February 18th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on February 18th

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

• Miika Tenkula

  Finnish guitarist (Born 1974)

• Al-Tayyib Salih

  Sudanese columnist and novelist (Born 1929).

• Mihaela Mitrache

  Romanian actress (Born in 1955).

• Sir Richard Knowles

  British politician (Born 1917)

• Mickey Renaud

  Canadian professional ice hockey player (Born in 1988).

• Richard Bright

  American actor (Born 1937).

• Jean Rouch

  French filmmaker and anthropologist, considered to be one of the founders of cinA(c)ma-vA(c)ritA(c) in France, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema spearheaded by Richard Leacock, D.A. Pennebaker, Albert and David Maysles.

• Isser Harel

  Leader of the Israeli Mossad (Born 1912).

• Balthus

  Polish-French artist, the son of Polish painter and art historian Erick Klossowski and painter Elisabeth Dorothee Spiro, encouraged with his art when young. In 1914, the family moved to Berlin; three years later his mom left her husband and moved to Geneva, Switzerland with her two sons. Balthus attended the Lycee Calvin for two years, his only period of formal …

• Eddie Mathews

  American baseball legend with the Milwaukee Braves. He gave them a "fearsome" home run punch. Matthews and Hank Aaron were instrumental in leading Milwaukee to its first World Series title. He is also considered one of the greatest third basemen in baseball. On 18 February 2001, he died from complications of pneumonia in La Jolla (California).

• Dale Earnhardt

  American race car driver. He was the son of Dale Earnhardt, a champion driver. His fatheraEUR(tm), his son, drove his red Chevy Monte Carlo to the North Carolina speedway the next weekend. Fans gasped when he was pushed from behind and spun into concrete walls, just like his father had done the week before. His dad was unable to walk …

• Willy Maltaite

  Belgian comics creator (Born in 1927).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

• Robbie James

  Welsh manager and footballer

• Emily Hahn

  American journalist and author (d. 1997).

• Enrique Peralta Azurdia

  In (1963-66), Guatemala's military President dies.

• Eric William Fenby

  Musician dies at the age of 90.

• Brian Daley

  American sci-fi author whose first novel, "The Doomfarers of Coramonde", was published in 1977.

• Richard Leslie Hill

  Historian dies at 94

• Jack Thieuloy

  64 years old, writer

• Nicholas Beriozoff

  Ballet master dies at 89.

• Yank Lawson

  US jazz trumpeter (Stormy Weather) dies at 84

• John Rhea "Yank" Lawson

  American jazz trumpeter, Stormy weather, dies at the age of 83.

• Bob Stinson

  American guitarist (Born 1959).

• Eddie Williams

  Blues/Jazz bassist, who dies at the age of 82.

• Denny Cordel

  Rock music producer-Laverack dies at 51.

• Peter Caddy

  At 76, the founder of Findhorn Community dies.

• Michael David Morrison

  Actor Caleb-As The World Turns, dies at 33

• Erwin Thiesies

  German rugby player and coach (Born in 1908)

• Leslie Norman

  English director / producer (Dunkirk), dies at 82

• Edward S "Ted" Haworth

  US set designer (Sayonara, Marty), dies at age 76.

• Hulk

  Fictional character in "Death of Incredible " on NBC

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

• Willy Alberti [Carel Verbruggen]

  Dutch singer, dies at age 58.

• Tina Carver

  Actress (Inside Detroit Uranium Boom), dies aged 58

• Ngaio Marsh

  New Zealand director and author (d. 1982).

• Edith Ngaio Marsh

  New Zealand producer/writer of detective novels, dies at the age of 82.

• Gale Robbins

  Chicago, Illinois -- Actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Mr Hex)

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

• Maggie McNamara

  Actress (3 Coins in the Fountain, Cardinal), Died at 49

• Charlotte Greenwood

  Actress (Oklahoma Moon Over Miami), dies at the age of 84

• Derrick De Marney

  Actor (Inheritance Projected Man), died at 71

• Ralph Graves

  Actor (Extra girl) dies at 77

• Andy Devine

  American actor and singer (d. 1977).

• Maria Realino

  Teacher (Botany of Cura'ao), dies aged 87.

• Joseph Henabery

  Actor/director (Cobra) dies at 88

• Eddie Dowling

  Composer (Anywhere USA) dies at the age of 81.

• Anton Betzner

  Writer dies at 81

• Wallace Berman

  American artist

• Raymond Moley

  At age 88, President Roosevelt's advisor in the USA "Brain Trust" dies.

• Chivu Stoica [Stoica Chivu)

  Premier of Romania (1955-61), is killed at 66

• Franc Costello

  US gangster, dies at age 82.

• Frank Costello

  Italian-American crime boss and gangster. Costello rose to prominence in America's underground, managed a huge gambling empire, and was a political figure. He was known as "The Prime Minister Of the Underworld", and was eventually the leader of Luciano crime (later the Genovese crime crime family), which is one of five families that operate in New York. He died February …

• Desiderius A Stracke

  Flemish Jesuit/literature Historian, dies at the age of 94.

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

• Dragisa Cvetkovic

  At 76, the Serbian prime minister of Yugoslavia (1939-19), dies.

• Sigurd Erixon

  Etnologist (Atlas "ver Svensk Folkkultur), dies at 79

• Robert J Oppenheimer

  At 62, the creator of the atomic bomb dies.

• Manuel Palau Boix

  Composer dies at 74

• J Robert Oppenheimer

  American physicist (Born in 1904)

• Dragisa Cvetkovic

  Prime Minister of Kingdom of Yugoslavia (Born 1893)

• Robert Rossen

  American producer, screenwriter, and director of film (d. 1966).

• Anne Anema

  Dutch lawyer/journalist/politician (ARP), dies at age 94.

• Grigori Grigoyevich Nelyubov

  Russian Cosmonaut, who died at 31 years old

• Casimir von Paszthory

  Composer dies at 79

• Joseph-Armand Bombardier

  Bombardier Inc. was founded by a Canadian businessman and inventor.

• Todd "Hugh" Gaitskell

  British Labour Party leader, died at 56.

• Monte Blue

  At 73, Pache, a silent film actor, dies from heart attack

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

• Eric Zeisl

  Composer dies at 53

• Alfred Alessandrescu

  Composer dies at 65

• Jaroslav Kvapil

  Composer dies at 66

• Dedan Kimathi

  Kenyan rebel leader (Born 1920)

• Henry Norris Russell

  American astronomer (Born in 1877).

• Henry N Russell

  co-author (temperature-luminosity graph), dies.

• Gustave Charpentier

  French composer of operas, such as "Louise" or "Julien".

• Piet A W Hopmans

  Bishop of Breda (Crusade), passes away at 85.

• Voranc Prezikov [Lovro Kuhar]

  Slavic Author (Jamnica) dies at 56

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

• Niceto A Zamora y Torres

  Premier of Spain (1931-1936), dies at the age of 71.

• Ivan Chernyakhovsky

  Ukrainian general (d. 1945)

• Henri Polak

  Dutch politician/union leader (Social-Democrat), has died at the age of 74.

• Albert Payson Terhune

  American author (Born 1872)

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

• Ludwig Bonvin

  Composer dies at 89

• Edward Anseele

  Belgian Minister of Rail, Dies at the Age Of 81

• David King Udall

  American politician (Born 1851)

• Alida JM Tartaud-Little

  Actress (Rotterdam Stage), died at 64

• James J Corbett

  American boxer (Born 1866).

• James Corbett (Gentleman Jim)

  heavyweight boxing champion (1892-97), dies.

• Frederik Augustus III

  King of Saxon, 1904-18, dies at the age of 66.

• Milan Sufflay

  Croatian politician (Born 1879)

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

• James Lane Allen

  American author (Choir Invisible) dies at 75.

• Alois Rasin

  Czechoslovak politician, Minister for Finance (Born 1867).

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

• Charles E Barber US chief engraver (1879-1917)

  dies.

• Billy Murdoch

  Australian cricketer (Born in 1854)

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on February 18th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

• Willem Doorenbos literary/critic

  At 85 years old, the victim dies.

• John Batterson Stetson

  American manufacturer (Born 1830).

• Jules de Geyter Belgian poet (International)

  At 75 years old, the victim dies.

• Charles Lewis Tiffany

  Tiffany & Co. was founded by an American (Born 1812).

• Clinton L Merriam

  American politician (Born 1824)