Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In December - 18
Friday, 31 October 2025
1897 Carlo A Alfieri, Italian Member of parliament, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1899 On this day in history john William Glover, composer, dies at 84 

1911 Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79 on December - 18. 

1918 On this day in history henryk Jarecki, composer, dies at 72 

1919 Horatio William Parker, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history. 

1928 Lucien Capet, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history. 

1931 On December - 18 death of john T "Legs" Diamond, US gangster, murdered at 35 

1932 On this day in history eduard "Ede" Bernstein, German marxist/revisionist, dies at 82 

1935 On this day in history juan V Gomez, general/dictator of Venezuela (1908-35), dies 

1936 Death of Andrija MohoroviÄić, Austro-Hungarian-born Yugoslav seismologist (b. 1857) on December - 18. 

1937 S S Schultz, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies on this day in history. 

1939 Matthew Brown, Journalist, dies at 51 on December - 18. 

1942 Charlie Walker, cricketer (Aust tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies on this day in history. 

1948 On December - 18 death of janet Fay, hammered to death by Honeymoon Killers 

1959 Dorothy L Sayers, writer, dies at 66 on December - 18. 

1963 On December - 18 winifried P I Zillig, German composer/conductor (Opfer), dies at 58 

1966 Gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico on December - 18. 

1971 On this day in history aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61 

1973 On December - 18 giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64 

1974 Death of Harry Hooper, American baseball player (b. 1887) on December - 18. 

1975 Death of Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist (b. 1900) on December - 18. 

1976 On December - 18 george Emmett, cricketer (Engld opener v Aust Old Trafford 1948), dies 

1977 Cyril Ritchard, actor (Peter Pan), dies at 80 on December - 18. 

1980 On this day in history death of alexei N Kosygin, Soviet PM (1964-80), suffers heart attack at 76 

1981 On December - 18 death of mehmet Shehu, PM Albania (1954-81)/"US-Russ spy", commits suicide 

1982 On this day in history raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies 

1985 On December - 18 death of xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916) 

1986 On this day in history mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies 

1987 Death of Conny Plank, German record producer and musician (b. 1940) on this day in history. 

1990 Anne Revere, actress (National Velvet), dies of pneumonia at 87 on this day in history. 

1991 On December - 18 june Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73 

1992 On this day in history dana Andrews, actor (Best Years of Our Lifes), dies at 83 

1993 Sam Wanamaker, actor (Pvt Benjamin), dies of prostate cancer at 74 on December - 18. 

1994 On December - 18 heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71 

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