
Hans-Dieter Lange, Alarm im Warenhaus |
2012 |
Luc Leestemaker, Little Ghost |
2012 |
Richard Rabago, Pocket Ninjas |
2012 |
Kent Elofson, Ringers: Lord of the Fans |
2012 |
Dagmar Frýbortová, Dnes neordinuji |
2012 |
Gavin Packard, Season |
2013 |
Steve Forrest, American actor (SWAT), dies at 87 |
2013 |
Steve Forrest, Spies Like Us |
2013 |
Claramae Turner, Carousel |
2013 |
Aleksey Balabanov, Brother |
2013 |
Arthur Malet, Halloween |
2013 |
Robert Ménégoz, La pièce d'or |
2013 |
Ernst Klee, Verspottet |
2013 |
Marek Jackowski, Wielka majówka |
2013 |
Guillermo Rico, Veraneo en Mar del Plata |
2014 |
Dobrica Cosic, Daleko je sunce |
2014 |
Gordon Willis, The Godfather |
2014 |
Wubbo Ockels, Episode dated 1 February 2003 |
2014 |
Slavica Fila, The Elm-Chanted Forest |
2014 |
Radu Florescu, Vem var Dracula? |
2014 |
Carlo Varini, The Chorus |
2014 |
Morris Weiss, Sticks & Stones |
2014 |
Arizal, The Stabilizer |
2014 |
Philippe-Gérard, Mélo |
2014 |
Jerry Vale, Goodfellas |
2014 |
Hans-Peter Dürr, Der Kategorische Imperativ |
2014 |
Charles Kienzle, Redline |
2014 |
Nancy Paweski, Coral Reef Adventure |
2015 |
Dave Sweet, BoardRoom |
2015 |
Raymond Gosling, Life Story |
2015 |
Eric Caidin, Death Proof |
2016 |
Guy Clark, legendary country singer-songwriter, dies aged 74 |
2016 |
Former MP David Rendel dies, aged 67 |
2016 |
Emilio Navaira: Tejano music legend dies from 'massive heart' attack aged 53 |
2017 |
Soundgarden & Audioslave Singer Chris Cornell Dies Aged 52 |
2018 |
J-pop superstar Hideki Saijo dies at 63 |
2018 |
'Days of Our Lives' actor Joseph Campanella dies at age 93 |
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